She wasn’t stupid to think it meant he loved her. s****l attraction and affection were different things completely and she knew he told her already there was someone he was saving his affection for.
“Why?”
“Because I knew from the way you carried yourself you would be the perfect submissive.”
She shook her head. “How?”
“You can take it.”
“Take what?”
“You can take anything someone throws at you with grace and dignity but there is pride in you. You have taken abuse from your family with a prideful tilt of your chin. As if you couldn’t lower yourself to engage in their shit.”
“True. There are things in this world I can’t be arsed with and Eliska’s temper was one of them. I presume it’s what you’re talking about.”
“Yes. A good example is when she was trying to goad you about your enga
