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"Answer me, Retta. What do you want from me?" Fabian repeated his question, this time almost spelling out the words, but the lady he was referring to was startled.

She took two steps backward, and when she wanted to take the third, he grabbed her by the waist, and her heart jumped.

Loretta could see the hunger in his eyes, and she regretted saying those words.

"I won't touch you, Retta, until you ask."

"Why?"

"What's the fun if I just subdue you, though I want to? I think I just want to see you ask for it; that's when the fun is."

"I... Umm, I think—I..."

The door opened, and Mikel signaled for Fabian to come closer. "I think there's a problem," Mikel whispered but loud enough for Loretta to hear it.

Loretta didn't care about what was going on; she was still catching her breath from that difficult conversation with Fabian.

She felt like someone who had just run a marathon.

The brown-haired lady sat on her bed and began to stare at Mikel and Fabian, but it seemed more like she was admi