“Can’t I just wear a wig?”
“It’s too risky,” he replies, shaking his head. “It’s much safer if we cut and dye your hair.”
I look away, suddenly overcome with emotion. It isn’t just the hair, but what it symbolizes.
“You okay?”
“I need a minute.”
To my surprise, he pulls me to him. Tucking my head against his shoulder, he hugs me. “You’re doing so well,” he whispers in my ear. “This is hard, but you can do it.”
I’ve never seen this side of Thayer. I hardly know whether to trust it. I nod against his chest and close my eyes.
Is he a different person when he’s here? Is there something about my predicament that brings out his protective nature?
It’s dangerous, I realize, as I breathe in the strong, clean scent of him, as I feel his heartbeat against my cheek and revel in the touch of his naked skin against mine.
I can’t fall for him.
But how do I stop myself?
CHAPTER EIGHT
Thayer
It takesall my self-control not to push her up against this wall and fuck her. Claim her. Master her.
We’re in my playground, where I get whatever I want whenever I want it. She’s completely at my mercy.
And she likes it.
When she looks afraid, like this is all too much, I can’t stop myself from consoling her. Though Savannah’s put up a brave front, I can tell she’s scared.
It takes effort to ignore the raging hard-on I got just by sleeping with her beautiful body pressed up against mine.
I have to grind my teeth and force myself not to kiss her again.
When I hold her, I can feel how small and fragile she is, how easily I could crush her. When she fits into my arms like this, it’s a vivid reminder of the vulnerability she likes to pretend she doesn’t fight.
“Let’s get this over with.”
She draws in a long, deep breath, and squares her shoulders. Her jaw set, she turns to me with determination and heaves out a breath before she says, “Let’s do this.”
“If I cut your hair, you’ll look like a badly shorn sheep,” I say with a grimace.
Her eyes twinkle at me.
“You’ve got another option?”
I nod. “Have you met Cosette?”
“Nicolette’s friend?”
“Yes. She went to school for cosmetology and is willing and able to help.”
Savannah swallows. “Okay, but I don’t know if I want Cosette to see me nearly naked in your suite.”
My dick twitches.Nearly naked in your suite.
