Guarded by L.A. Witt & Cat Grant

Author:L.A. Witt & Cat Grant [Witt, L.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-12-30T16:00:00+00:00

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I felt the mattress under me before I opened my eyes. Felt Jase’s naked body pressed against me a few hazy seconds later. “Um, how long was I out?”

“Not long. I was getting stiff lying on the floor. Figured you probably were too.” I could hear the smile in his voice. “No pun intended.”

I laughed. “I don’t think I could get stiff again for... well, a while.”

“Me neither. Not that I’m complaining.” His lips moved against my forehead, and for a second I thought... was that a whisper? What was he trying to say? Sounded like...

Love you.

No, it couldn’t be. The one thing I couldn’t say back to him. This wasn’t supposed to be like that—emotional, complicated. Messy. Everything I couldn’t fucking handle right now.

But one thing I could handle, and I was going to cling to it until I couldn’t anymore. “Did you, um... bring that collar I was wearing last night?”

“It’s in my bag. Why?” His fingers skimmed my throat, right where he’d touched me a few minutes ago. An achy leftover twinge made me gasp. “Shall I put it on?”

“Y-yes.”

Couldn’t have been more than a minute or so from the time he rolled out of bed to when he came back, but I barely noticed over the pounding in my chest. Jase looked rattled too, his fingers shaking on the strip of leather.

I moved into a kneeling position without being asked, my head bowed.

Jase’s hand floated over my cheek. “Is this what you want? To wear my collar for as long as you’re here?”

Longer than that, if you’ll let me.

“Yes, Jase.”

He fastened it on me, the leather cool against my skin. The second the padlock went click, all the air sailed out of me. I wobbled, slumped into Jase’s arms. He pressed a kiss to my forehead and helped me slide under the covers before rolling to his feet.

“Where’re you going?” I asked.

“You’re tired. Get some rest.”

“Not so tired that I want you to—”

“Hey.” He smoothed my hair back from my face. “You’re exhausted. Sleep. I’ll be in the next room.”

We’d come to his place to have some peace and quiet together, and now he was leaving? “But I didn’t come here for—”

“Want me to make it an order? Because I will.”

I fingered the collar he’d just put on me.

“Okay, fine. Jordan, I order you to rest while I watch over you. Am I clear?”

I smiled. “Yes, Jase.”

“One more thing.” He looked me right in the eye. “I want you to know how very, very proud I am of the way you behaved last night. All eyes were on you from the moment we arrived, and you did not let me down.”

“Did you think I would?”

I hadn’t intended the words to sting, but from his startled expression, I’d obviously miscalculated. “I wasn’t quite sure how you’d react. It was your first party, and—”

Now I remembered something. Something my foggy brain was having a hard time processing. “Um, did Renee…”

“She fucked you.” Then, “You okay with that?”

Nothing like a loaded question.

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