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Sam pushed away froave him a level look "Samuel"

He didn’t need to hear Z state what he already knew "No, she doesn’t want to see ht now"

"You have a history between you I’ve heard it’s not a happy one"

Subossip, and Z’s Jessica would be at the heart of it "I screwed up, but there was a connection between us It’s still there"

Z’s frown deepened, and he crossed his arms over his chest as he considered "You may offer If she accepts, you will emphasize she has a safe word And I intend to ood with a backup" Sa into another Dom’s scene wasn’t done, but…she needed him His protective instincts pushed him closer

Edasn’t into the scene at all, or he wouldn’t have noticed Sam stand one foot too close to the roped-off area He walked over "Friend of yours?"

He’d give his left nut to be able to say yes "Not quite But I h to her She’s sub way She said she wasn’t"

"She lied"

"You’ve got to be shitting me" Edward scowled "I should have spotted it But she was so insistent"

"The truth isn’t always co lied to" Edward tossed his cane in his bag, picked it up, and stalked away

Well, that was easy Sa a wild mare They had a connection froh to get past her anger? To let her trust him? His shoulder muscles knotted as he approached from the side where she could see hiht of her She still wore her jeans and an ugly black htly freckled back bare In the courthouse, she’d been dead white, but now he saw she had a fading tan Kim had mentioned she’d been in California to recuperate and escape the asshole newspeople Welcohtened when he saw the faint white lines--scars--on her back, left froh that she’d recognize the touch of a Master "Linda Look at id "No Not you"

Dammit, he’d had submissives fearful of hiiven Linda only as ht be warranted, not fear "Goddammit, I’ve never hurt anyone who didn’t ask ht of him, but restrained on the cross, she had no choice except to hear his apology

"I’uments he’d co I’ to throw off his words Her eyes opened "It’s okay It doesn’t aze was far iveness wasn’t even close "Yes, it does I hope you’ll forgive ht noith her chin cupped in his palm, he stroked his thumb over her jawline below the mask--"you need to hurt And you need soh that you can relax into it"

She bit back an obvious denial, and her eyebrows drew together

He held hi on her shoulders, not tracing the ridge of her spine with his fingers He permitted only one touch; she needed the do irl"

Tiny puffs of air hit his pal went shallow and fast And then…she shook her head

He wasn’t wrong The surge of satisfaction held hiht then Here’s hoill be Your safe word is red Say it"

She sed and then whispered, "Red"

"Good" This ti her pupils dilate until her eyes were as dark as the cross on which she was bound "I’ to touch you, but your jeans will stay up Your pussy will be out of bounds" This tih it annoyed the hell out of hireed?"