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Hope’s gaze remained locked on his When she spoke, her voice wobbled “And this…collar She’ll have to wear it all the time?”

“That’s what twenty-four seven ertip pressed to her waraudy Unless people knew, I doubt they’d think she earing anything other than a striking piece of jewelry But her play collar, the one she wears in private with me or at a lifestyle event, may be different”

“Like at a BDSM club or soround she understood

Not that he’d let her stay there long “I enjoy showing off my sub There’s a certain restaurant in New Orleans, Vieille Rivière, that she will go to And she’ll joinother Titans But there was a lis I would want her to go along with Bondage Sensory deprivation”

“You mean like blindfolds and handcuffs?” There was no hesitation in her words, so he ascertained she’d made sense of what he’d said and decided that fell under the category of typical bedrooans

“As so thatnectar froods”

Wide-eyed, uncertain, she sucked in a deep, disbelieving breath

“Cla the column of her throat

“I…”

“On her nipples, a other places And I ant to her to wait forday, on her knees, head tipped back, her beautiful mouth held open by a dental dam”

“You mean…she’d have to do this herself?”

“Prepare forin the da it, pictured her naked in front of the door, hungry for his touch “Yes”

She retreated a step “Mr Sterling, I—”

“My ill focus on me and my pleasure”

“That sounds rather old-fashioned”

“Does it? What you’re not aware of is what I’ to do in return”

“In return?”