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obviously didn’t
have the same kind of stamina when it came to pain as he did.
    He moved his mouth to hers and softly kissed
her. “Don’t you love paybacks?”
    She groaned. “I told you I like to be in
control.”
    “Too bad.” He trailed his lips along her jaw
and then down the curve of her neck to the hollow of her throat. “I
always win, hon. Don’t forget that.”
    “Oh yeah?” she said.
    “Uh-huh.” His mouth was occupied with her
nipple again, causing her to arch her back from the pleasure. He
bit down hard enough to make her eyes fly open and caused her to
cry out in surprise.
    A tough Navy SEAL she was not.
    “Rick.” She moaned as he licked her other
nipple. “I don’t like to be out of control.”
    “Get used to it when you’re with me.” He
looked down at her again. “Even when you think you’re in control, I
really am.”
    “That’s not true.” She squirmed beneath his
mouth and hands, loving the feel of it but fighting the want and
need rising up inside of her. She was supposed to be on top.
That’s how it was for her. After Michael—
    No, she wasn’t going to think about him.
Especially not now.
    “Tell me, Leslie,” Rick said as he nuzzled
the curve of her neck. “What makes you so determined to be in
control with men?”
    It was as if he had read her mind. She had
tried to figure herself out for a long time. She believed that it
had to be Michael. She always liked control, but not in a
relationship. Once he had been her Dominant partner and she’d been
his submissive. It had been the only time she had let a man be in
control and it had been amazing in the initial stages. But after
their relationship ended, she swore she would always be in control
from that point on.
    “I belong on top.” She tried to get out of
his grip.
    “I am going to enjoy this.” He moved his
mouth close to her ear. “And so are you.”
    “Ha.” She kicked at him but he grabbed both
of her legs. She couldn’t begin to get out of his grip the way he
had her. He easily picked up the leather cuff that was still
attached to the chain at the foot of the bed and cuffed one ankle
with it even as she fought to get her legs away. When that one was
done he had an easy time of cuffing her other ankle.
    He tightened all of the restraints so that
she couldn’t even wiggle. Her heart beat faster and she bit the
inside of her cheek. How was she supposed to get out of this? She
wasn’t Houdini like this man seemed to be.
    When she was secured, he moved up and braced
his hands to either side of her chest and looked down at her. “How
does it feel, Leslie?”
    “I don’t like it.” A bald-faced lie. She was
so turned on that she wanted to squirm from need.
    He gave a soft laugh. “We’ll see.” He brushed
his lips over hers and she couldn’t help a sigh of pleasure. Then
he eased off the bed and she turned her head enough to see that he
was going through her bag of tricks.
    She swallowed as he pulled out a red ball gag
and a black blindfold and carried them back to her.
    “Ohhh. Look at this. Never used one of these.
Can’t have you making too much noise so let’s try it out.” He put
the ball gag to her lips. She refused to open her mouth. He pinched
her nipple and she gasped in surprise and he pushed the ball into
her mouth. He raised her head enough that he could buckle the back
of the gag. The corner of his lips turned up into a smile. “That
will keep you from complaining about not being on top.”
    She made a sound of argument as he put the
blindfold over her eyes, a sound that he ignored. When the
blindfold was on, he kissed the corner of her mouth. “There. That’s
better.”
    Her thoughts spun. What was he going to do
now that he had her down tight?
    He moved his mouth to her ear again. “You’ll
see,” as if he knew what she was thinking. He inhaled deeply then
ran his lips along her jaw then nuzzled the curve of her neck.
    Shivers ran along her spine as he kissed a
trail down to the