Jade was sober now and dressed in a simple satin gown that was held tied in the front with a satin belt of matching ivory. Lily had combed her hair out and it flowed around her shoulders. Only the leather dog’s collar fastened around her neck dispelled the illusion of a virgin going to her bridegroom. She kept biting her lip as she followed Lily into the other chamber.<br/><br/>“Master, here is your pet, as requested.” Lily said as she backed from the room and closed the double doors as she went.<br/><br/>Jade was left standing, staring at the back of the man’s head which was slicked back with the bathwater. Steam rose around him. He didn’t so much as speak but raised a hand, beckoning her to approach. He pointed to his shoulder. She didn’t have to be a genius to understand that he was requesting, no demanding another massage, like the one she had given him earlier.<br/><br/>Her barefeet glided over the flagstone floor and she put tentative fingers on the naked muscles, now slick with sweat. Touching him through his clothes had not been anywhere as intimate as this. Jade closed her eyes, lest she see more of the man than she thought proper. Maybe he would relax and fall asleep under her hand. She could then show how obedient and trustworthy she was by sitting on a chair nearby to make sure he didn’t drown in the bathwater.<br/><br/>He groaned and made the same satisfied noises that he had made earlier and finally, he did relax under her hand. Jade lightened the pressure of her nimble fingers in an attempt to lull him on to sleep. His head finally rested on his chest, slumped to one side and she stopped massaging but waited until she heard him snore lightly before she removed her hand. Before she could step away, he sat bolt upright in the water, splashing it all over her, and gripped her wrist , nearly crushing it.