‘You,’ he says, and there is a touch of admiration in his voice, ‘are an excellent pupil. When I have pulled myself across the liquid I stop and look to him. I pull myself onto the table and opening my legs slightly so he can see what I am doing, slowly drag my sex across the spill.

I look into his eyes as I drop it into his outstretched hand. I bend down to retrieve them and walk towards him. I hook my thumbs into white lace and push them all the way down. The idea is shocking but incredibly, unbelievably erotic. He leans back and folds his arms across his chest. What does he want me to do? Clean the table with my tongue? The thought is unsexy, off-putting. Our eyes clash, a look of impatience about his. ‘Not with the paper towel.’ His voice cracks like a whip. But I’ll let it play a little more and see where this little game goes. Was this the thing that has everybody hot up the collar? Do I want to be his little slave? The answer is obvious and immediate. ‘I don’t need to repeat myself, do I? It is a punishable offence.’įor a moment I feel confused. I lift my eyes from the spill and look at him. At some point before the glass is empty he stops pouring. Very deliberately he positions his drink right in front of him, tips his glass sideways and allows the liquid in it to pour onto the table.

He stops smiling, his eyes change, darken. Start me off and I’ll tell you if I like it.’ ‘Why? Are you interested in being a submissive?’ He looks at me over the rim of his glass. ‘What about BDSM? Are you going to teach me something about that?’ Growing up with a co-dependent mother and an abusive alcoholic father, Reid has endured all the disappointment he can stomach.īut when his pretty, do-good neighbor witnesses his step-dad beat him to within an inch of his life, and not only call the cops, but keeps quiet at school about what she saw, Reid wonders if maybe, just maybe, he's found someone he can finally trust. Opening up, and letting people in gives them the power to disappoint. Lying about the bruises her boyfriend gives her, and cowering beneath his raging temper becomes a regular way of life until she unwittingly witnesses her drunken neighbor beating his step-son, the town bad boy, Reid Tate.įor Reid, vulnerability is the enemy.

At least, that's the illusion she's aiming for.īut Livvie's seemingly perfect life is anything but. With her freakishly hot boyfriend, volunteer work at the local animal shelter, successful beauty channel on YouTube, and well-earned spot on X Factor Cheer's elite level five Diamond Girl team, Livvie's the girl every other girl wants to be. Perception is everything to sixteen-year-old Olivia Brown.

Fragile Line by Brooklyn Skye