It’s just a jewelry ad.
 
 I deflate like a goddamn punctured balloon. Then I get pissed.
 
 What, like I have to wait for amanto text me? Fuck that.
 
 Me: Have you been thinking about me?
 
 The response is immediate and deeply satisfying.
 
 Bane: Yes.
 
 Me: Then why haven’t you texted?
 
 Bane: I’m trying to be a good boy.
 
 Why does my brain immediately go to him on his knees, naked, wearing nothing but that cock ring I love when he wears, waiting for me to milk his prostate?
 
 I bite my lip and let my thumbs fly over the phone screen.
 
 Me: I know how you could be my good boy.
 
 Bane: By not texting.
 
 Me: Why?
 
 Bane: Because I’m about to meet with the bishop.
 
 My eyes go wide.
 
 Me: So you’re in your collar right now? Kinky. Go in the bathroom and send me a picture of your dick before the bishop gets there.
 
 Bane: Are you touching yourself?
 
 Me: No. Do you want me to be?
 
 Bane: Not if you want to go to Carnal tonight.
 
 I groan. I hit a g, thenstabthe R button over and over so hefeelsmy frustration through the screen.
 
 Me: Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
 
 Me: Going back to work now. Have fun with the bishop.
 
 Bane: I’ll have more fun picturing your frustrated, throbbing clit.
 
 I slam my phone back in my pocket and attack the counter like it’s personally responsible for my lack of orgasms today.
 
 But now all I can think about are Bane’s shoulders, Bane’s fingers,Bane’s fucking voicewhen he steps through the door after being away.
 
 Goddamn him.
 
 My clitisthrobbing.
 
 Kinky motherfucker.
 
 I scrub harder.
 
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