{"product_id":"2940045695336","title":"Open [London Brown #5]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"How much trouble am I in?\" she asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer question caused me to smile despite the fact that I lacked amusement. Today was not going as I'd pictured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"None. Unless--\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I don't understand.\" She had a bad habit of interrupting me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Keep cutting me off mid-sentence and you'll be over my knee.\" I met her gaze. \"Back to what I was about to say, unless you broke a rule, expectation, or privilege?\" Before she even agreed to the arrangement I was holding her accountable to the content outlined within.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe sighed. \"I don't know.\" A well of tears formed in her eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI preferred being the cause than Caden, which likely made me a heartless bastard. \"I know.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What's that supposed to mean?\" She raised her voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You left me.\" An accounting of her actions was in order. \"But followed my instruction not to go to your flat. You didn't protest when I said I would come get you.\u003cbr\u003eWhen I arrived, you came to me. Now you are unsure if you should have left with me.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe exhaled harshly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Dawning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078206505200,"sku":"2940045695336","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045695336_p0.jpg?v=1763682211","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045695336","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}