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alive and healthy for the staff to dote on until they placed her in an orphanage."
"God, that's horrible."
"Kate didn't think so. She felt blessed, cherished every day on earth since."
"She does sound like a nice woman," Slany said, trying to keep the surprise out of her voice. She couldn't imagine growing up not knowing where or from whom she'd come. Sure, she'd had her problems coming up, but she wouldn't trade the limited time she'd had with her mom, or her experiences raising her kid brother and sister, for anything in the world. She loved them and her dad dearly. "So, she was never adopted?"
Nick shook his head. "Grew up in foster homes."
"You two were pretty close."
"Close enough to share a few things." He smiled as if at a private joke, then added, "She envies me my big family."
"Had she ever met them?"
"If that's a not-so-subtle way of asking me if I brought her home to meet the folks," he reached out to tweak her nose, "The answer is no."
"I wasn't asking that."
"You've met them, though."
"It wasn't like I was invited over for that purpose."
"I could invite you over to meet them."
Slany frowned, wondered how they'd gotten onto such a personal subject. As if they could get anymore personal and intimate than they had earlier. "After I give myself over to you, body and soul, right?"
"Yes, then."
She stared at him, waiting for him to crack a smile or break out into chuckles, but he didn't. He just stared back at her, dead serious.
"This conversation is over." Slany turned and pulled the door open before Nick planted a palm on the wood above her head.
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"I thought it was just beginning."
"Hardly."
"Have you given any thought to my proposal?"
"Not much, no."
"Liar."
She squeezed her eyes shut and cursed under her breath, but he heard her. This time, he did chuckle as he put his hands on her shoulders and turned her around again.
"It's okay to admit you've been thinking about it since we spoke."
"I haven't."
"It's been on my mind most of the day."
"When you weren't thinking about Kate."
"Yes, when I wasn't thinking about Kate."
"I should be flattered then, shouldn't I? To be in such saintly company."
"I can't tell you how to feel, despite what you think of my offer. Your feelings are your own. I can only hope to sway you to seeing things my way."
"That you are master of the universe?"
"That I will be master of your universe."
She pulled free of his grip, turned, and flung the door all the way open before his deep voice burrowed to her soul and stopped her in her tracks.
"You can't run away from me forever, Slany."
"Go to hell, Vega."
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Chapter 5
Nick watched her leave, grinning and fingering the tiny gold hoop in his left earlobe as he stood otherwise unmoving on the threshold of his doorway.
He didn't turn and go back into his office until Slany had disappeared completely from view. Even then, he lingered, enjoying remnants of her scent in the air, inhaling deep and anticipating what it would be like to bury his face between her legs and taste her musk, pure and unadulterated, as she writhed beneath him.
She was a tough customer, cynical and in denial of her natural longings.
He wondered at her rejection, sensed in her a bit of the novice, at least where D/s was concerned. She probably didn't know how to let go, had never let someone else, especially a man, take control—sexually, or otherwise.
He would have to change that.
Nick sauntered back to his desk, sat down, and stared at the computer monitor for several long seconds before he realized he wasn't going to get anything else done tonight on Everwell.
Anything he did do could wait until tomorrow, when he had a clear head.
Like that would ever happen.
He didn't think his head had ever been less clear, or that it would ever be again—not until he made things happen between him and Slany. He had to either get her out of his system, or…
What was the alternative? If she wasn't out
"God, that's horrible."
"Kate didn't think so. She felt blessed, cherished every day on earth since."
"She does sound like a nice woman," Slany said, trying to keep the surprise out of her voice. She couldn't imagine growing up not knowing where or from whom she'd come. Sure, she'd had her problems coming up, but she wouldn't trade the limited time she'd had with her mom, or her experiences raising her kid brother and sister, for anything in the world. She loved them and her dad dearly. "So, she was never adopted?"
Nick shook his head. "Grew up in foster homes."
"You two were pretty close."
"Close enough to share a few things." He smiled as if at a private joke, then added, "She envies me my big family."
"Had she ever met them?"
"If that's a not-so-subtle way of asking me if I brought her home to meet the folks," he reached out to tweak her nose, "The answer is no."
"I wasn't asking that."
"You've met them, though."
"It wasn't like I was invited over for that purpose."
"I could invite you over to meet them."
Slany frowned, wondered how they'd gotten onto such a personal subject. As if they could get anymore personal and intimate than they had earlier. "After I give myself over to you, body and soul, right?"
"Yes, then."
She stared at him, waiting for him to crack a smile or break out into chuckles, but he didn't. He just stared back at her, dead serious.
"This conversation is over." Slany turned and pulled the door open before Nick planted a palm on the wood above her head.
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"I thought it was just beginning."
"Hardly."
"Have you given any thought to my proposal?"
"Not much, no."
"Liar."
She squeezed her eyes shut and cursed under her breath, but he heard her. This time, he did chuckle as he put his hands on her shoulders and turned her around again.
"It's okay to admit you've been thinking about it since we spoke."
"I haven't."
"It's been on my mind most of the day."
"When you weren't thinking about Kate."
"Yes, when I wasn't thinking about Kate."
"I should be flattered then, shouldn't I? To be in such saintly company."
"I can't tell you how to feel, despite what you think of my offer. Your feelings are your own. I can only hope to sway you to seeing things my way."
"That you are master of the universe?"
"That I will be master of your universe."
She pulled free of his grip, turned, and flung the door all the way open before his deep voice burrowed to her soul and stopped her in her tracks.
"You can't run away from me forever, Slany."
"Go to hell, Vega."
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Terms of Surrender
Chapter 5
Nick watched her leave, grinning and fingering the tiny gold hoop in his left earlobe as he stood otherwise unmoving on the threshold of his doorway.
He didn't turn and go back into his office until Slany had disappeared completely from view. Even then, he lingered, enjoying remnants of her scent in the air, inhaling deep and anticipating what it would be like to bury his face between her legs and taste her musk, pure and unadulterated, as she writhed beneath him.
She was a tough customer, cynical and in denial of her natural longings.
He wondered at her rejection, sensed in her a bit of the novice, at least where D/s was concerned. She probably didn't know how to let go, had never let someone else, especially a man, take control—sexually, or otherwise.
He would have to change that.
Nick sauntered back to his desk, sat down, and stared at the computer monitor for several long seconds before he realized he wasn't going to get anything else done tonight on Everwell.
Anything he did do could wait until tomorrow, when he had a clear head.
Like that would ever happen.
He didn't think his head had ever been less clear, or that it would ever be again—not until he made things happen between him and Slany. He had to either get her out of his system, or…
What was the alternative? If she wasn't out
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