CHAPTER 057: EMILY

I heard him before I saw him, and I felt him before even that. My skin prickled whenever I was close to him; to any of them, really. It was like the air grew electric, and I remember I felt the same the first time I met Chris.

"Such a good girl, Gorgeous, following my orders so perfectly." He sounded satisfied as if this had all been a test—and now that I thought about it, it probably was a test, seeing if I would listen to him or not while he wasn't in the room.

He moved closer. Having him near me made me want to look up at him, but I stayed with my head bowed down.

"Whenever we're alone, or in a scene, I want you to call me Sir. If we're in public and people might hear, Mat will do," he informed me while he walked slowly around me. I felt his eyes inspecting me in my pose. Was he looking for faults? Or was he simply just looking?

"Remember your safeword and remember it well. Yelling out stops, will not make me stop. Use the safeword, however, and everything stops at once. Is that cl