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"And here I thought you were going to fuckto spankand easy, his back straight, his expression that of a man who knows damn well that the earth will rotate whichever way he tells it to All that power, and right now it is focused entirely ona little cheated," I say

"I proh with you," he says with such heat in his voice that it’s a wonder I don’t ht there, and slip out of et to take you as far as I would have liked during our limo ride I intend to rehly"

He has so in his hand, and it takes me a minute to realize it’s one of his ties "Your eyes are open," he says

"Ah" I can hardly argue, as I’ht at him

"Close them," he says, and I do I feel the brush of silk over htens the tie around the back of my head His lips brush the corner of myyou hear, everything you feel, every bit of pleasure, every hint of pain will come from me So tell me, Nikki Does that excite you?"

"You know it does"

His lips graze h me "Why?"

I s It’s not a question I expected "Because--because you know me Because you knohat I can take You knohat I want You know irl"

He reaches up and traces his finger lightly along my collarbone, then over the strand of pearls A moment later, he has reainst pearls as he crunches the strand in his palm, then cups his hand over my breast

I tilt my head back and suck in air as he rubs s me with the hard, slick surface of the cluster of pearls Then he opens his hand les it, then rubs the strand enticingly against the swell of my breast, my puckered areola, and my oh-so-sensitive nipple

"Damien," I murmur as he trails the tip of the strand down my belly, careful to let only the smooth surface of one stone touchThe cool brush of the ge where the next touch will fall

I jurazesmyself to stand still

"Should I crush these as Cleopatra did?" he whispers

"I don’t need an aphrodisiac," I retort, my voice breathy

"No, I don’t think you do I can see the flush on your skin, I can breathe in the scent of your arousal When I touch you, I knoill find you desperately wet for me Won’t I, Nikki?"