I sigh. "Yeah."
"There's a lot of things out there that people are into. A good checklist is going to be long. Chances are, most of the things on that list will be a hard limit for you, and that's okay."
Clearing my throat, I purse my lips. "What if…" I can't bring myself to finish the sentence.
"What if he wants something you don't?" she finishes for me once again.
I nod.
"If he's a decent person, he won't push you on it. He'll respect your boundaries and stick to the things you are willing to do. If he does push you… then I would get the fuck out."
I can't imagine Asher pushing me to do something I don't want to. He could have had his way with me back in Bali; I was practically naked in front of him, yet he stopped. He wants me to fill out this checklist, to agree before he'll touch me like that.
"Grace." Kacey reaches across the table to hold my hands. "If this is what you want, I'm excited for you. He's hot and he has capital-D Dom energy. But if for any reason, you don't want this, you know I'm here for you."
I smile. Kacey's always had my back. "I know. And I love you for it. But I think this is what I want."
She matches my grin. "Well, in that case. We really do need some lingerie."
Two hours later, after Kacey and I have discussed every item on the checklist and are buzzed from the wine, we leave Whisper with a bag full of new pieces sexier and more revealing than I’mused to, and I can't help but wonder what Asher will think when he sees them.
That is, after I sign that contract and slip it under his door.
NEW STORY IDEAS
We meet the heroine in her tragically boring life. Maybe she’s broke?
The heroine is rescued from her average life by the enigmatic billionaire.
The heroine and the hero make a mutually beneficial agreement.
She moves in with the billionaire and is thrust into his life, a world of glitz and glamour so unlike hers.
They kiss! It’s a practice kiss because their arrangement requires a fake relationship but it sends butterflies through the heroine, thoroughly confusing her.
They want each other, but neither is willing to act on it…
