Page 42 of How to Ruin a Rake

“And you obviously learned to pleasure yourself.”

“Of course I did.” Allegra raised her eyebrows. “How could I not?”

“Come here.” He patted the sheet beside him. “We haven’t finished yet.”

“You don’t have to do anymore, if you don’t want to, Max,” Allegra said. “Tonight has already been a revelation.”

“I thought you wanted the full rakish experience?” Max asked. “Have you changed your mind?”

“No.” She met his gaze head on. “But I must admit that the experience has been far more … ​intense than I anticipated.”

“Intense?” He rolled his eyes. “Madam, we’ve barely started. By the end of this night, if you aren’t hoarse from screaming my name, I’ll be devastated.” He picked her up and sat her astride his lap. “Now, where were we?”

He should have known it would be like this … ​the signs had been there when he’d kissed her, and she’d responded so directly. And now he was caught in her net like a gasping fish, and all his much-vaunted control had slipped through his fingers. He couldn’t stop, though. As she’d noted, the experience was far too intense, and her lack of shyness and rampant curiosity just fueled his desire.

“Lie back,” he commanded.

She scowled at him, her hair now down her back, her lips swollen from his kisses and a flush on her body that told of her pleasure. “Why?”

“Because I want to be inside you,” he said. “Do you still want that?”

“Yes, please.” She obligingly climbed off his lap and lay down, one hand behind her head. “Will this do?”

“Perfectly.” Max eased one of her thighs wide and kissed her mound, making her shiver.

He gently eased a finger inside her, watching her face as he did so, sensing her readiness. She held his gaze as he added another, moving them back and forth, his thumb grazing her already swollen bud.

“Please, Max.”

“Please what?” He smiled as she eased her knee higher so that she could place her foot on the mattress.

“Me!” She frowned at him.

“You are a very impatient person.”

“I think I’ve been very patient,” Allegra said. “I’ve waited twenty-six years for this.”

“I do hope you’ll think I was worth the wait,” Max said as he guided the crown of his cock toward her entrance and pushed slightly inward.

Her gaze intensified, and she grabbed the wrist of his supporting arm as he rocked back and forth until he was fully seated within her.

“Well?” he asked.

“That’s quite extraordinary.” She clenched her muscles around his shaft, and he set his jaw. “Can you move, or will that be the end of it?”

“Oh, I can move.” He drew back and plunged forward again.

Her eyes went wide. “That enhances the sensations quite considerably.”

He clasped her foot and placed it on his hip. “Hold onto me and stop being so analytical.”

“I can’t help it. This is my first time, and I want to remember every second of it.”

“And I want you screaming so hard you can no longer think,” Max said. “Now, let’s see who wins.”

He tried to be gentle, but she wasn’t amenable to him holding back, so he fucked her as hard as she wanted and received no complaints, only an order for him to carry on. By the time he was close to climaxing, he’d made her come four times, and she was now nothing but sharpened desire, a thing of beauty and ferocious need that fought to consume him.

He set his jaw, stopped kissing her, and held her gaze. “I have to pull out before I come.”