Blackmailed For Vengeance (4 page)

Lee had recognised the area
which the car had driven too. Not surprised to find herself on the
expensive side of town, the complete opposite end of the social
scale to her own small home. They had pulled up outside a large
estate in which they had to be buzzed through security gates to
reach the grand home which sat nestled in amongst the trees at the
end of the long driveway. Lee had only seen such buildings on
television or when she had visited some of the immensely rich
clients who used the PR Company she worked for, her mind briefly
returning to one in particular, before she had looked over at Yanis
Demitri the other memory vanishing from her mind instantly. As she
admired the building he had gently placed a hand on her elbow to
move into the building with her, once again making her jump.

Inside, the house was decorated
in the most sumptuous manner. It was clear to see that no expense
had been spared in the décor, although Lee had felt that it was a
little masculine and lacked some feminine touches, not surprising
she mused, remembering Jim telling her that although many had
tried, no woman had ever managed to move into his home on a
permanent basis. Standing looking around with awe struck eyes,
scared to touch anything in case she broke it; she became aware of
a woman moving towards them. Middle aged with warm twinkling eyes
she had welcomed Yanis and then Lee.

“Lee please meet Mrs
D’Angelo…my housekeeper” he said smiling back at the woman

Lee had extended her hand, a
broad smile on her face much to the other woman’s surprise.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you”
she said warmly. The woman had looked at her for a second before
shaking the hand and replying with a smile

“Please call me Maria
Madam”

Lee had smiled

“OK but only if you call me
Lee”

Watching this Yanis had frowned
slightly. Maria was a shrewd woman, who often had plenty to say
about the type of women he brought home, so why was she being so
quickly taken in by the transparent gold digger before her

“I will show Lee to her room”
he said moving up the steps with the expectancy of a man who was
used to others following him, as indeed she had done with a last
flash of teeth to the other woman, who much to her surprise had
winked at her.

Opening the door to a room
halfway down the corridor Lee had gasped as she walked in. The room
was huge and beautifully decorated in light creams and rich reds.
The large four poster bed which looked small in the space was
exquisitely dressed and suddenly feeling very tired it had looked
so appealing at that moment. Near to the bed Lee could also see a
large comfortable couch and dressing table, and had spotted two
doors on the farthest wall to where they stood. Moving over to the
first he had shown her the large en-suite bathroom filled with
everything she would need. Her eyes had been wide with wonder at
the opulence of it and she had gasped again seeing the next door
which led into a walk in closet, in which her purchases of that day
had already been neatly hung.

Lee had been surprised to see
just how much she had bought and was annoyed seeing the mocking
look which crept into his eyes

“Glad to see you getting into
the swing of things” he said softly

Angrily she had turned away
from him biting back

“You were the one who sent
along the list…not me”

Lee had felt him moving behind
her, her whole body suddenly on high alert at his closeness

“Well I think I’ll leave you to
it then” he said much to her relief

“But there is one thing we need
to sort out” he said as his hands had quickly grabbed her turning
her around to face him as she had gasped in surprise, before he had
pulled her against the hardness of him, his mouth lowering to kiss
her

For a second Lee had froze in
shock, before with a small groan her lips had parted to deepen his
kiss, feeling his mouth gentle yet insistent against hers as his
tongue had began to explore the softness of her. Then sense had
bubbled to the surface of her confused mind as she had pushed him
away from her, her eyes shocked and confused with a tinge of fear
filling them. As she stood unsteadily away from him, her breathing
ragged, she had seen the look of desire in his eyes before they had
once more been replaced with the coldness she had come to
expect

“You..you said that you weren’t
going to force me to sleep with you” she stammered

With supreme calmness he had
smiled back at her

“That’s right Lee, but from now
on you are going to have to act like you are madly in love with
me….and not jump a mile like a frightened school girl every time I
touch you. Because believe me, part of the deal here is that you
play your part well…. It just won’t be as much fun for me if you
don’t.

