“Does that mean no?”
He opened his eyes, and if she wasn’t mistaken, his expression was more of a grimace. “The moment you sucked me into that tempting mouth I wouldn’t last very long and that is not how I want this night to go. I want to lose myself in you.”
With that, he grasped her hand and placed both her arms around his neck, pulling her flush against him. There was nothing between them any longer and Meliah should have felt vulnerable.
Instead, she felt… free.
CHAPTER 11
Elwood imagined tying Meliah’s wrists to the bed posts and so many other torrid fantasies, but he reminded himself that she was an innocent. He had to be patient with her and not ruin this moment when it must be disconcerting enough for her. However, she hadn’t seemed to offer any sort of hesitation thus far, only curiosity, but that was what was going to unman him more than anything else. The way she’d stroked him had caused his entire body to tighten on the brink of release. It had taken everything within him to halt her movements.
He might be a rake, but he had never been in the habit of not ensuring the needs of his partners were met before his own.
Looking into her expressive green eyes, he saw the dizzying effect he was having on her senses. It was a heady, but also very humbling. If he’d been a true gentleman, he would have stopped right then and not taken things further, but he wasn’t a saint. Especially not when he was so close to that glorious rapture to be found between her thighs.
Bending down, he captured Meliah’s lips and kissed her for an eternity, until they had to part to draw breath. “Turn around,”he ordered. He was pleased that she didn’t question him, but did as he asked. “Do you trust me?”
She glanced over her shoulder, and after a hesitant nod, she said, “Yes.”
“Put your hands around the bedpost.” She clutched the hard wood as he gathered his cravat. He returned and wound it around her wrists, effectively keeping her in place. “Is that too tight?” he queried.
“No.”
He could hear her breathing deepen further, but he felt confident it wasn’t due to fear. She was a passionate woman who’d never been allowed to express her sexual desire. Now that he was giving her that freedom, she was an apt pupil.
Next, Elwood walked over to the dressing table where he’d spied a simple, blue ribbon. “Close your eyes,” he said, and she did so. He placed the ribbon over her eyes and tied it gently at the back of her head. “Too tight?”
“No.”
Her easy acquiescence would have made him smile had his cock not been demanding satisfaction. He pressed his chest against her back and reached around to cup her breasts. Molding the flesh with his hands, he tweaked her nipples until they were hard peaks. He could tell she enjoyed his ministrations, because she moaned in pleasure. “Spread your legs, Meliah.”
She did so, and while he kept his left arm around her to toy with her breasts, he reached down between her legs and began to tease her once more. When her movements started to become more urgent, he knew she was ready for him.
Taking his cock in hand, he poised the head at her entrance. He clenched his jaw, knowing that there was no turning back after this. He had to make sure she knew it too. Sweat started to break out on his brow, but he made himself say, “It’s your last chance, Meliah. Tell me to stop or?—”
“Please, Elwood…”
It was the breathless gasp that changed everything.
He moved his arm and put it around her waist to steady her while he pushed forward and fully impaled her. There was a momentary stiffening of her body as he held her, waiting for her to acclimate herself to the intrusion. A trickle of sweat slid down his cheek, so he tried to withdraw.
“No, please. I’m fine?—”
He pushed back forward and immediately her pleas ceased. When he started to slowly move in and out of her body, it didn’t take long for her to understand the rhythm. She started to swivel her hips back and forth, grinding herself on his cock until it was almost impossible for Elwood to withstand. As his movements began to increase, he was pleased to find that she was starting to relax He kept one arm around her waist and used his other to grasp the post in front of her. He saw her breasts swaying with each thrust and he clenched his teeth to try to make this moment last as long as possible.
When she started to tighten around him for another reason, he could feel his body preparing itself for an explosive release. He had a momentary thought that he didn’t have a sheath ready, but neither was it a truly conscious consideration. He was past the point of coherence as she started to climax, her body’s vibrations sending him pounding into her until his cock erupted. His buttocks tightened as he spent himself into her body. The pleasure seemed endless, like nothing he’d experienced before.
Absolute.
Meliah’s headwas spinning in the aftermath. She wasn’t sure if she was in pain, or in perfect harmony. Everything seemed to be upside down.
But in the very best way.
She could feel her bonds being loosened and something soft and warm enveloping her before she was lifted in a pair of strong arms. Elwood carried her to the bed and laid her down, and then he finally removed the slip of material around her eyes. She blinked at the light that filtered back into her vision, and when she spied his face, she couldn’t help but give a slight smile. “That was—” She faltered, realizing that she couldn’t put a name to what she’d experienced.
“Yes. It was,” he agreed with an answering smile.
Their eyes met and held and Meliah knew that she was in very real trouble of falling in love with this man if she hadn’t done so already. It was insanity to think that her heart might betray her in such a short time, but she supposed there wasn’t a time limit to emotion. Sometimes it slowly fluttered in the air and then settled over a person like newly fallen snow. Other times, she’d heard of a passion-filled union that devastated both parties. Unfortunately, these were the affairs that eventually faded with time. Once the attraction faltered, then the heart did too.
