shows in
Paris and Milan, something she’d only dreamed of doing, so she picked their
brains and found out as much as she could about all the upcoming season’s
trends.
Katherine noticed Luke couldn’t take his eyes off her all
through dinner. She occasionally looked at him and smiled. She briefly imagined
they were a young couple in love. She knew no one would ever have been able to
guess that Luke would soon be taking her home and tying her to the bed.
Katherine exchanged numbers with the women, knowing she
really couldn’t pursue a friendship with them under the circumstances, but
didn’t want to be rude. Luke didn’t say much in the car ride home, and she
wondered if she had done something wrong. She replayed the evening’s events in
her head, making sure she hadn’t actually called him by his name or disagreed
with him. She couldn’t remember doing either.
Once they were back at his house, she slipped her shoes off
and placed them in the foyer closet, like she always did, as he continued to
watch her.
“Pour me a scotch and meet me in my bedroom,” he said as he
walked up the stairs.
“Yes, Master.” She headed for the bar off his study.
His bedroom? She was a little nervous about that
since they hadn’t been there since that first failed test weekend. Anytime they
were together in the past few weeks, they were in the playroom or,
occasionally, he would come to her room if he wanted sex in the middle of the
night.
She quickly fixed his drink and went to his bedroom, because
he didn’t like to be kept waiting. She gently knocked and when he told her she
could come in, she opened the door and entered the room with her head lowered,
awaiting his next instruction.
“Come to me,” he said in a low voice.
She did as he said and handed him his drink. His shoes,
socks, and shirt were off and he stood by the bed in his dress pants. Every
time she saw him, she wanted more. His body was so well defined she had to
fight the urge to reach out and run her hands down his chest. He still hadn’t
given her free reign to touch him when they were together, and she was starting
to think he never would.
“Thank you.” He took his scotch and slowly sipped it, never
taking his eyes away from hers. He swirled the amber colored liquid around in
the glass before bringing it back up to his lips and taking another sip.
“You’re welcome, Master.”
She was so focused on his mouth and the way his lips pressed
against the glass that she couldn’t help but wonder what it’d be like to kiss
him. He hadn’t allowed that yet either.
He placed the glass on the dresser next to him and pulled
her toward him.
Her heart was pounding out of her chest, but that always
happened when he got that certain look in his eyes. The look that told her he
was in his Dom mode and there was no turning back. It excited her and threw her
whole body into overdrive, but at the same time it caused a certain amount of
fear to course through her system.
He brushed his lips against her jaw and then trailed them up
to her ear. “You pleased me tonight,” he whispered and the feel of his breath
against her skin caused her to tremble. He quickly spun her around and wrapped
his hands around her waist, pulling her back against his chest.
He walked them over to the huge floor-length windows that
overlooked the backyard. The moon was full and shining into the bedroom,
causing their reflections to bounce off the glass. Katherine could see his face
in the glass and watched as he lowered his mouth to her bare shoulder.
He gently kissed it as he worked his fingers up to the
zipper of her dress.
“I’ve wanted to take this dress off you all night,” he said
as he slowly lowered the zipper. He slipped the thin straps from her shoulders
and let them fall just below her naked breasts. He moved his hands in front of
her to cup them, gently rubbing his thumbs over her nipples. She stood
mesmerized, as she watched his every move through the
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