Through gritted teeth she had
replied

“Don’t worry about me Yanis, I
can fake it for the damn camera” she retorted

She had seen his eyebrows rise
and with a smile he had moved forward

“Good, you finally managed to
say my name…a start… now come here and prove to me that you can
fake it”

With unsteady feet she had
moved towards him unaware of how her hands had tugged at each other
nervously, her teeth biting on her soft lip. He had taken each hand
in his kissing them both slowly as she fought not to show the way
his touch was affecting her, before his hands had moved to her hips
pulling her closer in against him while his mouth had once again
lowered to take hers. She had watched it all happen in slow motion,
aware of her eyes closing as their lips touched. This time she let
him kiss her and placing her flattened hands against the hardness
of his chest she had slowly moved them upwards against him until
they were wound around his neck, to bring her soft body harder in
against his as she had kissed him back just as deeply, letting her
tongue meet his as she felt herself sinking under the wonderful
sensations he was rising within her.

He had groaned gently against
her lips, as his hands had moved along her back her body reacting
wherever she felt the heat of those firm hands through the thin
material of her dress as he held her even tighter to him. After
what seemed an age, he had moved her away from him his hands a
little shaky

“OK Lee, you proved that you
can fake it….I’m sure that Jim was impressed too” he had added his
voice husky, as he had looked down on her with those dark
unfathomable eyes

Lee dropped her eyes to the
ground aware that she was breathing fast, her hand visibly
trembling rising to gently touch her mouth.

As he moved to the door,
opening it he had looked back at her, suddenly aware of how sensual
she looked, her eyes wide and still full of the desire they had
both felt, her lips red from their kiss and her breasts still
rising fast and it took all his determination not to return to her
at that moment

“For the record Lee, I never
said that I didn’t intend to sleep with you…I said that I had never
forced a woman to sleep with me”

With that he was gone, and Lee
had sunk down onto the couch, her emotions in tatters. No man had
ever kissed her that way before, and the strength of her own
reaction to him had frightened her. This man was blackmailing her,
threatening her beloved brother, and yet she wondered if he had
lifted her and taken her to the bed if she would really have
stopped him. With a tortured groan she knew that she wouldn’t have,
still feeling the way her body longed for him to return to her.
Dropping her head into her hands for the first time she wondered if
she was in way over her head

“Please wake up soon Jim” she
prayed quietly.

The next morning Lee woke at
her usual 6.30, enjoying the feel of the power shower, as it fired
warm jets of water across her body. She had then hunted through the
clothes which had been delivered, before settling on black trousers
and a soft blue jumper as the most practical clothing she could
find. After brushing her hair, leaving it to swing freely down her
back and applying a little gloss to her lips she had left the room
not quite sure of where she was going as Yanis had not thought to
show her around the house the previous evening, simply taking her
to her room and leaving her there.

Therefore, she had moved around
the different rooms downstairs, aimlessly looking for signs of a
kitchen in which she could get a cup of tea.

“You look lost Madam” a voice
behind her had said making her start

Turning round quickly, she had
flashed the housekeeper one of her wonderful smiles making the
woman smile back automatically

“Morning Maria... I am…I was
looking for the kitchen” she said “and please call me Lee”

The woman before her had smiled
again “OK Lee, I think you and I will be good friends” she said
softly in her deep accent.

“I hope so…I will try not to be
any trouble to you” she said gently, as the woman had looked at her
for a few seconds

“I show you the dining room.
Yanis is already there. You have breakfast with him”

Lee’s heart had sunk to her
feet. She had hoped to avoid him until the evening when she would
be expected to play the dutiful girl friend by his side. Biting
down the groan she had followed the older woman to a room down the
hall and thanked her once she had opened the door for her.

As she entered Yanis had looked
up in surprise.

