She stared imploringly at him, her bottom lip full and swollen as if she’d been biting it. It looked instead like someone had ravaged her mouth. It reminded him of how she’d looked after he’d f**ked her mouth against the wall at the sex club. She looked utterly kissable.
He sank onto the bed beside her and leaned down to touch his lips against hers. She met his advance hungrily, open, accepting, inviting him further.
His tongue swept over hers, and he swallowed her sweet taste into his chest. He reached for her, his hand meeting the curve of her hip as he deepened his kiss. There was no breathing. His lungs screamed for oxygen, but he couldn’t tear himself away from her molten touch.
A touch, a caress, his fingers danced over her skin, up her body until he felt the gentle swell of her breast. He tore his mouth away from hers, and they both gasped for air. His mouth slanted over hers again, drinking deeply of her essence.
His lips slid to the corner of her mouth, and then he kissed a line down her jaw, his breaths coming in raspy, erratic bursts. The small fleshy earlobe tempted him. He sucked it between his teeth.
She moaned and twisted restlessly underneath him. He licked then swirled his tongue around the shell of her ear. He felt her shiver against him and saw the chill bumps rise and pucker her skin.
He chased a line of those goose bumps all the way down to her br**sts. For a long moment, he simply stared at the coral peaks. Her ni**les were perfect. Not too pointed. Soft, velvety and round. He wanted to taste them. Wanted it badly.
He licked one, letting his tongue rasp over the silky tip. She flinched, and he turned to the other, lapping at it like it was a delicious treat. Then he nipped, grazing the nub with his teeth, applying just enough pressure so she’d feel the slight bite of pain.
She made a sound of deep satisfaction, and he smiled against her flesh.
He caressed the soft skin of her belly then moved lower to tease and twist the wispy curls of her pu**y. He delved into her folds, spreading the damp flesh with his fingers.
With his middle finger, he flicked and rolled her clit. Sweet sighs whispered from her lips. Delicate, like her. It was a sound bound to inspire male appreciation. He wanted to give her more pleasure just so he could listen to the appreciative noises she made.
He slid his finger lower, circling her entrance, marking a path around the outside, teasing, hinting at a promise not yet fulfilled.
She bucked against him, a moan of contentment bubbling from her chest. In response, he plunged his finger inside her, and she nearly came off the bed.
He groaned as her inner walls convulsed and squeezed his finger. They clasped wetly to him, so tight. Hot silk. He closed his eyes as he imagined it surrounding his cock.
“No, not yet,” she whimpered.
He opened his eyes to look at her. Her head was thrown back, her honey-blond hair spilling over the pillow. The muscles in her legs and groin trembled and spasmed. She was close to her orgasm. Why did she want to stop?
“I want,” she gasped. “I want you to spank me, like you did the other night. I want you to tie me up and take control. Then—”
He never let her finish. He stood up abruptly, putting at least a foot of distance between them. A surge of irritation belted him square in the face.
She looked at him in confusion, her eyes burning brightly with unfulfilled need. “What’s wrong?” she asked. “Why did you stop?”
He swore under his breath, kicking his ass from here to kingdom come for getting sucked into this game.
“Let me guess. You have an entire scenario worked out. First you want me to play around with you. Get you worked up a bit. Play master to your slave. Then you want me to spank your ass and f**k you senseless.”
She winced at his crudity, but he didn’t spare any guilt for being so bald. Slowly she nodded.
“Is that so bad?” she whispered. “I mean, if you don’t want me, just say so. I thought…I thought we connected, that we had chemistry.”
Chemistry? Hell, they had enough sexual energy to supply the entire greater Houston area with power.
He scrubbed a hand over his head and tried really hard to keep his gaze from the pointed tips of her br**sts or lower it to the fine blond curls of her pu**y. He could see a hint of her pink flesh between her spread legs, and it made him want to run his tongue over the folds, taste her.
“Faith, what you think you want…” He began as gently as he could. “I think you’re kidding yourself.”
Her cheeks stained red, and he could tell he angered her.
“Don’t patronize me,” she said. “Don’t tell me what it is I want or don’t want.”
He held up his hand. “Let me finish. Let me see if I have this right. You want to submit to a man. You want a man to dominate you. That’s what the trip to The House was all about and your allowing a complete stranger to spank your ass. In public.”
She blushed and looked away.
“Faith, look at me.”
She turned her gaze back to him.
“Am I right? You want to give up control to a man?”
Slowly she nodded.
“But that’s not what you’re doing,” he pointed out.
Her brow furrowed. “What do you mean?”
“As much as you say you want a man’s control, you cling to every vestige of control yourself.” He gestured down her body at her tied arms and legs. “You’ve set the scene just as you imagined. You’ve scripted the role, my role, and decided how everything plays out. You’ve got every detail worked out in your mind. You’re in complete control. No one else. I’m merely a puppet dangling on a string waiting on you to command me to command you and for you to tell me how to command you.”
Her mouth fell open in shock. Her pupils widened.
“I don’t work that way, Faith,” he said softly. “I told you what I wanted. A woman who’d be content to let me call the shots. Nothing about this scenario is me doing anything but allowing you to dictate how it is we get together.”
He reached down and untied her legs. Then he freed her hands. He pushed himself off the bed and looked down at her. “I’m going to take a shower. It’s been a long day.”
Faith watched him go, her entire world turned on its axis. Slowly, she swung her legs over the side of the bed and got up to collect her clothes. Not bothering with her bra or panties, she pulled on her jeans and shirt then sat back on the bed in stunned silence.