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“Yes, you should have,” she corrected me. “I’m not letting you teach me out of some misguided loyalty to my brother. Sorry, but that’s not a turn-on, Pierce. It’s a turnoff.”
She stood again, her balance seeming to have returned.
“Jenica—”
“It’s fine,” she replied without looking at me. “I’m fine.”
She started toward the door.
“You can’t go out there alone,” I told her. “We’re in the members-only area, and you’re not a member.”
She froze, her hands going up to the mask on her face. “Someone will show me out.”
“Not politely,” I warned her. “You need me to walk with you, and I’m not ready to leave this room yet.” It was a power play, but that was the point, wasn’t it? “I need you to give me a safe word.”
“A what?”
“A safe word,” I repeated. “It’s what gives you the power in the scene. If you use that word, everything stops. And it’s my job as your Dom to make sure you never have to use it.”
She finally faced me again, her blue eyes glistening with more tears. But these appeared to be more angry than sad. “I already said no.”
“You did. And I’m sure you’ll say it again. However, I think you’ll find that it’s a common word subs use around here. Yet they never mean it.” I stood, my fingers brushing down my shirt to help fix the wrinkles caused by carrying her in here. “A safe word is the only way to truly say no. But you should only use it if you genuinely mean it. To do otherwise can destroy the relationship between a Dom and a sub.”
I started toward her.
“As I’ve said, trust is vital. As is communication. You can have more than just a safe word; you can have a cautionary word that tells me if I’m pushing too far.” My gaze ran over her slowly as I stopped before her. “But your body should tell me what I need to know well enough that we never reach that point.”
I wrapped my hand around the back of her neck and pulled her flush against me.
She gasped, her pupils blowing wide as she placed her hands on my chest—not to push me away, but to establish a new balance.
Then her fingers curled just a little.
And that hint was exactly what I needed to push forward.
“Your body is how I know you don’t really want to say no to me, Jenica.” I glanced at her tongue as she dampened her lips. “Your body is saying yes.” I squeezed her nape as I wrapped my opposite arm around her slender waist. “So I’m going to need your safe word now. Then we’ll begin.”
Chapter Eleven
JENICA
I’d read enough books to understand the concept of a safe word. That wasn’t why I’d repeated the phrase to him. I’d been confused as to why he wanted my safe word. I’d just told him I was leaving.
And now…
Now I wasn’t leaving.
Not with his palm branding the back of my neck and his forest-green eyes holding mine.
He wants a safe word.
He wants to begin.
How had we even arrived at this point? Did I even want to reject him?
Not with him staring down at me like that. It was an intense look. One that made me go weak in the knees.
“Goldilocks,” I whispered, my stomach twisting with the nickname. “My safe word is Goldilocks.”
