Chapter 12

"You and Samuel are very close?" she found herself asking, without thinking beforehand, and immediately regretted it. What was she doing? He was her submissive, not someone she was starting a relationship with! Their intimacy had to be physical and only physical. She didn't need, and couldn't, know more than the information she had already managed to extract from his cousin. This could make her attached, which, in turn, could make her lose control.

"Very. We're cousins, but we were raised as siblings. We both lost our parents very early... He came from Ireland alone to stay with our grandma when he lost his... I kind of got used to taking care of him, you know?" she simply nodded affirmatively while the guy filled two pancakes. He had decided to make only two and save the rest of the batter. After all, he was going to eat alone.

The two fell into silence as he finished the work. She ate the last fruits from her bowl, taking her time, savoring everything much slower than usual. Strange