by Stacey Lynn
The chilled wind was brutal as I stepped out of the door he opened for me and I pulled my long coat tighter around my waist. Then I followed Jensen into Luminous, his hand at my back, my eyes cast downward like I was supposed to do when we were in public.
He said hello to Joe and handed him my coat while I kept my gaze diverted.
While I was truly only a submissive when Jensen demanded it, the atmosphere at Luminous always made it easier, like I slipped into a role that wasn’t pretend, just a deeper part of me I didn’t always show. I stepped next to Jensen as he led me to the bar, not stopping to talk to anyone until he had ordered us drinks and handed me a G&T.
As we sipped our drinks, my eyes wandered the large gathering space. It never failed to take my breath away. The glittering chandeliers and sparkling silvery drapery evoked a scintillating sensation in my nerves. Glasses clinked, laughter twinkled.
There was such a magical sense in the air when I stepped through the doors to Luminous. It was a place where everyone inside was truly able to release the stress of life, the burdens that weighed them down, and once they entered the doors, they were stripped down to their basic needs and desires.
It was liberating.
Tonight, the freedom fell on my shoulders like a heavy weight. Knowing my drink wouldn’t settle my nerves about the upcoming night, I set it on the bar and waited to gain Jensen’s attention from a gentleman he was speaking with. His name was Simon. The man was friendly and attractive, with dirty-blond hair styled to one side and thick, black-framed glasses. He wore an easy smile and dark clothing so tight it showed off his muscled, bulky frame. Simon was another Dom I’d been introduced to over the last several months. While he’d admitted to searching for a long-term sub, he hadn’t found anyone yet.
If only I had a friend, I’d set him up before my great-grandfather could shout, “Holy Saginaw!” I wiped my hands down my thighs and inhaled a calming breath while I waited.
Their conversation apparently done, Jensen’s head turned my way. A salacious grin stretched his lips. “Ready?”
Of course I was. When it came to Jensen, I was always ready.
“Yes, sir.”
“Ready for what?” Simon asked, quirking a brow and tilting his head. He glanced at me before focusing on Jensen.
“It’s Haley’s birthday,” Jensen explained, as if I weren’t in the room. I was used to it. In the presence of a Dom, most other Doms wouldn’t speak to a sub, especially one who was collared. And I didn’t think I was imagining the looks we’d been getting as people took in my new jewelry addition. “Tonight, she gets to decide where we play.”
“You’re playing? Publicly?”
“Yup. And if I’m correct, I believe my sub is getting antsy.”
He sent me a teasing wink and raised his hand. I slid my palm into his without thought.
As he led us away from Simon, I heard his low chuckle. “Now this, I’ve gotta see. Jensen letting his girl be watched? All eyes will be on you. You realize this?”
“I do.” Jensen’s hand around mine flinched.
He hated this. He was doing it for me. He hadn’t been wrong the first time he gave me a tour of this club. He had told me, so assuredly, that I would like being watched. After all the watching we’d done, I’d come to crave the idea of it. I wanted to be strapped to a St. Andrew’s cross and flogged like Miranda had been the first night. I had never pushed him for it, but it was a sacrifice for him to let other men and women feast their eyes on what he considered his.
And because I loved him, because he was willing to give me this, thinking I needed it, our sacrifice went both ways.
I would never demand it from him.
But it didn’t mean I hadn’t enjoyed teasing him with the anticipation of tonight.
I followed him upstairs to the first room but when he cocked a brow, asking me silently if I wanted to go in, I shook my head.
He scowled, but quickly hid it.
As we walked further down the hall, I squeezed his hand, stopping him before he reached a different room.
“Did you change your mind?” he asked, nodding toward the first room.
I held his hand tight in mine. “No. We’re right where I want us to be.”
His brows snapped together before I stepped to the side of the hall and placed my hand on a door we’d visited before.
We hadn’t been inside since the night we met at Luminous all those many months ago.
“A private room?” His lips twisted and I had to fight against smiling. “But you...we...I agreed...”
I stepped forward and pressed my palm to his cheek. “I know you did. And I love you for it, but you have to know that like you respect my limits, I would never ask you to stretch yours.”
He sighed and relief swept from his shoulders. He gave me no time to explain further when his hands cupped my cheeks and he pushed me back against the door.
He dropped a hand from me only long enough to open the private door, push us through and re-lock the door before his hands were back on me.
Our mouths fused together, our hands roamed each other’s bodies and when we’d divested each other of our clothing, the only thing sparkling in the dimly lit room was my engagement ring on one finger and the collar around my throat.
“Exquisite,” he murmured, stepping away from me only far enough to meet my eyes. “The promise still stands. Whatever you want.”
I knelt without speaking, dropping my gaze to the floor and spreading my knees, ass to my heels and keeping my back straight.
“This is what I want, Jensen. Everything you have to offer me. It’s the only thing I’ve ever wanted.”
“And you have it,” he whispered, running the tip of his finger along my collar until he reached the lock at the back and tugged. “You have all of me. Forever.”
He was the only thing I needed.
My business was booming.
We were building a home together so I could stay close to my family’s legacy while he gave up his beautiful condo in the city.
We were starting a life together.
And there were no doubts.
No regrets.
Nothing to hold us back.
We only had the future. The promise of not yet fulfilled dreams and fantasies and desires.
But we’d surpass them all. After all our years of holding back, of denying the parts of ourselves we couldn’t fight off regardless of how hard we tried, we’d finally found each other.
Our perfect complement.
A shadow stepped in front of me and I kept my eyes down to the floor while Jensen’s bare feet came in to view.
I was desperate to see him. Desperate to touch him, to feel him, to love him.
“Look at me, Haley,” he said, using that deep commanding voice that immediately made me wet.
I ached as he took a step away from me, crossing his arms over his chest.
“Hard limits?” he asked.
After a brief hesitation, I understood what he was doing.
I took on the stance I had done that first night. “I thought you weren’t going to touch me tonight.”
He grinned. That same grin he’d worn the very first time we’d been in this room.
“I’m not,” he explained. “You’re going to get off, touching yourself, and I’m going to watch. Now answer me. Hard limits.”
“None, sir.” I had long since given them up.
Jensen had free reign of my body and my soul. He knew parts of me better than I knew myself. Trusting him meant trusting him with all of me.
His grin spread into a full smile and he flashed me a wink.
He knew exactly what I had implied, what I meant.
“Very well then,” he said, pulling his gaze off of me and down to my exposed ce
nter. “Begin.”
I obeyed without hesitation, touching myself only for him, even though I wanted to correct him.
This wasn’t our beginning.
Our beginning happened months ago when he took a risk on a girl wanting to be a sub, despite his hesitation.
This wasn’t our beginning.
This was us, cementing our forever together.
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Acknowledgments
Thank you to Michelle for enjoying and supporting my books with such enthusiasm.
Thank you to Angela, Penny, and the rest of the Carina Press team for taking a chance on me, and making Jensen’s story better than it was originally.
To my husband and family, thank you for your unending support, encouragement and unfailing love. I couldn’t do any of this without you.
And to the reader, every time you pick up one of my books, read them, love them, review them and/or send me a message, my heart sings. I hope you love Dominate Me as much as I loved writing it.
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About the Author
Stacey Lynn grew up living almost daily with her nose inside a book. From Danielle Steel and John Grisham to Ann M. Martin and C.S. Lewis, she read everything she could get her hands on and loved getting lost inside a fantasy. Now, as a wife and mother to four young children, she spends her days bringing her own characters to life by creating sexy stories that steam up the screen on her laptop. For more information on her books, visit www.staceylynnbooks.com.
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Dominate Me
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