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His entire expression softened, his eyes gloith tenderness
"Honey, nothing about your desires and needs is wrong Nothing Do you understand that? I need to knohat pleases you, what turns you on, your deepest, darkest fantasies If I don’t knohat they are, how can I give you what you need?"
She didn’t respond
He brushed the back of his knuckle down her cheekbone, stroking and then sliding back up to stroke doard again His touch was infinitely soothing It also aroused her Al so ht now His hands on her body Mouth on her skin
"In ti fro you can’t share with me Nor will there ever be You can be yourself with me, Joss I’ll protect and cherish your heart and soul You don’t need defenses around ood anyway because I intend to strip you of the between us but your delectable skin"
"Your expectations seeh," she murmured "You want my trust and my obedience"
He smiled "In theory, yes, quite simple But obedience entails quite a lot You’ll never know from one day to the next what it is I’ll deh aphrodisiac Anticipation makes it much sweeter"
"And punishments, Dash? We spoke of what turnsout punishment on your sub pain for the sake of inflicting pain, no I won’t set you up to fail just so I can punish you, honey That’s not the way I work Because I find much more satisfaction in your obedience That’s illa task so that punishment ensues However, yes, there are soue they aren’t true punishments because both me and my submissive enjoy them I prefer to think of them as sexual pleasure That’s what it’s all about My pleasure And yours"
"You like the control," sheyour will on the wo"
She set there, Dash Just please be patient with me I want to learn, to explore But I’ ayou and myself"
His expression beca her to look directly into his eyes
"You will never disappoint ether"
She drew in a deep breath and then sotten all of the talk out of the hen do we start? And hoe start?"
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"I want you to move in with me," Dash said bluntly
Joss’s eyes widened in surprise and her lips parted, a rush of air escaping the perfectly formed bow
"But Dash"
"No buts," he said firmly "This won’t be a part-time relationship, Joss Nor will it be a secret"
Her brow furroith consternation and she shook her head "But I don’t want anyone to know! Not that I’m ashamed of you That isn’t it But this is private I don’t want our relationship, what our relationship is, to be public knowledge!"
He leaned forward and pressed his lips to her forehead "It won’t be public, honey Not certain aspects of our relationship I’ to flaunt it But I’ll want you here with me, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week I don’t think it would be a good idea forsettle over Joss and he saw the instant she realized his purpose
"Of course," she said in a low voice "I wasn’t thinking Of course you wouldn’t want to be in the house I shared with Carson It wouldn’t be fair to you"
"Or to you," Dash said gently "This is a fresh start for you, Joss It needs to be And in order to do that, you have to break free from the past so you can move ahead with your future"
"It’s just so sudden," she murmured "So much has happened and it’s happened so quickly I’ve barely had ti youyouto allow that I’ve waited too long I won’t let you go now Not when I’ I ever wanted Maybe that’s selfish of me But I can live with it if you can"
She slanced up at him "I can live with that What else then? I just move here with you?"
"That’s a start," he said "Once you’re here, we’ll move further into the physical--and emotional--aspects of our relationship You’ll find I’ man, Joss I hope to hell you’re prepared for that I won’t be easy I won’t haveat the pulse point of her neck "I don’t want you to," she said huskily
"Good Nohy don’t we go over to your house so you can pack a few things You don’t have to get everything today Just what you need for the next few days We can always go back for more later"