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would never harm you. You must trust me on some level to come here with me tonight, to let me touch you.”
    He was right . Crap.
    “That’s all changed now.”
    “Has it? I’m guessing you’ve had a bad experience with a Dom, but that wasn’t me. Not all Doms are assholes. Doms have feeling too you know.” The faint teasing in his voice had her turning to face him. She wished like hell that she had some clothing on. But he was naked as well. Except Derrick seemed to accept his nakedness with an ease she envied.
    “You want to control me, punish me.”
    “I want to make you feel good. Control doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Control doesn’t mean abuse. I can be in control and still cherish you. Hell, this wasn’t the conversation I thought I’d be having tonight.” He ran his hand through his hair. “Jacey, you may not believe me, but I didn’t bring you here with any sort of ulterior motive or to play any sort of games. I just wanted us to be Derrick and Jacey. To get to know each other.”
    “ You threatened to spank me.”
    “All in the name of fun.”
    There he went again. What fun? Fun for him, maybe. Not for her.
    “ And if I didn’t want that? What then?”
    “T hen all you have to say is no.”
    “Men don’t like to hear the word no.”
    “There you go again. I’m not him, Jacey. Although one day I hope you’ll tell me exactly what he did to hurt you. I insist that you tell me if I ever make you uncomfortable, or frighten you. I tell you what, why don’t we come up with a safe word?”
    Jacey took a step back. “I’m not a submissive and I’m not doing any of that stuff again.”
    “ I understand. You have my word I will not push or force you into anything you don’t want. The safe word will just be about giving you control. I don’t know all your triggers yet, just like you don’t know mine.”
    “As long as you honor it.”
    His face hardened. “I will. I swear. I have never broken my word nor have I ever ignored a subs safe word.”
    “You’ve been doing this a long time?”
    “Many, many years.”
    “So we’ll both have a safe word then ?”
    Derr ick raised a brow. “If you wish. What would you like yours to be?”
    “ Pink.”
    “Fair enough. Mine can be blue then.”
    Jacey rolled her eyes, but relaxed slightly.
    “Will you sit with me?” He held out his hand to her.
    Probably a bad idea. But her feet were moving even as she thought that. She reached out and took his hand.
    Derrick sighed as he sat on the sofa. She sat next to him, not quite touching him.
    “Thank you.”
    “For what?” she asked.
    “Trusting me, I know it can’t be easy.”
    “You don’t know how hard it is. And my trust only goes so far,” she warned him.
    He brushed her hair back off her face. “That’s as it should be. I wouldn’t want you trusting too easily. There are a lot of bad things in this world and you should always be on alert.”
    There was a sad look in his eyes, as though he had first -hand experience. That was something she could relate to.
    “I know. People you think you know can turn out to be total strangers.”
    Although it wasn’t cold, Derrick pulled a blanket off the back of the sofa. Lying on his back, he tugged her down next to him. Jacey lay on her side, her head nested on his chest as he tucked the blanket around them both.
    “Who hurt you?” His voice was quiet, undemanding, his heartbeat steady against her ear. Jacey yawned, feeling warm and safe with him. It seemed crazy when just minutes ago she was ready to flee.
    “My ex.”
    Derrick ran his hand up and down her back.
    “He turned into someone I didn’t know, someone who seemed to hate me even as he said he loved me.”
    “How did you meet him?”
    “Through my parents , they set me up with him. They thought he was wonderful, of course. Everyone did, including me, in the beginning. I was taken in by his charm and his good looks. He was smart, rich, successful, well-liked and I thought I had