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00:00Black Spur was the most exclusive western lingerie house in America.
00:03Every cowgirl I knew wanted its black lace sets, leather trimmed corsets, or limited edition rodeo
00:08collection. I wanted something different. I wanted to design for Black Spurk and earn enough to pay
00:13Sadie's $300 surgery bill. The receptionist sent me a cross-cross rate to the second floor design
00:21wing. Halfway across the ranch, a young mare slipped free from a ranch hand and cut across
00:27my path. I caught the reins, swung into the saddle, and brought her back under control before she
00:31reached the fence. You ride? Since I was six. I handed him the reins and kept moving. I had an
00:40interview to make. I took the wrong turn behind the fitting atelier and opened a dark red private
00:44room tilled with a velvet bed, leather restraints, whips, and products I definitely had not expected
00:48to see at a lingerie interview. Then Blair Cross walked in. She was the billionaire ranch owner
00:53behind every Black Spire campaign, a former rodeo champion and the brilliant CEO I had
00:57admired for years. I nearly fell trying to leave, and she caught me around the waist.
01:00So, you're the new girl? I didn't expect you to interview me personally.
01:06Name, age, height. Blair asked my name, age, and height, then measured my waist as like this was
01:12completely normal. Arms up. Before I could question it, she pointed to a red leather chair.
01:17Take off your clothes. What? Is this some special to the western lingerie designer interview?
01:22When I refused, she cuffed my wrists to the back of the chair, then held up a pink leather
01:27whip. This is our newest design. You're the first to experience it.
01:34Wait. Stop. I didn't agree to any of this.
01:41Miss Cross, the new product tester, is here.
01:45If that's the product tester, who are you?
02:09I finally understood exactly what Blair had mistaken me for. Sorry.
02:14Pervert! If you think I'll let you do whatever you want just to get a job, you're wrong.
02:18Blair wrote me a $10,000 check as compensation, then added another offer.
02:25There's something special about you.
02:28Become my sub. I'll pay you $300,000.
02:31I tore the check in half and threw the pieces at her.
02:33I want nothing to do with your perverted games. I never want to see you again.
02:38I had barely reached the hallway when the hospital called.
02:44Miss Reed, your sister is getting worse. If you can't pay the $300,000 by next Monday, there's very little
02:49more we can do.
02:49$300,000. Exactly what Blair had offered.
02:52I went back.
02:53Blair had found the portfolio I dropped and was already studying my sketches of lace bras, corsets, body suits, and
02:58western-inspired lingerie with embroidered seams and leather trim.
03:01I came back because I want to design for Black Spur and pay Sadie's surgery bill.
03:08Then let's talk about your work.
03:09She took me through Black Spur's sample gallery, lace lingerie, structured corset, leather-trimmed body suits, silk robes, cowboy beats
03:15used in panes, and the after-dark line.
03:17Black Spur doesn't just sell lingerie. We sell desire, passion, and the fantasy of the West.
03:21Your designs don't deliver any of it.
03:23I tried to take my portfolio back. She pulled me against her instead.
03:28Blair reopened my portfolio.
03:30You have talent. Start as my design assistant. Fix our failed Frontier Lace sample by tomorrow.
03:37I will.
03:42I see potential. Sign an agreement. Become my sub. And I'll teach you everything about desire.
03:49Show me the agreement.
03:52Back in Blair's office, the contract lay beside the Frontier Lace sample she'd just assigned me.
03:56The design job was mine to earn through my work.
03:58The $300,000 was for the private agreement.
04:00You can't design great western lingerie until you understand wanting and being wanted.
04:04If I sign, you'll really pay me $300,000?
04:06A month.
04:07That was enough to cover Sadie's surgery.
04:09I opened the contract.
04:10The title read, Dominant Slaves Amidmy Agreement.
04:12The rules covered absolute obedience, punishment by whip, sexual rewards, restraints, even riding together, more than I wanted to imagine.
04:19Rules come first. If we both agree, we both follow them.
04:23I signed because the money could save Sadie.
04:26Keeping the design job would depend on whether I could deliver.
