I need to think about this to fill in some gaps.”Dave smiled at her, “If you want to invite Owen to stay over, the two of you could stay in the gu...est room.”Alice studied her husband, “That is a very tempting offer. I’m going to think seriously about that. For you to make the offer, I assume you’re feeling very secure about our marriage and about me.”“I am, although I am aided and abetted by Clarisse who told me I was one championship lover and her best fuck ever, so you can’t leave that behind. He sits up.“What’s wrong?” he demands.“Why did you bring me here?” she asks without vacillation.“What?” He’s confused.“Why did you bring me here?” she asks again. She’s angry.“What are you talking about, sweetheart?” he says, still trying to wake up.“Was it because of Ryan?” Mat pauses. “I may be innocent, but I’m not stupid,” she snaps. “What did you hope was going to happen?” His silence makes her angrier. “Tell me the truth!” she nearly shouts. Mat wants to tell her to calm down but knows. "Good morning, Philip. How kind of you to come all this way to see me. Do you bring messages that require my attention? As you can see," She gestured to the empty table between them, "I have both the time and space to tend to correspondence, so I will not delay you for long."This time Bren had to keep a straight face because of laughter, not disgust. Sophia made it sound like the Silvana was her home and that Esterhazy had just dropped by to deliver her mail. He had to give the man still. ‘Then write and let me know.’ Immediately she remembered reading a paper about ‘the care and feeding of a submissive’ almost a week earlier. It was on Castlerealm and she navigated her way right to it, sighing with relief. Reading the article a second time was like a wake up call. The very first heading was ‘I need to be accepted for who I am’. It took Elaine almost two hours to type out her answer to Gary’s question. Most of the first half hour was spent staring at the screen. In.