Page 53 of Love & Power

“Omae,” Liu whispered, his warm breath brushing along my neck, making me shiver with delight. “You were magnificent, a true commanding queen, resplendent in red. Simply took my breath away.”

Damn, that mouth of his.

“Have you been taking lessons from Jace?” I asked, spinning to face him as I wrapped my arms around his neck. “Or is it that you’ve been holding out on showing this side of yourself?”

Liu smiled, his features calm and relaxed as he gazed down at me with adoration. “I suppose you could say it’s a recent discovery. No one has ever enticed this side of my nature to express itself before. Everything about you makes me want to be stronger, confident, and worthy to be a man you claim as a lover.”

“Do you doubt that I find you worthy?” I questioned.

Liu and I had a bit of a rocky start when I found out he’d been adopted by my father. Despite that fact, his love for my father is what created a bond between us that grew into something so much more. Unlike the others who had been handpicked to be by my side, Liu chose me all on his own. That’s not to say the others wouldn’t have naturally, but things might not have ended up as they are now.

I also knew that Liu had a controlling and manipulative mother who only used Liu as a pawn in her climb to power. It was one of the reasons my father adopted him. I’d be lying if, in the back of my mind, I didn’t fear that I was too dominant and Liu would one day walk away from me because of it. Which is why hearing him say he wanted to be worthy of me had panic rising up in my throat.

“No, omae, you never make me feel that way,” Liu assured me, stroking his knuckles along my cheek. “The voice I fight against is my own. While I’ve come a long way from that boy your father chose to rescue, there are still parts of me that haven’t recovered. Who knows, I might never overcome some of the emotional scars my mother left me with. However, being with you makes me want to try and fight for myself to be whole.”

I pulled him to me, closing the distance so I could show him just how worthy I thought he was. Not giving a fuck who might still be in the room or what anyone might think, I opened up to him, deepening the kiss. Our bodies pressed together as Liu’s hand gripped my ass, holding me tight. A moan slipped out as Liu rocked his hard cock against me.

“Fuck, I want you so bad,” Liu growled out.

Smirking at him, I let my fingernails scrape down the back of his neck. “What’s stopping you?”

“They warned me you weren’t afraid to get down and dirty in public places.” He chuckled. “The thing is, I might want to bend you over a pew, kick your legs wide, and listen to your moans echoing off the walls as I fuck you. However, that would be over far too quickly, and I want to make you come over and over again so I can memorize every sound you make lost in pleasure.”

If that kiss hadn’t already turned me on, the words coming out of his mouth would have set me ablaze in an instant. Correction, they had. There was no doubt in my mind that if he slipped his hand under my dress and checked, my pussy would be dripping in anticipation.

“Th-that sounds good to me. L-let’s. Yeah, we should go do that,” I said, stumbling over my words since my brain was playing the images he’d described on repeat.

Liu shook his head, making me instantly pout, which had him grinning like a fool. “Astin, you missed the last Family dinner to have sex. I’m not going to reinforce that behavior this time around.”

The way Liu expertly shifted from sexy boyfriend to my no-nonsense lieutenant was impressive. It also had me biting my lip to keep from laughing at the ridiculousness of what he’d just said. How many people get scolded for choosing to have sex over participating in a work dinner?

“Sooo, if I go make an appearance and talk to a few people, then can we have hours of sex?” I asked, batting my lashes at him.

Liu let out a sigh as if I was purposely being difficult. “One hour… you have to remain at the dinner for one hour, engaging with people other than those you already know. Oh…” he paused, pulling something out of his pocket, “… you have to wear this the whole time.”

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My jaw dropped when I saw the metal butt plug in his hand. It wasn’t massive or anything. In fact, it was fairly small, but the fact he was the one asking me to do this was so out of character.

Or was it?

I picked up the plug and noticed something written on the flared end. The words Good Girl were scrawled across it in pretty cursive lettering. “Oh. My. God,” I stated emphatically.

“Guess I do get to bend you over a pew,” Liu commented as he slid his arm around my waist, guiding me toward the first row.

This time, I did look around, but no one was in the chapel with us. We’d been given privacy for Liu’s plan. “You told them, didn’t you,” I said, the reality dawning on me.

Brushing my ponytail aside, Liu kissed my neck as he took the plug from my hand. “Yes, I most certainly did. I felt they should know what I was asking you to do, so if there were any reason you needed help or something happened, they would know the situation, not to mention I needed the opportunity to put this in you if you agreed.”

“Holy shit, you have no idea how horny it makes me to know when I walk into that dining room, all of you will know I’m walking around with a plug in my ass,” I admitted, feeling my skin flush and my heart rate pick up in reaction to how turned on I was.

Liu placed his hand between my shoulder blades and pressed, urging me to bend over. “I’m glad you like the idea, but I still have to get it in you first.”

Bending at the waist with my knees pressed up against the seat of the pew, I gripped the back of it, arching my back to offer up my ass. “Don’t worry, I’ll be a good girl… well, I’ll try at least.”

I felt his warm hands start at my calves, brushing up my legs until he slid them under the skirt of my dress just above the knee. Slowly, he worked the rest of the fabric up until my ass was fully uncovered. This dress was so tight I’d opted not to wear anything underneath, so I was completely exposed. Soft kisses were pressed to the round of my ass as Liu’s hands kneaded the rest of it. Teasing me, he let his thumbs get close to my pussy but never near enough to ease the needy ache thrumming through my clit.

Gripping either cheek firmly, he spread me wide, exposing what was hidden between them. “Look at that perfect ass you have. I know it’s going to look even prettier with this plug in it. Maybe next time I should use one that has a gem in it. Then I can watch it sparkle as I fuck your pussy.”