Chapter 3:
First Claim
Mom announced it at breakfast the next morning. “I have to go on a weekend work trip, honey. Darius will keep an eye on things here. You two behave yourselves.” She kissed both of us and left with her suitcase. The house felt different the second her car pulled away. Darius looked at me across the table with dark eyes.
“Finally alone, princess,” he said, voice low. “All weekend. No interruptions.”
I felt my pulse race. “What are you going to do with me now that Mom is gone, Daddy? I have been waiting for this.” I stood up and walked to the sink, swaying my hips on purpose in my tiny shorts. He followed right behind me.
He cornered me against the kitchen counter, hands on either side of me. “You know exactly what I am going to do. You have been teasing me for da
