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2024-10-29 19:42:56Later that night Lucy kept thinking about the words of Cassy of claiming Robin as hers. If she doesn't love him then she will take him away from him. Is that even possible for her to do this? Will she take her husband away from her? this thought was the only thing going on in her head.
She kept tossing in her bed back and forth but could not make any solution to this at all. Not being able to sleep she kept her eyes open and saw her husband there sleeping on the sofa relaxing. She felt a feeling of longing after so long.
She gets up from the bed and then heads towards the sofa. The defenseless face was just like a child. She reached out her hand to touch his cheek but then something stopped her from the bottom of her heart.
'' They don't sleep together then why is she allowed to touch him? The distance between them will always remain like this ''. Then she heard his soft murmuring in his sleep.
She touched his hand tracing th
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He closed the door behind him and locked it. Then carried her up to the bed, and placed her on the bed roughly.Christina looked up at his face unable to understand what was going on.“What is he planning to do?”.He held her hands above her head and peered deep into her eyes.Her throat was starting to go dry out of fear and excitement.“Um…Robin….”.He clicked his tongue and pulled her roughly, helping her get up on her feet from the bed.They stood face to face on the ground.He was starting to take off his clothes. She adverted her eyes right away.He finally unbuttoned his shirt and now stood topless.“Kneel!” he commanded in a harsh tone.She was startled when he yelled.“Uh…..”.“Are you saying-“.“Kneel!” he said again.“On the ground?” she stuttered.He nodded his head sideways.She glanced down at the carpet lying at her feet and gets down on her feet.“Kneel as a dog does!” he added.She changed her posture and sat just like an obedient dog does.She looked at his face and
