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LILY PREPPED THE clinic, switching on the laser and making sure she had gloves and protective goggles ready.
Monster entered the room and took his place, lying on his back on the surgical bed.
Lily picked up a tube of the anesthetic cream. “I assume you’re not going to want me to use this?”
He glanced over at what she held in her hand and shook his head. “You assume correctly.”
“You’re not proving anything to anyone by suffering, Monster. You’ve already been through enough pain.”
“I thought you’d gotten to know me well enough by now to realize you’re not going to change my mind.”
She exhaled a frustrated sigh. “Well, maybe I don’t like hurting you.”
He narrowed his eyes at her. “You should enjoy hurting me. After everything I’ve put you through, you shou
