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“The third C is as important as the others I will be committed to you I’m not like my father If you walk down that aisle to me, you will always have my fidelity You will be ive more than you receive in return”

She gripped her shoulders “And the BDSM thing… I’ll find out more about that this weekend?”

“That is my intention Yes”

“Parts of it scares the hell out of me”

“Let me throw a fourth C your direction Communication You will always have a safe word We will discuss everything If so is off-limits, it’s off-limits”

“You said you like to show off your subs”

The pitch of her voice had risen a bit, so Rafe sat back and propped one knee on the opposing ankle, trying to put her at ease

“Is that negotiable?”

“Everything is I’d want to knohat made you uncomfortable Perhaps you had conditions that would make it tolerable for you” She’d been scandalized at the Bluewater Grill when he asked her to run the rose’s dangerous stem across her bared skin, but she’d done it And there’d been a flush of excitement on her cheeks “If you don’t want to scene in a club, that’s fine We can confine our activities to private spaces I’d invite you to visit the Retreat, or my other club, the Quarter in New Orleans If you said no, I’d ask if it was okay for otiate the tere or evolve over time”

She scowled, and an intriguing note of possession crept into her voice as she said, “I wouldn’t want you playing with other women”

“Understood”

“That doesn’t ree”

“Perhaps you’d like to watch a dee your request?”

“If we…if ere to move forward, you would never put your hands on anyone else”

So his sweet Hope had claws Her responses werea relationship than one as thinking about it in abstract terms “There’s only you, Hope”