Page 86 of Silk Sheets

With one last pissed off glance she hurried for the door and I didn’t miss the sniffle she let out before opening and slamming my door shut.

I exhaled.

I tried with her.

After our previous submissive, Josie, the guys and I decided to take a break from having and finding a submissive. We each tried to move on with someone else, and so when Madeline invited me for dinner, I said yes.

We had good conversations but it wasn’t enough.

After the first dinner I ended things with her, but she was in denial. She has been ever since. When I left her office that morning it was the first time I saw Dakota. And in that moment, time stopped.

She had been laughing with Solace as they approached my classroom. Dakota was a clear ray of sunshine and something inside of me was reignited that day. But with her being a student I stayed away.

Until I couldn’t.

Until I was memorizing her schedule, using my free hours to find her so that I pass her in the hallway and steal a glimpse of her. It’s how I one day saw her imbecile of an ex boyfriend get rough with her.

I didn’t think and before I knew it I ripped him from her, tossing him across the hall. Fear fell across his face and he scurried up, apologizing. I told him to apologize toherand after he did, he ran like the coward he was.

I didn’t stay long enough for Dakota to thank me because God only knows what I would’ve done after seeing those big eyes staring up at me with gratitude.

I knew the minute Logan started working here he’d notice her too. You’d be an idiot not to.

My vibrating cellphone on my desk caught my attention and Kaden’s name popped up on my screen. I answered his FaceTime call, propping up my phone as I turned my laptop back on.

“What did you do this time, Kaden?” Amusement lingered in my tone and he scoffed.

“Stop answering the goddamn phone like that,”he snapped, and I couldn’t help the smirk curling on my lips.

A beat passed, and I waited for the pin to drop.

“Dakota and I had sex,”he broke the silence, and keeping my eyes on my laptop, I nodded.“The night I picked her up from the party.”

My eyes darted to him. He wasn’t telling me because we had to report to one another after having sex with her. He was telling me because she had been drinking that night.

“I fucked up, I know,”he said before I could speak.

“Have you talked to her about it yet?”

“Yeah… she remembers and doesn’t regret it,”he looked away, clearly seeming torn up about it.“She climbed on top of me and I just…”He shook his head, trying to rationalize what happened.“We’d just gotten home, she fell asleep for six hours and when she woke up she was getting on top of me.”

“Did you try and stop her?”

He looked offended by my question.“Of course I tried to fucking stop her,”he glanced away then back at me.“She was tipsy when we left the party, and after she woke up she had sobered up. She remembered how we got home, knew her safe word, she knew what we were doing…”he ran a frustrated hand down his face.

I understand completely why this bothers him, and he’s right, he fucked up. Kaden gets rough during sex, and not only that, when a woman is intoxicated she’s not able to consent. To anything, at that. And right now, he didn’t know if she was completely sober or not.

“She’s not as fragile as you think,” I reminded him. Dakota was delicate, but she could handle more than he gave her credit for. “If she remembers what happened and said she was sober enough to consent then you can stop beating yourself up over it.”

His chest rose and fell, and I leaned back in my chair, crossing my hands on my lap.

“Have you told Logan?” I grinned.

“Fuck no. That mother fucker’s gonna give me an earful about how he was right about her and I’m not in the fucking mood.”

I chuckled, shaking my head him.Logan was most definitely right about her being perfect for us.

I hesitated. “You and I both know it must have taken a lot for her to trust you that night…” I trailed off.