What does it take for Christian to actually shut up long enough for Ana to articulate a thought? Trigger him bad enough that he goes into sub mode, apparently. They do actually manage to have a bit of a conversation about all their many, many issues in this chapter...but of course, the result is far from ideal.

Content warnings for this chapter: Kinkshame, ableism, grooming mention, poor communication and consent-getting, trauma/physical abuse mention, "Mommy issues", major mischaracterizations of kink/kinksters, toxic romance tropes, toxic monogamy culture, purity culture.

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