Bratting the Dominant (2b)
Chapter 2: The Art of Begging The hand on your back doesn’t move for a long, suspended moment. The only sound is your own breathing, ragged and sharp, and the faint creak of the armchair as your weight shifts. Then he steps away. The absence of his warmth hits you like a physical loss. You hear the soft thud of the flogger being set down, the clink of his whiskey glass being lifted from the side table. A slow sip. The ice settles. “Look at me.” You turn your head, the velvet cool against your cheek. He’s standing by the armchair’s side, glass in hand, watching you with that unreadable expression. Calm. Collected. Like he has all the time in the world. “You want harder,” he says. Not a question. “Yes.” “You want me to take you apart with that flogger. Leave marks that’ll remind you of this night for the next three days.” Your skin tingles at the thought. “Yes.” “Then beg.” The word drops between you like a stone into still water. Ripples spread through your chest, your stomach, th...