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Her eyes popped open and her lips parted, as if she would protest. He waited, trying to hide his smile. She bared her teeth at him and he laughed.

“I’m hungry. We didn’t eat dinner. Go get food.”

“Yes, Master. What do you like to eat?”

“Meat.”

“Turkey bacon?”

“What? No! Real bacon. Sausage.”

Her eyebrows climbed as she looked at him, as if trying to figure out how he got away with eating that. The damned woman was making him feel defensive. “I run.”

“Ah. That explains the tan.”

“What?”

“Your arms are darker than your chest.”

Was it that noticeable? “Er, yes.”

Beth turned to leave, closing the robe and belting it in place.

“Beth.”

She stopped and turned back.

“You can wear the robe closed on the way to the dining room, but when you get there, untie it. Make sure everyone can see your clamps.”

Her eyes lowered and he could almost see her submission falling over her. There were some women who needed a constant level of domination and couldn’t handle shifting dynamics. Clearly Beth could, which James was glad of. He didn’t want to spend unnecessary energy making sure he was always in “Dom mode.”

Beth returned ten minutes later, the robe open, exposing her naked body. Part of him wished he’d gone with her, wished he could have seen the admiring gazes she’d no doubt gotten. The tassels on her pussy clattered together cheerfully as she brought over a tray, placing it on the bed.

“Join me.”

She sat cross-legged, the tray between them. Her plate held an egg white veggie omelet and fruit. His had a California omelet, three strips of bacon, sausage, and one strawberry.

your attempt to make sure I get some fruit?” He

in the omelet,

“Ugh. Vegetables.”

hope you’re joking.” She frowned at

over and rubbed it against her nipples, smearing them

dropped back. “If this is what it takes, I’m willing to sacrifice myself to make sure you

punctuated by laughter as they teased each other about their eating habits, sexual play as he licked her nipples clean, then

empty, James realized they’d been sitting there enjoying one another’s company for nearly two hours. With a start he realized this felt more like a lazy Sunday morning with a girlfriend than the precursor to a day of D/s

slightly, eyes wide. James softened his tone, but turned away from her, getting off the bed. “If I’m not here when you get back, take off the clamps

“Yes, Master.”

left, ignoring the voice in his head that said he should just stay in bed with her, talking

* * *

She’d returned to the playroom to find Master James gone. Assuming a kneeling position near the cold fireplace, she looked up when the door opened, only to

passed before the door opened. This time it was Master James, and she was not surprised to see the corset he held under one arm, though the plastic bucket he carried

he detoured to the seating area by

for our next

“Of course, Master.”

“Stand up.”

up beside his chair. When he sat forward and shook out the corset, she raised

lacing up the back. Smooth, cool fabric slid against her skin as Master James placed the corset around her back. Hook by hook he closed the corset down the front. The laces

he started to adjust the laces at the back, pulling the surprisingly stiff corset tight to her skin, then tighter still, constricting her waist

on to the

as he tugged. She could no longer take a really

was a low grumble, deeper and

worn one like

have

“A waist cincher.”

that don’t cover

“Yes, Master.”

to see you in a full corset.” A final tug, and he stepped away. “There’s a

mounds above the sweetheart top, her waist

hers in the mirror, he dipped his head to nip her shoulder,

of breathing she could really do—when