"I don't think of it as luck or chance, Miss (l/n). The harder I work the more luck I seem to have. It really is all about having the right people on your team and directing their energies accordingly. I think it was Harvey Firestone who said, 'The...
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"You mentioned paperwork."
"Yes."
"What paperwork?"
"Well, apart from the NDA, a contract saying what we will and won't do. I need to know your limits, and you need to know mine. This is consensual, (y/n)."
"And if I don't want to do this?"
"That's fine," he says carefully.
"But we won't have any sort of relationship?" I ask.
"No."
"Why?"
"This is the only sort of relationship I'm interested in."
"Why?"
He shrugs.
"It's the way I am."
"How did you become this way?"
"Why is anyone the way they are? That's kind of hard to answer. Why do some people like cheese and other people hate it? Do you like cheese? Miss Brookes – my nanny, you could say – has left this for supper." He takes some large, white plates from a cupboard and places one in front of me.
We're talking about cheese... Holy crap.
"What are your rules that I have to follow?"
"I have them written down. We'll go through them once we've eaten."
Food. How can I eat now?
"I'm really not hungry," I whisper.
"You will eat," he says simply. Dominating Aaron, it all becomes clear. "Would you like another glass of wine?"
"Yes, please."
He pours wine into my glass and comes to sit beside me. I take a hasty sip.
"Help yourself to food, (y/n)."
I take a small bunch of grapes. This I can manage. He narrows his eyes.
"Have you been like this for a while?" I ask.
"You could say that."
"Is it easy to find women who want to do this?"
He raises an eyebrow at me.
"You'd be amazed," he says dryly.
"Then why me? I really don't understand."
"(y/n), I've told you. There's something about you. I can't leave you alone." He smiles ironically. "I'm like a moth to a flame." His voice darkens. "I want you very badly, especially now, when you're biting your lip again." He takes a deep breath and swallows.
