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Liquid heat blazed elsewhere. She throbbed between her legs.
She wanted to collar that pale column, press her hand against
where that hard swallow echoed, where Coralyn’s heartbeat
could be felt. She wanted her lips there too, easing the sting of
her touch. She wanted to inhale her scent as she—
“I’m done waiting for you to decide what to do with me.”
Coralyn tilted her head, drawing herself up to her full height,
even though Giana towered over her in every way. “I’m done
waiting for you to punish me. If you want to terrorize me, or
do something to me to make me pay, then just get it done and
over with. I’m tired of being toyed with.”
Fuck. Coralyn couldn’t know what she was offering. It
made Giana feel like she was the one naked. For once in her
life, she was willing to break her own rules. She’d argued with
herself that the damage was already done, but that just meant
she should be doing more to get back in control. She didn’t
know why she wasn’t. Why she couldn’t.
“I wasn’t toying with you,” Giana snapped. Keep going, and
you’re going to make a mistake. She’d been angry, but that had
given over to something else once she’d had time to process it,
and time was all she’d had, no matter how busy she’d been
with work. “I was trying to give you time to acclimate. Your
father died.” She was verging on tenderness now, she heard it
in her voice, and she had to stop. “Yes, I was insensitive about
it. I was angry.” I was hurt. You betrayed me. No, she hadn’t
been hurt. Nothing could hurt her. Nothing could get past that
steel coating.
“Fine. I’m fine.” She wasn’t fine. “Just punish me and get it
over with and let me live my life. The marriage can be
annulled. I’ll never tell anyone what happened.”
