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During the next week or so, they worked on proving or disproving Merry's "s****l soul mate" theory. All signs pointed to it being one hundred percent true. They both liked a little edginess in bed, just enough to sharpen the experience. But Merry always needed to feel like she had a say, that she could call a stop to something at any moment. Her description of herself as "prickly" fit. But the benefit of her prickliness was that she told him straight up when she didn't like something.
For instance, she didn't like having her hair touched in the midst of s*x. She claimed it made her worry about how she'd have to fix it afterward. She also didn't like having her arms pinned to the bed. At all times, she needed to feel that she had an "out." That she could push him away or jump out of be
