Bound to Be Mine (South Jersey Bound Series) Read Online Free PDF

many sins did he seek forgiveness?” Christina sounded mockingly prim.
    “For leaving me, I assume.” As Lisa said the words, she realized she did not believe them.
    Ben’s behavior last night, his equivocation, his reluctance to give in to his desire, all pointed in one direction—he was ashamed of the world they’d created. He was ashamed of her need to be dominated. Which had to mean he’d run because she had scared him away.
    Mortification spread through her body. Never in her life had she felt more vulnerable, more exposed.
    Jillian narrowed her eyes, making Lisa feel as if her private thoughts had been spoken aloud.
    “I don’t think so. There’s something else going on here.” Jillian hummed thoughtfully. “You should read that journal.”
    “I know,” Lisa said quietly.
    She could not push Ben’s written apology off forever.
    She had to accept that he loved her, but just couldn’t deal with her nature. She had believed their needs molded to one another like two sides of a single coin. While there was no such thing as the perfect Dom—she had thought he was her perfect Dom. How could she have been so wrong?
    “You can’t make a decision until you know what he’s thinking.” Jillian was like a dog on a scent when she had ferreted out someone’s truth. “Promise you’ll read his book.”
    “Fine. I will read the book,” Lisa said.
    “Wait a minute.” Christina held up her hand. “Lisa, did Ben say he wanted you back?”
    “There wasn’t much conversation,” Lisa replied. “Though when we were… you know …he said was crazy about me.” Lisa snorted. “Fucking crazy, I believe, were his exact words.”
    Christina groaned. “You should know you can’t trust verbal pre-cum.”
    “That’s disgusting, Chris.” Jillian frowned. “You didn’t press him to talk? You know, after?”
    “God, no,” Lisa answered.
    After the sex, she and Ben had acted like fucking virgins—embarrassed and awkward. Lisa had practically pushed him out the door in the morning before he could say anything that might hurt.
    Christina narrowed her eyes. “Who started the sex, him or you?”
    Lisa felt herself flush, again. For two years, she has strutted almost naked across a stage, and this morning she was blushing like a freakin’ teen.
    “Oh my God. You did,” Christina said with a snort. “You’re the man in this scenario. You asked for sex and then you didn’t want to talk about it!”
    “That’s not fair,” Lisa said, though the corner of her mouth twitched.
    “Not fair, but true.” Christina folded her arms. “Don’t get me wrong, though. Serves the bastard right.”
    “You have to read the book, now,” Jillian said, shaking her head. “It’s only fair.”
    “Why, because she took his pride?” Christina asked.
    “No, because she needs to know,” Jillian said defensively.
    “I already said I’d read it, Jillie, okay?” Lisa waved a hand in the air. “Enough about Ben. There’s another reason I wanted to see you guys.”
    “What could be bigger than sleeping with Ben?” Jillian asked.
    “I quit the club this morning.”
    “Oh. My. God.” Jillian punctuated each word by hitting the table with her palm. “Huge. Just huge.”
    “That’s great!” Christina said.
    Lisa narrowed her eyes, looking back and forth between her two best friends.
    “I think it’s great too,” she said, “but you two need to explain why you are so happy. I thought you both supported my dancing.”
    Jillian and Christina exchanged glances.
    “Your rationale made sense…at first.” Jillian stopped abruptly and took a bite of her sandwich.
    Christina rolled her eyes. “What Jillie means is that when you said stripping would be better than being at the beck and call of every idiot co-worker who thought they could dump on you, we supported you.”
    “Um hum,” Jillian nodded with her mouth full and pointed to Chris. “What she said.”
    “But…” Lisa prodded.
    Jillie held up a finger and