The truth was she hadn’t a freaking clue what she would do. She played behind closed doors for a reason; the only submissives who knew exactly what she did with them were those she actually played with. Olivia often let them suspect she was going ‘easy’ on them too. Mystery was pretty key to a badass persona.

It got things done. Even if sometimes she felt more soft and fluffy inside, especially when it came to her friends. They didn’t need to know that.

Once the class was finished and had left, Angel followed Olivia and Leigh around, holding the pads they picked up. Since the pads were lightweight, that was fine. Trying to get down low enough to pick them up was not.

“So, how was the first new submissive class?” Angel asked, her hazel eyes sparkling. Her lips pressed together to hold back a smile. “I hear you had a surprise student.”

“We didn’t know beforehand,” Leigh said hurriedly. “I don’t think Patrick or Michael told anyone.”

Olivia gave Angel another look but already knew it wasn’t going to be as effective. Her heart wasn’t in it. And she’d already figured the two jerks had been completely close-mouthed about everything. There was no way Lexie and Ellie would both have been able to keep it completely quiet and it would have gotten around fast. Someone would have told her.

“I know,” she said calmly. “The rest of you all know better than to keep that kind of thing from me.” She paused thoughtfully. “Except maybe Andrew, but I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t have been able to keep himself from telling Kate.”

“Who would have told Sharon, who would have told Ellie, who would have told Lexie, etc., etc.” Leigh said grinning. “It is awfully hard to keep secrets in this group. I can’t believe they managed it.

“Right, but how did it go?” Angel wanted to know, her voice turning into a plaintive whine.

She was always nosy, but being nearly nine months pregnant made it impossible to resist telling her things. Olivia was scary, but she wasn’t nine-months-pregnant-scary, and there was also no danger of her bursting into tears at the drop of a hat. Feeling like she was being left out because of her condition was the fastest route to a crying Angel and then nobody was happy.

“I paired him up with Kincaid,” Olivia admitted, unable to hide the smirk that came to her lips. Even though Luke had made the best of it and actually acquitted himself well, she still had the memory of his nearly cross-eyed look at being thwarted.

Both Angel and Leigh burst out laughing.