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I get her surprise Houses don’t come for less than five million dollars in that stretch of beachfront properties “The property belonged to ency brake “We’ve owned the house for as long as I can reifted the property to me in his estate” My mother never cared; the property always meant more to my father than her “But I’ve renovated the house over the years It’s where I go on the weekends”

“Lucky you,” she says with a sweet smile

“Incredibly lucky,” I tell her sincerely My need to be near water as often as possible is a personal thing not very many people know about me Sure, I love the hustle and bustle of the city, but I need the clear open water and fresh air just as ht, so do you need toup my seatbelt

She shakes her head “I’o You?”

“I went up last night to get us settled in”

“Did you?” she asks, fastening her own seatbelt

“I like to be prepared”

She gives a sensual laugh “I have no doubt that is very much true” When she settles back into the seat and crosses her s all my attention there, she adds, “So what have you planned for us this weekend?”

“I have a few ideas”

“Which are?”

I laugh “Darlin’, secrets are a good thing And it just so happens I don’t want you to know all that I have planned for you this weekend”

She draws in a deep breath and givesto play this? You want all the control this weekend?”

Sodeeply into her eyes “Of course, I will have all the control this weekend”

“And why is that?”

“Because that is precisely what you want,” Ia truth we both know “You want e To own you”