THE PROFESSOR'S SECRET GIRL
The dim yellow light slanted across the king-size bed, stretching the shadow of the velvet cuffs far longer than they had any right to be. Renata lay naked on the rumpled white sheets, her wrists bound to the headboard with black satin ribbons—not tight enough to bruise, but tight enough to remind her that leaving wasn’t an option.
Alex sat on the edge of the mattress, bare-chested, wearing nothing but black boxer briefs. In his hand was a small silver vibrator, humming softly like a trapped bee inside a glass jar.