“Happy.”
His eyes find mine. “I am. Now, before you continue with the Spanish Inquisition, I’m going to steal Aspen for a few minutes to show her to our room.” He turns his attention to me. “You’re with me, baby girl.”
I blush at the heat in his gaze, following him out into the hallway and up a grand staircase.
“Are you doing okay?” He leads me into a bedroom.
“Where are you sleeping?” I ask as he sets down the bags.
“In here, with you.”
“What? What about your parents?”
“They have their own bedroom. It would be a little awkward.” His ocean-blue eyes are alight with mischief.
“Very funny.”
“They are fine with us sharing a room. Considering everything else we do together, it would be a little odd if we were sleeping in different bedrooms. How would I make you come from all the way across the hall? I mean, I could probably manage it, but even my talents can’t bridge time and space.”
“You are not making me come. We can’t fool around.”
“Oh, baby girl. Don’t you know what saying no to me gets you?”
“A punishment,” I say with excitement. He closes the door behind us and looks me up and down with hunger in his gaze.
“You have no idea.” He backs me against the wall, his lips grazing my ear. “Take off your panties.”
“You’re not serious.” I shiver as his lips find my neck in featherlight kisses.
“As a heart attack. Take them off, now.”
“I’m not your sub right now,” I whisper, my voice betraying my arousal.
“Oh, I think you are. I’ll make a deal with you. Take off the panties now, and I won’t make you scream my name tonight.”
“You wouldn’t.”
“Try me. I have no shame. If you wanted a knight in shining armor, you came to the wrong guy.” A thrill courses through me. Ryder pushes me to do things I would never dream of, and it’s one of the things I love about him.
“You’re really asking me to sit down to dinner with your entire family without any panties on.”
“Yes.” His lips capture mine. “I want you wet for me.” Another kiss. “I want you to know, every second, that yourpussy belongs to me, baby girl. That your pleasure is mine to command.”
“I…”
“Take off your panties, Aspen.”
“Yes, Sir.” A thrill courses through me. “If you take them off.”
He drops to his knees. “Fucking hell, you’re hot.”
He slowly slips his hands under my dress, hooking his fingers, tugging my panties down before putting them in his pocket. Then, he pushes my dress up to my waist and leans in, kissing my pussy with such reverence before letting my dress fall. He doesn’t move to stand up, instead looking up at me from his knees.
“I worship the ground you walk on, Aspen.”
“Save the worship for my reward tomorrow when we get home.”
“Home.” He seems to ruminate.
