“Where did you find this?” I ask and twirl a little, letting the soft fabric spin around me.
“One of the shops below. I did a little bartering.”
“What did you trade?” I ask, genuinely curious. I silently hope it wasn’t the BioDent. It’s not technically a necessity, but needed nonetheless.
“Don’t worry about it,” he says while pulling his dirty white shirt over his head. I didn’t notice anything new for him to wear. It means a lot that he got clothes for me first, and I’d like to return the favor.
“I can go grab something for you too,” I offer and look around for my pack. There has got to be something in there I can trade to get him some clean clothes.
“Nah, I’m good. I don’t think they’d have anything that would fit me anyway,” he says as he smiles and gives me an infuriatingly handsome wink. He’s right. The Sabaaki are all very thin, the opposite of Tai. It would be hilarious to see him squeeze into those tiny shorts they are all wearing though.
He moves for his belt buckle and my knees go weak.
“Don’t tell me you’re going soft on me now,” he says with laughter in his voice.
There he goes, using my own words against me—again.
I am an absolute disaster of conflicting emotions. One minute I’m promising him I’ll face his greatest shame with him, the next I’m thinking of every reason why we can’t be together.
Words start pouring out of my mouth and I’m helpless to stop them.
“Here’s the thing. We have a good time, you know, in bed. And that’s great, and I’m open to continuing. But I just. I don’t really know what I want as far as a relationship goes. Or even if I’m capable of one. Or even if that is something you are thinking about. You don’t want to get all tangled up in my mess.”
Tai stands there with an amused look on his face until I run out of air.
“Feel better now that you got that out?” he asks with a glint in his eye.
“As a matter of fact, I do,” I say and throw a pillow at him.
“Good. Let’s take this one step at a time. We can figure all that out later.” His pants hit the floor, and I can make out his hard cock against his thigh under his tight shorts.
THIRTY-SIX
Tai
The way Bri hovers around the room while I clean up tells me everything I need to know. Regardless of her little rant, she wants me. The air crackles with anticipation. I wash up quickly and wrap a towel low on my waist before sliding the privacy screen closed over the window.
“That’s a bit presumptuous of you,” she says with a quirked eyebrow.
“Oh, really? I guess I could move it back.” I slowly reach for the shade. She darts over and grabs my arm to stop me.
“I didn’t say that.”
My thumb traces slowly and deliberately across her chin to her jaw and down the column of her throat, savoring every inch. Her eyes flutter closed and a ghost of a breath leaves her lips. All restraint and intention to go slow snaps.
I don’t know what is happening between us either, but I am too far gone to think about it. Right now, all I want is her.
Her mouth gently closes around my bottom lip, pulling me closerand deepening our connection. My towel drops to the ground and I leave it there. The only thing between us is the soft fabric of her dress. The one I painstakingly selected, thinking it would look nice with her pink hair.
She steps backwards toward the bed and pulls me by the shoulders with her, not breaking the contact between us. I love it when she leads. She could lead me off a fucking cliff and I would follow. Willingly. Enthusiastically. Smiling the whole damn way down.
She stumbles on the long hem of the dress and lands on the bed with a laugh. I gently pull the fabric over her head and drape it next to the water basin on the table.
I run my hands up her body. Her hard nipples graze my palms. My mouth joins my hands, and I tease her nipple with my teeth.
She writhes against me. With her hands on my dick, she positions me at her entrance and thrusts her hips up to mine. In one movement, I am inside her and moving.
“Are you going to scream my name this time, Sunshine?” I ask, thrusting deeper into her. She gasps and digs her nails into my shoulder. I nip at her forearm, driving into her.