04:30Blair tapped the sample catch.
04:34Bring me your revision tomorrow.
04:36I will.
04:38Then she handed me a small black box.
04:43Wear this tomorrow.
04:46Inside was a pink remote-controlled toy.
04:50The next morning, I showed up without it.
04:52I still had the revised sketch under my arm.
04:56Why angle the waist seam?
04:58It moves with the body instead of cutting across it.
05:00Are you wearing your homework?
05:03No.
05:03It's too much for me.
05:06Bad girl.
05:07You disobeyed me.
05:09On your knees.
05:10She made it clear I could leave and end the deal if I wanted.
05:13I thought of Sadie and stayed.
05:17I want to continue.
05:18I'm just not used to this.
05:20Blair struck my open palm once with the whip, then asked for the toy again.
05:23Put it in.
05:24Here?
05:25Would you prefer outside?
05:26A few minutes later, I followed her into the glass elevator inside Blacksburnt's main ranch lodge with the toy in
05:32place,
05:32and watched her unlock the control app on her phone.
05:36The elevator doors closed, and Blair Cross tapped power on her phone.
05:41My knees snapped together.
05:43What are you doing?
05:44Helping you explore your desires, your preferences, and your limits.
05:48If you can't handle it, you can beg.
05:50I refused to give her the satisfaction.
06:00Blair smiled and moved the setting higher, just as the elevator opened and a crowd of Blackspick designers, ranch managers,
06:06and event staff stepped inside.
06:08Good morning, Miss Cross.
06:10Morning.
06:11She looked perfectly professional while I stood behind everyone, fighting not to make a sound.
06:15Then she pushed the control to level three.
06:18I grabbed the wall.
06:20Blair leaned close enough that only I could hear her.
06:22If you've had enough, ask me to stop.
06:24Turn it off, you pervert.
06:25Wrong title.
06:26I hated how much she enjoyed this.
06:28Please, help me, Master.
06:32Blair finally switched it off after the other passengers left.
06:35I leaned against the elevator wall, furious, embarrassed, and breathless.
06:40I hate you.
06:42I know.
06:43Then she grabbed my waist and kissed me, kissing when the doors opened.
06:48A redhead woman stood outside with another employee, staring directly at us.
06:54Well, who knew the ice-cold ranch queen kissed like that?
06:59Blair introduced the redhead as Ciela, Blackspur's head of Western Lingerie Design, and the woman who ran its major ranch
07:05events.
07:05She introduced me as her ran its new assistants.
07:08I offered Ciena my hand.
07:10Hi, I'm Avery.
07:12Ciena looked at my hand and did not take it.
07:15If you last more than two weeks, I'll bother remembering your name.
07:19Blair led me into the sample room, where every wall was lined with Blackspur lingerie, black lace, Western cut sets,
07:25silk robes, leather-trimmed bodysuits, and campaign boots.
07:29The moment Blair stepped away, Ciena found me again.
07:33So you're Bland's new toy?
07:35I'm her assistant.
07:36Right.
07:37The kind of assistant who makes out with her boss in the elevator.
07:40She picked up a peacock feather and ran it lightly across my chest.
07:44Girls like you never last.
07:46You don't even know what Blair really wants.
07:47You might be the only thing in this room with no sex appeal.
07:49I snapped the feather in half.
07:52Funny.
07:53Blair still asked me to sign with her.
07:54Maybe you don't know her as well as you think.
07:57Ciena stepped so close, our noses almost touched.
08:00I was Blair's sub longer than anyone.
08:02So everything she's doing with me, she already did with you?
08:04Blair doesn't do girlfriends.
08:06People line up to get into her bed, and she's picky about everything.
08:08I was the best match she ever had.
08:11You were so perfect for her, and that's why you're her ex?
08:16Watch yourself, bitch!
08:18I'm here to work.
08:19If we're done, I need to change.
08:21I turned back to the lingerie rack and pulled out the boldest black lace and leather trim
08:25set I could find.
08:27No sex appels?
08:29Fine.
08:30Then watch me.
