Sigh by Angel Payne

Author:Angel Payne
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642631159
Publisher: Waterhouse Press

Chapter Eleven

The exhaustion of the sub drop claimed her within minutes. She didn’t even rouse when Mark slipped from bed to grab a washcloth, soak it with cold water, and press it to the light welts he’d left on her ass. He cursed himself for not being more prepared with at least a cream for her skin, but that also had him admitting he’d never expected things to go as far as they had. He’d known he wanted to take her, to be inside her, to command her in every way he could, but he would’ve banked on a snowstorm hitting the island before predicting how deeply Rose would surrender to his hand…or how gorgeous she’d be in doing so.

How fully she’d blossom.

How completely she’d embrace it all.

How beautiful she’d be…in her submissiveness.

But she still didn’t get it.

She’d ditched every lesson she’d just learned. She still thought this was a part of herself to be filed away like last year’s tax return, not a vital element she’d never be able to forget again.

Foolish, frightened, stubborn…incredible…woman.

The litany rolled through his head, which now rested on the pillow next to hers. She was still lost to slumber, mahogany lashes fanned against her creamy skin, tangled hair dappled in the silver of the dawn. He swallowed as quietly as he could, studying her face, which seemed carefully composed even in her dreams. If she allowed herself to dream.

She challenged him in ways he’d never expected.

And she was worth every exasperating moment.

Rose sighed and stirred.

He smiled tenderly as his subbie stretched like a cat, throwing her arms over her head. The action tugged the covers off her chest, giving him an eyeful of her generous swells. His mouth literally watered as he took in the dusky areolae with their prizes so pert in the centers. He longed to lean over and coax both nipples into submission, but he held back. He figured once the air hit her bare skin, she’d—

“Shit!”

Bolt up and gape at him like that.

He bent an elbow and rested his head on his hand. If he didn’t smile too broadly, maybe she’d keep neglecting to take the sheet with her. “Hi.”

“Uh, hi.”

Damn. She remembered. Dragged up the sheet, tugging her knees up too. With her free hand, she scraped back her hair. “I forgot where I was.”

“You weren’t looking too upset about it, sleeping beauty.” At her humorless laugh, he probed, “What?”

She shook her head, seeming nervous. “Last night before I fell asleep, I was actually thinking—well, feeling—more like Cinderella.”

Most women invoked that fairy tale with breathless glee. Instead, the sad threads in her tone made his chest tighten. “Sooty Cinderella or sparkling Cinderella?”

“A little of each, I guess. Loving the sparkle but knowing I’d have to wake up soon.”

He’d expected that. But that didn’t make it less maddening to hear. “No.” He hooked a hand into the crook of her elbow, gripping harder when she tried to pull away. “Damn it, Rose. You are awake.”

At last she looked at him. Her stare burned with a thousand questions but, most importantly, a little hope.

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