Free Naked Canvas (An Alpha Billionaire Romance) by Sadie Grey Page A

dream. I thought I would be posing for him, and I suppose I had, in a way. But Dominic was asking more than that. He was dragging me way out of my safe little world, and I had no choice but to obey if I wanted to get paid.
     
    “You’re awake,” Dominic said in his deep baritone voice.
     
    He sat beside the bed watching me with blue eyes that positively burned in the sunlight flooding the room. His eyes flickered to my chest and I became acutely aware that I was wearing nothing at all. I pulled the sheet up to cover my nudity.
     
    “Where are my clothes, sir?” I asked.
     
    “Oh, you don’t have to call me ‘sir’ right now. I’ll tell you when to do that. And as for your clothes, I took the liberty of undressing you while you slept. I wanted you to be comfortable.”
     
    I thought back to the black leather corset with the shiny silver buckles. Despite the sadistic look of it, I had actually enjoyed the feeling of the soft leather gripping my skin. I wondered if he would let me keep it when this was all over.
     
    “How did you sleep?” he asked, smiling.
     
    “Good, I guess. How long was I out?”
     
    “Not too long. A couple of hours.”
     
    “You should have woken me up.” I sat up, still covering myself with the sheet, and tried to rub the sleep from my eyes. “You paid me to model for twenty-four hours. Not to sleep.”
     
    He shrugged. “Don’t worry about that. We have a long day ahead of us. You’ll need your strength.”
     
    His words caused my stomach to flutter nervously. I could only imagine what he had planned next. I was scared and excited to find out.
     
    “Were you watching me sleep?” I asked.
     
    He flashed a grin. “A little. Would you like something to eat? Some coffee, maybe?”
     
    I was about to say no, but my stomach chose that moment to growl. I was ravenous.
     
    “Lunch sounds good,” I said.
     
    “Excellent,” he said, clapping his hands together. “I ordered some food while you were asleep. I hope you like Chinese.”
     
    He stood over the bed, waiting for me to get up. I stayed planted firmly beneath the sheets.
     
    “Can I have my clothes back?”
     
    “No need for that.”
     
    “Do you have a new outfit for me then or is this going to be a naked lunch?”
     
    He laughed. “I have a few things ready for you, but for now, this will suffice.” He plucked a pink silk robe from a hook on the wall and handed it to me.
     
    It reminded me of the robe I had worn on the day that we met. The robe I had taken off in front of a room full of students, baring my body for them and for Dominic. I took the robe from him gratefully.
     
    “Join me when you’re ready,” he said and strolled away from me, behind the paper screen that separated the bedroom area from the rest of the massive studio space.
     
    I slipped out from under the sheets and into the silk robe as soon as he was gone. I knew I shouldn’t be shy about him seeing my naked body anymore. Not only had he seen me naked more than once, but we’d had sex a few nights prior.
     
    I hadn’t been nearly so shy that night, although I blamed most of that on the wine. Still, old habits died hard, and I clutched the robe tightly around my chest.
     
    My bare feet padded across the cool wooden slats of the floor as I made my way to the kitchenette. Dominic stood at the counter with his back to me, shuffling paper containers of food out of a bag. My eyes traced the contours of his broad shoulders and muscled arms as he moved gracefully around the kitchen. The white shirt was form fitting enough to accentuate his lithe physique.
     
    He was built like a swimmer. Tall and long limbed. Toned, but not too bulky. I knew from personal experience how good it felt to be pressed up against that firm body and how he smelled like cinnamon and citrus.
     
    I sighed. I had promised myself that I was done with all that. I had even made him promise there would be no sex today. He could have my time and my obedience,