~ Cassie ~

I can’t believe what I’m hearing. I never imagined my body could betray me like this. Heat coils so tight inside me I feel like I’ll break apart, yet here I am trembling and denied at the edge. Again.

“W-what?” I whimper. “I—I’m… I can’t—I’m so close…”

Inker smirks, unbothered by my pleading. “Exactly, Cassie. That’s why I want you to earn it.“ She releases me from the headboard, freeing my wrists with deliberate slowness. “Get up.”

I stare at her mouth open, disbelief burning in my chest. “E-earn it?”

“Yes,” she replies, her smile sly as if she’s orchestrated this from the start. Her finger drags...