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"You are indeed"

"I see And how do you intend to extract value?"

"I already told you," he says "If you’re not going to pay attention …"

"You said you were going to make me come"

His mouth curves into a lazy sirl You get an A in class, after all" Then, with a devious gleam in his eye, Dains a slow tuggingelectricity out of friction, and I close my eyes as my breath comes shallower and faster "Damien," I whisper

"Do you like that?"

"Yes--oh, God, yes"

"Good," he says And then releases the cord

The friction stops anddown at"Frustrated, Ms Fairchild?"

"No," I lie, but even I can hear the petulant whine in hs, then kisses ht now, I have a treat for you" He presses a button on the table and a light above the panel door shifts frolance at Dauests their privacy When the food arrives, the server presses a button on the outside and the button turns red"

"And green unlocks it," I say It’s an interesting system--and also makes me realize that ould have had complete privacy if Daainst the , just as he’d described

I iainst my back Of Damien’s hands onme as he thrusts deeper and deeper inside me until I explode in a cacophony of colors that rival the shining lights of the Pier in the distance

"Nikki--"

My head jerks up and I realize that the waiter is setting a fondue pot on the table and Dah the waiter seems oblivious, I ahts had wandered

Naughty, he mouths

I flash him my most innocent smile, then bat my eyes for effect

There is a pattern in the middle of the tabletop that turns out not to be a pattern at all It’s a heating element, and onto it the waiter puts a heavy stone pot--le caquelon--filled with partially melted chocolate Another waiter has a basket of all sorts of dippables, ranging frorin at Damien like a kid in heaven "Chocolate fondue?"

"I had considered cheese," he says, after the waiters have slipped out and shut the panel door again "But this ill ensure that I’ of sex"