“Things must not have gone well with Miss Mundane if you’ve left her to come to my room.”
I could confront Claudia about her scheme to ruin my new relationship, but she’d only admit to it and submit for punishment. Which she’d enjoy. Neither of those things will teach her to not fuck with my new submissive or my budding relationship with her.
“Things with Emma Lia did not go the way that I had planned.”
Her face instantly alights. “Oh? What happened?”
“She wanted to kiss. Make love. Be romantic.”
“Which you hate and would never allow from a submissive.”
“We had a huge argument. She was angry about the IUD that I had Cat place.”
“Why would she be angry about an IUD?”
“Because it wasn’t her decision. And it was done without her permission while she was unconscious.” And if I’m honest with myself, I’d have to admit that I understand her anger.
“She’s going to be one ofthose girls. The kind that wants to make her own decisions about everything. I’m sorry, Tristan. I know that you want her, but she isn’t a submissive. She doesn’t understand your needs and even if she did, she’d never put your needs before her own. Only a dedicated sub would do that.”
I can’t argue with Claudia. Emma Lia is not going to put my needs ahead of her own. Right now. But I believe that she will with the right training. She can be everything that I need her to be.
“She wants to leave.”
“You should let her go.” I’m certain that Claudia would like nothing more. “She’s never going to make you happy.”
I’m going to enjoy bursting her bubble. “But she did make me happy. Very happy. The happiest that I’ve been in a long time.”
I’ve never seen color fade from someone’s face so quickly. “How?”
“I bent.”
Claudia crosses her arms. “What do you mean that you bent?”
“Ah, you don’t want to hear about it.”
“I do want to hear.”
“She kissed me… and I kissed her back.” I can’t stop my smile as I recall my night with Emma Lia. “She wanted the sex to be slow and soft and sweet. So that’s what I gave her. We made love. And…”
I purposely pause, forcing Claudia to ask. “And what?”
“I enjoyed it so much that we did it three more times. Maybe four. I lost count.”
Claudia’s mouth opens, but nothing comes out.
“And the best part is that I think our romantic night together may have convinced her to stay.”
Claudia’s mouth is a hard line, and her eyes are narrowed slits. “So happy that worked out for you. And I’m glad that you came all the way up here to tell me.”
I point upward. “Actually, I was just on my way up to the attic to get something for Emma Lia. I should probably hurry. I want it to be a surprise when she wakes.”
I say nothing else and leave Claudia standing in the doorway. Yes, I was a cruel bastard to her but any pain that she feels right now was brought upon her by herself.
She knows better than to fuck with me or try to stand between me and what I want.
Maybe she has learned her lesson.
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