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His eyes danced with pure mischief “Promise?”

Chapter Nine

Kit sat on the side of his sleigh bed about an hour later He was as sexually frustrated as he’d ever been and nor problehts turned to Holly and how she’d responded to the first round of training exercises

She’d been a deone downstairs to check on her She’d ordered hiht about it Then, he’d considered his truest reasons for placing her in sub in the first place

Holly needed to learn self-control She needed to think about so other than her own selfish deave in andto her? What was he teaching her? Who was, in turn, submissive to whom?

He wondered then how she’d held down a job in the past If what he’d discovered about Holly were true, he wasn’t sure how she’d been able to function in a professional setting How much sex had she needed? How much had she craved? How frequent were her liaisons prior tothem? How much did her unhealthy desire for sex interfere with her day-to-day activities?

Then again, he iven lap dances and gotten off without the clients ever knowing she’d given them theirs and taken her own pleasures, too

Anger took hold and for a ut Other uys sat under her as she’d danced all over theers like a sudden rain His jealousy got the best of hiround his teeth

What the hell rong with hihtclub, and not just any club! He’d pulled her out of a gentleood time He hadn’t sworn to love her He hadn’t pro the way, all of that happened and he’d been good to her He’d treated Holly better than he’d ever treated any other woman That is, until…Oh God, he couldn’t bear to think it

Yes, he’d been cruel to Holly, too

The very second his suspicions were confirht Actually, if he wanted to be honest with himself, he made a sudden transformation Once his fears were confirmed, he just lost it How he responded to the neas a blo, too He was angry as soon as he’d received the e-mail about Holly’s past, but even then, he couldn’t make a clean break He couldn’t order her out and tell her not to come back because he had to do the unthinkable first

He wanted to fuck her one last time, take one for the road so to speak, but not for the foolish reasons a norht claim His desire for her wasn’t entirely physical He needed the emotional connection, the intimacy he only felt with Holly

So he ht of letting her go without knowing the touch of her skin once h the heart

He couldn’t resist lingering between her soft thighs one last ti her to leave and daring her to try and coo He realized he wouldn’t let her go—because he couldn’t

A surge of guilt washed over him then Holly had a problery and responded to her with pure fury driving him