Dev measured me with not entirely skeptical eyes, and replied, “You have tried a whole lot harder than I ever would have believed when I proposed our bargain, Gwen. To tell the truth, I offered it convinced that you would renege in the first day, if not the first hour, and I'd have my money and the house and set about finding a wife who wasn't all about herself. But you surprised me, and continue to win my...well...grudging respect by how you seem to be genuinely subordinating your own willfulness to the commitment you made to me and to this radical new format our relationship has taken on. I watch you very closely as I'm spanking you, or subjecting you to violations you would have greeted with outrage six weeks ago, and you are mastering your objections and just letting it happen...and, i
