The Drake Unwound Complete Collection (The Drake Series Book 9)(29)

She nodded and smiled. "Always the doctor."

"You know it." I leaned down and kissed her once more.

"I'll miss you."

“I’ll miss you.” I smiled at her and pulled on my pants. "I'm not used to having a woman in my bed. I think I should have woken you for a quickie. You look very delicious, lying there all warm and naked under my covers, Ms. Bennet."

"You should have. I might just have to look at dirty pictures on the web and do myself." She grinned mischievously.

"You'll do no such thing, you tease," I said as I fastened my belt. "You are not allowed to masturbate unless I'm watching."

"What you don't know will please me," she said, biting her lip.

I frowned and leaned back down again, bending over her. "No, Kate. I'm serious. When you're mine, I own all your orgasms. No masturbation unless I'm watching. Do you understand?"

She frowned. "I can't masturbate unless I'm with you?"

I nodded, because I needed her to understand how possessive I was about her pleasure. "I thought you understood. You're mine sexually. Would you like it if I was to masturbate when we're apart or would you prefer that I save it all up for you?"

She shook her head. "No. I understand. I was kidding."

I exhaled. "I don't want to be overly possessive, Kate. But this is important. I'm very jealous and want every orgasm you have to be mine."

"I understand. I was making a joke, teasing."

I nodded and buttoned my cuffs. "In a D/s relationship, there can be no hiding things from your Dom. Anything to do with sex, with our relationship, you have to be completely honest and open with me. You have to trust me and I have to trust you or this won’t work. That means, as hard as it may be at times, complete honesty."

She exhaled. "I'm sorry. I'll try to be as honest and open as I can."

I leaned down closer. "I love you, Kate." I kissed her once more but was unable to get back into a playful mood.

"I love you," she said, and I thought I could finally see her take what I said seriously. "I wish you could stay."

"You know I want you,” I said, truly regretting that I had to leave, “but we'll have to hold that thought."

She slipped her arms around my neck. "I understand."

"This won't take long. They'll take some blood and then we'll meet in his office. I expect he'll run through the procedures in case I'm a match."

"I hope you are a match."

I nodded, but the chance was slim. Often, parents weren’t a good match. "Liam has a very rare mutation. I probably passed it to him. If we're a good-enough match, he'll have the best chance at survival without as many problems with rejection."


"How long before you know?"

I sighed, thinking of the usual time it took to process the tests. "We'll try to speed up the process. I know a technician and can probably pay him to stay late and run the test. I wouldn't bump anyone out of line. Physicians have these ins with technicians that we can sometimes use when we need fast results."

"If it was me, I'd do the same thing."

"Money talks."

She nodded and slipped her arms around my shoulders as she stroked me affectionately. "A parent will do anything for their child."

I harrumphed at that. "Not all of them."

"You will."

"I will." I would. I was determined to be the opposite of my father. "It may be the only thing I can do for him." I pulled her more tightly against me. "I'm sorry to be dragging you into all this. I'm sure you didn’t expect a lot of drama when you signed the agreement, but that's what you've got."

"I signed up to be with you—because I wanted you. I love you, remember? This," she said and kissed me. "This drama comes with the territory."

"I love you." I lifted her up and out of the bed, pressing my face in her neck as my emotions overwhelmed me. I knew how lucky I was to have her. I kissed her once more, passionately, and then let her slide down my body so that her feet were on the floor. "Sweet sweet Ms. Bennet with the overly-big heart."

"Sweet sweet Drake who can't keep his potatoes from mixing with the gravy." She smiled up at me and brushed a hank of my too-long hair from my face. "I wish you didn’t have to leave." She ran her hands up my chest and down to my waist.

I turned and went to the kitchen, took my coffee cup in hand and drank down the last drops. Kate followed me and threaded her arms around my waist from behind. "I look forward to our morning surprises."

"Here at Morgan Enterprises, we aim to please, Ms. Bennet," I said and chuckled as I pressed my ass into her. "But I just can't offer my services this morning."

"So you did you read those books," she said with mock surprise.

"What books?" I feigned innocence and turned to face her again. "You mean, Dale Carnegie on how to win friends and influence people?"

"You know very well what books."

"The first one,” I said. I was curious as hell about the books and how they portrayed BDSM. “I think pretty much every Dom I know read some, to see what the public might learn about the lifestyle."