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He gently taps my shoulder, indicating I should turn around again, and I shuffle on my knees until I’m facing him once more. “Where did you learn to do that, Sir?” I ask with a pop of one eyebrow.
“Not where you think. Our mom died when Joey was three. I had to braid a lot of hair.”
The image of him braiding little Joey’s hair warms my heart.
Lorenzo’s dark eyes fix on mine. “I have a gift for you.”
Warmth settles in my core, and any lingering doubts I had about this morning melt away.
He cups my jaw in his hand, rubbing the pad of his thumb over my cheekbone. “It’s not just a gift though, tesoro.” His eyes narrow. “It’s something much more. A commitment.”
I blink in confusion. I’m the one on my knees here, so this can’t be a proposal.
My entire body trembles when he pulls a square velvet-covered box from behind his back and snaps it open to reveal a stunning white-gold choker. Tears prick at my eyes. On closer inspection, I see it’s a series of thick links that fit so perfectly together that they look like one piece of metal. Each link has a sunflower or a sun delicately engraved on it, so fine that they can only be seen from up close.
The center link is set with a large canary diamond and the fastening at the back has a small heart-shaped padlock. It’s the most beautiful piece of jewelry I’ve ever seen.
“Is that a…” I swallow the emotion welling in my throat, worried I might cry and spoil the moment.
“It’s a collar, sunshine. I want you to wear it, but I also want you to think about what this means before you say yes. I can wait if you need time.”
A collar means he’s my Dom and I belong to him. What is there to think about? “I know what it means,” I whisper.
“Do you?” He arches an eyebrow at me. “Because once you put it on, you don’t get to take it off so easily.”
I glance at the choker again. So intricate and pretty.
“You can take it off to shower or bathe,” he says, reading my mind, “but once you wear my collar, you belong to me. It’s like a wedding ring. Off or on, you’re still my sub. Twenty-four seven.”
Sucking in a deep breath, I try to calm my galloping heart. “With the same rules we have now?”
“Yes. But we can revisit the rules anytime you want.”
“An equal partnership?”
“Yes.”
“Where I do whatever you tell me without question?”
He smiles widely, and the sight makes my heart, and my pussy, flutter. “Yes.”
I suppress a grin. “If this is a proposal, shouldn’t you be the one on your knees?”
The sound of his laugh fills the room. I don’t think I’ve ever heard him laugh like that before. “Forthatproposal, you can be sure I’ll be on at least one knee, sunshine.”
Butterflies swirl in my stomach. He tucks a loose strand of hair behind my ear, his face growing serious again. “Know that this means more to me than any marriage proposal. I can wait to make you my wife, but I don’t want to wait any longer for this.”
“Well, you kind of have to wait to make me your wife seeing as I’m technically still married.” I regret the words as soon as they leave my mouth. Brad has no place in this conversation. But if the reminder of my ex-husband bothers Lorenzo, he doesn’t show it.
He places his hand on my cheek and rubs his thumb over my bottom lip. I stare up at him, drinking in every single thing about him. I love him so much it makes my heart ache. “Mia Stone, will you wear my collar?”
“Yes Sir, I would love to.”
His chest heaves as though he was holding his breath waiting for my answer—like there was ever any doubt that I would say yes. He takes the choker from the box and fastens it around my neck, clicking the lock into place before sitting back with a satisfied smile on his face.
I run my fingers over the stone on the front. The choker is surprisingly light and comfortable—two things I’m sure he took into consideration when he chose it.
“If it’s not to your liking, I’ll have them make you another.
