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The crowd asped and turned to glare at Ben "What? No, you can’t--"

Ben grabbed her jaw, tilting her face up "I most certainly can, because you’re the one trussed up in chains, not me And if you don’t show me respect, since this is now my scene? When I’ve deemed that you are done with the pain portion? I won’t let Brian touch you At all All you’ll feel is pain Nothin’ else So choose"

She lowered her eyes "I apologize for my behavior, Sir"

Brian tied on the blindfold

At the first whip crack, the crowd moved back

"Brian Distract her"

As soon as Brian’s lips touched hers, Zoe relaxed She arched into hi soft noises as he broke the kiss

"Count Starting from one" Ben placed the first blow on the fleshy part of Zoe’s right shoulder

"One Thank you, Sir"

Ben keptwords and caresses as heblows He concentrated the hits on her buttocks and the backs of her thighs, re of arousal No need to caress her skin or take her to the next level He felt…tired Maybe a little used More than ready to be done with this night

At Zoe’s full body sluave his sub what she needed

The crowd parted for him, but all eyes returned to the action at the front

Ben wanted a shot of whiskey and the comfort of his own bed He cut down the hallhen a hand landed on his shoulder, jerking him to a stop He whirled around and his cousin Dalton was in his face, wearing a look of disgust

"What the fuck was that I just saw, Bennett?"

"Dalton?" Ben glanced at the crowd to see if a et in here?"

"I dropped your nauest pass"

He’d asked for that pass for Ainsley The fact she’d never use it made hiht now" Ben sidestepped him

But Dalton anticipated theon another helpless wooddamn voice down"

"The fuck I will I want so wo them! I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw you with that older couple I looked in theand watched you beat her And then I saw you immediately jump at the chance to beat another chick Jesus What did either of those women do to you?"

Dalton waswith hotheads, so he grabbed his cousin by his shirt and shoved hi a swing at him But Dalton paced Muttered to himself Ben had wondered how he’d handle it if this day came How he’d explain If he even wanted to try

Then Dalton invaded his space "How long have you been coo"

"So howthat tiainst his throat "Back the fuck off, Dalton You don’t have the first fuckin’ clue what you’re talking about You’re just flapping your gunorance"

"I knohat I saw"

"Do you? If what I was doing was so unwanted or wrong, then why the hell didn’t the woman’s husband stop me? Then why didn’t any one of the fifty otherthe last scene step in and stop me? Not because they were scared I’d turn the whip on them They didn’t stop it because they understood what I was doin’ You don’t"

"You’re goddaht I don’t," Dalton retorted "What kind of man does this? And do you know the really sick part? You didn’t get off doin’ it"

"So you’re saying you’d understand it more if I would’ve fucked those women afterward?"

"Yes No Maybe Fuck, I don’t know This makes no sense to me" Dalton paced to the back of the rooet it Why?"

Ben dropped into the chair "You think I can explain it enough to satisfy you? I recognize that look in your eyes, Dalton and that is the reason I don’t broadcast this Here at the club I find woet their asses whaled on?" Dalton sneered