I’m going to punish you.
Knox said it so calmly that I almost couldn’t understand the words. Then the full meaning hit me, and my chest tensed.
Blindfolded, handcuffed, gagged, completely undone with desire, I’d decided to stay. My curiosity had already decided that for me. But that one word—punish—filled me with dread.
His hands were gone. They left an absence on my body that ached like a bruise.
“Chloe, you beautiful girl. You beautiful, silly girl. You’re the innocent gift I was hoping for. That other girl, she wouldn’t have done anyway. But you—”
Even though I was blinded by the dark silk fabric, I could feel his weight as he leaned over me, his hands pressed on either side of me against the sheets. In my mind, I could see his green eyes, dazzling and fierce.
I tugged with one ar
