I want to be your best friend, or at least one of them. Steve is an amazing guy, but you're perfect for him. You're even willing to fight for the guy!...I really like that."As Gwen digested Amber's words, her arms came up to return the embrace. "I'm sorry if I acted a bit possessive, but you're so beautiful and I saw you have dinner with him at Dominick's a few weeks ago. I hate to admit it, but I was really jealous. You're so beautiful!"Steve was close enough to hear the two women's. Finally, a hook lowered from above was clipped onto the ropes between her breasts, then hoisted up, drawing the punished slave up onto her toes. The guest sat down, victorious, and watched her suffer for the beginning of what would be a full hour. Had the guest lost, she herself would have been subjected, by agreement, to the same ordeal.Behind Rose, several holding cages confined other slaves, awaiting their turns as punished prizes. One of them held the slave Nubia.She, as the others, was. Un poquito nada mas. Tienes dosoportunidades: o regresas a ser el hombre mediocre y soso que eras, teolvidas de mi para siempre y te buscas una pendeja antes de que tehagas viejo, o te conviertes de plano en la mujer deslumbrante,inteligente, buena onda y gran amiga mia que eres: una mujer con vidapropia, con otro trabajo, con un novio y que vive, por ahora, con suroommate. Quedarse a la mitad es lo mas estupido que puedes hacer. Seque no es facil tomar la decisi?n, por eso te estoy ayudando.. At least for a little while, long enough to finish the Carlisle case. All he had to do was find out where she'd pawned the ring; the rest of the sordid business was someone else's problem.That's the way Will liked it. Get the item, don't get involved.His heart hadn't yet slowed, but Will could already feel the post-climactic calm lowering him. He didn't make a habit of using a 'manual release' to prepare for Dream -- after so many years, he could get to Dream faster than he could get to climax.