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"Anything"

"The whole no-kissing rule," she said "Was that a rule with all subs or just -after conversation I wanted to have I had to be honest with her, though

"It was just you, Abby," I said, stroking her hair

"Just me? Why?"

Honest You have to be honest

"It was a way to distance ht if I didn’t kiss you, I wouldn’t feel as ? "I’d be able to rehtly "You kissed your other subs," she said under her breath

Fuck

"Yes," I said No matter what, be honest, Paul had told me

"But not me," she said, eyes doard, expression a bit crestfallen

How could I ht? What could I do? How could I convince her that our past was past and our future would be so different?

"You knohat this means, don’t you?" she asked, before I could decide what to say

"No," I said, not sure where she was going

She ot a lot of ave her a tentative kiss "A lot?"

"Main "With interest"

Oh, she was teasing again I smiled "Interest?"

"Lots of interest," she said in her vixen voice "You better get started"

My ck twitched at her words "Oh, Abby," I said "I always pay my debts"

"Nathaniel," she said that Sunday afternoon We were sitting on the couch at her apart the newspaper I set down my section She looked nervous

"Yes," I said

"I was thinking" She didn’t say anything else, though, and I started to get worried

I scooted closer to her "Is so?"

She shook her head "I don’t want to assu" She played with a loose thread on the cushion "It’s justI ondering" She looked up at ain? I mean, you will, won’t you?"

I placed htly stroked her cheekbone "Is that what you want?"

She nodded "I want all of you Every part"

My thumb traced her lips "And I want every part of you that you’ll giveup the collar first, to make sure it hat she wanted Even then, I had never expected the topic to surface so soon

"You should know" I started, trying to find the words "I’ve been a lover and I’ve been a dom, but I’ve never been both to the same person before" She had been so honest I needed to do the same "I don’t kno to do it How to be both to you I’, but I stopped her "I will mess up, Abby I knoill"

She placed her hand over "

I looked into her beautiful eyes "I’d never forgive myself if I hurt you--"

"You won’t hurtphysically If I hurt you eo on

"We’ll do it together" She looped her arether" Her lips brushed my ear "I want you As my lover and my master We can do it"

"But if--"

"I told you once before you thought too much It’s still true You need to stop We can be beautiful"

Hearing her talk, I felt row and I drew her closer "You’re a very s I should listen to you h, her lips inches from mine "I’ll remind you of that"

"You better"

Her hands untucked , we need to talk"

"Later," she said, unbuttoningfor dinner in two hours"

"Toht," I said in between kisses "My house Kitchen table"

"Right now My apartment Bed"

I swept her into my arms and carried her down the hall