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Will’s nostrils flared and his lips parted on a gasp. The rise and fall of his chest signaled Robert had the man right where he wanted him. So, he pressed a little harder, pushing past those feeble walls Will continued to construct, though he was on the edge of his seat with anticipation.
“If you become my sub, it’ll be my job to take care of you in all things. From picking out what you’ll eat, to what, if anything, you’ll be wearing when you go to bed.”
“Wait—”
“I make all the decisions,” Robert stated plainly. No need to pussyfoot around the truth.
“So, in order to have you as my Dom, I need to give up my ability to do for myself?” Will cocked a brow.
Robert nodded.Bratty behavior in three...two...one.
Will stood, fisting his hands on his hips, throwing off major attitude. “Fuck that. In case you haven’t noticed, I’m a grown-ass man. I don’t need you or anyone else to tell me what to do. I’ve been fine on my own.”
“Sit down,” Robert snapped, deepening his voice. Will lifted his chin and crossed his arms. Fuck... Robert wanted to take Will across his knee and spank the sass out of him. Instead, he blew out a breath and added, “Now.”
The internal war Will waged with himself flashed across his features. This wasn’t something Robert could help him with. Will had to either accept what Robert offered or walk away.
“Think very hard about your next steps,” Robert warned. “If you run away, without hearing me out, that’s it. I won’t beg you to stay or chase after you. You leave, we’re done.”
Will stood there for a good minute before he slowly sank back into his seat. “What if I don’t like what I hear?”
“Then we’ll discuss it like two grown-ass adults.” Robert shrugged. “But, listening to each other is the first step in being open to uncomfortable conversations.”
Will frowned but nodded. “Let’s continue.”
Robert smiled. He really couldn’t wait to get Will under him. It was going to be fun, for both of them. “You will always be given choices. At least two, sometimes three depending on the situation. There will be times when you’ll get what you picked, what you want to eat or wear, and sometimes you won’t. You will learn to deal—” Robert leaned forward, holding Will’s gaze “—and eventually like it.”
Will huffed.
A front. Robert could see right through Will’s bravado. The man was craving this. If he hadn’t liked what Robert was saying or had done already, Will would have bucked Robert’s assertions, starting from the minute he wanted an apple martini and Robert handed him a bottle of water.
When Will’s narrowed eyed gaze slid to Robert once more, his lips flattened and a droll expressions replaced the anger. “Is there more?”
Robert chuckled. “I have a sadistic streak, and have absolutely no issue doling it out to my subs.”
“I’m not into pain,” Will stated, almost as if he won something, what Robert had no idea.
“It’s not always about pain.” And it wasn’t. Though, he had a feeling, in the right setting Will might enjoy the bite of agony with his pleasure. But, that wasn’t here or there. Later they could experiment, until then, he pressed on with their negotiations.
Robert’s sadistic tendencies were more about watching the other person squirm, anticipating his actions and being wrong, and then dealing with the fallout. He fucking loved it. To see his sub deal with his unpredictability and possible punishment got him off more than giving physical pain. He had no problem freely admitting it either. “And if receiving pain is a hard limit for you, I can respect it and honor your limits. When you’re with me. It’s me and you and only us. I also don’t share. Ever.”
An emotion Robert couldn't decipher flittered across Will's face, piquing Robert's curiosity. Could it be the other man had experimented with menage? "Will?" His future sub's Adam’s apple rose and fall as he gulped.Fuck. Had he read the other man wrong. Robert was a selfish prick and he didn’t share well. His family tended to tease him, incessantly, about how he never allowed anyone to touch or play with his toys when he was younger. Sharing was a hard limit for him. “Do you want to be shared?”
“What?” Will sucked in a breath, placing his hand to his chest. There was a reason for his snappish answer. They would discuss it later though, when they were on the same page. Will’s lip curled in disgust and anger. There was something definitely there, but it would have to keep for now. “Hellno. It’s not something I’ve ever desired, fantasized, or wanted.”
Robert nodded, “When you tried this before, was sharing something the Dom wanted of you?”
Will shifted in the seat. He folded his hands together in his lap, squeezing his fingers until they turned white. He was uncomfortable. Robert cocked his head. His gut told him, Will was repressed sexually. He suspected the younger man had a bit of kink in him, he saw the flare of desire at the bar when he mentioned being a Dom but pulling out what Will enjoyed and didn’t like would take some time. Or, maybe, it was a former lover or Dom who belittled Will’s kink, making him insecure about his wants and needs.
Robert was of the mindset, people liked what they liked and as long they were all consenting adults, as far as he was concerned it was no one’s business how they got off. He surrounded himself with people of the same thinking. He didn’t have time to deal with other people’s petty bullshit prejudices.
“You need someone who can engage with you, keep you on your toes.” Robert sat forward, once he had Will’s full attention again. “That’s me. Part of my pleasure is from keeping you on the toes. On the flip side, I’m always a gentleman. You’ll be well pampered. Another thing, I believe you crave.”
Will snorted. “A gentlemen sadist.”
Robert smiled. “Exactly.”
Will rolled his eyes, his hands fluttering in his lap. “Let me guess,Robert, you’d like me to provide you with an answer tonight.”
