It took my body a while to come down from the high. I had never been handled like that before. I felt so happy, so satisfied—more alive than I had ever felt in my father's house.

The risks were worth it. The trembling fear of hearing my dad’s voice on the line, the frantic lies I had to spin... it all added to the rush. I knew that from this moment on, everything had changed. There was no going back to being his innocent little princess now that Frank knew exactly how much of a woman I could be in his arms.

I got up from the bed, gathered my...