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God, this was too confusing

Staring back at hi him to wear her down, but she knew that she couldn’t lie to him She wasn’t built that way The truth was the only way she knew, because without the truth, as left?

“Tell ht wasn’t just a demonstration You felt more, didn’t you?”

“Maybe I don’t know,” she finally said, rationalizing her thoughts She didn’t know anything anyht, he’d flipped her world upside down, and she didn’t knohich way she was going anymore The emotions that churned inside of her were unexpected and left her hovering on the brink of insanity

“Tell ht, what did you feel?”

What did she feel? An easier question would be what didn’t she feel He’d made her feel more in twenty minutes than she’d felt in years, and that scared the shit out of her She wasn’t looking for anything She was content with her life and what he represented was nothingshe’d created for herself And she knew that one wrong decision could very well da to risk it?

Mercedes looked away, breaking eye contact with hih He just curled his finger beneath her chin, turning her head back so that she was facing him, and she let him

“Tell me,” he ordered as he dropped his hand to his side

“I’ in control You know that” He didn’t say anything, so she continued “I’m in control of every aspect of my life – business and personal And that includes my sex life I control my destiny I decide what and when That’s who I aainst who I am”

“But you enjoyed it”

It wasn’t a question

This time Mercedes didn’t look away “Yes I did Are you happy now?” she bit out “That doesn’t change anything I still crave the control”

Sort of

“Do you?”

She hated when he did that She didn’t want to talk about this