Amber. I’ll tell you something and hope it doesn’t make you see me differently.”
“Tell me something?” She frowned. “What could you possibly say that would do that?”
Molly cleared her throat. “Shortly after Nick and I met I discovered that BDSM played a large role in his sexual preferences.”
Amber’s eyes widened. She didn’t know if she was shocked or intrigued. Molly and Nick were into that? “You’re kidding me.”
“Nuh-uh. At first I didn’t know how to react, but he took me to a very private club he belongs to, Peregrine. Which, by the way, is owned by a woman who is older than her husband. I think he wanted me to see both the lifestyle and their situation.”
“And?”
Molly shrugged. “And here I still am, happier than I ever thought I could be. And loving my husband and our life together.”
Amber sipped her now cooling coffee. “I have to think about this.”
“When are you seeing Rio again? And I know you are. I saw the look on his face.”
“He’s calling me later. He wants to take me to dinner.”
“Go,” Molly urged. “And ask him about the club. He’s a member too. He can make the introduction to the lifestyle very appealing and easy.”
Later, as Amber dressed for dinner, she found herself daydreaming. A montage of erotic images swirled in her mind. She had the feeling she was about to make big changes in her life. She didn’t know if she should be afraid or excited.
Chapter Four
“I need to go shopping,” Amber announced to Molly the next morning when Rio brought her home.
It had been well after ten by the time she’d finally made it out of bed, pleasantly exhausted from another night of intense lovemaking with Rio. The man certainly had an inventive mind. Already he was teaching her things that brought her untold pleasure and took her to heights she’d never dreamed possible.
“Let me bring you into my world,” he’d said when he dropped her off. “You told me you discussed this with Molly—and that’s fine,” he’d added hastily. “And she told you about Peregrine. I would love to take you there. Let you immerse yourself in the experience.”
She had finally agreed, riding the edge of anticipation that he would take her there tonight.
“Ask Molly about appropriate dress,” was the last thing he’d said before he drove away.
Appropriate dress? Obviously not the button-down wardrobe she’d brought with her.
“For anything in particular?” Then Molly snapped her fingers as a light dawned in her eyes. “Rio’s taking you to Peregrine. Right?”
Amber nodded. “I don’t think I have anything appropriate to wear.”
“Not to worry. I have just the place to shop.”
Claudine, the woman who owned the boutique where Molly had bought her first outfit for Peregrine—and several more after that—smiled when they came through the door. She made them comfortable in a small lounge area in the back. Before Amber could blink, a girl set a silver tray with two glasses of chilled wine and an assortment of tiny sandwiches on the low table in front of them.
“Please relax,” Claudine told them. “I will bring you a selection of items from which to choose. Then it will be time to try them on.”
“It took me four glasses of wine to buy what I needed the first time I shopped here,” Molly confided. “I was so nervous I was afraid I’d spill something on the clothes.”
“That makes me feel a lot better.” Amber leaned back in the chair. “What do I wear to a bondage club, anyway? Leather? Nothing?”
Molly laughed. “Something very, very sexy with almost nothing underneath it.”
Three hours later, only slightly tipsy from the wine, they made their way back to Molly’s car carrying shopping bags with the purchases discreetly tucked inside and concealed with tissue paper. When Amber, after getting over her initial nervousness, had actually found three outfits she liked, Molly had insisted she buy them all.
“But tonight you wear