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WARNING: Too dark for most readers! 👠 Modern Cinderella Retelling 💰 Billionaire Dark Romance 💔 Tortured/Broken Hero ⛓️ Abduction/Kidnapping/Captivity ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 💋 One Night Stand ❤️‍🩹 Hurt/Comfort “Yes. I’ll do whatever you want.” He shakes his head. “That’s not the way this works. You can’t say that until you hear exactly what I’m going to do you. What you’re going to do to me. With me. For me.” Every time he says “me” the thing down there pulses. I’m pretty sure my pretty silk panties are damp, which they’ve never been before. He doesn’t know tonight is my night of yes. But this is his house. His rules. And the first rule seems to be I have to listen and agree. “Okay,” I say. “Tell me.” He plants his hands in front of him, spreading his fingers wide on the granite. “You’ll walk upstairs to my bedroom,” he says. I nod. “You’ll take off all your clothes.” I nod. “You’ll enter my bathroom and turn on the shower, where you will wash exactly the way I order you to.” Order. The word shoots through me. I start to ask if he’ll be watching me in the shower, but I already know the answer. I try to imagine what it will be like, if he’ll order me to touch myself. If he’ll make me wash down there. Of course he will. I nod. “Say it out loud. Tell me you’ll follow my orders in the shower.” “I— I’ll follow your orders in the shower.” He must have been afraid I’d say no because he exhales a huge breath. Then he comes to stand behind me. He leans in, his T-shirt pressing against the back of my dress, against my bare shoulders. He plants his arms beside mine, wide enough that we don’t touch. And he starts to whisper in my ear. He tells me the rest of what he’s going to do to me, every filthy word. My heart starts to race as I imagine giving up the control he demands. I can feel the heat of his body. I can sense the wire strung through his limbs as, item by item, I consent. “Yes, I’ll follow your orders when you bind me.” “Yes, I’ll follow your orders when you’re gloved.” “Yes, I’ll follow your orders…” “Your orders…” “Orders…” Yes, yes, yes. His voice is raw by the time he’s finished. I’m shaking so hard he has to shift his arms, spread them wider to keep from touching me. Everything he demands is sick. Perverted. Wrong. But I say yes to every last command. Finally, he grits: “And you’ll be out of here by midnight.” “M—midnight?” I sound like I’ve never heard the word before. “No one sleeps over,” Trap says, like it’s some sort of punishment. He’s saving me from myself. “Yes,” I say. “I’ll be out of here by midnight.” Trap shudders at my final acceptance. I feel the ripple go through his chest and down my spine. He pulls away, releasing the cage that’s held me, and I embarrass myself by moaning when the cool kitchen air kisses the nape of my neck. He smirks as he rounds the granite island. He waits until I raise my chin, until I meet his eyes. “Are you a virgin, Ella?” he asks. “Of course not!” I answer quickly, like that would be a terrible thing. “Don’t lie.” “I’m not lying!” And I’m not. Technically. He waits for me to back down, but I don’t. “I need to be sure,” he says. “If I were a virgin, would you send me home?” “No,” he answers slowly. “Not unless you ask to go. But if you’re a virgin, I’ll go more slowly. I’ll do my best to keep from hurting you.” “I’m not a virgin,” I confirm again. But I hear the warning, clearer than all the things I’ve already accepted. What Trap plans might hurt. He nods, but I’m not sure he believes me. “We’ll use a system,” he says. “A code. If I ask you your color, green means you’re fine. We can continue whatever we’re doing. Yellow means you need more time. I’ll slow down. Red is your safeword. Red means stop. Immediately. With those rules in place, with those protections, will you stay with me until midnight?” Yes. This is the night of yes. “I’ll stay,” I say. “Good girl.” * * * Perfect for readers who crave dark, high-heat, high-stakes contemporary romance, especially those who enjoy billionaire, abduction, and hurt/comfort tropes. 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ Spice up your life today! Get DIAMOND SOLITAIRE today, then binge the entire Kidnapped Series by Alix Key—FREE in KINDLE UNLIMITED!