He cocked his head to the side.

I cleared my throat. “Why… was I good to you?It.Wasitgood to you?”

Sorry, Elle.

“I don’t follow.”

“Yes, you do. You know exactly what I’m talking about.”

He didn’t respond, forcing me to keep talking.

“You… you take me to this exclusive club, and you have sex with me, and then you kind of just… throw me away. So, I’m asking you if my sex was good to you?”

His eyebrows furrowed together.

“Or is this part of how you make women so crazy about you? Fucking and sucking on them really good and then locking them in a room, not talking to them, treating them mean, making them second guess everything they’ve done, and then they try to do more to please you. Is this how you get women in your cult?”

That smirk on his face pissed me off.

“And then you haven’t been holding up your end of the bargain and kissing me every day, like you said you would. How can you not just hold up your end of the bargain, when you expect me to hold up mine?”

I was on a roll. I was getting ready to speak again until he pushed himself off the door frame.

“Ms. Greysen?” He started walking toward me. “Are you locked in here?”

As he walked toward me, I took a few steps back.

“Answer me,” he commanded.

He walked me back until my back was pressed against the window. I couldn’t look him in his face, but of course, he’d grabbed me by my chin, lifting my head up.

“Are… you… locked in here, Ms. Greysen?”

My cheeks were so hot.

“N-n-no, but—”

“Sshh.” He pressed his finger against my lips.

I swallowed the lump in my throat. When he leaned down, I licked my lips, thinking he was about to kiss me.

“Follow me,” he whispered in my ear.

“Where?”

“So, you can see what locked up really means.”

I gasped. When he turned around, my eyes went to his last name in big bold letters across the top of his back. He’d made it over to the door while I was still stuck against the wall. When he turned around, I jumped back against the wall like I could move back some more. He waved his hand out toward the hall. Slowly, I walked across the room and out into the hall. My eyes hadn’t adjusted to the dark yet, so I reached out for Diesel, and he caught my wrist loosely. Just that slight touch sent chills down my spine. He led me around the corner to the locked door. His body blocked the pad, so I couldn’t see the passcode even if I wanted to.

He entered the room first and turned the lights on. When I stepped in behind him, my mouth dropped open. I looked around like a lost kid in the middle of a huge mall. It was set up like a whole movie production set with cameras and light stands all around the room. The cameras were pointing at many different sex machines; more noticeably, the X-shaped machine was in the center.

“Oh my God. This is… you are… I have no words.”

“Good. I want you quiet anyway.”

He walked over to one of the cameras and fumbled with it before walking past the X machine and over to the cabinet. When he opened the cabinet, he pulled out some rope.

“Look, Diesel—”