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“Noted,” came a voice from his watch.
“That’s creepy,” she said.
“This thing may go back to Bonds.” He touched the lower right hand corner of the screen. “You were telling me how it’s too controlling.”
“I couldn’t move more than a few feet away from you,” Kelsey protested.
“And?”
“Hey, watch, please note this is the second time Nathan Donovan has been called obtuse.”
“Noted.”
This time, he scowled as he pushed and held a flashing icon on the screen.
“I’m kind of liking the thing,” she said.
“I’m sure you are.” He put his cuff back in place. “Where were we?”
“Me objecting to the leash.” Even as she said the words, she realized he knew exactly where they were.
“Come here.”
It was phrased more as a request than command, seductive and compelling. She was lost to this man. She took a couple of steps toward him and tipped her head back to look at him.
“Lift your hair for me.”
Obediently, she did.
He fastened the collar around her throat.
It was thrilling and overwhelming at the same time.
He checked the fit by putting his fingers between it and her throat. “Maybe one more notch.” He tightened it then asked, “How’s that?”
Hell. How would she ever have the courage to tell him the truth? She settled for, “Fine.”
When he raised his eyebrows, she added, “Sir. Fine, Sir.”
“That respect, Kelsey. It does it for me.”
Him saying he was pleased made her want to please him more.
He threaded his finger through the D-ring and gently brought her toward him.
She sucked in a hot, needy breath.
He captured her lips with his then devoured her mouth, leaving her breathless.
“Woman, you would destroy a lesser man.”
“I’m only interested in one.”
He grabbed her hand, moved it to his cock. She needed no encouragement to stroke him. “Tonight, I want you, Nathan. Don’t make me wait any longer.”
“I think it can be arranged.” He released the D-ring and picked up the leash. “Trust me? We never have to do this again if you hate it. Try it?”
Almost everything in her rebelled. But there was a tiny piece that was willing to go along, simply because it mattered to him.
“If you want me to take it off, say yellow or red. I will remove it instantly. No questions.”
“Because it pleases you.”
“Oh, Kelsey…” He kissed her forehead.
In that moment, she wondered if she were capable of refusing him anything.
She looked up at him as he attached the clip.
Her hands fisted at her sides, she waited for the flash of panic that she expected. But there was none. Instead, desire streaked through her.
“Come with me.”
Surprisingly, he didn’t tug on her. He walked a fraction of a step ahead of her, as they might in public.
He stopped in front of the mirror above the entrance table. “See what I see.”
Kelsey stared at a woman she barely recognized.
The leather was wrapped tautly around his hand, and he held it near her shoulder. And the sight of it with the collar… It felt erotic, but it looked ten times more so—thick, unyielding, possessive. The harshness of the collar, though, was softened by her hair, the addition of femininity. “I like it,” she confessed. Her eyes were wide as she met his, whiskey-shot hazel mixing with molten green fire. His pupils flared with desire, hers tightened in response.
The way he looked at her made the world tilt. He communicated passion and possession, and both collided, claiming her.
“You understand, don’t you?”
“Yes,” she whispered. None of this, wearing his color or leash, meant that he controlled her. It meant he wanted to protect and keep her near.
She traced the silver metal buckle and knew she was safe with this man. She felt it in every nerve ending.
“This is only the beginning, Kelsey. Only the beginning.”
Chapter Nine
She saw what he did, the power of her surrender, the trust, the hunger. Nathan wasn’t sure he’d ever been with a woman he desired more. “Do you want me to remove it?” He tilted his head.
“No,” she said softly.
His balls drew up. “So fucking hot and sexy, woman.”
“For you.” She said it like a vow.
Her words slayed him.
It took all his powers of self-control not to yank up her skirt and plow his throbbing dick into her. He had a plan for the evening, and he was going to stick with it no matter the cost. It was a good thing he’d masturbated before leaving for work this morning. “I want you to see what else is in the bag.”
