Morgan, Nicole - Intimate Confessions [Intimate Temptations 2] (Siren Publishing Allure) Read Free Page A

asked for only punishment.
    Oh God! she thought to herself. Was Derek the missing piece to the puzzle of her desires? Was he what she had been searching for this whole time?
    She knew the answer to the question already. The one man who she had tossed aside so carelessly two years ago was the only man who could ever truly make her happy.
    She jerked her mind back to reality when she heard the door open. She spoke before she was able to stop herself.
    “Derek?” Disappointment washed across her face when she saw it was Zach.
    “No, Sandi. Derek has gone to his room. I came to make sure you were okay.”
    She didn’t respond to him as she waited for him to finish unlocking the fur lined cuffs which had her wrists attached to the bed.
    Zach’s arm grazed her exposed bottom, and for some reason at that point, she became very aware of her nakedness. Nervous emotions overcame her, making her face flush and heat from embarrassment.
    When the last cuff was unlatched, Zach gently took her shoulders and brought her body back down to a sitting position.
    “There, you must be sore from being in that position and on your knees for so long. Is that better?” he asked her while handing her a small satin robe which had been hanging on the bedpost.
    She nodded uncomfortably, not really sure what to say to him.
    Zach brushed a stray lock of hair away from her eyes and smiled at her. “Please don’t be embarrassed. I promised you when I found you that I would give you happiness.”
    Her heart began beating much too fast. “I know you did. But I still don’t understand what that means. Or how…Derek, I know him.”
    A robust laugh came from Zach, which almost startled her at first.
    “Did you know that I knew him?” She almost whispered the question, but the smile on his face gave her the answer before she had a chance to finish asking it.
    He held up his hand in a gesture to silence her. “Sandi, does it really matter if I knew? Does it really matter that you knew him, or he knew you?”
    He hesitated for a moment before he continued, “No, Sandi. None of that matters. All that matters is that you are here, Derek is here, and you both want something that I have the opportunity to give you. Just let whatever fate brings your way happen.”
    She wanted to say something. She wanted to question his motives, or how he knew of their connection to one another, but she realized that his reasons and the circumstances didn’t matter. He was right. She wanted Derek. She loved him and needed him.
    Minutes later Sandi was slipping into a night shirt in her private room. Arriving at Pleasures Club only earlier that afternoon, she hadn’t had the chance to take a look at her surroundings. Sitting at the small vanity, she scanned the room and, for the first time, realized the simplistic beauty of her room.
    Across the room from where she sat was a large six-drawer dresser. The wood was lightly colored and reminded her of the pine dresser that sat in Derek’s room back in Oakdale. Just to her right sat a king bed with a headboard and footboard which matched the dresser. The nightstands as well as the armoire also appeared to come from the same set.
    Actually the whole bedroom set looked as though it was straight out of a showroom. Even the bedding seemed to match perfectly. With the cream-colored bedspread and different hues of beige throw pillows and sheets, it appeared to be right out of a Better Homes and Gardens layout.
    If she were to decorate this room herself, she would have chosen the same style. She had always liked earth tones and simple design. Nothing fancy or gaudy was ever her taste.
    That was actually one of the many ways how she had differed so much from her friends and family back home. They had always relished in flashy décor and expensive trinkets. Not her though, the more plain, the better. Derek was much the same way. The thought popped into her head quicker than she was able to react to it.
    Her eyes closed and fought