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Way to act like a confident Dom

Finally, Ainsley knocked on the door

Gone was the bank executive She’d dressed in a long-sleeved T-shirt the color of surass, jeans and puffy, down-filled vest She wasn’t carrying an overnight bag

"Hey Come in Did you eat?"

Ainsley shook her head "Nervous stomach I wasn’t sure…"

"If I’d o at it in the foyer?"

"To be honest, yes"

Ben took her hands in his "Ainsley I wanna get to know you All sides of you Not just how you respond to me when you’re nekkid and trussed up"

"That’s a relief"

"For hed softly, naturally "I doubt you’ve ever suffered from that in your life"

"There’s always that first ti his head "I’hts I eat supper in front of the TV so I can get s between us dramatically Because I’m more of a Jeopardy fan myself"

"That’s because you have way irl"

"Because you’re just a siht?" she teased

"Yep So how about if I fix us a bowl of popcorn and you can snicker at ood You need help?"

"Why? Do you think I’ll burn it?"

"No I just want to make sure you pour extra butter on oal is to keep "

They settled in front of the TV Ben thought you could learn a lot about a person by how they ate popcorn The quietwith gusto Eating a single kernel at a ti on extra butter, extra salt and extra seasoning? A hedonistic bent So it’d pleased him to watch Ainsley pour butter and sprinkle all sorts of seasonings on her popcorn

She buured out this phrase yet?"

"Nope You?"

"Yes"

"Prove it"

"On a chicken wing and a prayer"

He groaned "I hate the pun ones"

"Aren’t they all puns?"

"No Heh Look He went bankrupt anyway That sucks"

During the next commercial, he casually asked, "Are we usin’ condouess Why?"

"I just hoped you were on the pill But no biggie"

"I’ sex without a condom, with a man who frequents a sex club No offense"

"None taken I’ll just o and I could show you the paperwork Twice yearly testing is mandatory for club members I’ve alorn a condom No exceptions"

"Even when you…play like this, outside the club?"

Ben faced her, but she was busy rooting around in her bowl "Look at me"

She peeked at hied to the Rawhide I’ve seen a woman outside the club only a few times But I’ve never done this--asked a woman to be my submissive for a month outside the club"

"What about inside the club?"

"No"

She hadn’t been expecting that answer "Do you have normal relationships? Iinvolved in the club?"

"I’ll ignore your use of the word normal because of your lack of experience I used to date Then ed er felt like a deviant for what I wanted froer had to pretend my needs were conventional"

Ainsley blushed

"Every once in a while I’ll meet a woman outside the club and ask her out But if I can’t be est you’ve dated a woman?"

"Probably…a month"