Chapter 85 DANE

I could see how close to the edge she was. I’d planned to give her one or two orgasms before I finally took her body with my own.

But when she sounded like that, I couldn’t deny her. Not when she was so ready for me. Not when she called my name like it was a goddess-damned prayer.

I withdrew my finger from her slowly, dragging it over her clit just to feel her shudder with pleasure one more time. Then I stood. Slowly, while she watched me with hungry, dark eyes, I unbuttoned and unzipped my pants, then pulled them down over my hips.

I wasn’t wearing anything beneath, and her eyes went wide at the sight of me.

“Are you sure you don’t want me to-?” she began.

“No,” I cut her off. “I told you, all I want for my own pleasure today is to give you yours.”

“It would give me pleasure,” she said. She sat up. There was still some shyness in her face, but she reached out boldly to run one finger up my shaft.

I shuddered, a drop of wetness already beading on the tip. She sat all the way up. Before I could stop her, she ran her tongue along my shaft, pulled the tip, and sucked it into her mouth. For a split second, she seemed unsure of what to do, then she swirled her tongue around it and sucked.

“Goddess… fuck…” I had so little blood left in my head, the wave of pleasure left me dizzy and I nearly staggered.

She pulled away. “Was that all right?”

“Yes.” I put a hand on her shoulder and pushed her back. “More than all right. But if you do it again, I might not be able to keep control much longer, and I want to take care of you."

She protested, but I kissed her, quieting her. “You’ve dealt with so many terrible things in your life,” I whispered. “Let me do this. Let me give you something good.”

Her cheeks pink again, she lay back down.

Before I got back on the bed, I hooked my fingers on either side of her panties and pulled them down, revealing her as slowly as if I was savoring a gift. Because that’s what it was. That’s what she was.

I moved back over her, gritting my teeth and clinging to control again as I looked at all that beautiful, soft skin, revealed to me at last. There was no couch this time, no dirty club. No rush, and no one else.

She was perfect. I’d forgotten how perfect in all those years I’d spent convincing myself I was in love with another woman.

Such a waste of time when I could have had her.

Since she’d had a few seconds to take the desperate edge off, I didn’t bring her right back to that place or slide inside like I was so tempted to do.

Instead, I braced myself above her and lowered my mouth to her breast again, my hands braced behind her back to arch her toward me like an offering.

Her fingers tangled in my hair, and the delicate muscles of her back moved against my fingertips as she lifted to give me easy access. I took my time exploring her with my mouth, moving from her nipples to her abdomen.

I kissed to her soft belly, then down lower, moving to the side to kiss the place her thigh joined her hips.

She moved restlessly beneath me, trying to position me where she wanted me—at her center. I squeezed her hips, forcing her to hold still. That only made her moan and arch even more.

“If I put my mouth on you, I won’t stop until you come,” I said. “Is that what you want?”

Panting, she said, “I want to come with you inside me.”

“Then be still like a good girl,” I growled, “And you’ll get exactly what you asked.”

I kissed back up the other side of her sex. I could tell she was trying, but her body was almost beyond her control.

Goddess, that made me even harder, seeing this perfect woman so on edge, so desperate, all for me.

I reached her breasts, sucking harder than I had before as I parted her thighs and settled there. I groaned at the feel of her, so wet and ready. I flexed my hips, grinding my cock against her center. She whimpered, and I rocked a few more times while I sucked, just to get her close again.

“Dane!”

When she scratched down my back with clawed fingers, I knew I had pushed her as close to the edge as I could. Her legs were parted wide for me. I shifted, the tip of my shaft finding her opening.

She gasped and whispered so fervently; it sounded like a prayer.

“This is what you want?” I asked. “Because once I fuck you, Aurora, I won’t tolerate the thought of you with another man. You’re mine again, and this time, you’re going to stay mine.”

She inhaled. “Dane, I…”

She looked away, and my heart stopped as she hesitated.