Page 25 of Beautiful Disaster

I blink my eyes open to brightness and an ocean of white. My room has sprawling windows. I intentionally keep the curtains open, loving to wake up to the surrounding landscape. The snow is stunning.

I glance down to see wrecked, light brown hair. Jinx is snuggled against me, his face tucked into my armpit. He never once let go of me as he slept. It’s strange to have someone in my bed, let alone hold me throughout the night, so I didn’t sleep well. I’m not used to it, but I need to be.

As soon as I saw Jinx react to me that day, my need to dominate again became front and center. After isolating myself, here comes this stubborn young man, who’s instantly changed everything.

Despite my dismissal of our age differences and how others will view us on the outside, it’s highly concerning. I could lose everything, depending on how people look at it. Being nearly forty and having a nineteen-year-old at my side would be frowned upon, no doubt, especially in such a small community.

If I were smart, I’d send him home and never do this again.

Jinx had been trafficked as a child, and here I am, a man twenty years his senior, trying to be his Dom. But he feels right against me. He looks perfect in my bed. Yet he scares me. My past could start to consume me from his presence alone. I could lose my business. There’s so much at stake.

Jinx needs me. He’s trying to reclaim something that was stolen from him. He never experienced consent until he got away. I can see and feel how much he wants that.

Hell, he not only could ruin me, but what if he…

I can’t let him end up like Jude. No matter the cost to me. At the end of the day, we’re in it now. I won’t turn my back on him.

A shift in his breathing tells me he’s waking up. Jinx rolls onto his back, his eyes still closed as he yawns and stretches. The covers are down to his thighs, exposing his naked body. I count the little moles and freckles across his skin while trying not to enrage myself by looking at his scars.

When his eyes open, he smiles sleepily at me. “Morning, Daddy,” he says.

I try not to smile, but I do. I love hearing that title again. So much. And he’s so damn cute.

“Good morning, my pet. I want you to get up and use the restroom. After you’ve urinated and washed your hands, head to the kitchen to make me freshly ground coffee. Brew two tablespoons of ground whole beans. I like two teaspoons of sugar and one tablespoon of cream. If you would like some coffee, you can make some for yourself.”

Jinx sits up and jumps out of bed. “Yessir.”

“When you’re done, you’ll start the shower for both of us.”

“Yessir,” he says again and rushes off. At nineteen, he’s probably already wide awake, whereas I need two cups of coffee just to function in the morning.

I climb out of bed and tie my robe on. After I slip on a pair of underwear, I slide into some slippers and head downstairs to the smell of coffee brewing. The scent instantly awakens me.

I smile at his bare bubble butt as he pours the coffee into a mug and sprinkles sugar into it. Once he has the creamer stirred, he takes the mug and sets it on the island, then he goes about making himself a cup.

While the coffee brews, he sees me, and a huge smile spreads across his face, taking my breath away. It’s a genuine smile.

He steps back, and I sit down to take a sip. Jinx waits eagerly for my approval. “Delicious, my pet.”

“Thanks!”

I reach for his arm and tug him onto my lap. My hand roves over his thigh, careful not to touch his cock, which is currently getting hard. “Yes, I enjoy that you’re perpetually naked around here. I think I’ll keep you like this.”

“Thank you, Daddy. I’d like that. What’s the plan for today?”

I huff a laugh and take another sip of coffee. “You sure are surprisingly obedient. I assume there’d be more pushback from you.”

“Can I…?”

“Please.”

“My last girlfriend told me I blurt out everything that pops into my head.” I chuckle because I can completely see that. “I’m trying to bite my tongue.” Jinx walks his fingers across my exposed chest inside my robe, then presses his nose into my throat. “That doesn’t mean I won’t get into trouble.”

My cock stirs to life, but I push my mind to other things. “Of that, I have no doubt.” I fist his hair from behind and pull his head back. His blue eyes look at me, full of wonder, as he bites his bottom lip. He’s truly beautiful, but I can’t give in to him. Jinx not only has to be obedient, but so do I. “Now, grab your coffee and go on upstairs. I would like you to start the shower. You’ll bathe me, then we’ll have breakfast.”

“Yessir!”

He climbs off my lap and runs off. I smile at his retreating back.