Madame (Salacious Players' Club, #6)

by Sara Cate

Just as I’m about to apologize for being difficult, I close my mouth. The woman in the mirror doesn’t say sorry for making her preferences known. She has nothing to be sorry for.

“I think I wanted it to tell me I’m submissive because that’s the role I’ve been playing my entire life. I belonged to my father. I belonged to my small town and all the expectations put on me there. Then I belonged to my husband. I thought that’s what I wanted because that’s how it’s supposed to be.”

All I can do is reminisce on that night when I opened my door at the club to find Clay waiting for me. The night everything ended between us. When he uttered those earth-shattering words—I just want you.

Love is nothing more than a form of control. And from here on out, I will be the only one in control.

Is loving a person truly enough when existing together requires so much more?

This is all her fault. She made me dependent on her. Her approval. Her praise. I became addicted to how she made me feel, and now I’m like a recovering addict, stuck in withdrawal.

“If you’re going to be a people pleaser, then the first person you need to please is yourself.”

Eden ruined me. Jade loves me. And I’m clearly so fucked that I need this to make it work. Because I’m out of ideas.

Eden is more than a sexy body and beautiful face. She’s a force. She’s like the sun, and we are all orbiting around her, basking in her glow. We are just grateful to be in her presence.

“Being a mother is very hard,” I say. “It literally requires more than you have to give. It’s fulfilling, but it’s also exhausting. And no matter how hard you try, you inevitably lose a sense of yourself along the way.”

“If I’ve learned anything, it’s that you’re never too tough to grovel.”