Page 41 of Forbidden Harmony

“I’m not changing my mind,” she said.

He clamped her nipple and she stared at theceiling, her hands in tight fists at her side, her spine a rigid line of tensenerves.

“Take a few deep breaths,” he said.

She forced air in and out of her lungs andon the third exhale, he slid the needle neatly into her nipple. It hurt, muchmore than she expected, and she bit back her soft cry, making a strangledmmpf,instead.

“Good girl,” he said. “Almost finished, Sunshine.”

He placed the barbell in, working quickly andefficiently, before using the gauze to clean up the blood and applying pressurefor a few minutes.

“You okay?”

Addison blew her breath out. Her nipplefelt hot, but the pain had faded. “Yes. It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

“Good.”

He checked her nipple. The bleeding hadstopped, and he placed the bandage over her nipple before peeling off hisgloves. “In four to five hours, you’re going to remove the bandage and cleanthe piercing. I’m sending you home with a care sheet and a small bottle of castiletea tree soap. Clean your nipple with it and warm water very gently. Do thatonce a day in the shower. It’s normal for your nipple to swell a bit and tocrust over. It will be very sore the first few days. If your nipple swells tothe point where it’s touching either end of the barbell, come back and I’ll putin a longer post.”

“Okay.”

He tossed the needle into the sharpscontainer and threw the paper towel and alcohol wipe packages into the garbage.

“Can I wear my bra?”

He glanced at the lacy piece of fabric. “Notfor twenty-four hours and definitely not that one. The barbell might getcaught in it and rip out the piercing.”

She winced as he rolled his chair back totoss away his gloves. “Sports bra or cotton bra only until it heals. It cantake up to a year to heal but most clients find by six months it’s healed.”

“Okay,” she said.

“Don’t touch it unless you’re cleaning it.Don’t play with the barbell.”

“I won’t,” she said.

“Don’t let anyone else touch it either,” hesuddenly said. “No one licking or sucking on your nipple for at least amonth. At least.”

She turned a brilliant shade of red. Thelast person who had sucked on her nipple was the very man who had just piercedit and as his gaze suddenly drifted over her naked chest, her left nippleturned as hard as her right nipple.

“Did you hear me, Sunshine?”

She nodded and closed her eyes. She reallyshould just get up and put her shirt on. The piercing was over. Why was she stilllying here half-naked letting him ogle her?

Instead of getting dressed, she said, “Doyou do other body piercings?”

Addie! What are you doing?

“What else do you want to pierce?”

She opened her eyes and made a vague motiontoward her crotch. “I was thinking maybe, you know…”

He grinned at her and her blush which wasjust beginning to fade, flared back to life. “You’re going to have to be morespecific, Sunshine.”

She bit at her bottom lip. “You know, downthere.”

“Down there?” His grin widened and she satup abruptly.

“Forget it.”

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