expecting him to give her some privacy.
No such luck. He followed her in and turned on the shower. âAnything changing between now and this afternoon?â
Other than losing a bit more control over her life? She sighed, too exhausted anymore to fight. âNo.â
âThen youâll get a few hours of sleep before you go,â he said decisively. âBut first, letâs take a shower.â
He peeled off his shirt, gifting her with the first glance of what her husband hid underneath his clothes.
Her mouth grew dry even as the room filled with steam. When sheâd known Sawyer before, heâd been toned and lean, but he looked completely different now. His chest was wider than she remembered, his arms thick with muscles. Her gaze followed the light trail of hair leading from his chest down his abdomen, where she could make out the sharp contours of those muscles. She wanted to lick a path down and see if she couldnât sate her thirst from the moisture collecting on his skin.
Frankly, his body intimidated the hell out of her. While sheâd tried to stay in shape, her body had aged over the last few years. Her breasts were no longer as perky or her stomach as flat. It hadnât bothered her until now.
Would he still be attracted to her?
He must have sensed her apprehension. âItâs important you know you can use your safe word if you donât want this.â
She nodded. âI know.â
But she did want it.
Wanted it more than anything.
Her pulse skyrocketed as he flicked open the fly of his jeans. âWhat safe word do you want to use?â
âBlack list,â she said automatically.
The words held more meaning than he would ever know.
âThatâs an odd choice. Care to share the meaning behind it?â
âNo.â She forced her gaze to his face. âThatâs a hard limit.â
He paused, his eyes locked with hers as they tried to uncover her secrets. She used to joke that all he had to do was give her his âDom eyesâ and she couldnât refuse him anything. But today she held her ground, refusing to give into him. She almost expected him to walk out. Instead he resumed undressing, his nimble fingers doing the job she wanted to do. âAny of your other limits change?â His pants fell to the floor, and in a moment, his boxer-briefs joined them.
His cock was fully erect, long and curved, pre-come already dripping from the tip. Heâd always kept himself so perfectly manscaped that she used to laugh.
She wasnât laughing now.
Heâd kept up his habit of trimming the dark hair that nestled his cock. She didnât want to think about how many women in the preceding years had gotten to see that cock . . . touch that cock . . . taste that cock.
Before last night, it had been so long since sheâd had sex, she hadnât bothered waxing herself bare, as heâd preferred her in the past.
What was the point when she was the only one who ever saw her naked?
âYou remember my limits?â she asked breathlessly, her hands itching to wrap her hands around his cock.
Naked and unabashed, he walked behind her. His warm breath fanned her neck as he slowly unzipped her dress. âI remember everything.â
Her dress slipped from her body. She leaned back, resting her head against Sawyer. âMy limits havenât changed.â
Not that sheâd had many.
As her Master, Sawyer had ordered her to completely let go of her inhibitions and societyâs moral compass in order to experience a world sheâd barely known existed. Sheâd lived for the nights heâd challenged her soft limits, pushing her further and further until she couldnât remember why sheâd ever questioned them in the first place.
Bondage, submission, and beatings were only the tip of the iceberg. There were times heâd shown her such pleasure she could barely remember her own name. Times when theyâd invited