Pulsing white lights flashed behind her squeezed-tight eyelids. They quickly turned into multicolored fireworks that flowered and sparked as wave after wave of pleasure washed through her. Washed over her. Lifting her up and pushing her down in an ever-slowing rhythm.
And then…it was over.
Not all of a sudden. But gradually her body became her own.
She could breathe.
She could think.
She couldsee.
When she opened her eyes, it was to find Mason’s gaze latched onto her face, his baby blues blazing with unquenched desire. The insistent pulse of him against her hip was proof positive she was the only one to have floated upon the blessed tides of release.
Undoubtedly, that was because she was new at this. She’d yet to learn how to stave off the inevitable.
She couldn’t make herself regret it, though. Especially because she was still a little drunk from it. Her bones liquid. Her brain a snarl of fried synapses. Her womb a shivery mass of remembered bliss.
In her drunkenness, she decided the world looked different from her current position, loomed over, caged by, overwhelmed with a man who was so close she felt as if they might be sharing the same skin. It was darker there. More mysterious. And yet more exiting.
Strangely enough, instead of feeling vulnerable, she felt powerful. Powerful because he wanted her.
As he held her gaze with lethal steadiness, a muscle twitched beside his eye, and his voice was hoarse when he said, “You came.”
“Yeah. Uh.” She made a face. “That probably screamed virgin, huh? I probably wasn’t supposed to do that. But I can assure you, I’m a quick learner. With a little practice, I know I’ll be able to hold off until—”
“For fuck’s sake, Alex. Be quiet.”
Her jaw snapped shut so quickly her teeth clacked together. She searched his eyes, looking for… She wasn’t exactly sure what.
When he pulled away an inch, it felt like a mile. Desperation had her grabbing his hand.
She recognized a flight risk when it was staring at her. Especiallythisflight risk whose expression was grim and whose lips—those wonderful lips that’d been taking her to the highest peaks such a short time ago—were now set in a straight line.
His breaths came hard and fast. If he clenched his jaw any harder, she feared his molars might shatter.
“Mason?” She placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, feeling the muscles tense at her touch. “Should I not have—”
“Hush, woman.” He pressed a finger over her lips. She was tempted to kiss it, but didn’t know if he’d welcome the gesture.
“You were…” His voice was guttural. She’d never really thought about whatgutturalsounded like. But now she knew it was a mix between a groan and a growl. It was low, rough words gritted out between clenched teeth. “You were the most beautiful fucking thing I’ve ever seen. But you needa be quiet now. And stay very still so I can catch my breath. So I canthink. So I don’t rip that fucking robe off and—”
Mention of the robe had his gaze sliding south. He squeezed his eyes shut and cursed a blue streak so hot and filthy it blistered Alex’s ears.
When she glanced down, she saw her breast was still exposed. Not only was her nipple hard, but it was wet and shiny from his mouth. A new warmth spread through her belly.
“So you don’t rip my fucking robe off andwhat, Mason?”
Whoa.Was that low, sultry, come-and-get-me-big-boy voice really hers? If so, she was going to like postorgasm Alex. Postorgasm Alex sounded like a temptress from those old black-and-white films.
His eyes blinked open, and he quickly pulled her robe back onto her shoulder. She couldn’t tell if regret or relief flashed across his face once her breast was covered.
“And toss you onto that bed and fuck you ’til you scream,” he snarled.
She knew he was trying to shock her. Good thing she didn’t shock easily.
In fact, his words titillated her. Excited her. Those telltale prickles of arousal were making very specific places on her body tingle anew.
“Please explain to me againwhyI wouldn’t want you to do that?” She cocked her head, gratified when his eyes followed one curl as it slipped over her shoulder and fell into the valley between her breasts.
