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He studied her for a moment before his features relaxed “First off, I prefer places like this over fancy restaurants” He picked up his burger, holding it over his plate “I ht have worked hard for s it offers, but I’m only thirty-three I like to kick back as much as anyone Believeover the top”

“Yeah, I see that,” she agreed

How complex a man was Duy who ate his burger and watched football She realized she liked his complicated layers More so, she loved that he sees she did It made her feel on the same level and not worlds apart

He took a bite of his burger then said, “In fact, I couys every Wednesday” She blinked in surprise The side of his mouth curved “I wasn’t alealthy When I received the proe who I was or what I enjoyed”

“Okay, well, you’re full of surprises” She laughed, and after she took a nibble of her french fry, she wondered if she’d ed even more “Can I ask you some personal questions?”

He took another bite of his burger and nodded her on “Hit me with them”

“Why aren’t you hts all week The otten to know the man behind the Dom, she couldn’t understand why Dmitri remained a bachelor “You meet a lot of women, and you’re handsohed “I just don’t get it”

He placed his burger back on the plate and wiped the napkin over his ht, I do ht woer down the front of her neck, and a spark ignited through her veins, her body easily awakened under his touch “Either in the lifestyle or out of it”

“You’re kidding” She shivered at his slow gentle finger brushing over her neck, but she fought to remain focused, too curious about his life “You’ve dated a woman asn’t—” She waved over herself “Into all this?”

He smirked then nodded “I’ve tried on two occasions, and neither worked out” He gave her a pointed look “I can’t do vanilla”

She tried to i her head to clear those thoughts, she continued, “So, what happened?” She picked up another fry and swirled it in the ketchup “You tried to keep the dungeon a secret and had the other life on the side?”

“Much like that” He hesitated as a round of claps erupted froah business at the casino As you can i about my lifestyle” He sipped his cola “I did try for a while to see if it could work, but it can’t” His expression hardened “Or what I should say is, it made me miserable It’s hard to sleep with a woman and not command her submission I always ended up more frustrated at the end than satisfied”

She ate her fry, considering him “When was your last relationship, then?”

His eyebrows rose, playfulness filling his features “You’re full of questions tonight, aren’t you?” Her disco into his life must’ve shown on her face, because he added, “But they’re valid questions, and I don’t o”

“What happened?” she blurted out