08:33A few days later, I saw a sealed invitation on Blurk's desk.
08:37Is that the Frontier Lace Gala?
08:39The biggest Western lingerie competition in the country?
08:41You know it?
08:42Of course I did.
08:43Only a handful of Western lingerie houses were invited every year.
08:46Blackspear always had a place.
08:48Can I see it?
08:49Blair slid the invitation inside the edge of the black lace corset beneath her Western
08:53blazer.
08:53Use your lips.
08:55I stared at her.
08:57I leaned down, caught the card between my teeth, and pulled it free without looking away
09:01from her.
09:02Nicely done.
09:03Can I compete?
09:05Each company gets one designer.
09:07You're not ready.
09:08Then you pick Sienna.
09:10Jealous?
09:11I swallowed the disappointment.
09:12She was right.
09:13One good sample did not make me ready for the biggest competition in the country.
09:16Then tell me what I still need to learn.
09:18Then prove you understand desire.
09:20I let my hair down, opened a few buttons on my white Western shirt, and showed her the
09:23black lace set I had chosen from the sample room.
09:26Can you see it, Miss Cross?
09:28The view isn't very good from here.
09:30So I stepped closer, let my denim skirt fall, and moved around her.
09:35Beside the desk, my phone suddenly rang.
09:37Hospital emergency department flashed across the screen.
09:39Sorry, I have to leave the meeting.
09:40The doctor told me they could no longer perform Sadie's surgery.
09:44I ran to the hospital with Blair behind me.
09:46I paid the full $300,000.
09:48What do you mean they can't do it?
09:51Dr. Bennett was in an accident this morning.
09:54His right hand was crushed.
09:55Your sister's surgery has to be canceled.
09:57I grabbed his coat.
10:00You can't just let her die!
10:02He explained there were only two surgeons qualified for Sadie's procedure.
10:06Dr. Bennett was injured.
10:07Dr. Lawson was in Canada treating a billionaire's wife and would not be available for at least
10:11a month.
10:12Sadie doesn't have a month.
10:14She's 16.
10:14She's all I have.
10:17After my parents died during my senior year, I promised my mother I would take care of her.
10:21I had paid the money.
10:22I had signed Blair's contract.
10:24I had done everything I could think of, and none of it was enough.
10:29Blair quietly stepped away and made a call.
10:32Cole, I'm afraid I need to use that favor.
10:35Later, while I stood outside Sadie's room, Blair rested a hand on my shoulder.
10:40Sometimes miracles really do happen.
10:43A doctor suddenly ran down the corridor.
10:45Miss Reed, Dr. Lawson just landed on the roof in the Cross Ranch helicopter.
10:48She's preparing for surgery now.
10:50How?
10:51She said a billionaire ranch owner called in a personal favor.
10:54The name was Cross, I think.
10:56I slowly turned to Blair.
11:00Blair, that was you, wasn't it?
11:04I told you, miracles happen.
11:07I threw my arms around Blair before I could stop myself.
11:12You saved my sister.
11:13How can I ever repay you?
11:15I did it so you could give me your full attention.
11:19Your time belongs to me now.
11:22I should have rolled my eyes.
11:24Instead, my heart started pounding.
11:31That night, I went back to the private training room Blair had built out of an old tack room beneath
11:35the Cross Ranch house.
11:36You have my full attention.
11:37Train me.
11:38Are you ready?
11:40Yes, master.
11:41She blindfolded me and guided me inside with one hand at my waist.
11:44I could smell clean saddle leather and the red wine she had opened.
11:47Can I take this off?
11:48No.
11:49Follow my instructions.
11:50She touched an eye.
11:51Blair did not argue when I said I was not her slave.
11:54No.
11:54You're my sub and you keep breaking the rules.
11:57Bad girls get punished.
11:58She ordered me to bend over the black table.
12:00I obeyed because punishment was part of the rules we'd already tested in her office.
12:04But this time, the first stroke landed much harder than her careful warning had.
12:08That really hurts.
12:10Stop.
12:11Lace, is that enough?
12:12Blair stopped immediately, dropped the whip, and came closer to check me.
