Before she could pull herself together, he plucked the towel from her nerveless fingers, and casually began drying her off, as if he had a perfect rig...t to be standing in her bathroom, running his hands over her body.When a gentle nudge towards the bedroom didn't move her, Ed pointed her in the right direction, and delivered a stinging slap to her bare backside. Any time she came close to getting a grip on the situation, some new outrage left her speechless. Ed pushed her down on the bed, and. He waited patiently for his Master to acknowledge his presence. It was several minutes before her eyes flickered to his and she nodded imperceptibly. She stood and motioned for him to follow her to her office. She sat in her chair after a few moments and ordered him to sit in one of the two chairs before her desk."I am sure that you know that Lady Trelyana has been called away on urgent business." She began. "I know how you feel about her. She is quite the dominant, is she not?" She is very.... ” “Okay, he does deserve more than that. But think about it, if all of these women throw themselves at him, that has to feed his ego. I’m someone who doesn’t feed it, so why bother?” Samantha listened but knew Hadley was saying all of this nonsense to try and convince herself that her friendship with Marcus wasn’t turning into something that was more than she expected. She believed this as Hadley began asking questions about his visit at the house. “Did you ask him about us or something?” . When she felt my lips touch her cheek, she shivered and rubbed her head against my chest and sighed, “Oh God, Sonny, you know we shouldn’t be together like this.”I was stunned by her comment for a moment. Then I said bravely, “But Patty, I want to be here with you. There’s nobody else I want to be with except you!”As I said that, she turned towards me and looked into my eyes and sighed, “Oh, Sonny, do you really want to be with me?”Then she put her arm around my shoulder and caressed my cheek.