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“What business of yours is it?” I asked

She shook the box at me “It’s my business because these are not on your meal plan”

Not on my meal plan? I didn’t have a meal plan She had a meal

Oh

Oh

She wanted to role-play I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that Abby would never want to be a domme, but if she wanted to play around a bit Well

Part ofthe lines even further The other part of o I’d told her my room and the playroom were off-limits for the week Where would she take this? Had she planned this out?

There was only one way to find out

“Do you think I put together abetter to do?” she asked as victory surged in her eyes “Answer me”

My words froht I punished her I uncrossed my arms and dropped them to my sides “No, Mistress”

She gave a drah “I had plans for today, but instead we’ll have to spend the afternoon inside, working on your punishment”

I wasn’t sure what she had planned, but for that one ether on anything for the entire afternoon would be delightful

“I’m sorry to disappoint you, Mistress”

“You’ll be sorrier still when I’ up to my room You have ten minutes to join me there”

She turned and left the roolanced down at Apollo and smiled “Go to the kitchen, Apollo”

He cocked his head to the side and pawed the air

“I mean it”

With a heavy sigh, he left the library and I was alone Needless to say, hts were all over the place What was Abby up to? How far would I allow her to take this? If it were a real scene in which I was a submissive, I would enter her room naked Since that wasn’t the case, I decided to leave my clothes on

As I walked up the stairs, thoughts swirled around inand exactly what I’d allow Abby to do Lay out when I’d call a stop to her little game But how could I plan when I didn’t knohat she had planned?

Her words from the kitchen came back to me: You think too much

She had been right, of course I did think too ht I wouldn’t think I’d simply allow myself to fly by the seat of my pants—to be spontaneous I could handle whatever Abby had planned, and if at any point I needed to, I’d call a stop to it

It was siht about it

She stood by the foot of her bed, dressed in the silver robe she’d worn the day I collared her She looked evenwere possible

She crossed her arms and tapped her foot “What do you have to say for yourself, Nathaniel?”

Nathaniel

The way she said my name The way it fell from her lips

I dropped , Mistress”

“Look at me”

No Please, no Anything but that If I looked at her, she’d know She’d know everything I couldn’t hide it anyain, I didn’t want to hide it any

“I aoddess” She pushed the robe froeous body “I will be worshipped”

The truth of her words stunned ht

She was a goddess

She should be worshipped

Tonight, I would do no less than prove it to her I would show her exactly what she did to me, what she made me feel Perhaps, in return, she would show me how I made her feel

Dropping the role-play co the distance between us Gently, I gathered her in my arms and sat us both on her bed

I stared deeply into her eyes What was this thing I felt whenever I looked at her? What was it she did to me that no one else ever had? Whatever had I done to deserve what she gave me?

The only things I kneith any certainty were that she was er

Of its own accord, my hand reached out to stroke her cheek “Abby,” I whispered, rejoicing in the freedom her name held “Oh, Abby”

To say it, to say her na? As if I’d finally found what I’d spentfor? She was mine and I was hers, and if the world ended at that exact second, I’d die knowing that most sacred truth

And still, I craved more I needed more I needed

Her lips

I traced her mouth with my thumb “‘A kiss of desire’”

I couldn’t finish It was too much My body shook with the effort to remain where I was

As my one percent, of course she knehat I meant What I had been unable to say

“‘on the lips,’” she finished

I could containwould make our relationship too personal, I’d created a rule that didn’tanyway

I pressed forward, willing myself to take my time—to enjoy and revere the moment I was so close, I could taste her—could feel her breath, warently, touched my lips to hers

Oh, God

Surely my body couldn’t contain the joy that welled up inside Surely this frail human shell was not meant to feel such deep emotion