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Exciteive me a call I’m certain he’ll check my whereabouts before he dares to depart" She snorted "He’s worse than Father’s guard dogs"

Khalid chuckled knowingly

"I’ll be certain to let you know," he proh, it’s not often we’re blessed with such lovely company And it may well come in handy when Ian finds you here He’s partial, I believe, to the sight of that little belly ring"

Evidently, he wasn’t the only one

"I’ll be certain to dress appropriately"

She disconnected the phone before rushing up the stairs, determined to make the best of this opportunity that had fallen her way Ian had kept the Club completely out of bounds to her since he had taken her to his bed Come to think of it, he had kept any sort of temptation into the darker side of his passions far out of her reach

That darker side hat had drawn her to hirown, strengthened, as had her assurance that Ian could ers The ones that torht, even as she slept in his arardless of his atte so because that need wasn’t a part of their relationship then she would have let it go fro But she could feel it She always had As though a part of her soul was connected to his, binding thees were a part of it

"Soers, with a need to explore all facets of their sexuality," her one to her, questioning the needs that torht, when you’ve found the man you can trust with that inti is sohts But only if it’s right for you, and for hihts She would be h the learning process, to help her navigate the needs that tormented her

And she kneould relish the job She could see it in his eyes, feel it in his touch He grew ht of it, and each time he used the toys to play out the fantasies that torrewthe bedroom door behind her, she strode quickly to the closet and pulled out the outfit she had bought with this night inand indecent fiery-red Red looked good on her

The top was a button-up, vest-type that left her belly button bare and would allow the eht hit the e

She stripped to bare skin as she rushed to the shower She lathered, shaved, rinsed, dried and lotioned every part of her body until it shimmered with life Her hair was pulled to the side and braided loosely, the nearly black strands a stark contrast for the red outfit

Then she dressed

Matching thong, no bra She pulled on the skirt, adjusting the snug ain just below her ass The vest ended way above her belly button, flashing an indecent amount of flesh between the two, then she pushed her feet intospiked heels seconds before her cell phone beeped de nu it to her ear

"Your tiht chuckle ca you at the doors, dearest," he inforuess is, we have perhaps an hour before Ian returns home and finds out where you are Are you certain you’re prepared for the consequences?"

She rolled her eyes That wasn’t even worth answering

She disconnected, tossed the phone to the bed and ain If she could have skipped in the slender heels, she would have This was it She could feel it burning through her body Ian was already strung as tightly as her father’s guitar strings, all it would take was a nudge to push hi him so That she should fear the repercussions, and in many ways, she did But she knew Ian To the very bottom of her soul she knew him If she allowed him to continue as he was, he would only convince himself further that she couldn’t possibly knohat love was, and that there was no chance she could handle his appetites

He was so stubborn So certain that she needed to be protected It wasn’t his protection she needed, it was his love His acceptance

Shaking her head, she slipped along the foyer until she ca it carefully, she moved into the dimly lit hall and made her way to the door that Ian had ordered be kept securely locked against her

She turned the doorknob carefully, exciteh her as she opened the door

"Ian will no doubt punish you terribly for this," Khalid drawled froainst the wall beside the doorway "I can only hope he allowsto enjoy paddling your ass, Courtney"

She flashed hi to play with the braid that fell over her shoulder, affecting an innocent expression despite the sexual intensity thruh her

"Should I call you ‘Uncle’, too?"

She allazed, sexual intensity that filled his eyes Sometimes, men could be so sihed with a wry expression "Every htet spanked"

"Hhed as he shook his head at her, though his eyes glea, vixen" He placed his hand against the bare flesh of her back and guided her to the open doors of The Club "I have purchased the finest bottle of whisky that Ian stocks, and I promise Thom will keep you in ice until Ian arrives"

Fro Ian’s arrival But then again, so was she

They entered the main room of The Club as nearly a dozen pairs of eyes turned and looked their way Surprisingly enough, there was another woman present, one Courtney knew quite well