Page 387 of Deep Cover

He nodded, accepting the point.

"It's not smart, Annie. You won't have your side of the contract." He stalked behind me and my flesh crawled with hope.

"I trust you, sir. I know that's foolish on its own. But what I ask from you is that you do what you want to me and force me to do what you want and that always the guiding principle is what it has been: Hurt, not harm. Humiliate, not degrade. Punish, not –" Damn.

He smiled. "We'll find a word that fits. How about punish, not play?"

I shook my head. "I like playing. I hate being punished!"

"Then we'll make punishments your new playtime. We can't have you thinking you're in control of everything. No topping from below."

Chloe had told me that. Hopefully he didn't know.

Though Cole tended to know everything.

"Are we agreed?" he asked. There was a Master's steel in his voice again.

"We are agreed."

He held out his hand to help me to my feet. I stood in front of him, blushing at my own nakedness, proud of myself for what I'd just arranged. Surely things would be different now.

He gave me one long smile. Then said, "Turn around. Bend over. Hands on the desk. Present that ass. Higher.Higher,Annie."

And I heard him pull his belt free of its loops.

End of Book 5

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