He didn’t have much time for reading, but it didn’t take too long to figure out what Mercy had been talking about. Samantha had wanted some guy to boss her around, maybe spank her or even tie her up. She’d hinted at wanting him to take charge a few times and he’d tried to oblige, because he’d wanted to please her, but he hadn’t found those sessions particularly hot or fun for him. He definitely hadn’t ever spanked her or tied her up, and he’d only taken charge when she’d made it clear that was what she’d wanted. While he didn’t hate all of the ideas, it sounded exhausting being the one constantly in charge. He was in charge all day at work, keeping track of all sorts of minutiae. His favorite times were when he could set down all the work of running a construction business and just do the actual construction. When he had sex, he didn’t want to be constantly in charge. He just wanted to have sex. Maybe have someone else tell him what to do.

So Mercy was right. If Samantha wanted to hand over control in the bedroom to someone else, then he and his ex would like the same thing. Unfortunately, in this case, wanting the same thing made them incompatible. Sighing, Luke had put down the e-reader. There were women in the some books who took charge, which sounded hot, but he hadn’t the slightest idea of how to find one.

He liked a bossy woman, which was why Samantha had appealed to him, but apparently even the bossy ones didn’t want to be bossy in the bedroom. Which, made sense to him, but then how was he supposed to find one who did?

Since he had a big contract coming up, one which could really set him up to move into a more expensive market downtown, Luke pushed all of his personal life problems aside. He’d just focus on work for now and figure the rest out later.

1

Looking around the darkly seductive, high-gloss finishes of the main second story room in Marquis, DC’s newest BDSM club, Luke felt a certain amount of pride. And anticipation.

Neither emotion was surprising.

After all, not only was he a silent partner in the club, but his company, LD Construction and Remodeling, had done the work to turn the old speakeasy restaurant and office building into its current formation. Downstairs a large chunk of it was still a restaurant, which his younger brother Nick would soon be the Executive Chef of, but a portion of the back was sectioned off, using the same hidden panel the speakeasy had.

That part led to the staircases going up and down. Downstairs was a wine cellar, upstairs was where the fun could be had. The second floor was mostly devoted to the main room, although there was also a very small foyer which led to both the main room as well as two large changing rooms with attached bathrooms available for use. The foyer itself was richly furnished with maple wood furniture, dark red velvets and brocades, and leather padded walls, despite its smallness.