Page 16 of Hiding From Laughter

I still hadn’t figured it out even afterI’d eaten two cookies, so I glared at him as I grabbed a third.

“You can’t cheat.” Well, he probably couldsince he was smart and the Dom, but I had to make it hard so he couldn’t cheattoo easily. “I read my contract.”

We really should’ve put more details intoit but I wasn’t going to point that out. I was pretty sure that wouldn’t end upworking in my favor.

“I’m glad.” He kissed my head that time andsnuggled me against his chest as he bribed me with another cookie. “I like itwhen you read about our relationship.”

Instead of a dirty book?

No, I wasn’t going to get sidetracked onthat either.

“So you can’t cheat. I just want to makesure you realize that.” Yep, that was all I was thinking about. “And it didn’tsay I had to talk about stuff.”

Strategic error but that was okay.

“I’m fine with you not talking aboutanything you don’t want to talk about.” He was far too agreeable, so I knew Ihad to worry about what else my innocent-looking Dom was going to say. “As longas you don’t safeword and I stick within your limits, I don’t actually need youto talk. That is in our contract too.”

Shit.

Fine print got me every time.

“That…I…” Shoot. “But I don’t have totalk.”

It didn’t say I had to.

“That’s right.” Micha was still wearing hiseasygoing smile as he ran his hand over my head. “I’m going to take good careof you in our scene and we’re going to have fun, but you don’t have to sayanything you don’t want to.”

Oh dear.

“I…” I didn’t have to talk if I didn’t wantto. “Um. Well, you do what you have to.”

Yep.

Micha nodded. “Because I’m your Dom andsome things are up to me.”

Unfortunately.

“Some things are up to me. Like…like buyingthe groceries because you never come home with snacks.” He just stuck to thelist and it was painful. If I wanted snacks and cookies, I had to remember toput them on the list and tattle on myself. That sucked. “You don’t think aboutdessert either, even when the cookies and ice cream go on sale on thosebuyone get one freedeals.”

Those were the best.

Technically we didn’thaveto buytwo, but we had to, and everybody but him knew it.

“That’s right. And you make sure we’redoing date nights because those are important.” Micha tapped my nose like I wascute or something and it made me want to squirm. “You’re very good at thinkingabout us.”

I hated it when he was being sweet…it madeit really hard for me to be irrational.

“But some things are up to me.” Micha gavea casualwhat can I doshrug. “And this is one of those times.”

Shoot.

He’d remembered that part.

“But you’ve had time to think and tosafeword, so I’m not worried.” No, he was very confident because he kissed mycheek again and stood up…not even caring that he’d made me hard with that onemove.

He’d just picked me up without evenacknowledging how sexy it was that he could move me around like that.

Nothing.

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