Jack starts pulling away from Camille over the following week. Even in their bondage sessions, Jack is removed and won’t touch her. Meanwhile, Camille’s sexual frustration intensifies. Finally, Jack catches Camille sneaking into a drawer of sex toys and scolds her for breaking their rules. Then, he instructs her to masturbate while he watches. After she orgasms, Jack initiates penetrative sex, but Elizabeth calls Camille, interrupting the moment. She informs Camille that Bea fell and hurt herself in dance class and needs Camille.

Jack insists on accompanying Camille to pick up Bea. She tells him about the secret lessons on the way, watching his expression grow increasingly dour over the course of the ride.

Back at home, Jack retreats to his room while Camille puts Bea to bed. Bea admits that she wants Camille to be her mother. A tearful Camille kisses her goodnight.

Afterward, Camille confronts Jack about his anger. Finally, he admits that he is furious at her for lying to him and insists that they stop their bondage sessions. Camille storms out, frustrated for having thought Jack could change.

Camille wakes in the middle of the night and realizes she is falling in love with Jack. She hears a creak in the hall and gets up to find Jack standing outside. He tells her he has always been attracted to her and kisses her. They end up in Camille’s room, where they have penetrative sex for the first time.

Jack lies awake reflecting on his relationship with Camille and his sorrow over Em. Finally, he writes her a note telling her that he wants to continue both their sexual and professional relationships. In the morning, Jack wakes to texts from his friends about what happened at the club. Then, his mother calls him to talk about business. She shares her experience running their clubs in California and Paris and advises him on his relationship with Julian, suggesting that Jack might be in competition with him.

The next day, Jack confronts Julian at the club about their bad relationship. He suggests that they set aside their differences and work together to make the club “something [they] can be proud of” (223). Julian pours them drinks and agrees they should transform Legacy into a classier establishment. Afterward, Jack runs into Phoenix, who notices Jack’s good mood; she is glad to see him happy.

Camille paces her room, thinking about Jack and trying to decide how she should position herself for his arrival. She is unsure whether she should be in a dominant or submissive posture. She is reflecting on her feelings for Jack and their developing relationship when he returns home. In the BDSM room, Jack gives her instructions and ties her in a new way, permitting the blindfold for the first time. They talk throughout the passionate encounter. After they both orgasm, Camille considers telling Jack she loves him but stays quiet.

Camille and Jack take a shower together and engage in aftercare, ensuring they are both safe. While Jack is massaging Camille, he admits to feeling insufficient. Camille encourages all that he’s doing, reminding him that it’s okay to ask for help. Jack admits that he doesn’t know what to do for Bea’s birthday; Camille suggests Disneyland, and they agree to take her together.

That evening, Jack joins Camille and Bea for dinner for the first time. Camille observes Jack and Bea throughout the meal, wondering if this is how they’d be if Em were still alive. Then, she realizes that if Em hadn’t died, she wouldn’t be there. Despite her melancholy, everything feels perfect to Camille tonight.

Jack and Elizabeth meet up to discuss the club. Elizabeth is pleased when she learns that Jack is accompanying Bea and Camille to Disneyland. She agrees to come, too, when Jack invites her.

On Bea’s birthday, Jack, Bea, Elizabeth, and Camille venture out to the amusement park. Jack is thrilled to see Bea so happy. He is glad to be out with Camille, too, noting how right it feels to be intimate with her and have her working as Bea’s nanny. However, he gets defensive when Elizabeth alludes to their relationship while Camille and Bea are on a ride. Elizabeth insists she’s happy for him, but he feigns ignorance and ends the conversation. Throughout the remainder of the afternoon, Jack reflects further on his and Camille’s relationship, unsure if he wants to return to California after all.

Throughout the day at Disneyland, Camille observes Jack and Bea together. She is thrilled that they seem to have reconnected and wonders if she had a role in it. She can’t help imagining a life with Jack but feels stunned when he touches her hand in public. Later, Jack and Camille find a jewelry box with a ballerina inside for Bea; Camille’s father gave her the same one when she was little and used to put gifts inside of it for her. After buying the gift, the two walk through the park, talking. They end up kissing, but Elizabeth calls and interrupts the moment.

Camille reflects on her relationships with Jack and Bea while catching up on housework and caring for Bea over the following days. She realizes how attached she’s grown to Bea and how much Jack means to her. At the same time, she is unsure how long she can maintain this arrangement. She imagines Jack will eventually want a more committed, traditional relationship, and she doesn’t know if she could stay on as Bea’s nanny in the meantime.

Camille drops Bea off at school and returns home to find Jack’s lunch on the counter. She takes it over to the club, where she runs into an attractive man who introduces himself as Julian. Julian leads her to a new specialty BDSM room and starts showing her some new ropes, pushing her against the wall and touching her. Camille is unsure how to feel but reminds herself that she and Jack aren’t an item and that she can play with this attractive stranger if she wants to. Then, Jack appears and angrily interrupts the encounter. An unfazed Julian greets Jack; Camille guesses that Julian staged the interaction to upset Jack.

A furious Jack grabs Camille and drags her into one of the club’s free rooms. He insists that she belongs to him, and they kiss. Jack finally tells her that he belongs to her, too. Then they have sex. Afterward, Jack realizes that Camille wants to profess her love. He wants to, too, but holds back.

Camille and Jack lie together in silence. Camille muses on the future of their relationship until Jack breaks the silence to tell her about the club’s grand reopening. He invites her to come as his date. Jack confesses that although he wants to be together, he is worried about failing Bea. Camille reassures him before asking more about Em. Jack opens up about how they met and fell in love. He admits that Camille initially reminded him of Em and reflects on his grief since her death. Camille tells Jack more about her father’s death—he had an aneurysm and died suddenly at his restaurant one day—and describes her grieving journey.

Jack and Camille listen to each other and then have sex. After they orgasm, they lie together in silence. Camille is thrilled when she realizes Jack isn’t wearing his wedding band.