Chapter 95

Nora POV

"Do you want to remember what it feels like?" His dark but steady gaze holds mine. "Just say the word, Doll... and I'll remind you what true submission feels like."

The office feels smaller now, the air thicker, every breath I take pulling more of his scent into my lungs. My heart is hammering so hard I can feel it in my throat, in my fingertips, between my legs.

“I should leave,” I say, because it is the correct thing to say, because it is what a sensible woman with a ring on her finger would say.

“And yet here you are,” he replies calmly.

I turn to face him fully, crossing my arms over my chest in a gesture that feels more defensive than defiant. “This is a mistake.”

“You’ve never been very good at lying to yourself,” David says. He takes a