Chapter 82

Staring at him, I couldn’t quite put my finger on the feeling, but wasn’t he just a little too obedient?

Was it possible that he’d agree to anything I said?

“Stay put; I’ll dry your hair,” I said, fetching the blow dryer and setting to work.

He sat still as if he were a statue in the bathtub like he really was that compliant.

Skepticism crept in, and I decided to test him again. “You’re crashing on the couch tonight; I get the bed.”

Colin glanced back at me, his eyes a mix of innocence and allure.

I expected resistance, but he simply nodded. “Okay.”

“You’d agree to anything I say?” I prodded.

He nodded again.

“So, if I told you to jump off a bridge, you’d do it?” I couldn’t help but ask, curious.

His body stiffened, he didn’t turn to face me, just nodded.

leave. “Come on, get out and go to

lay in bed, waiting for

then, clutching a pillow, seemed

the bed,” I said, cocooned in

was low, a

the bed with

came back, and now that we had a kid, what was he playing at?

could hurt you.” Colin whispered.

“What?”

strong desires for you,”

pulled the duvet tighter around me. “Then, yeah, the floor is yours.”

of another person by the bed. That night, I slept surprisingly well. When I woke up, it was nearly noon. Colin was still on the floor, looking worse for wear. Touching his forehead,

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so, and had been unconscious for far

felt guilty for having him sleep on the floor.

seemed too compliant, actually taking my word and spending the whole night on the hardwood.

I rubbed my temples in a daze. My phone rang, and it took me a moment

“Hello?”

me.” It was Stella on the other end.

up. “Stella.”

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