"Mistress?" Marc had never thought of that word in respect to Aldara. His lover, yes. His girlfriend, maybe. Possibly even more. But mistress? It sounded so seedy, he didn't know whether to be more offended by the word or by the fact that she was rejecting him. His stomach cramped at the thought.

Rejecting him? No fucking way.

"Aldara, you can't really mean that. I find it hard to believe that what happened between us in the last two days was just sex for you. If you'd ...