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“You’re handing me the reins? I can tie you up and spank you.” A sparkle lit in her eyes as her palms stroked down his back and rested on his ass before she gave both cheeks a squeeze.
    He chuckled. A Dom never completely handed a sub the reins. Lisa would only think she held them. “What do you have in mind?” He cupped the back of her head and pulled her inches away from his lips.
    The light in her eyes suddenly died. “Nicolas, would you just hold me tonight? Maybe vanilla sex, slow and tender?” There was a tinge of desperation in her voice that chilled him.
    Lisa must care deeply for Jana if she was this worried about her friend. He couldn’t stop thinking that there was more to Lisa’s mood shifts over the last week.
    If she couldn’t confide in him, something was lacking in their relationship. The beauty of BDSM was trust and clearly it was missing between them. She would let him do anything with her body, but she wasn’t allowing him total control of her mind and soul.
    Apparently Jana wasn’t the only one in the house with emotional baggage. Hell, even he carried a sack or two around. Didn’t everyone? He pushed thoughts of his father from his mind.
    Come to think of it, Lisa really hadn’t let him get any closer than sex, and he hadn’t forced the issue, preferring things the way they were.
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    registered nurse at Banner Health Services in Mesa. At night they would meet at either one’s home and share their bodies, but never their personal thoughts, or discussions of their day. Their agreement was physical only, no emotional ties.
    “Is that a yes?” she asked almost hesitantly.
    “Anything you want tonight,” he said, realizing that he didn’t want a relationship void of emotion like his parents. Although he had shivered at the thought of commitment, what was a relationship without it? Perhaps there lay the true failure of all his previous attempts. How could he have a healthy relationship when a contract stood between him and his partner in the bedroom?
    A marriage license had been his father’s contract to treat Nicolas’s mother badly.
    Honestly, Nicolas didn’t care for where this mental evaluation was heading.
    What was he was looking for? A commitment? Maybe it was time to settle down. He gazed into Lisa’s misty brown eyes.
    Nahhh . Just a temporary moment of insanity.
    He felt like laughing aloud at his wanderings. Neither he nor Lisa were right for the other. They were just filling a momentary void.
    Yeah, that’s what it is, temporary insanity . That could explain the instant attraction he felt for Lisa’s friend. Or perhaps in this case it was acknowledging that he would be Master of both women—every man’s fantasy.
    All he needed was a good fuck and tomorrow he’d be back to his old self. He pressed his lips to Lisa’s and she melted in his arms as he knew she would. She was pliable, easily bending to his will, but tonight was her night. If a slow, gentle loving was what she wanted, he would give it to her with pleasure.
    But tomorrow night was his and he had several ideas for what he planned to do to Lisa and her redheaded friend.
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Chapter Three
    Warm water pelted Jana’s face and chest. Steam fogged the shower glass, which only made her feel like she was still in a haze. Her face felt swollen and tight even though she hadn’t cried. Her jaws ached as if she had spent the night clenching her teeth.
    What had happened to, “You’ll feel better in the morning”?
    With a brush of her washcloth across her face, Jana came to the conclusion that most—if not all—aphorisms sucked.
    But did that stop her from thinking of another and yet another?
    Nooo …
    Today is the first day of your life.
    There’s light at the end of the