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I’d taken a suede flogger fro the last time I’d used it

I had invited a close dominant friend and his collared submissive over to my playroom shortly after my breakup with Beth Hours later, ere deep into the scene Jen was on her knees before Carter, his ck in herher with a suede flogger I timed the strokes with each thrust of Carter’s hips, , her rew hard as I waited for hi his ti as he could

"Damn, Nathaniel," he said "Her mouth is so hot If you want her to service you, I’ll have no problem with it"

I knew many dominants who shared their submissives and, while it never bothered me, I had never been one to share my collared subs with others Would I be a hypocrite to accept Carter’s offer?

I refocused my attention on Jen Her body strained with the effort of controlling her own lust

Fuck I was turning her on with the flogger Exciting her My ck strained against my jeans

Would I do it?

"That’s it, my Jennie," Carter said "Nice and hard"

Jen moved her body, and ere all in sync--Carter’s hips, Jen, and er

"I can’t hold out anymore," Carter panted "Let me know, Nathaniel You really should fk her mouth"

I unzipped h er dropped tomyself

"What the hell?" Melanie screeched

She stood in the playroom door with her hands on her hips, all the blood drained fro my pants

"Not until you tell--"

"Now!"

She turned with a huff and stomped away I walked out of the room and closed the door behind

"You want to explain to me what the hell I just saw?"

I collapsed onto the couch I felt a hundred years old "You knew I never made a secret of who I was"

"You toldto do it any, Melanie"

"That’s not what it looked like toin your hand?"

"A flogger"

"A flogger?" she asked in disbelief Her pacing stopped "You flog people?"

"Don’t look at er knohat they’re doing"

"Which you do, I suppose?"

"Of course I knohat I’er start to boil deep withintime"

She huffed one more time and turned from me "That room That room with all that stuffI didn’t know" Her shoulders hitched "I thought I’d co with Grandot up and put ht you’d be away I just wantedI just wanted to reht it would helpI hated knowing I had caused her tears

"Melanie," I whispered "This is why I never wanted to scene with you You wouldn’t like it It justit wouldn’t work" Like we don’t work, I’d wanted to add

She turned to look at me, her eyes filled with tears "I can try, Nathaniel Please, let me try"

"Don’t Please It’s not your fault It’s me" I stroked her back as she cried "It’s all h the motions for another ether, went out, tried to put that Thursday night behind us

It didn’t work

I ho I was and Melanie ho she was

I’d told her she deserved better than me Deserved a man who could love her the way she needed to be loved Who wouldn’t need the crazy lifestyle I needed She’d begged me to collar her, to try to scene with her, but I couldn’t do it I knew deep down that Melanie would never be a submissive

And I knew that I would always be a do me back to the present I checked the caller ID Elaina

"Hey, Elaina," I said "What’s going on?"

"I told Abby all your deep, hidden secrets and she said she didn’t care"

"Silly woman, I could have told you that"

"I really like her You better hang on to her"

"I plan on it Where are you?"

"We just left Delphina’s I’ot aAbby!" Elaina screaacross the floor "Elaina!"

I heard a terrific crash through the phone and then a low moan from Elaina: "Oh, God Abby"

"Elaina!" I shouted into the phone "Where’s Abby? What happened?" She didn’t answer "Elaina!"

"Oh, God Nathaniel," she said "It’s Abby It’sit’s not good"

My heart felt like the world’s strongest rasp I couldn’t breathe, and only one thought kept running through my head

Abby

Abby

Abby

Chapter Thirteen

"Elaina!" I shouted again, but she didn’t answer From her end of the phone, I heard frantic voices and the sound of a car door slam "Elaina!"

What had happened to Abby? What did Elaina ood? Was Abby involved in the crash I’d just heard?

Then I heard yelling

"Call 911!"

"Is she breathing?"

"Can you find a pulse?"