He was a stoic man and a patient one, and he would wait for her to come to him this time—for he knew she would. The air hummed with anticipation, damned near crackling with promise, before she took a step forward—and another, and a third that placed her right in the vee of his legs.
One hand snaked around her nape and the other held her hip immobile as she pressed firm against his chest, causing Edward to wish the layers of cloth between them were gone.
She whimpered softly as he claimed her lips, soft enough to tantalize but then with a faint growl, he deepened the kiss, his tongue sweeping amid her mouth.
Unsurprisingly, despite her previous protests, Alice did not try to struggle or escape him. She was too inherently submissive for that—which, of course, was what drew him so fiercely.
I know there is a passionate, spirited woman at her core, a woman who yearns to have a dominant male take control.
Grasping her derrière, it was an easy task to lift her, and in seconds, he had her back up against a wall. Instantly, he caged both of her wrists over her head with steel-like fingers and licked through her mouth.
“Let me show you what I mean about letting another take control,” Edward whispered as he wedged a knee between her legs.
Pinned as she was, Alice knew she should fight him off—but there was no desire to do so. If anything, with her crammed against wood and Edward’s harder body, she wanted to press herselfcloser.
The hot, wet kisses he planted on her neck made her knees feel strangely weak. Her breasts ached, her womanhood throbbed, and she could barely think, much less worry.
“Edward,” she gasped, her hands twisting in his hold. “What are you… doing…”
“Let go of your inhibitions, and justfeel,” he ordered her. “Stop overthinking, Alice.”
Each of Edward’s kisses was delicious, gripping, utterly addictive. The more he kissed and teased, sparks danced up and down her spine, igniting an unexpected flare between her legs.
“What—”
“Just feel, Alice,” he repeated. “If you keep overthinking, I will be displeased. Breathe deeply, in and out, three times. Do it now.”
Obeying, Alice did her best to blank her mind and stop the constant thoughts and worries swirling in her head; on her last breath, a calm descended over her she had never felt before.
“Good girl,” Edward’s voice was soothing, hypnotic.
His mouth laid over her, his kiss heady and possessive, laying claim with each bold thrust of his tongue. Her body was so firmly tucked against his, she could not fathom where she ended and he began. Even with unapologetic control, he had taken over her, and Alice felt protected, safe, and blistering under her skin.
“Edward, I—I need—” She felt the urge but did not have a word to name the desire spiraling inside her. “I—I…”
“I know what you need,” he whispered.
The hand on her hips moved to splay over her bottom, yanking her closer while he rucked up her dress and wedged his thigh between her legs, the intimate invasion lodging her breath.
He nudged deeper against her sex, hitting an exquisite peak, and her breath popped free, turning into a moan as it left her lips. Her cheeks flamed as she realized how damp she’d become.
Goodness, was that normal?
“Rock on me, Alice,” he commanded. “Ride me.”
Delirious with need, she rocked against the hard trunk of Edward’s thigh, gasping at the heavenly friction that sizzled up her spine. The more she did, the more the delicious but fleeting pleasure rocked through her body.
“God, yes…” he rasped against her throbbing pulse. “Don’t stop.”
Alice knew she could not stop if she tried—now that the bite of pleasure had sunk under her skin, she wanted it to devour her.
As she rocked, harder and harder against him, she felt a hard and heavy length pressing into her upper thigh. His male member, she realized dizzily. Her motions were strumming pleasure from the both of them, as the more she chased her capitulation, she was stimulating him as well.
He grasped her hip and muttered a curse that was not fit for a woman’s ears—but it stoked the fire inside her even higher. His mouth slammed on hers again and she sucked on his tongue.
“Come for me Alice,” he rasped. “Come now!”
The cry that left her mouth as she hurtled over the edge was one Alice had never heard coming from herself before. Delectable spasms rippled through her, one after another, each one strong and unbearably sweet, and left her shivering with the new discovery.
