‘She was blonde? I couldn’t see anything in there.’

‘The point is, I would’ve supported you,’ said Cassian, looking down at her on the bed.

‘But it wasn’t what you wanted,’ said Emilia.

‘No.’

‘Like I said,’ said Emilia. ‘How did I get this lucky?’

‘But, on the landing, when you said about Amy and Mark?’ said Cassian.

She turned her head to one side and frowned. ’I really liked them,’ she said.

‘I liked them too.’

Emilia felt a surge of exhilaration. ’I don’t want to just have sex with strangers, I want more than that, I want what we have together, with others. I want a connection, not a quick fuck.’

‘That’s what I want too,’ said Cassian.

‘Love shouldn’t be defined by sexual exclusivity,’ said Emilia. ‘I’m not yours, you're not mine, we are a partnership that’s built on respect. And if everything we do isn't about love and sharing and giving, then we’re doing it wrong.’

Cassian nodded, then just as he was about to respond, Emilia continued.

‘Also, it’s about having really good sex.’

Cassian smirked. ‘I'm trying to be serious here.’

‘So am I. I don’t think you can have really, really good sex without a connection,’ said Emilia. ‘Can I be honest with you?’

‘Of course.’

‘I really liked them.’

‘Me too,’ said Cassian. ‘Amy seemed really fun, and Mark was a good guy.’

‘So you'd be okay with them?’

‘They seemed really nice.’

‘You'd be okay with Mark the Bodyguard, poking me in the cervix?’

Cassian laughed, and turned away.

Then suddenly he gripped hold of her wrists, rolled her onto her front and pinned her back down on the bed. With his free hand he flipped her dress up and over her back and looked down at the pink and black lace knickers he’d watched her slip on earlier.

Emilia squirmed in his grip, trying to turn her head to look back at him as his eyes followed the contour of her thighs, past the hooks that secured her stockings to the pink flowery basque.

Still holding her down with a single hand, he unclipped both of the stockings and then slid her whole body down until she was bent over the edge of the bed, knees on the floor.

With his free hand, he quickly pulled down her knickers and let them fall to the floor around her legs. Emilia gasped as Cassian approached her ear. She could feel his hot breath on the back of her neck as he spoke.

‘You want to know if I’d be okay with him fucking you?’

Her mind was racing with thoughts. Cassian had never been this in charge before, and it was turning her on intensely.

‘I want to watch as his dick slides into your pussy,’ he said as he spanked her firmly across her behind. Her eyes widened as the pleasure and the pain coursed through her body and she moaned and opened her mouth wide.

‘I want to watch as he pounds you hard, and listen as you say his name,’ he smacked her again with the flat of his palm and she buried her face in the duvet as she moaned again and wriggled in his grip.