10 Astor Looking up at the ceiling as I showered, trying to douse the flames that Nova had ignited in my body, I tried to think of anything that would calm the arousal she’d created. “Damn woman!” I wanted to make her mad by brushing her off, telling her she was vanilla. I wanted to give her the tiniest taste of what I could do for her, and then leave her hanging out to dry when she wouldn’t give me everything I wanted. I knew it wasn’t playing fair, but I was beyond that at this point. She’d stormed out of my bungalow after I left her alone in the water. I wanted to rush after her, an urge I’ve never had in my life. And that impulse annoyed me. What did I think would happen? Did I think I could be her Dom and then leave her when summer came to an end? Never think about her again? Ne

