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My Adah the excitement has risen to my throat It isn’t a surprise, but I must contain myself

Too precious … too innocent …

But not forever

No girl is perfect, not even when they look like her

No, I will catch her in a lie, in dishonor, in jealousy, in dirt

I will catch her when she falls, and when she does, I will pick her up and bring her into my world

Amelia

I never thought I’d beg a stranger to give me pain

Give me pleasure

Give me all and more

Take from me what you desire

Take from me until I am an empty, soulless vessel

Because that is what I deserve, what I yearn for with every fiber of

As I sit here on his lap with ainst his while he slides a knife across my skin, I whimper

“Please … punish me,” I plead with this man

This ht

This man who treats me like a pet, like he owns me

This man … who knows my worst secret

A secret buried deep inside

My deepest, darkest sin

And the man who’s come to claim my punishment

Chapter 1

Amelia

When you see the one you know is going to turn your world upside down, you know

I always thought people were joking when they said that

But I kno that I rong So wrong

Because as I place so, I notice a guy sitting at one of the round tables in the far back, where usually no one co a book, casually slanted in his chair One firm hand clutches the book while the other touches his stubbly chin His tongue dips out and wets his thin lips, and he rubs thees My eyes immediately home in on the title of the book An obvious bodice ripper, it’s a book I wouldn’t expect a man like him to read

Because what aexpensive as heck, with his golden watch and perfect black shoes His slick brown hair coel makes hi a very spicy romance novel What are the odds?

Suddenly, his green eyes peer up froht into mine