give me to another man who doesn’t have house helpers and will only touch me.”
“I’m offering you that.”
“Gee, thanks but no.”
They glared at each other. Berrr finally growled at her. “I won’t let you go.”
“I’m not asking for your permission. If you don’t contact Oval then I’ll find him on my own or someone else, anyone else, but you to live with.”
“Why are you so angry?”
She let her gaze drop to the floor between them. Why am I so damn angry? I shouldn’t care if he has so many women he doesn’t know who to do. She was furious though and she had to admit it was because she’d met a guy she thought she’d hit it off with, a guy who she really liked and someone whom she had been falling for. That man doesn’t really exist. It hurt and that pissed her off. Pain-induced anger was totally acceptable to her since it beat crying her eyes out that the jerk was a man whore.
She glared at him. “I want to go live with Oval. I made a mistake and I didn’t understand that house helper meant harem girl.” She threw up her arm to stop him when his mouth opened. “Harem girl means one of many women a guy is sleeping with. This place is a circus and I’m out of here.” She dropped her arm. “I’m leaving you, Hyvin. It was a big damn mistake to be with you in the first place.”
Furious glowing eyes burned into hers and a dangerous growl rumbled from his throat. “I will not let you go, Shanna. You are mine.”
Shanna glared back. “You can’t stop me from leaving.”
“I can.” He crossed his arms over his chest. “You belong to me.”
Lifting her chin, Shanna clenched her teeth for a second. “We’ll see.”
Chapter Six
Shanna was going to kill Hyvin Berrr, no doubt about it. She jerked on her arm but it didn’t come free from the headboard as she glared at the soft material binding her wrists on each arm and wanted to scream…again. The man was a pig, a jerk, a chauvinist, and damn it, really strong.
Last night he’d refused to leave her room so she’d had to inch around him to get out of the bathroom. He’d followed her across the room to the closet she’d raided for baggy, shapeless dresses, the only thing to be found there. Beggars couldn’t be choosers so she’d grabbed the softest one, shoving it over her head, just to be covered up. She’d turned around and almost smacked right into one naked alien who glared down at her.
“Why are you dressing? It is time for bed and I like to sleep without clothing.”
“Good for you. Why don’t you go do that? You have six women waiting for you.”
Berrr frowned deeply at her. “You are upset with me over the women so I will not sleep with them anymore. They are already settled in for the night in my bed so I will sleep here with you.”
Gaping up at him, she slammed her mouth shut after it fell open. “You’re not sleeping with me ever. In the morning I’m out of here, Hyvin.”
He growled. “You are to call me Berrr.”
“And you are to get the hell away from me, Hyvin. Let your harem call you by your first name.”
“I only allow one house helper to call me Berrr and that is you. You are special to me, Shanna. I didn’t want to leave your bed but you asked me to go to my own.”
“And I’m asking you again. Leave, Hyvin.”
He shook his head back and forth. “The other women make you angry so I will change their duties in the morning. I had no desire to share sex with them. We sleep without clothing on. I had already refused their offer to tongue me.”
“Don’t bother.” She moved around him, going for the bed. The oversized garment she wore was so huge it resembled a muumuu more than a dress. Alluwn, Berrr’s ex-whatever, must be a big woman. “No need to change a thing since I’m not staying.”
“You will stay.” He followed her. “You chose me, Shanna, and I am honored. I understand why my sons are bound to humans. Now that I know you I refuse to let you leave me for another
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