Chapter Five
Kurt never bothered rapping on her office doorwhether it was open or closed. And though he didnt exactly barge in, he always entered the studio as if he owned it. He caught her in the act of working, reading, eating, goofing offsorting through picturesalways off guard. It would seem after six weeks that she should have had some precognition of his arrival, but every time she was always surprised and feeling just a little guilty that he would be displeased with her activitiesno matter what she was doing. She wasnt yet his slave and he wasnt her master, but that didnt stop her natural inclination to please him, as if she were already collared and under contract.
While her vacation with General McIntyre seemed like a critical juncture in their developing relationship
