And this second time, she’d freaked out, thinking he was exposing her in a public restroom, when in fact he’d taken pains to ensure that she was quite safe. In both cases, Kennedy had failed to be patient and wait for her master, and as a result, she had yet to truly be with Easton the way she wanted—needed—to be with him. It wasn’t a stellar track record so far, but he hadn’t completely shut the door on future opportunities. To the contrary, he’d told her to go home and “await further instructions.” Kennedy was exhausted by the time she returned to her apartment. That was when she realized how intense the last couple of days had been for her, how emotionally draining it all had been, including the drama with Nicole hating her, and then agreeing to meet her at the restaurant in the hotel. Kennedy wondering if she was fired, then finding out she still had a job working for the man who occasionally made her undress for him. Thankfully, Blake’s apartment door was shut as Kennedy climbed the stairwell to her apartment and went inside. She breathed a sigh of relief. At least she didn’t have to deal with her increasingly strange neighbor on top of everything else she’d gone through that day.
