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“I do.” Arrogant pride filled him. He wanted to be the one to open the world to her, change her. “When you did orgasm?” He wanted her to be comfortable discussing everything with him.
“It was powerful. So much so that one of them hurt.”
At her confession, his cock responded, and Dominant urges flared. “So as much as you hated it, you want to continue with them?”
“Yes.”
She was more than he’d dared dream. “And the acts of service you’ve performed for me?” Having her remove his cufflinks, assisting him as he dressed or undressed, soothed the savage inside him.
“To be honest, my first reaction was to tell you to do it yourself, that I’m not a servant or maid.”
There were words she’d left unsaid, and he was curious. “You did it, though.”
“It hadn’t been on my limits list. Since I didn’t have a good reason to say no, I thought I’d give it a try.” She pursed her lips.
At some point in the future, he hoped she wouldn’t hesitate out of a misplaced sense of embarrassment. He wanted the unvarnished truth.
“It wasn’t as uncomfortable as I’d expected it to be. Part of me liked touching you, pleasing you. It made me happy. This might sound strange, but it was personal.”
“Intimate.”
She nodded, and he gave her time to formulate the rest of her response. “I realized it might be part of the scene, the whole submission thing, but it is so much more than that, deeper. I mean… People who care about each other do things for them. Like…okay, this is a strange example. But Skyler brought me a latte on Monday because she guessed I’d been up late on Sunday and had to get up early to prepare for our meeting.”
“Ambush,” he corrected.
“Ambush? Is that how you saw it?”
He shuddered anew. “A veritable army in high heels and pearls. Terrifying.”
She smiled. “And here I thought you were braver than that.”
“You’re kidding, right? Have you ever gone against three powerful women determined to have their way?”
She shifted in his lap until she found a position she liked, one that left him decidedly uncomfortable.
“Anyway, sometimes on a Friday when we don’t have events, I send Skyler home early. And I buy her and Tony lunch from time to time. I enjoy making them happy. It’s not about them being my employees. It’s about appreciation.”
“Excellent example.”
“And with you… There’s a reciprocity that I haven’t experienced with anyone else. You didn’t have to drive me to work the other morning. We could have eaten dinner out. The flowers… My point is, in a lot of relationships, people do nice things for each other all the time. My mother told me that my dad always kept the gas tank on her car filled when he wasn’t deployed. Little things. What I did for you? I liked it.”
“You have my utmost appreciation.”
“So how would you like to show me?”
A match flared inside him. This was the first time she’d ever initiated anything physical between them. He hadn’t been planning to fuck her tonight. Or tie her up. It had been about making her comfortable, revealing parts of his personality that he’d kept hidden—maybe even from himself. That he was capable of the tenderness he wanted to show her stunned him.
“I’d like to be more comfortable together. I want to know what you’ll expect from me if you’re going to show me off in Louisiana. And…”
“And?”
“I’m horny,” she murmured against his chest.
“No hiding.” He moved her back and captured her chin.
“This is outside my comfort zone.”
“Sweet Hope, I intend to destroy it. We can start by going inside. At the bottom of the stairs, you will remove your clothes and leave them near your purse. Then you are to go upstairs, find the butterfly and a blindfold. Place the vibrator against your clit, and I mean that. Touching it. Turn it on to the pulse setting. I’ll expect to find you wearing a blindfold and spread-eagle on the bedspread, faceup. Do not move from that position. Pretend you are tied to the bedframe. And do not come.”
