ReclaimedSurrender (19 page)

“No?” She threw her arms around his neck and spoke against
the heated skin of his throat. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about that stupid
kiss. I just—”

He squeezed her to quiet. “Shh. We don’t need to discuss this
further. The matter is done.”

That’s one of the things she loved about Rene. There were no
grudges, no recriminations and no guilt once they’d dealt with a matter. She
sighed.

“I do want to sit with you here in our chair. I want to talk
with you about something else that’s important.”

“About?” As if she didn’t know. She grasped the medallion in
her palm and snuggled in deep on his lap.

“The kinky shit I might be into when you’re pregnant.”

Her head came off his shoulder so fast her forehead knocked
against his chin. “You’ve got to be kidding me.”

“No, I wouldn’t kid about something like this.”

“Right now. Right at this moment. Here?” She pointed for
emphasis. “After what happened with…” She let go of the medallion. “At the
dinner table and what Michael told you—” Not a good time to remind him about
that, she decided. “This is what you want to talk about?”

He wrapped his big arms around her and drew her in tight.
“Well, I guess I could tell you that I’ve never been more proud of you than I
was tonight when you took off that scarf. That I’ve never loved you more than I
did tonight when you came out in front of Michael.”

“Is that what they call it?”

“They? What they? How about we?”

She liked the sound of that. So much so, that it took her a
full minute to realize that he hadn’t answered her. “Do we come out to your
family?”

“God no. You think we’re bad? They’re freaks.”

“How about to my mom?”

“I don’t even think I’m strong enough for that.”

That made her laugh. “Are we okay then?”

“I think so.”

“You’re happy?”

“Why?”

“Because that makes me happy.”

He lean back and tilted her chin up so he could look her in
the eyes. “Then yes. You’ve made me happy, little one. Very happy. Thank you
for trusting me enough to allow me to reclaim your surrender. I promise to
cherish this precious gift from now until the day I die.”

His husky and deep tone made her shiver and snuggle in
against him. “I love you, Rene.”

“Master,” he corrected, but she knew he was only messing
with her because he wasn’t in Dom mode right now. With a contented sigh, she
found a spot between his shirt and one of his buttons and used her nose to
touch skin. Nuzzling against it, she closed her eyes and purred, “Were you
serious before about trying that kind of kink?”

“Yes. I can’t wait.”

“It sounds icky.”

His lips dropped to her ear and he breathed into it, making
her shiver again. “It’s going to be great. I promise.”

Her eyes popped open and she stared at the rise and fall of
his chest. “How would you know that? Have you done something like this before?”

“Not something. Things. And as to doing them with someone
else that would be a no.”

She loved to tease him. “You’re sure?”

“Quit being a brat. Am I sure? What kind of a guy do you
take me for?”

Kidding or not, she wasn’t going to answer that loaded
question, because why start an argument now? She was curious though. “What kind
of things? Tell me.”

He hooked a finger under her chin again and pulled up. When
he leaned back to look at her, his eyes twinkled. “Maybe I should show you.”

Show her? “I’m not pregnant.”

“Not yet, but fortunately the act of getting you pregnant is
on the list.”

She let out a low whistle. “You’re a strange creature, Rene
Tanner.”

He smiled, leaned down and kissed the medallion “You have no
idea, but I’m going to show you.”

When he found her mouth she was ready for him to do whatever
he had in mind to do, because strange or not, he was definitely her kind of
perfect.

The End

Riley Murphy still gets a thrill when her honey walks into
the room. Not bad considering they’ve been married for 26 years. She has two
awesome kids whom she’d be honored to have as friends if they weren’t her flesh
and blood. Gee, her life in Florida would be darn near perfect if not for the
fact she’s currently being held hostage by a sassy English bull terrier who has
delusions of being the Dom in their relationship. Riley loves to hear from her
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