Free Forbidden Love Series (SubmissiveRomance) Complete Collection by Lucia Jordan

passionate love to you.”
    Her heart raced at that thought. She’d never had a man make love to her before. At least not that she was aware of and not like Dean had just explained it. “Can I ask you a question?”
    “You can ask me anything, and I will answer honestly.”
    “Have you ever done this before?” She ran her fingers across his knuckles, and then up his hand toward his wrist.
    “Done what?”
    “Have sex without being a Dom. Lounge around on the couch naked, snuggling?”
    “It’s been a very long time. I would venture to say I haven’t done anything like this since right after college. I was in a serious relationship for about two years post grad. After that I became a Dom.”
    “Why?”
    He laughed. “Why what?”
    “Why did the relationship end? Why did you become a Dom? I assume that the two are somehow related.” She continued to drag her fingers up and down his arm and hand, loving how his skin rose in goose bumps beneath her touch.
    Dean nuzzled her neck again, and his breath was warm against her ear. “You’re much too perceptive.”
    “And you’re avoiding my question.”
    He cupped the side of her face and turned her head toward him. Then he found her lips in a soft kiss. “I’m not avoiding. It’s just not pleasant to talk about.”
    “I’m sorry…if you don’t want to talk about it…”
    “No.” He smiled and traced her lips with his thumb. “Trust and communication, remember? I will tell you anything you want to know. All you ever have to do is ask.”
    She swallowed hard and nodded, remaining silent, waiting for him to continue. It was a funny feeling to know that all she ever had to do was ask and he would be honest with her. This must be what he’d been talking about when he emphasized the whole trust thing. It was kind of surreal.
    “Her name was Lora and she was my college sweetheart. I thought she was the one – until I found out she’d been cheating on me for almost a year. Our entire relationship was based on lies. I tried to talk to her, to work things out and she wanted no part of it.”
    “Oh, wow…” Olivia took a deep breath. “That explains so much.” It was all the justification she needed for why he’d reacted to her the way he had.
    “Yeah, I guess it does.” He rolled her onto her back and looked her in the eyes. “I want to trust you, Olivia. I want to be able to talk to you…about anything at any time. But in order to do that, you have to trust me first. Do you?”
    “Yes,” she answered without hesitation. “If I didn’t trust you, I would never have let you do all that stuff you did to me.” She turned away, embarrassed.
    He turned her to face him again. “Did you like all that stuff I did to you?” 
    She caught her bottom lip between her teeth and let the memories of their time together fun through her mind – tying her legs to the bed, the spanking, sex in the club while everyone watched. Just the thoughts had her becoming excited. “Yes, I liked it, all of it,” she whispered.
    “Do you trust me to show you more? To push you just a little further?”
    Push her further? She didn’t know what he had in mind, but she’d be lying if she said she wasn’t intrigued by the idea. She was also slightly nervous about it. What if she didn’t like what he did?
    “Olivia?” He placed a chaste kiss on her lips. “Do you trust me to show you more?” he repeated.
    Swallowing, she said, “Yes.”
    Dean smiled. “You know that if I ever do anything you don’t like, you can just use your safe word and I will stop. I will never do anything to hurt you or make you uncomfortable.”
    “I know. I trust you. I really do.” And she meant that to the bottom of her soul. In fact, she’d never trusted a man as fully as she trusted Dean. There was just something about him that not only demanded respect, but also commanded trust.
    “That makes me very happy.” Dean pressed his mouth to hers and parted her lips with his tongue, kissing