Just... thinking.
I close the laptop.
Tomorrow, the items will arrive. The vibrator. The books. The silk restraints.
Tomorrow, I'll give them to her.
And then I'll wait.
Wait to see if curiosity wins over fear.
Wait to see if she opens those boxes.
Wait to see if any part of her wants to understand what I'm offering.
Because I meant what I said to her.
I'm patient.
I can wait.
I'll wait as long as it takes.
And when she's finally ready—when she finally asks—I'll show her everything.
Every single thing her body can do.
But she'll need to ask me for it first.
CHAPTER FIVE
Eden
Three days.
It's been three days since Vaughn left those boxes in my room.
Three days since he told me he wants to show me that pleasure isn't a sin.
Three days of staring at them on my dresser, afraid to open them.
Afraid of what it means if I do.
Afraid of what it means if I don't.
Well—afraid to open one of them.
I opened the box with the books the first night.
Couldn't help myself.
The curiosity was too strong, pulling at me like a thread I couldn't stop tugging.
Come As You Areby Emily Nagoski.
A book about female sexuality.
About how women's bodies work.
