Like running simulations on the world's most fucked-up computer, Parker had thought of thousands of ways to punish Scarlett Draven, but never came up with one that felt like enough. He could throw her into the Chaotic Abyss like he did with Robert and the others, but pain was too easy for what she'd put him through.
Scarlett had made him experience pain and pleasure at the same time—a twisted cocktail that had rewired his brain in ways he was still trying to understand. So giving her just pain wasn't enough.
He'd thought about giving her the same treatment, pleasure and pain mixed together until she couldn't tell the difference, but there was no way to do that without... well, without having her in bed.
And he couldn't do that.
Wouldn't do that.
He couldn't see himself treating a woman that way if she wasn't his, and definitely not without her consent.
Anything but that.
