Past - 88

"So, when are you going to punish me?" Even though Regina knew she should not mock him, but she could not help it. She liked to thwart him, to remind him she could not be easily overcome.

"As soon as we are finished with dinner." Paul continued eating with upstanding manners. His elegant movements contradicted the darkness in his eyes. He was a gentleman, but he was the devil at the same time.

"And what exactly are you planning on doing to me?"

"It can wait until after dinner." He always had to have the power in the conversation. He made subtle moves to put her down and raise himself up.

She kept pushing. "No, it can not."

"I do not want you to lose your appetite."