Surrender: Guilty Pleasures #1 (BBW Erotic Romance) (16 page)

My relationship with Jake had
changed. For the better, I wasn’t sure, but it had been irreversibly changed by
our visit to Chase’s club.

Jake loved me.

And deep down, I realized that I
quite possibly loved him as well. Although in the moment, I wasn’t brave enough
to admit it to him. But he didn’t seem to need me to say the words. I realized
he still needed to control the situation, to be the one to take the lead, even
in showing his vulnerable side. Even admitting he loved me. And for now, I was
okay with that.

Jake was a puzzle; it seemed
there would always be something deep and inscrutable between us that I couldn’t
quite reach, something he held deeply guarded from me, maybe even from himself.
I didn’t know.

He’d hinted in our first meeting
at a ‘dark period’ in his past. Did it have something to do with being a Dom?

There was something so tightly
controlled about Jake. It was almost as if he had secrets or experiences that
made it impossible to just let go, to be vulnerable, even when still in full
control. And at every session, I couldn’t help but feel as though he hid
another side of himself from me. That he took his memories, his secrets and put
them – and the fear they created in him – away in a box, locked it
tightly and then pushed it away.  From the tortured look that I’d seen in
his eyes, I had no doubt that he always knew where that box was, knew how to
find it, even in the dark. I wasn’t sure if it was the secrets he was afraid
of…or the fear itself.

And I realized with a start, it
really didn’t matter. We all had secrets, carried baggage, kept things hidden.
Who was I to make Jake reveal what he didn’t…or couldn’t…tell me?

And in understanding that, I
realized I could love Jake for who he was, right at this moment. I may come to
regret not knowing whatever his secrets were, but for now, I was happy.

On the way to take a shower, I
saw there were a couple messages on my answering machine.
Probably Leslie.

I sighed, hitting play. The first
was a hang up, but when the second one began I froze.

It was Chase. His voice sounded
strange in my apartment, almost like an intrusion, but one that made my heart
thump and my stomach muscles clench in memory. At first his words made no sense
so I hit replay.

‘Abby, this is Chase. I just
wanted to let you know that I have your collar. I took it off during our
session for safety reasons and forgot to hand it back to you.’

My hand flew to my bare neck.
There was a pause during the message and I thought Chase had simply hung up
until I heard his voice again. This time it rumbled through the speaker in a
low, deep growl.

“I had a great time with you last
night Abby. If you’re ever interested in coming back to the club as my guest,
I’d love to see you again.”

My finger hovered over the erase
button for a long time, as I found myself lost in the memory of the previous
night. I finally turned away.

Jake may have his secrets; I
realized that I now had one of my own.

~ * ~ * ~

In The Shocking Follow Up To “Surrender”…

Chase and Jake are about to go head-to-head in a merciless fight to
win Abby’s heart. 
Jake is an inexperienced Dom, intrigued by the idea that he could hold so much
power over a woman, especially one as beautiful as the curvy, plus-size beauty Abby
Phillips.
BDSM club owner, Chase Thomas is an aggressive alpha male who doesn’t take no
for an answer, and where Jake is still finding his way into the world of
domination, Chase is a skilled and experienced Dom, willing to take Abby beyond
the realm of simple desire and into a world of never-ending pleasure that is
unlike anything she has ever known.
Abby finds herself caught between two very different, yet equally powerful men,
both beautifully broken in their own way. It doesn’t take long before Abby discovers
that there is only one way out – she must choose to serve only one of
them.

What will Abby do when she is
forced to say goodbye to either Jake or Chase? And what will happen when the
beautiful submissive discovers that she just might be the one in full and
complete control?
Find out in
“Stripped”,
part two in the best selling “Guilty
Pleasures” series!

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