Chapter 186. Wheels in Motion

Lucien

He was preoccupied with the arrangements for the Fight that was to happen that weekend. He glanced at his young wife as they ate their breakfast. There were dark bruises under her eyes and he could see a small mark on her chest where the knitted shirt she was wearing revealed as she shifted.

He smiled. Even after five years, he still longed to tame her. She had the ability to hold him in the palm of her small hand, dangling, wanting more. 

He was an alpha male, a dominant man who expected complete submission from his partner. But this woman, with her fierce independence, her excellent management skills at work and at home, she merely allowed him to dominate her in bed. 

And that made him want her all the more.

Yes, he thought in mild astonishment, he respected her. For Lucien Delano, it was a first!

He had never found a woman worthy of being taken seriously before; all the others were merely bodies to satisfy his