That night she met two different men that left her breathless. The first was Chris Merritt, though she didn't know at the time she was talking to the amazing artist. The other was the owner of the gallery, Mark Compton.
Showing off her skills with art by selling a painting to a couple that couldn't make up their mind between two Chris Merritt paintings. Doing this earned her Rebecca's job during the summer. It's hard for Sara to be around Mark because he's so intimidating.
Mark has that air of it's mine and so are you. Every time they meet, there's an underlying tone that Mark wants Sara but he never says it.
Chris on the other hand knows that he wants Sara and doesn't keep it a secret. Go figure the bad boy artist is who she's leaning to.
The problem is that Mark and Chris know each other and every time they're around each other it feels like she is just a pawn in a game that the two men are playing. She remembers what it's like to just be a pawn and she never wants to be like that again.
Chris just seems to know how to push all of her buttons and in the right way. He's honest and dominant. Sara hates taking orders but the first order he gave her she was too hot and bothered to care.
Sara is trying to stay guarded because she knows that Chris will eventually leave but he's throwing off hints that he wants to be together more officially yet he won't actually say it.
One night they go to her apartment, against her wishes might I add, and Chris finds Rebecca's journals on her coffee table. She spills her secret about looking for her and he explodes for a few minutes because of what he's read in the journal.
It was an entry about being bound and making this master of hers happy but she was confused by it as well. At the time we don't know but infer that this is what Chris is into. Everything that he's done, warning her away and how he's so dominant in the bedroom (or wherever lol), this is what he does.
However he doesn't want Sara to go into this alone for fear of her safety. Chris surprises her and says that they will hire a private detective to find out what's going on.
When she goes into work the day after that, Mark shows her the video of the tape showing Chris pushing her against the wall and kissing her in the art gallery. He is trying to make her see that Chris is just manipulating her and that he owns her. None of this is sitting right with her and Chris is leaving the next day.
Sara cancels dinner with Chris to stay late at work, just to think about what's going on. She's falling for this guy even though logic says not to and it shouldn't be love yet. When she finally leaves, Chris is waiting for her.
This is where the big secret is revealed. Yes, Chris knew about the camera. No, he didn't put on a show for Mark, he just forgot about it because all he saw was Sara. No, he's not sorry that Mark saw it because he knows exactly where Mark wants Sara.
To prove it, Chris takes her for a ride to a place that Mark owns. It's a BDSM palace. All Chris does is get a room with a live feed in it to show her what Mark wants to do to her.
That wakes Sara up in a horrible way. Now she has it in her mind that she can't be what he needs because she can't be what was in that room. Chris is generous and gives her space to think.
Sara wakes up the next morning, remembering Chris has left early that morning and now it's a full week of just thinking about her choices. To her surprise though there is something waiting for her.
Chris drew her when she was pressed, naked up against the glass the first time they had sex in his apartment. It had a little note saying "You're all I Need". Now if that isn't sweet, I don't know what is.
Sara's ready to admit that he's her drug right now and that she misses him terribly. However she's been neglecting to try and find Rebecca which is the whole point of her being in the world.
Sara makes calls to Rebecca's building manager and a few other contacts that she found but none of them are helpful. The last thing she decides to do for the night is go back to the storage unit and see if she can hunt up more clues.
Lisa Renee Jones leaves us with the fact that there is someone else in the unit with Sara.
Literally lol, that is the end of book one.
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