“Poor thing,” she said.
“As soon as the storm passes, she’ll be hungry.”He washed his hands then carried the wine glasses to the island.
She slid onto one of the bar stools and he took the other.
Her tablet was in front of her and he saw that she’d been looking at a BDSM site.
“Learn anything interesting?”
She blushed and quickly turned off the screen.
“Don’t.”He put his hand over her wrist.“I want to know what you’re looking at.”
“An article on being a submissive.”She pulled back, shoved the tablet a few inches away then busied herself with filling their plates.“As well as some pictures of bondage.”
“And?”
“I’ll admit I’m intrigued by it.”
“You’ve never tried it, correct?”
She paused, holding the spoon above the serving dish.Her eyes were wide and her mouth open a fraction of an inch.Suddenly he couldn’t banish the idea of seeing her beautiful body secured with gorgeous hemp.
“No, I haven’t.Some of the stuff is a little extreme for my tastes.The inverted positions, for example.”
“After dinner, show me what you were drawn to?”
She sucked in a breath.“You definitely unnerve me.I can’t say that I’ve ever looked at porn with a man before.”
“I’ll happily be your first.Tell me about the article.”
“Well, honestly, I saw bits and pieces from a few different sites.It seems odd that I got so much pleasure from the pain.And I wanted to learn more about the power exchange.”
He said nothing.
“You were right about endorphins.One person said it was like a runner’s high.”She grimaced.“Which is something I’d never know anything about.”
“You can get it from a lot of things.Anything risky, edgy.”
“Thank God.”She sighed.“Otherwise I’d never experience it.”
He laughed.
“It helped to realize that I’m not all that strange in liking it.”
“I’d say you’re quite normal.”
“You would.It’s in your best interest.”
He shrugged in concession.
She filled a plate and offered it to him.“But what I’m still struggling with is understanding other aspects, like service, genuinely wanting to please your Dom.”
“Again, not all that different from a vanilla relationship.”
“Meaning one that doesn’t have BDSM?”
He nodded.“All good relationships have the element of genuinely wanting to please the other, wouldn’t you say?”
