Can I see it on you?

I froze, my heart stilling for a second before it started beating fast. I lost all coherent thoughts, my grip tightening hard on the leather. Did I say those words out loud?

"I... It's just... I don't think I will get a refund from the store, and I bought it with the money I earned in my last part-time job." He peered down, his cheeks colouring. "You don't have to accept it."

Why won't I when he looked like he might cry if I don't?

I turned the leather in my hand, loving the feel. Though I wasn't happy he got it for someone else, I couldn't refuse it. I'd always wanted to get something like this from my dom, a sort of ownership claim. It was a dream I'd had for as long as I could remember.

Now that I had gotten one, I couldn't bear to give it back. I wouldn't, even if he asked.

"I will take it." I gripped it tight, afraid he might change his mind and ask it back. It was mine now.

"Really?" His face lit up like a kid on Christmas morning.

"Yeah." I opened my top drawer and placed