Elliot strode over to the side of the bed, looming over Avery. "I can settle my own needs."

Avery was instantly relieved and the tightness in her chest loosened.

"Why don't you go home then?"

Two people squeezed together in bed was a lot less comfortable than sleeping alone.

"I don't feel like it." Elliot sat down on the edge of the bed, and he studied Avery. "This lesson was very memorable."

This would not have happened if he had known what every part of her body looked like.

Avery could not guess his thoughts, so she said calmly, "It's in the past."

"I want to truly learn my lesson." Elliot's eyes darkened as he said, "Ben told me that the woman in the video said I couldn't satisfy you. I should've realized it then. When have I never satisfied you? When have I never given in to your needs? I was careless."

"You're not careless. It's just your vulnerable masculine pride at work," mocked Avery. "So what if I said you can't satisfy me?"

Elliot gazed at her provocative dainty f