Page 29 of Resisting the Temptation
“She’s into it!” he argues.
“Part of being a good Dominant is reading body language. Look at her right now, and tell me you think she’scomfortable.”
We both look over to Emma who has her hands clenched into tight little fists while her lips are turned down at the corners. My gaze snags on the green ribbon—available to anyone,interesting—before moving on. Her spine is rigid, and her foot is bouncing anxiously against the rung of the stool.
God, those legs need to be wrapped around my—no, Ben, focus.
The guy shrugs and throws her another flirty wink. “She looks gorgeous to me.”
He doesn’t see the way she cringes when he looks away, but I catch it.
“Of course she’s gorgeous. But her body language is screaming she’s not interested. I suggest you leave her alone before this escalates and someone does something they regret.”
The douche scoffs and stands. “Whatever, man, she’s not worth this kind of hassle.”
Wrong. She’s worth every second of it and more.
Emma relaxes the tiniest bit when he walks away, but it doesn’t last long. “What the hell was that?” she whisper-shouts. “Howdareyou try to—”
“Not here,” I cut her off. “If you’d like to have a conversation, follow me.”
I walk away, crossing my fingers she follows me. I hear a huff of annoyance that almost brings a smile to my face before I hear the sound of her footsteps following me down the hall.
I unlock the door and motion for her to go inside. She hesitates for a moment before entering.
Then she whips around and pokes me in the chest. “What the hell is the matter with you? You can’t just go around telling other people they can’t fuck me, Ben.”
“You clearly didn’t want to go through with his plan. I was trying to help you.”
“I’m a big girl, I can make my own decisions.”
“But you were making the wrong one!” Why is she being so goddamn difficult about this? I washelpingher!
“Maybe I was! But again, it’smy choice.”
“Why would you agree to something that extreme with someone you don’t know?”
Emma glares at me. “I let you spank me when I didn’t know you. Some people would argue that’s extreme.”
Good grief. Now is not the time to get hard thinking about that.
“You and I were paired togetherby your best friendfor a reason. We talked about things before we even started, and set boundaries. Were you really just going to dive right off the deep end with a guy you don’t know?”
Emma's shoulders slump. “Not until you started being an alpha-hole.”
Alpha-hole?“I don’t know what that is, but you’re telling me you were going to do it out of spite?”
“Yes.”
I’m shocked speechless by her honesty, so she continues.
“I don’t enjoy being treated like a child who can’t make her own decisions. When you barreled into our conversation to answer for me, I was feeling petty.” She shrugs a delicate shoulder.
“Emma, part of kink is making safe choices. If you want to be tied up and fucked in front of an audience, you’d need to be able to trust your partner explicitly.”
“Well, the last guy I trusted ended up being my coworker who thinks I’m nothing more than a pretty face. So clearly, I can’t trust my own judgment,” she snaps.
Her words hit me right in the chest, making me feel like an ass.
