CHAPTER 168: TUESDAY (3)

"Why offer?" Robin said, pointing at Naoko. "And why refuse?" she said, pointing at Jack.

"I don’t know," whined Naoko. Then fervently, "I just want to give myself to him. I want him to own me, like in forty shades of purple."

Robin’s eyes widened, and she grabbed his arm before saying, "Um, okay. I think I understand."

He looked at her, and she spun her index finger in a circle next to her right temple. She thought Naoko was crazy.

When he first met her, he too had thought Naoko had a few screws loose. And he still would have if he hadn’t soul bonded Samantha.

But learning about Samantha’s desire for physical domination changed that. He still didn’t understand why Samantha wanted to be physical dominated. She didn’t either. She just knew she enjoyed it. Craved it.

Thinking of Samantha, he knocked on her mental door. She opened herself to him immediately.

Jack, what is it? Is everything okay? She thought to him.

Everything is fine. I just have a question. Have you read forty shades of purple?

Yes, she thought to him.

He could tell she was embarrassed to admit it.

Is that where you acquired your desire to be dominated?

No, I only read the first book because everyone else was talking about it. I liked some of the stuff described in the book, but the pain stuff wasn’t my cup of tea. Mom said my dad used to carry me around by my ankle. She said I would laugh and laugh and beg him to do it again. Maybe that’s why I want to be dominated.

That gave him an idea. He wasn’t strong enough, yet, to lift her by her ankles, but he could suspend her with rope. He wondered if she’d enjoy that. Tied up, upside down, spread-eagle. Mmm. He was definitely doing that once they moved into his new mansion.

In the meantime.

Where are you?

In the ladies’ room. Why?

Cum for me.

Her thoughts fractured and over their connection, he felt her orgasm crash over her. With it came emotions of pleasure and embarrassment.

A few moments later, she thought, Thank god I’m alone in here!

Would it matter if you weren’t?

"No, I’m fine. Sorry. I thought there was a spider in my bag. No, it was just a piece of lint. Sorry."

At first he thought she was thinking to him, but then realized to his surprise that he could "hear" her talking to someone else.

Though on reflection he realized this should not be a surprise to him. If he could hear her surface thoughts, then of course he could hear her thoughts when she was talking to someone out loud.

He waited until her thoughts told him she was alone again.

Sorry, I forgot you are a bit of a screamer. Next time, I’ll command your body to remain silent. Like this... Remain silent. Cum for me. Cum hard.

Her thoughts fractured again, and an even more intense orgasm exploded inside her. And while she felt some exasperation, the power he had over her caused her such ecstasy that it drowned her exasperation.

As he left her mind, her parting thought was, Please don’t do that while I’m in class. But there was also a hint of hopefulness in the thought. Like she also hoped he would.

After he’d soul bonded her, he’d learned that he’d pushed her beyond her limits in a few places. But his inner beast was awake now, and he wanted more.

He’d enjoyed spanking Samantha and twisting her nipples. She was okay with a much lighter form of those actions, but he wanted more.

Returning his attention to Naoko, he considered her for a moment. He wondered what her limits were.

He was seriously considering soul bonding her, for the same reason he’d just soul bonded Page.

At the very least, it would ensure that she didn’t become a stalker threat.

And maybe she liked the rougher stuff. If not, there was always Isabella.

Page had admitted that she was joining the military because she needed to belong to something. And he wasn’t planning on having a relationship with her. So he hadn’t felt the need to talk to her before offering her a soul bond. But he knew almost nothing about Naoko, so he decided to have an "honest" chat with her first.

He stopped and looked at Robin.

"I need to have a private conversation with Naoko. You go on ahead. I’ll see on Thursday."

She glanced at Naoko and frowned. Then she grabbed him and kissed him fervently, before stepping back and saying, "Okay, see you Thursday."

The look she gave him before she turned and walked away was one of longing and confusion.

Their conversation about love and marriage, combined with Naoko’s sudden appearance, was probably leaving her confused about the future of their relationship.

She had claimed his budding harem didn’t bother her, but Naoko’s presence and bold declaration were forcing her to face the reality of what he’d claimed.

And his views on ’I love you’ and marriage challenged her own beliefs, making her question whether or not she could be happy with him.

He hoped Robin would come to accept the reality of a relationship with him. But if she couldn’t, he was fine with them just being friends.

Turning to Naoko, he said, "Let’s go find a private room at the library and have a chat."

"Chat?"

The way she said it suggested she thought he meant something else.

"Yes, Chat. Talk. Verbal discussion."

"Oh. Okay, sure."

They walked in silence as they headed towards the library. When they arrived, they found a small meeting room with a small table and four chairs.

After closing the door and sitting, Jack created a snapshot, templatized Naoko, and started a simulation, with an instance of the templatized Naoko. He made the simulation just large enough so that the boundary was not visible through the meeting room window.

He didn’t want to hold two conversations at the same time, so as soon as the simulation started, his physical world self pulled out his phone, looked at it and said, "Sorry, I need to take this call. Do you mind waiting?"