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That day had come

This couldn’t continue

Porter squeezed her hand tight “You have a choice: Continue acting this way or don’t It’s that simple, Cora”

Kyler jerked his chin in agreement

Cora stayed silent, still unsure how to answer It all seemed so simple, didn’t it?

Only problem?

It wasn’t simple at all

With what she had to face, she knew the three things ingrained into her as a submissive would be destroyed—safe, sane, and consensual What she had to do wasn’t safe for her What she had to talk about wouldn’t be consensual And as far as she was concerned, walking into all of that definitely wasn’t sane

Chapter Twenty

The next Monday, outside of the Regional Justice Center, Aidan lowered his briefcase and suit jacket onto the ground He hadn’t gone to Club Sin Saturday night, and after a telephone call froht in with Kenzie and Presley

That gave him peace At least she wasn’t alone

The sun beat down on hie stone stairs He leaned his head back and embraced the outdoors, instead of the confines of a courtroom He stretched his neck and noticed the ache of his body Muscles he didn’t know existed were sore fro workouts to ease his troubles with Cora

Her rejection of his touch had er Through those long hours, he had examined every event and considered eachof what he’d done to break her trust Nor did he understand why he felt so lost without her

Was it his Dom pride?

Or was her pain just fucking with his mind?