His bare tanned chest, already speckled with dry sea salt, held her gaze.Catching her watching, he looked her dead in the eye, his eyes posing a firm ...uestion.“I like a man in control,” she said, smiling.“I know.”She laughed. “Yes, better than most. How do you feel about punishing the two of us?”“I respect you both for the high standards you demand from yourselves.”“And?” she asked.He met her eyes. “I enjoy watching you both choose to be obedient when it's hard. Seeing you bend over in your. I didn't need to piss Melanie off anymore than I had already. I decided that a walk would be nice.Robbie was sitting in the dining room when I started for the door."Hey, want to go for a walk?" Sure Dad, give me a moment."We must have walked for 2 hours. My legs were shaky when we got back home. I collapsed on the sofa and wanted to die. When Mel saw me, she could only laugh."Serves you right. You should work yourself up before taking a long walk." I know. I needed to clear my head a bit.". Clegg was clutching the battered suitcases that contained all he would take with him on his trip into occupied France. Clegg preferred flying but he preferred doing it from the pilot's seat. He wasn't by nature a passenger.Strangways appeared from inside the hangar, accompanied by Angela. That's convenient, thought, Clegg. He'd been going to get Elly to take a look at her; just in case there was any need, you understand. It wasn't that he held a grudge, she'd only been doing her job and he'd. She had certainly wined and dined well this last couple of days and had a whale of a time! James had not turned up tonight and it was just as well. It would only upset him to see how friendly she was getting with Rodrigo, who had pretty well monopolised her this evening! James was just a boy, but Rodrigo was a man with a capital M!She guessed that this professional fighter had a girl in every village and town he visited and had left a trail of broken hearts and squawking fatherless brats in his.