12:15My mistake.
12:16I forgot you're new to this.
12:18Let me see.
12:19I was furious.
12:20Don't act like a caring master now.
12:23I've followed the rules, but you haven't.
12:25Do you actually get turned on by watching me hurt?
12:29No.
12:30I'm a dominant, and right now you're being very disobedient.
12:33I touched the front of her leather outfit, trying to change the energy between us.
12:37Maybe I can make you happy another way.
12:40She caught my wrist.
12:41I don't do romance.
12:42Don't expect it from me.
12:44So this is just a game to you?
12:45You're confusing the game with feelings.
12:48Love is not part of the contract.
12:51I asked what she wanted anyway.
12:55I want to tear your clothes off, tie you up, and fuck you hard until you cry.
13:00You know I mean it.
13:01If you're not ready, don't provoke me.
13:03Then she ordered me to leave.
13:04Fine.
13:05You've made yourself clear.
13:06I turned toward the door, and the room tilted.
13:08The last thing...
13:09The next morning, I woke in her bed.
13:13You passed out.
13:14The doctor said it was emotional overload.
13:16She set a shopping bag beside me.
13:19Inside was a sapphire blue western cut evening dress, a pearl borough necklace, and black heeled cowboy boots.
13:25Get dressed.
13:26We're going to Marati Ranch.
13:28We have work to do tonight.
13:37We have work to do tonight.
13:59And I did.
14:01I thought we were here for business.
14:03We are.
14:07Then Nico Moretti arrived.
14:09His company controlled much of the premium lace, silk, performance mesh, leather trim, and specialty hardware Black Spur depended on.
14:17Nico took my hand and held it too long.
14:21And what do we call this gorgeous creature?
14:25Avery Reed.
14:26Nice to meet you, Mr. Moretti.
14:28Is she your sub tonight, Blair?
14:30Actually, Miss Reed is my assistant.
14:33He kissed my hand and looked me over openly.
14:36How about this?
14:37We swap dates.
14:39Let her stay with me tonight, and I'll renew the contract right away.
14:42My stomach dropped.
14:44Mr. Moretti, you sure love joking.
14:47I'm not joking.
14:48She is not part of your BDST arrangement, and I don't let my employees trade sex for business.
14:53After he left, I asked why she still worked with him.
14:57Blair leaned in close to me.
14:59His family controls too much of the premium lace and specialty trim market.
15:03Until I build another supply line, I'm stuck with him.
15:05Stay away from him.
15:07Are you actually worried about me?
15:09I'm a Don.
15:10I'm not a monster.
15:12We almost kissed, but Sienna rushed over before our lips met.
15:15Blair, we have a problem.
15:21The head performer had injured her ankle during rehearsal.
15:23Without the show, Nico might refuse to renew Black Spring's supply contract.
15:26We're miles from town.
15:28No replacement can get here in time.
15:30What happens if the deal fails?
15:32Our supply chain collapses.
15:34Production stops.
15:35Five years of work could fall apart.
15:38Sienna looked straight at me.
15:40Actually, there is one candidate.
15:42Me?
15:43Absolutely not.
15:44I knew almost nothing about performing as a dominant in front of a room full of people.
15:48The basics were simple, and Blair could teach you.
15:50Blair Cross's face hardened.
15:52I didn't bring her here for this.
15:54Cancel the show.
15:55You're willing to destroy Black Spirk for her?
15:58I've made my decision.
16:00Wait.
16:01If I agree, can you guarantee my safety?
16:03You don't have to get involved.
16:05I'm part of Black Spur, too.
16:07I plan to be your head lingerie designer someday.
16:10Keep this ranch alive, boss.
16:11Blair studied me for a long moment.
16:13I'll keep you safe.
16:15I promise.
16:16In the dressing room, I changed into a tight black leather cowgirl outfit over Black Spur
16:19lace, pulled on high-heeled Western boots, fastened a red lace chaker, and picked up a short riding whip.
16:24How do I look?
16:26Better than I imagined.
16:27I can't take my eyes off you.
16:30I smiled at our reflection.
