“Facing my fear.” She leans forward and presses her lips against mine, still salty from her dried tears. My hands thread into her hair to keep the kiss from escalating. I want to give her what she needs, and I’ll push her, but not before she’s ready. In this heightened state, she’s nowhere near ready.
She huffs in annoyance as she pulls away. I cup her face and look in her eyes. “I’m not rejecting you, Cleo, but you’ve just taken a huge leap of faith in trusting me. We need to take this one step at a time. You need to think about how you want to do this. I’m going to entertain that darkness in your soul. I’m not a gentle lover, but I’m not a careless one either. If that’s what you need, we need to stop this now.”
She leans forward and keeps her eyes wide open as she sinks her teeth into my bottom lip. My cock jerks to attention.Fuck. She releases it, and a wicked glint in her gaze makes me almost feral to own her. She scoots back, shedding the comforter completely before exploring my chest with her fingers and lips. My muscles bunch and contract at her exploration as she goes lower and lower.
I capture her hand as it grazes the waistband of my underwear. “Please, let me reclaim my power,” she whispers.
I’m so fucked when it comes to this woman. I deposit her on the bed next to me before storming out and grabbing what I need from my room before returning to find her exactly as I left her, looking stunned.
I chuck one setof handcuffs on the bed and she shakes her head. “I’m not ready for that.”
I snort. “They aren’t for you, they’re for me.”
“Oh.”
It’s going to fucking kill me to give up control. I’ve never done this before, but I want her to feel safe with me. I click the other set around my left wrist, then climb on the bed and snap it to the bedpost. I jerk my head at the other cuffs. “You need to do the other set.”
She hollows her cheeks, grabs the metal cuffs, and in the blink of an eye, they are around my other wrist and attached to the bedpost.
“Now I’m all yours. What are you going to do with me?” I challenge with a raised brow.
She moves off the bed and tugs my boots and socks off before pulling my jeans down and dropping them onto the floor. Her breathing picks up speed.
“Hey, look at me,” I instruct. Her gaze raises to meet mine. “You don’t have to do anything.”
“I want to.”
Her warm hands hook into my boxer briefs, and she slowly pulls them down, revealing me to her gaze. My hard cock catches, then bounces free against my stomach. Her eyes go round as she takes me in, and I see her confidence waver.
“Touch it. I promise they don’t hurt.”
“Hurt you, or me?”
I choke a laugh. “Both. All of those piercings will feel amazing for us both, I swear.”
Her fingers trace the Jacob’s ladder with morbid fascination and curiosity. She hollows her cheeks again as she skims her thumb over the head.Fucking hell.My hands jerk in the handcuffs, causing her eyes to fly up to the headboard.Yes, firecracker, I’m still here at your mercy.
“Don’tsuck your cheeks unless you plan on putting your mouth on me.” She licks her lips, and I close my eyes, gritting my teeth. She pushes against the metal up my cock, playing, teasing, testing, and I dig really deep for patience.
Something warm and wet sweeps across the tip. My eyes fly open as heat licks up my spine, and my hips jerk. Cleo meets my gaze as she wraps her lips around the head and sucks, hollowing out her cheeks just like I asked.
My thighs tense with the need to direct her thundering through my soul. But this isn’t about me—it’s about her. My hands fist as she swirls her tongue around me before tentatively taking me a little deeper. She keeps going, a little further each time, until I breach her throat. She doesn’t gag, not once.Jesus, fuck.
“Stop,” I grunt.
She pulls back immediately and straddles me, her wet core making me groan. “Did I do it wrong?”
I shake my head. “No, it felt amazing.”
She nibbles her bottom lip. “Do you want to…”
“No. I’m only going to be inside you once you trust me enough to tell me your real name.” Her gaze shutters. “Right now, I want you to turn around, and sit on my face.”
“What?”
“Turn around, put my cock back in your mouth, and sit on my face.”
“Oh, I already had an orgasm.”
