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key A Do out pain Soive pain to someone who doesn’t enjoy it Unless it’s punishment, of course”

Curiosity filled her She didn’t think she’d ever heard hi a Dom?”

“I enjoy being in co that e I like to show a sub new experiences To challenge them I’ll push But only as far as I think they can take And I like knowing they trust me to knohere that line is”

“And what about the subet?”

He stood andher to face the sink He stepped in close behind her She attempted to step away, but he held her around the waist “No, you asked the question Don’t et the answer”

“I’m not submissive”

“But you’re a sub very different Someone can be very powerful in business Can make decisions all day that affect the lives of hundreds, then come home and surrender the over to theive them precisely what they need”

His voice wove a hypnotic spell over her, and she found herself leaning back into his war

“Put your arms up around my neck,” he commanded

She h in a dream, unable to resist the order

“A subive up all their worries, all their anxieties and just be, knowing their Do”

He ran his fingers up her sides, just the lightest touch Her breath caught in her throat He was barely touching her and yet she was so turned on she could barely breathe His fingers brushed over the sides of her breasts, and she dropped her arms instinctively

He stilled Grew tense “You weren’t given permission to move, Aspen”

His voice wasn’t nasty It wasn’t raised But she heard the disapproval And she desperately wanted that warm, honeyed voice to return

She raised her arain He relaxed and brushed his lips over her ear “Good girl Move theet a demonstration of some of those consequences I talked about earlier”