Page 105 of The Best Bad Decision

I forced my head to show him I was listening but words weren’t coming as easy. “Yours.”

The croaked-out consent was all I could do but Master’s beaming smile said he’d understood. “Kneel for me, baby.”

Kneel.

I could do that.

I could kneel for him.

Words took too much thought but my body knew what to do without being told.

“Good boy.” When I was in position with the world finally going still around us, he held out the two ends again. “Do you see?”

See?

Oh.

My head jerked, getting a pleased sound from Master. “Your initials on this side. Mine over here. When I put them together, they’re going to lock and blend into one.”

Because I belonged to him.

All I could do was nod and shake and watch the chain come closer and closer. When he finally wrapped it around me, I closed my eyes and worked at taking deep breaths like I knew he’d want.

Air in.

Air out.

“Good boy.” He kissed my head. He hummed softly. “God, that’s…baby.”

Fingers slowly trailed around my neck where the necklace was resting right over my shirt. “Once I let you out of this suit, I’m going to lay it against your skin and it’ll be like I’ve got my hand resting around your neck all the time.”

Because I belonged to him.

He stroked my cheek as I nodded, chuckling softly as he tilted my chin up. “Look at me, baby.”

Look.

Look at Master.

He swam into view as I blinked and tried to clear my eyes. “Good boy. I want you to really hear me.”

Hear him.

I would hear him.

“You are the best bad decision I ever made.” He smiled as he fingered the chain again with his free hand. “You give me a purpose in life I’ve never had before. You watch over me and take care of me. You notice what I need and you show me every day that you were meant to stand right beside me in life.”

Stroking my cheek, he bent over and gave me another kiss. “You show me you love me and you let me keep the world steady for you, baby.”

Steady was amazing.

“I love you too. I love all the wonderful things I’ve learned about you and I’m going to love all the little pieces I don’t know about you yet.” That almost made me laugh. Master knew everything. Everything that mattered and everything silly.

Swallowing hard, I licked my lips and finally pushed the lump down. “I do love you. I don’t. It just.”

How had I missed how incredible he was?

Just thinking about what almost slipped through my fingers had my stomach clenching but then I felt his hand…my collar…his kiss.