When they got home, Helena was trembling. She had made an agreement with her husband and was going to fulfill it, but she couldn't deny that she was scared. Her mind had registered his words in the restaurant parking lot: "No woman returned to his bed." When Estefano embraced her from behind, he noticed her fear:
"You're trembling, sweetheart. You know that despite what I said in the car, you can tell me to stop at any moment, don't you?"
"I was told that once you start, nothing makes you stop. Is that true?"
She could feel his immediate tension as soon as he processed her words.
"Who told you that, hell? And don't you dare lie to me."
"I'm not going to say. I promised I wouldn't tell."
"Is that why you're so afraid to let me go all the way, because you think I'll start and won't let
