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I tugged at the ribbon. “Whose fault is that?” I snapped. I wasn’t happy any longer. “Wes, let me up.”

He sensed that things had changed and leaned over and tugged at the knot. The second I was free, I popped up onto my knees, so we were eye to eye. Me on the bed, him standing before it.

Both naked. It was time to bare even more.

“I’m sorry if I hurt you, but I won’t ever come between you and Remy. Ever.”

He growled. “I know. I love you all the more for it.”

Tears filled my eyes. He reached out and swiped one that slipped down my cheek.

“We were never apart. You didn’t know it, but I never considered you gone. You were correct, I had to take care of Remy first, but then I was coming after you.”

My eyes widened. “You were?”

“You’re mine. My mate. My partner. My soul.”

“Wes,” I breathed. Okay, I was happy again. I put my fingers to the spot on my breast where he bit me. No,marked. There was a hint of a scab but it didn’t hurt. “Is it because of this?”

“Yes.”

“Because it forced you to return?”

He frowned. “No. Because that mark means we are permanent. Nothing will separate us. Nothing will break what we’ve chosen to join.”

“Oh. I love you, too. I wanted the mark for those reasons.”

“Now will you fucking kiss me?” he asked.

I couldn’t help but smile, then grin outright. “Now you can spank me for being a bad girl.” I turned around and dropped to my hands and knees. Glancing over my shoulder, I looked to Wes. “I’m ready to face the consequences.”

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WES

Joy loved me bossy,so I let my dominant side out. I was ready to show it to her again.

I grabbed one of the pillows and dropped it in the center of the bed.

“Lie over this. I want that pretty ass of yours in the air.”

Joy complied, wiggling her hips.

“Fuck, that’s gorgeous.” I slapped one cheek, then watched my handprint bloom on her pale skin. My dick was so fucking hard from the sight. “You’re so beautiful.”

I tugged her wrists behind her back and used the ribbon to tie them together there. “Are you ready for your spanking?”

“Yes, sir.”

I chuckled–still a foreign experience in my chest. But it was happening more often now. Joy had walked into my life and turned on the lights. I hadn’t realized I’d been trying to function in the dark all this time. That I could live the same life, walk the same steps, but be five hundred times happier than I was before. I didn’t know this could even be possible.

“Sir…I like that,” I rumbled. I slapped her other ass cheek a little harder.

She yelped but then looked over her shoulder as best she could with her arms bound behind her back. “Thank you, sir, may I have another?” Her expression was coquettish. I loved that she was uninhibited with me, that she didn’t hide any part of herself.

Even more of a laugh tumbled from my lips this time. She was unbearably cute. She made my chest fill with so much warmth, I felt it would burst.

“Good girl.” I gave her another spank.

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