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“Enough to hold tension?”

Heat slips beneath my skin.

“Yes.”

His finger moves to the next hook.

“What are you thinking?”

Luciano leans down until his mouth brushes my ear.

“I’m going to bind your arms behind you and lace the rope through these.”

My breath catches.

“Like a corset?”

“Exactly.”

Oh.

That would be beautiful.

“And the collar?” I ask.

His hand closes around mine.

“That comes first.”

Luciano leads me away from the main floor and toward the private rooms.

I hurry to keep up with his longer strides.

“If you tear one of those hooks off, I’m billing you.”

“Send the invoice to my office.”

“I’m serious.”

“So am I.”

He opens the door to the nearest room and looks down at me.

“Come inside, princesa.”

Chapter 65

Luciano

Elena always looks perfect in rope.

Red made her look wicked. Black made her look dangerous. Purple makes her look otherworldly.

Perhaps her skin deserves some of the credit. Rope has no business looking this beautiful against anything so soft.

Deep-purple lines cross the glittering black straps of her dress, laced through every reinforced hook along her spine before meeting the binding around her wrists. Her arms rest behind her. Her shoulders are drawn back. The black scene collar circles her throat. Temporary. Ordinary. Nothing like the one we’ll design for her if she decides she wants it.

The diamond on her left hand flashes beneath the rope.