Within seconds, I could feel the tension coiling tight within her, her thighs beginning to tremble against my cheeks. Shecried out—her first orgasm—and as she came against my mouth, her noises were almost my undoing.
I wanted more. I wanted all of her.
With a force of will that felt Herculean, I pulled back, rising to my feet. The cool air of the room was a shock.
“I don’t have a condom,” I said.
The words hit like a damn curse. My brain went into overdrive, scrambling for a way to get us put back together and out of this conference room without looking like we’d just torn into each other like animals.
Her chest was heaving, her lips kiss-swollen, her eyes hazy with interrupted pleasure. She blinked, focusing on my face.
“I’m on birth control,” she breathed, “if that’s what you’re worried about.”
That was all I needed to hear.
Relief and a fresh, sharper wave of desire crashed over me. I shoved my boxers down, my cock springing free, hard and aching. I wrapped my hand around myself, a single, rough stroke, my gaze locked with hers.
But she wasn’t finished. Before I could move, she reached down, her fingers replacing mine. She wrapped her hand around me, her touch firm and sure, and began to stroke, her eyes never leaving mine.
I gave into the sensations, my jaw clenched, my entire body rigid with the effort to not come all over her hand. I held back as long as I could, the pleasure a bright, sharp pain, before I finally gripped her wrist, stilling her.
“I have to be inside you,” I ground out, the words raw. “Now.”
A slow, wicked smile curved her lips. Her eyes, still dark with passion, now sparkled with pure, unadulterated challenge.
“What are you waiting for?”
5
GABRIELLA
Where was this version of me coming from? I had no idea, but I didn’t hate it.
Eli shifted closer, lining himself up, the first press of him catching on my body. My breath slipped out in a quick, unplanned sound. His gaze snapped to mine, and he froze.
“Did I hurt you?” His voice was low, edged with real concern that didn’t match the heat in his expression.
“No,” I said, even though it wasn’t quite true. It wasn’t pain so much as a sharp, unfamiliar stretch—intense and overwhelming. I just wanted to get through the first seconds and reach whatever came after. “Don’t stop.”
To make sure he understood, I hooked my legs around his waist, my ankles locking at the small of his back, and I urged him deeper with a roll of my hips. A searing tear made me wince, a sharp gasp escaping before I could stop it.
He froze, his muscles coiled like springs. “Fuck, sweetheart, you’re too tight.”
“It’s okay,” I insisted, my voice trembling. My hands slid from his back to his hips, pulling inside a little deeper. “Please, Eli. I need all of you.”
He surrendered with a guttural sound, and I nudged him even farther. The pain shot through my body, but I focused on the heavy, rhythmic drag of him as he began to move. In, out. A slow, devastating friction.
I watched his face—the sharp set of his jaw, the corded tension in his neck as he held himself back, his control a visible, trembling force. The sight of his hips moving, the powerful flex of his muscles, was mesmerizing. But the pain was still there.
Remembering the shattering release his mouth had given me, I let one hand slip between our bodies. My fingers found my clit, swollen and sensitive. I pressed, circling in a frantic mimicry of the rhythm he’d set with his tongue.
At first, the direct stimulation against the ache of his penetration was almost overwhelming. But I didn’t stop. I kept my eyes on him, on the raw need in his gaze as he watched me touch myself.
“That’s it,” he growled, his voice rough and low. “Make yourself feel good. Show me how you come.”
His words actually helped. The sting eased, giving way to something warmer—strange at first, then…not bad. My breathing picked up, falling into the rhythm he set, his movements losing that careful control and turning more urgent.
“You look so fucking beautiful like this,” he rasped, his hips driving into me with more force. “Taking me so deep. Playing with that pretty little clit for me. Are you close?”
