Chapter 49

The shifting and changing moods of Rikash were bewildering and confusing. Just as she believed she had gained an understanding of him, that she could anticipate his reactions, he did something that would challenge everything she knew about him. Like the sex between them on the bathroom floor. It had been breathtaking. But then when she had woken and taken him in her mouth, he had deliberately forced his c-ck into her throat, choking her, so that, even now, it ached. And immediately after he had offered to take her outside the apartment for the first time since he had brought her to it, for a walk. Rikash had not smelled Nadyr on her skin. When he had entered the shower, she had been alarmed, fearing that even after her washing, he would smell the green-eyed man on her, but he had not. It gave her hope that the opportunity might arise again for them to spend time together. Dangerous, dangerous hope, she told herself as she dressed with care. Every moment with Nadyr risked