JACE POV When Ethan had called to tell me that the court date had moved up and is now in two weeks, I couldn't help the skipping beat of my heart. That means I’ll be seeing her that much sooner. I've missed Ella, but I told her that I would give her time & that the ball was in her court. I didn't think it would take this long, but here I am, still waiting. I’m a sucker for that girl, though, and will wait as long as I need to. Ethan had caught me in the middle of a training session, and normally, I wouldn't have answered or even looked at my phone when it buzzed, but the sub I’m working with is a brat, and is hard to control, which is why her Daddy Dom sent her to us. I needed a break before I strangled her. I'm usually very patient, but this one is just too much. She's going to need a stronger hand; I may have to send her to Jude. I ask Ethan about Ella, wanting to make sure that she's still okay and doing well, but then I have to cup my phone with my hand because the

“What are you thinking, Ella?” Jace’s deep voice comes out. I lick my lips, “Nothing really, just us…and this,” I hold up our hands, “It’s so surreal to me. I mean, you were my best friend for years, then you were my bully, and now…” “What, Ella…what am I now?” “I’m not quite sure; why don’t you tell me.” I give him a small smile. “I’m yours, Ella. That’s what I am, just as much as you are mine,” he pauses as he parks his jeep in a parking spot at Fred’s Diner before turning back to me, “It was always supposed to be us, we just went about getting here a different way,” He chuckles sadly, “I’m sorry that I had to cause you pain in order for us to get where we are now, but we are going to move on from that. No more bringing up that part of our lives.” Squeezing his hand, I stare into his eyes, “It was that part of our lives that got me to open my eyes and see you in a different way. Maybe we were supposed to go through all that, so I could find my way,” I th

ELLA POV I feel humiliated in this humble pose, and yet I’ve got the tingles deep inside and I can feel the wetness between my legs. Is humiliation something that gets me off, just like the pain he causes during my punishments? I’m not sure, but it sure does seem like it. When I feel him come up behind me, I can feel his eyes on my lady bits, and it turns me on even more. “So very pretty,” he states and then I feel his finger slide back and forth through my folds, “and so very wet.” His hand then runs up and down my back right before I feel his tongue lick from my clit, all the way up to my back hole. I gasp, which only makes him chuckle, “I could eat you all day long, Ella. Unfortunately, we don’t have all day.” Jace pulls on my ankles, so my stomach is flat on the bed, with my feet on the floor, “Since we are using the paddle, you will only get twenty instead of the fifty I had planned with my hand. You will count each one out, and if you forget to count, we will st

I’ve been in my dad’s home office with him for the past two hours, going over my court case. I love my dad, I really do, but when he gets into lawyer mode, he’s all business and boring as hell. He called me in here as soon as he got home from work, and we have been here ever since, even eating supper in here together. I get that we need to do whatever we can to make sure Toby, Brandon, Mason, and Kaylee do not get a slap on the wrist, but it’s exhausting going over the same thing over and over and over again. “Hey, Dad, do you think we can break for now, and pick it up tomorrow?” I let out a big yawn. He folds his hands on top of his desk and gives me a sympathetic look, “I know you’re tired, sweetie, but they are going to come at you hard, and I want you to be prepared.” “What’s there to prepare? All I have to do is tell the truth, right?” “Well, yes, but it isn’t that simple, Ella. The Defense is going to bring up how it was dark and how you didn’t see their faces clearly, cl

JACE POV I had to get away from her. Ella is my drug, the kind that burns through your whole body when you’re needing another fix. I had just had her, and already I was needing to be inside of her again, but I shouldn’t have taken her this last time because she was still healing from the first time; she’s so pretty when she begs, though. I had wanted to stay and hold her for a while, but my willpower is non-existent when it comes to my Ella addiction, and so I left. I’m just walking into my house when I get a text from Jude telling me that he and Beth had just picked up their new toy. According to my friend, when I had talked to him earlier, his sub/girlfriend was over the moon with excitement when he told her about their plans for the night. She’s been looking for something new that they could both use, and so she climbed on board, fully knowing what would be at stake, and what they would be doing is a felony if they were found out. I know Jude, though, he’s a pro at any job he does