Chapter 229

His nostrils flared and his lips thinned as he pressed them together. He put his wine down on the table and sat forward, his eyes burning into hers. “Lisa,” he said, his voice stern, “don’t lie to me. That is rule number one. There needs to be trust between a Dom and a sub and that means that there can be no secrets, no lies. Now tell me what is wrong. What has you all tied up in knots?” Lisa’s cheeks flushed with embarrassment as she tore her gaze away from Mason’s. He seemed like a different man, only… not. She’d sensed this dominant side of him, it’s what had drawn her to him, but it had been like a shuttered lantern before and now it was blazing full on and it took her breath away. “Lisa,” he growled, using a finger to tilt her face up to meet his eyes. She swallowed and opened her mouth the speak. “I - uh - I’m nervous,” she said, licking her lips as he kept her captive with his eyes. “I was, um, surprised that it was you and then I was worried that you would be disappointed becau