16:34So, you want to be disciplined by me?
16:40Just before I headed for the stage, Sienna appeared with a black boot box and pushed it into my hands.
16:45Your stage boots.
16:47Try not to embarrass Black Spur.
16:49Sienna opened the show like nothing was wrong.
16:51Ladies and gentlemen, dobs, subs, cowboys, and queens.
16:55The midnight rodeo is about to begin.
16:57Enjoy.
16:57I stepped into the spotlight wearing the black leather cowgirl outfit over Black Spur lace,
17:02surrounded by three male dancers and leather chaps who dropped into submissive poses around me.
17:06For the first time since meeting Blair, I was the one holding the whip.
17:09I moved across the stage, sat in a tooled leather throne like a queen,
17:13and let one dancer kiss the toe of my black Western boot.
17:16The audience cheered.
17:18Nico could not take his eyes off me.
17:20God, I've got to have her.
17:22Blair was staring at me like she had forgotten everyone else existed.
17:25I stood, placed one boot against a dancer's chest, and raised the whip.
17:30Then the heel of my right Western boot snapped.
17:33I lost my balance and fell backward.
17:35Blair reached the stage before I hit the floor and caught me around the waist.
17:38The crowd erupted as we stared at each other under the spotlight.
17:41My ankle was already swelling, so Blair carried me backstage.
17:44Fucking bitch.
17:45In the dressing room, Blair knelt to remove my damaged boot and pressed an ice pack against the bruise.
17:50You kneeling here looks just like the show.
17:51I'm your loyal ranch hand, my queen.
17:54Her hand moved slowly up my leg.
17:56You were absolutely incredible up there.
17:59I kissed her, but I'll take care of her.
18:01The second Blair disappeared down the hall, I saw Sienna's expression change.
18:07I underestimated you.
18:09What are you doing?
18:11She came behind me with a cloth.
18:13I fought her, but the room blurred and went black.
18:18When I woke, my wrists and ankles were strapped to a black restraint frame, in a private tax
18:23cellar beneath the guest lodge.
18:25Nico walked in, holding a red bullwhip fitted with sharp metal features.
18:28Why am I here?
18:29Let me go!
18:31Don't you see?
18:32Blair sent you as a gift for the renewal.
18:35I refused to believe him.
18:37No, Blair wouldn't do that.
18:40Don't forget, she's a businesswoman.
18:42With the right price, everything is for sale.
18:44Including you.
18:45I told him I had already completed the show.
18:47He smiled like that had never been the point.
18:49That was the appetizer.
18:51You're the feast.
18:52I watched him raise the whip.
18:54Your pain turns me on.
18:57The double doors crashed open.
18:58I looked toward the doorway.
19:00Blair stood there, in a black western jacket and boots.
19:03Both hands around a handgun aimed directly at Nico.
19:07Drop it.
19:10Blair made Nico drop the whip.
19:12Then saw the marks on my arms.
19:15You fucking monster.
19:17Nico tried to attack Blair.
19:19She threw him to the floor.
19:21Hit him.
19:22Then picked up the same whip he had used on me.
19:25You use this on her?
19:26Stop, or you can forget the contract.
19:29Fuck the contract.
19:30She struck him again, then came straight to me and released the restraintments.
19:33Hey, are you okay?
19:35I'm sorry I'm late.
19:36I knew you'd come for me.
19:37My legs would not hold me, so she carried me out of the tax cellar and across the guest lodge.
19:41Later, I sat in a warm bath in one of Moretti Ranch's guest suites, staring at the marks on my
19:46skin.
19:46I'm going to get something for your wounds.
19:48Please don't go.
19:49Stay with me.
19:50She hesitated.
19:51What happened was disgusting.
19:53Help me wash it off.
19:55Blair finally joined me.
19:56She cleaned the injuries carefully, nothing like the woman who had once enjoyed making me nervous with a whip.
20:01I took her hand and kissed it.
20:04What are you doing?
20:06That bastard made me realize something.
20:08I want you, Blair.
20:10I always wanted you.
20:11I kissed her.
