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I can’t even be mad about what just happened, it was life altering.

I smile back, my heart fluttering as my belly does back flips.

Shit, everything just got so much more complicated because I just fell so damn hard for Collin. Now what do I do?

Chapter 30

Sadie

“Are you okay?” I askDeclan. We’re parked outside the club, sitting in the back of the town car. We got here a minute ago, but he’s made no move to get out of the car.

“Me?” he asks, eyes a little wide. “I’m fine. Why?”

A hint of a smile finds my lips. He’s nervous.Oh, sweet boy.

When you look at Declan, sweet and sensitive isn’t something you’d first guess, even with his glasses. But that boy is nothing but. His leg bounces as he looks out the window, then down to his hands and back to me.

I grab his hands and lace my fingers through his. “Breathe, Dec. It’s going to be okay.”

He shakes his head. “Maybe this is a bad idea.”

My face falls. “You don’t wanna to do this with me?” I go to move my hands from his, but he grips them tighter.

“I do!” he says urgently. “I really, really do. But...” He bites his lower lip like he’s ashamed to say the next part of his sentence.

“Is this about you liking your partners to be in control?”

He looks up at me and nods. “There’s something I haven’t told you.” He swallows thickly before continuing. “I-I don’t just own part of this club. I am, or should I say was, a member.”

I tilt my head to the side. “Like you came here to have sex?”

He nods again. “With a mistress.” I can’t see his face all that well with it being dark, but I can assume he has an adorable blush on his handsome face. “I’ve been thinking about taking the BDSM lifestyle more seriously and have tried out a few of the mistresses that work here. I, ah... I ended up really liking it and...” He pauses, letting out a sigh. “Before you made the deal, I was going to start looking for a permanent mistress, an exclusive one.”

“And I’m getting in the way of that?” I try to keep the disappointment out of my voice.

“What? No, no, ugh. I’m doing this all wrong,” he says, sounding defeated.

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