Page 41 of Bound By Her

His unwavering gaze.

He was testing her.

It was a battle of wills—one she would win.

Show me you’re not a complete waste of time.

She didn’t move. Didn’t blink.

And then—finally,finally—he stepped back.

A hand scrubbed the back of his neck, and he muttered, “Dominant women, no. Not much.”

The admission was simple, but it lodged somewhere unexpected inside her.

Her mind flicked over the possibilities. If not women, then men.

“Ninety percent of the time, it will be me doling out the punishments,” she said evenly.

Kaydon’s head snapped up, as if he hadn’t expected her to answer.

Surprise flickered over his face before it was replaced by something else. Something sharper.

Something that made heat coil low in her stomach.

Adria told herself to leave. She had said what needed to be said.

But Kaydon’s gaze held her there.

The itch in her fingers. The way her chest tightened, heat spreading, twisting, turning into something dangerous.

She wanted topushhim.

She wanted topunishhim.

“Starting now, in fact.” Her voice was smooth, unwavering. “Turn around.”

His eyes glinted, and he didn’t hesitate.

Fuck.

Her heart fluttered—not just at the win, but at the hunger it created.

It seemed with these two, every time she got a taste, she wanted more.

“Hands on the wall.”

Kaydon moved forward as if to close the gap between himself and the surface.

“Keep your feet where they are,” she ordered.

She couldn’t see his face, but somehow, sheknewhe was grinning.

And for some reason, it turned her on.

Without breaking form, he leaned forward, reaching for the wall.

Adria inhaled sharply as he bent, his back arching just enough to put his ass on display.

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