“I didn’t expect to see you
this early Lee” he said in his sensual voice, which once more, she
had found so pleasant as she felt the small tremors pass through
her, remembering once again how his mouth had felt against hers,
how he had tasted as she had held back the small moan which rose
within her.

“Really” she said taking a seat
opposite him “and why is that”

He had looked briefly at his
watch “Most women are not known for getting up this early” he
replied

“Well maybe you should try to
meet some women who have to work for a living Yanis…I imagine that
your mistresses don’t do much of that” she replied haughtily

She saw his lips twitch
“Really, am I mistaken or are you not now one of the idle rich kept
women”

Lee glared at him lifting the
tea pot to pour herself a cup of much needed tea

“Not by my choice” she said “I
guess that’s the difference…you forced this”

“Is this not what you have
always wanted Lee” he asked leaning closer in to her as she had
scowled at him “No it is not” she said with conviction, bristling
as he had laughed softly at her

“Why do you fight this? Why not
enjoy it while it lasts” he said, his dark eyes flicking over her
face

“Because this is not who I am”
she retorted angrily “I just want Jim to wake up so that I can get
back to my own life, not “she searched around for the right word
“...this”

“Still playing your little
game,
Cara
” he said although there was a hard edge to his
tone as she had leant back in submission.

“This afternoon we have an
appointment with my lawyer to sign the paperwork we discussed…if
you like I can change the time, so you can go shopping” he had
offered, watching her

The last thing Lee wanted to do
was to go shopping again, but the thought of an early visit to Mrs
Green perked her up.

“OK, change the time. Can the
driver take me where I want to go….or am I stuck with your
schedule” she asked “There is somebody I would like to visit”

“Who” he asked suspiciously,
his eyes glaring over at her

“You are not to visit any other
men”

Lee had looked at him in shock.
“My God, do you think this badly of all women or am I just a
special case” she bit back at him

He had looked at her without
commenting

“I want to visit a friend, a
neighbour, an old women, who I try to see every day….make sure she
eats”

Yanis had scowled, “isn’t that
what social services are for” he asked

Lee had once more gasped in
shock “She is an old women, who enjoys some company….or do you
begrudge her that”

The two of them had once again
locked eyes, glaring at each other before he had sat back

“Fine, give me her name and
address and I will add her to the list of acceptable places for the
driver to take you too”

“Acceptable places..” she said
aghast “I have to clear everywhere I go with you” she asked in
horror

Yanis had smiled “Yes”

“If you want to visit any other
place other than those already on the itinerary then you need to
clear it with me”

Lee’s lips had tightened “What
about Jim” she asked

Yanis had frowned at her “I
have thought about that, and as much as it disgusts me that you go
there to salve your conscience.. you might actually be the one
person who may bring him out of his coma…so we will both go
together at night”

Before she could comment he had
thrown down his napkin rising in a quick fluid movement from the
table

“I will phone you later with
the time for the lawyer and will see you then”

He stopped by her chair, her
eyes level with his hips, as she had flushed slightly averting her
eyes at seeing his taught body so close to her

“Should we kiss as I go to
work. cara” he asked his tone mocking as she glared back at him,
causing him to laugh gently

“Now it is that kind of
coldness that will drive your love into the arms of another” he
said, surprised at the sudden look of pain which had crossed her
eyes as she looked down into her cup.

As he left the room Lee pushed
back the tears which had risen to her eyes. He had hit a nerve and
she bit her lip as the memories had rushed back to her.

She remembered David Jones. He
had been her first love, the man who had taken her innocence. He
had been so perfect she had thought, tall handsome and charming,
one of her firm’s biggest customers who had wined and dined her for
months before they had become lovers. Lee remembered how he had
make love to her, uneasy at the way she was already comparing his
kisses to those of Yanis. Even more alarmed when she realised that
he had not matched the intensity of the Greek who held her a
prisoner in a gilded cage, nor had he raised within her half the
sensations that Yanis seemed to be able to produce at a mere
touch.