20:12I woke the next morning in the guest ranch suite with a note beside the bed.
20:15Last night was incredible.
20:16Take the day off.
20:17I've got work.
20:18Blair.
20:18I smiled until I opened the news on my phone.
20:21Breaking news.
20:22Morelli Textiles and Leather has terminated its exclusive partnership with Black Spur and will sign with rival brand Silverbell Intidus.
20:28Nearly 95% of Black Spur's premium lace, silk, performance mesh, and specialty trims currently come to Morelli.
20:33He disappeared.
20:34Blair needs me.
20:35I dressed and drove back to Cross Ranch.
20:37From outside Blair's design office, I heard Sienna arguing with her.
20:40Production comes to a halt in a week.
20:42No lace, no silk, no specialty trims, no deliveries.
20:44Black Spur's name is trashed and the payouts will be insane.
20:46Then we find new suppliers.
20:48Impossible!
20:50We've tried before.
20:52No supplier comes close to Morelli's consistency.
20:55Then Sienna said my name.
20:57I talked to Nico.
20:58If you hand Avery over and apologize, he'll reconsider.
21:01I froze outside the door.
21:03You and Nico seem pretty close.
21:06You drugged Avery last night, didn't you?
21:09You almost got her raped.
21:11My hand flew over my mouth.
21:14Sienna did not even deny it.
21:15Fine.
21:16I did it.
21:17So what?
21:18You were too soft, so I did it for you.
21:19For Black Spur.
21:21For us.
21:21When this blows over, can we get back together?
21:23I miss you, Master.
21:25You're fired.
21:28From the doorway, I heard Sienna explode after Blair fired her.
21:31I've stood by you since day one of Black Spur,
21:32and you're throwing me out for some bitch you barely know?
21:34Watch your mouth.
21:35You're lucky I haven't sued you.
21:37You're going to regret this.
21:38I regret not firing you sooner.
21:40Do you want me to call security?
21:41A moment later, Sienna stormed out and nearly walked into me.
21:44She looked me up and down with pure hatred before leaving.
21:46I went inside.
21:48I thought you'd be home by now.
21:50That's the downside of sleeping with your colleagues.
21:52We still run into each other outside the bedroom.
21:54She almost smiled.
21:55I took her hands.
21:57I want to help.
21:59I didn't want to worry you, but I could use some help.
22:02For once, there was no command in her voice.
22:05Where do we start?
22:06We went through design sketches, lace swatches, silk samples, performance mesh,
22:10Texas leather trims, alternative Mara mills,
22:12and custom hardware wear Black Spur had quietly tested before Morelli cut us off.
22:16Among the sketches was the first Frontier Lace sample Blair had trusted me to revise.
22:19Blair decided to move the annual Frontier Lace Collection launch forward.
22:23Next Monday, we switched the line to the new lace, mesh, linings, and western trims.
22:28The launch was six months away.
22:30Do we have enough time?
22:31I've been testing for months.
22:32I kept it quiet, especially from Sienna.
22:35She pointed at several unfinished designs.
22:37These aren't ready.
22:38I looked at the piles of work.
22:40Guess we're pulling an all-nighter, Miss Cross.
22:43Looks that way.
22:44Blair looked at the unfinished designs, then at me.
22:48One week, we relaunch Black Spur or we lose it.
22:53We worked through the night.
22:54I sorted lace, silk, performance mesh, soft linings, and leather trim
22:58while Blair corrected construction details.
22:59We redrew cups, straps, closures, embroidered western inseams, and silver condo decatches.
23:04What about this American lace with the Texas-turned leather trim?
23:06Better against the skin, but the design still needs something.
23:09I suddenly remembered my first morning at Cross Ranch.
23:11The tooled saddle leather, silver hardware, and the confidence that came with sitting tall in the saddle.
23:15I know what's missing.
23:15It needs to feel like a cowgirl, not just look like one.
23:18We fell asleep against each other on the red sofa, woke up, drank coffee, and started again.
23:22By the second night, I was too tired to be intimidated by her standards anymore.
23:25You told me my original designs were boring.
