And she’s doing it again: laughing at me and trivializing my lifestyle. Christ, I’d like to put her in her place—preferably under me or on her knees. I lean in closer and whisper in her ear, “What I’d like to do to your smart mouth.”
“You’re very rude.” She’s scandalized, her expression prim, while the tips of her ears turn a fetching pink.
Oh, baby, that’s old news.
I glance back at the pictures. “You look very relaxed in these photographs, Anastasia. I don’t see you like that very often.”
She examines her fingers once more, hesitating as if she’s contemplating what to say. I don’t know what she’s thinking, so, reaching forward, I tilt her head up. She gasps as my fingers make contact with her chin.
Again, that sound; I feel it in my groin.
“I want you that relaxed with me.” I sound hopeful.
Damn it. Too hopeful.
“You have to stop intimidating me if you want that,” she retorts, surprising me with her depth of feeling.
have to learn to communicate and tell me how
here, now? I want to do this in private. She clears her throat and draws herself up
in the definition of a submissive—you e-mailed it to me once.” She pauses, glaring at me. “I think the synonyms were, and I quote, ‘compliant, pliant, amenable, passive, tractable, resigned, patient, docile, tame, subdued.’ I wasn’t supposed to look at you. Not talk
private! Why is she doing this
being with you,” she continues, in full flow. “You don’t want me to defy you, but then you like my ‘smart mouth.’ You want obedience except when you don’t so that you can
see that could be confusing—however, I do not want to discuss it here. We need to
Steele.”
been here for half an
photos. You’ve spoken to the
is José,” she asserts, louder this
tongue into your mouth the
me,” she retaliates with fury in
She does want to do
She fucking asked me how bad it could get! Anger erupts like Mount St. Helens deep in my chest. “That’s a low blow, Anastasia.” I’m seething. Her face reddens, and I don’t know if it’s from embarrassment or anger. I run my hands through my hair
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