Chapter 86: Knotted by my ex’s Alpha Father -9

Three days later Dorian ordered Kai into a dark suit and the collar worn openly above the shirt collar. They rode the private elevator down to the executive dining room on the fortieth floor. Ren already sat at the long table with two board members. His head snapped up the moment the doors opened.

Dorian kept one hand at the small of Kai’s back and guided him to the seat directly across from his son. He pulled the chair out himself and waited until Kai sat. Then he took the head of the table.

Ren’s voice came out tight. "You brought him here."

Dorian poured water for Kai first. "He goes where I go."

One of the board members cleared his throat and tried to start the quarterly discussion. Dorian cut him off with a raised hand. "We will begin in a moment. My son has something he wants to say."

Ren stared at the collar. "Take that off him."

Dorian leaned back. "No."

Ren’s scent spiked. "Kai, look at me. You do not have to stay with him. I made mistakes. I will fix them. Come with me after this meeting and we will start over."

Kai kept his hands in his lap and his eyes on the tablecloth for one full breath. Then he lifted his gaze and met Ren’s. "I already answered you. The answer remains no."

Ren’s jaw flexed. "You are only doing this to punish me."

Dorian spoke before Kai could. "He is doing this because I claimed him and he accepted the claim. You lost the right to negotiate the day you walked out. The discussion is closed."

The board members shifted in their seats. Ren pushed back from the table and stood. "This is not over."

Dorian’s voice stayed level. "It is. You will clear your personal items from the company apartment by Friday. Your voting shares transfer to the trust at the end of the month. Fight me on either point and I will remove you from every remaining position before the week ends."

Ren looked at Kai one last time. "You will regret choosing him."

Kai answered without hesitation. "I already chose. Leave."

Ren walked out. The door shut harder than necessary. Dorian dismissed the board members with a short nod and waited until the room emptied.

He turned to Kai. "Stand up."

Kai stood. Dorian stepped in close and gripped the collar. "You handled that cleanly. You did not waver. That earns you the rest of the night at home with me."

They left the building without further conversation. In the car Dorian kept one hand on Kai’s thigh the entire ride. When they reached the penthouse he pointed to the bedroom.

"Strip. Kneel at the foot of the bed. Present."

Kai removed every piece of clothing and dropped to his knees on the rug. He lowered his chest to the floor and lifted his hips. Dorian walked around him slowly and then retrieved the cuffs from the drawer. He locked Kai’s wrists behind his back and attached a short leash to the collar.

"You made the choice in front of him," Dorian said. "Now you will make it again while I am inside you. You will ask me to keep you for real. You will ask for the bond."

Kai’s voice stayed steady. "Yes, sir."

Dorian knelt behind him and thrust in to the hilt with one strong push. Kai’s breath left him in a rush. Dorian set a deep, relentless rhythm and kept the leash short so that every stroke pulled against the collar.

"Tell me what you want."

Kai pushed back to meet each thrust. "I want you to keep me. I want the bond. I want to stop performing the revenge and simply belong to you."

Dorian reached under him and stroked his cock in firm pulls. "You understand what the bond means. It is permanent. I will not release it later because you change your mind."

"I understand, alpha. I still ask for it."

Dorian pulled out, flipped Kai onto his back, and hooked the leash higher so that Kai’s head tilted back. He pushed back inside and locked their eyes. The pace turned harder. The wet sound of their bodies filled the room.

"Say my name."

Kai’s voice cracked. "Dorian."

"Again."

"Dorian. Please bond me. Please keep me."

Dorian’s rhythm stayed punishing. He leaned down and sank his teeth into the junction of Kai’s neck and shoulder, the exact place that would take the bond. The bite broke skin. Kai cried out and came hard, body clamping down around Dorian’s cock while the bond sealed. Heat and instinct flooded through him in a single overwhelming wave. Dorian followed seconds later and locked the knot deep, flooding him while the bond settled into place.

They stayed joined while the knot pulsed and the new connection thrummed under Kai’s skin. Dorian licked the blood from the bite and then kissed him, slow and thorough.

"You are mine," Dorian said against his mouth. "Fully. Permanently. The revenge is finished because there is nothing left to take from him. He already lost."

Kai’s eyes stayed open and wet. "I do not want him. I only want this."

Dorian waited until the knot softened enough to withdraw. He cleaned the bite carefully, uncuffed Kai’s wrists, and pulled him into the center of the bed. They slept tangled together with the collar still in place and the fresh bond mark throbbing in time with Kai’s pulse.

Two months later Kai woke in the same bed to the solid weight of Dorian’s arm across his waist. The penthouse no longer felt temporary. His clothes hung in the closet. His scent mixed permanently with Dorian’s in every room. Ren’s shares had transferred on schedule. The younger alpha no longer appeared at company events.

Dorian stirred and pulled Kai closer. "You are thinking too loudly."

Kai turned in his arms. "I was thinking that the original plan worked better than I ever expected. I set out to hurt him and instead I ended up kept by you."

Dorian rolled him onto his back and settled between his thighs. He entered him in one slow thrust and held still. "Any regrets?"

Kai locked his legs around Dorian’s waist. "None."

Dorian began to move in deep, unhurried strokes. The morning light spilled across the bed. The bond mark on Kai’s neck had healed into a clean scar that Dorian kissed between thrusts.

"You will stay exactly where you are," Dorian said. "In this bed. In this collar. Under me. That is the only future that exists now."

Kai arched up to meet every stroke. "Yes, Dorian. I want that future."

Dorian reached between them and stroked Kai’s cock in time with his hips. The orgasm built slowly and crashed over both of them together. Dorian locked the knot and held Kai through the long pulses of release. They stayed joined while the city woke below the windows.

Kai rested his forehead against Dorian’s shoulder and breathed in the scent that now felt like home.

The revenge had delivered everything it promised and then delivered something he had never planned to want.

He belonged to the father completely. The son no longer mattered at all. And Dorian showed no intention of ever letting him go.