“You’re silly, sometimes. I’ll always love you.” It was what I needed to hear, and I could feel the truthfulness in his words. “I love you t...oo. More than anything.” There it was again, that mischievous, lopsided grin. Damn you, Paul! “You were jealous.” It wasn’t a question, and even if it had been, denying wouldn’t have been an option. “Jealous like hell,” I confirmed. “You were jealous while you fucked a married couple.” I winced. “You’re a very, very naughty girl, Clare. Do you know what. As a final measure, he slipped a leather belt under her belly and wrapped it around her lower arms, pulling it tight enough to compress her stomach. Digging in the box, he produced a collapsed, adjustable spreader bar with metal cuffs at either end. After securing her ankles, he pulled the spreader apart to its full length, putting both of her feet off the bed on either side. He grabbed yet another rope and wrapped it around her throat, knotting it so that it would both tighten and loosen. She shook her head. It didn't matter. He was an ass, and she was better off on her own. And even though she was late, and her parents would be mad at her, it felt good to be running, free and alone and surrounded by nature. A bubbling stream, swollen with rainwater, gurgled along a shallow ditch by the side of the road, the sound of it so soothing that she almost didn't mind the memory of Luke's cruel smile and vulgar suggestion...Lost in her thoughts, she didn't notice the fist-sized stone. As I was kissing her and exploring her curves, her hands were doing the same to my body. I started heading south with my kisses, caressing her tits while I sucked her nipples for a short time. Then I began heading south, kissing her chest, and down her stomach, and then I started kissing along her inner thighs. At this point she was glistening wet, and it was all I could do not to go straight for her pussy-but I wanted more sexual tension, so I continued to kiss in between her thighs until I.