They're not going to tell you no if you suggest it. You're the Dominant, you get all the public say. [Or enough of it that he'll get his ass in trouble if he speaks out of turn. He chuckles at the thought and then takes a nice long drag from his cigarette.]

Well she doesn't know yet [seeing as his hands and mouth have been very occupied since Dorian called him earlier] but she won't mind that I'm going back to you. She's our biggest stan, as the kids say. Every time I go on about you, she gets the cutest little dreamy look on her face, like she's hearing the greatest love story that's ever been written.

[That's how their lives are, in a way. All their trials, self inflicted and otherwise, that only keep them apart temporarily and still deeply in love despite all of it. Hard not to see it as a romance, in a way.]

I'll help her find another Submissive, if she needs the help at all. She's resourceful, witty, and sharp, and she throws the most savage shade when pressed. I've no doubt she'll be fine without me.