Chapter 142

"This schedule bullshit," I said. "We've done it for six weeks, and it's exhausting. I'm not a dominant. It was a fun experiment, okay? I've enjoyed it. But it's tedious now. I don't want to manage all your decisions."

"Are you serious?" she asked.

"I am," I said. "I don't think you like it, either. I've been considering this a lot. I've thought about it nonstop the past few days. I'm a hedonist. You're a hedonist. And I overreacted a little bit."

Jess simply stared at me. Her eyes were drinking me in, her face placid and beautiful.

"We aren't going to make it if we keep this draconian, fake dominance thing going," I said. "You'll end up disobeying me at some point just because you get bored. It's self-defeating. And it's not true to who we are. That's not to say I don't want you to be honest with me. It is impo