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"Cash or credit?"

"Cash"

The htly squeaky response He simply told her the total

Anna quickly counted out the bills, then took the bag froaze i her stuer seat, tightly gripping her new purchase

"Not knohat you’ve got in the bag, but knowing it’s going to be da me, sweetheart"

She looked at hiearshift All because she’d gone in and bought a sex toy

For hihter The balance of power had shifted between them Yes, he’d all but ordered her to walk into the sex shop and buy a toy, soht she’d want her husband to do

But now she knew better

It was exactly what she’d wanted

He hadn’t just had her do it for hi her to face her secret desires, so deeply hidden she hadn’t dared admit them even to herself

He’d done it for her pleasure too

Onceher outside of her coo--she already kneasn’t the kind of man ould ever do that Instead, he’d walked hand in hand with her to another, higher ledge and told her it was okay to jump

Her body was already so aroused, so sensitive to the slightest brush of fabric against her skin, that she hadn’t thought it would be possible for her feelto do with sex--and everything to do with her heart

A heart she’d vowed to protect at all costs back at the stadiu it in his pants since early adolescence But fro that brown bag, he’d been using everyon until they were back at his house, when he could put his mouth, his hands on her At this point, it didn’t evenHe just needed to possess her, to feel her warm and soft beneath his and know that she was his

Somehow he let her walk from his car to the house on her own, rather than just cave her in by her hair so that he could fk her like the savage he really was But once the door clicked closed behind them, once she turned around with that look in her eyes that was part anticipation, part apprehension, he was lost

Co her

"Take your clothes off, Anna"

Each as clipped, his teeth clenched together so tight he was on the verge of chipping the rooht--"