“Ouch?” I said, unsure if that was a good present or a bad one. “I think?”
“It’s fine. She means well. And maybe I’ll switch to some pleasure reading afterwards. Get warmed up for warming you up when you wake up.”
I shuddered. I was exhausted and knew that I could not perform now even if I wanted to, but damn. I saw the way in which Lorne was laying out the day, and I could see the person he was in his office on a trading floor. Absolutely self-assured, absolutely in charge—yet still dictating many of his moves through an arbitrary system of rewards and punishment. Why not, though? Spend the day as you want to spend the year. If that meant a warm bed, nice food, and more s*x, I was into it.
“And tonight?” I asked. “I’m assuming I’ll have to stay until at least midnight.”
“Of course. To
