Proving her conviction, she countered his statement. “If that were true, you wouldn’t have told me that. If you thought I was going to use s*x to coerce you into working for me then you’d have f****d me and then revealed your intention, or lack of it. What do you think will happen if you have s*x with me? Are you scared you’ll feel obligated to—“ “I’m obligated to no one except myself and I can do what the hell I like with your body,” he snapped. “You’d have no way to stop me.” “Why would I?” she asked with full confidence that if she used their safe word he would stop. “I still want to be with you, I haven’t closed the door.” Wriggling beneath him, she began to unbutton her shirt. Without patience, or perhaps in a show of dominance, he grabbed the material away from her and ripped the

