Sold To The Untouchable Alpha novel Chapter 18

[Ivan’s POV]

I had to hold back the bark of laughter that wanted to escape at how quickly Arissa retreated from my hold. It was clear she still didn’t trust me, and I found her being flustered funny.

"I don’t give a damn if you’re jealous." She hissed, shivering. "AND STAY FIVE FEET AWAY AT ALL TIMES!"

"Are you going to continue to flirt with others?" I asked, threatening to take a step forward.

Instead of responding, she narrowed her gaze and pursed her lips. Was it really that hard of a decision for her?

"Will you stop keeping me locked up?" She asked slowly. "I’m so bored."

"You were able to leave on your own with no issues today, right?" I asked, smirking.

"True," she considered. "Why was that anyway?"

She eyed me with suspicion as she waited for my response.

"I figured you had lost the will to escape." I responded with a shrug. "Was I wrong? Should I lock you back up? "

"NO!" she yelled, rushing forward. "Thank you for freeing me, uncle!"

I watched in amusement as her eyes grew wide and she quickly took multiple steps back. She knew what she had done wrong and knew that punishment would come.

"Why are you backing up?" I asked, stepping forward. "It is almost like you did something wrong."

"Of course not." She said, quickly covering her ass. "You said you needed me to spy."

I continued to move forward as she tried to divert me. She wasn’t going to get away with what she did; punishing her was just too pleasing.

"No, no!"

I reached out and grabbed her wrist. Tugging, I easily pulled her to me and let my hand connect with her ass three times before letting her go.

Growling, she rubbed her ass as inaudible curses escaped her.

"Now I’m not helping you." She snapped, turning on her heel and heading towards the estate. "Go find another spy."

"What if I promise to not spank you anymore if you help me?" I asked.

It didn’t take long for her to peek back at me. Hook, line, and sinker.

"So," she began, turning slowly. "You’ll give me ten gold and won’t spank me anymore. You’ve got my interest. "

"Good, now come sit." I said, motioning to the chairs that were beside us.

"Can I stand?" She asked, eyeing me.

"Suite yourself."

I let her remain standing as I took a seat and crossed one leg over the other. I wasn’t sure how long this was going to take and I wanted to be comfortable.

"Go on." She said impatiently. "I don’t have all day."

"First, I want you to openly say you’ll help me."

"And since you want to lay low, you want me, the outsider, to do your dirty work." She said as her lips began to turn up in a smile. "Do I get to play ninja and hang out on the roof outside of her bedroom and wait for secret rendezvous and message deliveries?"

I was shocked by how excited she seemed to be getting over this prospect, but I guess I shouldn’t have been. She was definitely an odd one.

"You are free to go about this anyway you want." I confirmed. "I just want you to report any and everything you learn back to me, understood."

"Sure, after you pay me, uncle."

As the words left her lips, she eyed me, waiting to see if I kept to my word.

The urge to punish her flared, but I withstood it. I could already see I was going to regret making this promise. It seemed that I would just have to find an alternate way to punish her. After all, I never promised to not punish her, I only promised to not spank her.

"I’ll have Hans deliver the payment this evening." I said, beginning to stand.

"Who?" she asked.

"My beta, you may have seen him standing outside of my office a few days ago."

"Oh!" She yelped, her face brightening. "The cutie with the long hair and the sexy scar on his cheek!"

For a second, I remained quiet as anger flared. It seemed that I was going to have to keep an eye on her around my men.

"Then I’ll see him tonight!"

With that, she turned and began to skip away, leaving me alone to rethink all my promises and my decisions.