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“It’s okay.”
“If you don’t like how it looks, there are others.”
“No, Steven,” I whispered. “That’s not what I mean. It’s expensive.”
“I asked if you liked it. Not if you think it’s expensive.”
“You’ve already bought me clothes,” I said. “That’s enough. Let’s go.”
“Sierra,” he said, his voice stern.
I sucked in a breath and snapped my gaze to his, feeling the warmth pool between my thighs. He only used that commanding tone when he wanted me to obey him during sex. But this … this was so much money.
And I didn’t deserve it.
“I’ll never be able to repay you,” I whispered, chest tightening. “Please.”
“You don’t have to repay me.”
“But—”
“You want to repay me? You can give me another bath.”
My eyes widened. “But you don’t like baths. Last time that happened …”
Tuesday morning drifted through my mind, and I swallowed hard. My stomach had been in knots all week as I thought about that morning, wondering what had gone through his mind and what had even possessed me to sleep over at his place.
“I really enjoyed it,” he said. “Nobody had given me a bath before. Do we have a deal?”
“Are you sure?”
His lips curled into a smile. “All I want is a bath as repayment.”
“A bath it is.” I glanced at the diamond choker around my neck. “One expensive bath.”
He moved closer to me and brushed his fingers against my shoulder, following my gaze. “Do you like this one? If you don’t, we can try a couple of other places or even order a custom piece for you.”
“No,” I said, because a custom piece sounded even more expensive. “This is perfect.”
“Good,” he said, smiling. “Because you’ll be wearing it often.”
25
steven
Sierra walked out of the Cathedral of Learning alone with her hands wrapped around the straps of her backpack and a small smile on her face when she spotted me. I kicked myself off my car, shoved my phone into my pocket, and dropped my gaze to her bare neck.
“Where is your necklace?” I asked, grabbing her backpack from her.
“Oh, it’s back at my apartment,” she said.
“Do you not like it?”
“I just don’t want it to get ruined tonight during class.”
“I want you to wear it,” I ordered, careful not to say more.
I wanted her to wear it to her classes, to her internship, while she was out with her friends, and especially while I had her bent over my desk at Radiant because when any other man even looked in her direction, I wanted him to know that she was taken. By me.
