freedom. I steeled myself and willfully disobeyed his direct order, crawling up into his lap instead. He stiffened beneath me, and his hand clenched so tightly around the crystal glass that it groaned beneath his punishing grip. Straddling him, I laid a hand on each shoulder and met his eyes defiantly. “You’ve never regretted anything you’ve done to me before, so I don’t see why you would start now.”
