begging him to put her in bondage again and he gladly did so. On Wednesday, he wove the rope around the lower part of her body. It was during that hypnotic time that he was binding her, that she began to imagine their future. They could work together as a team: heâd take the pictures and sheâdmodel. Then at night, he could tie her up and have his wicked way with her.
Sheâd even call him
Sir.
It was so perfect. So right. Together theyâd be unstoppable. Theyâd be on top of the world. Heck, theyâd
own
the world.
âWhy are you smiling so big?â he asked at one point.
But she wasnât ready to share her dream just yet. It seemed too soon and she didnât want to freak him out. Maybe in a month or two. Or six. When theyâd been together for long enough that heâd see how good they were together. How much better they would become. Then theyâd talk and heâd agree how perfect they were, and then theyâd be together forever.
She got giddy just thinking about how wonderful it was all going to be.
âNothing,â she answered. âJust happy.â
âMe, too,â he said, and her heart soared because it sounded as if he was already well on the way to seeing how good they were going to be.
âKiss me,â she whispered, needing to feel him.
He pulled her close and gave her one of those kisses that made her entire body feel electric. She wondered idly if any of the crew at their next photo shoot would be able to tell they were together.
âDo you have another job lined up?â she asked when he pulled back.
He resumed working the rope around her left ankle. âI have a few meetings set up later this week that I canât blow off. Do you have anything?â
âNo.â She didnât, but she knew the pictures from their shoot were going to be fantastic. It was only a matter of time before people came knocking on her door. She just had to be patient.
She looked down and caught Luke staring at her. He leaned down and nibbled on the inside of her ankle bone.
Gah. That felt good.
She sucked in a breath and leaned her head back.
She had no problem being patient. No, not at all. Not with Luke here to distract her.
She finally made it back to her apartment on Thursday. Tessa laughed and shook her head when Meagan headed straight to the bathroom for a long, hot soak in the tub.
When he didnât call that weekend, she told herself it was because he had all those meetings heâd brought up. And she knew how those could be. Get a bunch of creative people together in a room with a bunch of number crunchers and nothing was getting done anytime soon.
Heâd call soon, though. She felt certain.
On the following Monday night, she called her answering machine herself, just to make sure it was working. He had to be really busy, right? It was getting harder and harder to believe.
She was torn when Friday night came and Tessa invited her to a club. She didnât want to go out. What if he called while she was gone? So she told Tessa that Luke came down with the flu and she was staying home.
When Tessa gave her that
I can see what youâre doing
look, Meagan explained that she couldnât go out because her throat was scratchy and it wouldnât be very responsible of her to spread germs around all of Manhattan, would it?
Either Tessa couldnât come up with a counterargument, or she saw the truth and didnât want to push. She gave Meagan a hug, told her not to wait up, and left.
As soon as she was gone, Meagan raided the freezer and downed an entire pint of chocolate chip cookie dough. Through her tears, she thought back to their time together, trying tofigure out what sheâd done wrong. She couldnât think of anything. Everything had been so wonderful. So fulfilling. And she hadnât done anything stupid like talk about the future.
All she could come up with was that he wanted someone with more