23:27Be useful and tell me exactly what's missing.
23:28I finally learned to talk back without panicking.
23:30Maybe I had a good teacher.
23:32I took one of the new white lace sets with a narrow tooled leather waist detail
23:35and tiny silver canos into the changing area.
23:37Blair, take a look.
23:38She raised her eyes from the sketchbook and stopped speaking.
23:40I walked toward...
23:41One week later, Black Spur launched the Frontier Lace Collection
23:44inside Cross Ranch's renovated event barn.
23:47The room was packed with reporters.
23:49American-made lace, softer performance mesh,
23:51and Texas-tin leather trim had replaced Moretti's materials across the line.
23:55And everyone wanted to know whether we had done it out of revenge.
23:57Miss Cross, some people say the material change is retaliation against Moretti.
24:00What do you say?
24:01Creating the perfect intimate experience has always been Black Spur's goal.
24:04We've been testing better lace, mesh, and western trim for months.
24:07Moretti simply made us launch them sooner.
24:10Another reporter pointed to the campaign image behind us.
24:12What inspired the lead piece?
24:14Blair smiled and looked at me.
24:16Good design comes from good designers.
24:19Everyone, meet Avery Reed.
24:21She created our lead product.
24:23For a second, I forgot to breathe.
24:25Months earlier, she had called my portfolio boring.
24:27Now cameras were turning towards me while she publicly attached my name to the piece
24:30carrying Black Spur through its biggest crisis.
24:32The new collection is about comfort without losing desire.
24:34I wanted the lace to feel geminin, but the leather, silver hardware, and fit to carry the confidence of a
24:38cowgirl.
24:38The questions kept coming.
24:40This time, I did not hide behind Blair.
24:43Afterward, she found me near the side of the stage.
24:46You handled yourself well.
24:49Was that a compliment?
24:50Don't get used to it.
24:52Too late.
24:54I looked across the crowded room and caught a flash of red hair behind one of the columnums.
24:58Sienna was watching us.
24:59The expression on her face had nothing left in it but hatred.
25:05Sienna met my eyes across the room.
25:07Before she disappeared behind the columnum, she mouthed three words.
25:10This isn't over.
25:27The celebration continued with one more announcement.
25:31Blair brought me back in front of the press.
25:33Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to announce that Aubrey Reed will be Black Spear's new head of Western Lingerie Design.
25:39The cameras exploded around us.
25:41I stood beside Blair, smiling into the flashes.
25:44I had come to Cross Ranch with a portfolio, a dream, and no real industry experience.
25:48Now I had the title I had wanted from the beginning, and Blair had made me ermit.
25:51It wasn't payment for being Blair's sub.
25:53She had trusted me with real work, and I had delivered.
25:56Later, I walked toward my pickup in the ranch parking area and called her.
25:59I still can't believe you did that.
26:01What happened to not lowering your standards?
26:03I didn't.
26:04You earned it.
26:05I smiled.
26:06So do I get a reward?
26:08Wait for me at home, and behave.
26:11Yes, master.
26:16I reached for the pickup door.
26:18Cold metal pressed against my temple.
26:20My smile disappeared.
26:22Sienna?
26:23She stood beside me in a black shirt, red hair loose around her face, holding the gun with both hands.
26:29Go to hell, bitch.
26:31She stood beside me in a black shirt, and she stood beside me in a black shirt, and she stood
26:32beside me in a black shirt, and she stood beside me in a black shirt, and she stood beside me
26:32in a black shirt, and she stood beside me in a black shirt, and she stood beside me in a
26:32black shirt, and she stood beside me in a black shirt, and she stood beside me in a black shirt,
26:32and she stood beside me in a black shirt, and she stood beside me in a black shirt, and she
26:32stood beside me in a black shirt, and she stood beside me in a black shirt, and she stood beside
26:32me in a black shirt, and she stood beside me in a black shirt, and she stood beside me in
26:32a black shirt, and she stood beside me in a black shirt, and she stood beside me in a black
26:32shirt, and she stood beside me in a black shirt, and she stood beside me in a black shirt, and
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