This was the opposite. Adelightfulopposite as Maya’s tongue found her clit, circlingsoperfectly that Harper’s head fell back on the mattress.
“Oh myGod.” She gasped as Maya started suckinginstead of circling. Lightning fired through her body, the flashes made all the brighter by how Mayamoaned.
Yeah… They definitelyshould have done this sooner.
It didn’t take long before Harper couldn’t control the sounds she was making. Before those bursts of pleasure grew to a more constant, tensing stage. In just a few minutes, her muscleswere stiffening and her moaning grew louder, laced with breathless affirmations.
She dug her fingers into Maya’s hair, clutching as pleasure tightened in her core, but right when she was about to fall over, Maya chuckled. A noise that continued as she moved her mouth away and started kissing her way up Harper’s body.
“You’re not getting off that easily. That was just the warm-up.”
Harper laughed. “You know that you’re encouraging bad behavior, right? If you want to make meregretanything, threatening me with orgasms isn’t very effective.”
Maya lowered her lips to Harper’s, offering a gentle kiss filled with such a tangy taste of desire that Harper moaned again.
In fact… the kiss was almosttoogentle.
“Oh, Harper,” Maya whispered. “When I’m done with you, you’ll wish you never said those words.”
Maya got off the bed, leaving Harper sweating and panting on the mattress. She had to use a minute just to lie there, waiting for the anticipatory tension to fade some, before her snark recharged and she pushed onto her elbows.
Whatever comment she’d been working on shriveled up. Maya had stripped out of most of her clothes, tossing her belt onto the end of the bed, and leaving her in just a black bra and boxers.
Harper hadn’t had a good picture of Maya’s body before this. The t-shirts she preferred left a lot to the imagination, and Harper had beenimaginingsome rather indulgent things over the past few weeks.
Reality put those thoughts to shame. Maya was toned like a fitness model from a sportswear ad. Her light, golden skin glowed in the low, warm light of the studio, taut lines showing at her stomach and thighs.
And her scars… The one on her hand she’d already inspected, but the jagged one by her waist she hadn’t seen before.
But there were other ones. Dotted marks around her wrists and her neck. A hand-sized mark between her shoulder blades, in the shape of a jawless skull. It looked like it had been branded on.
And a tattoo. Four lines of black text inked onto her ribs. The same style as the one Evie had. Though she’d said that Maya hadn’t suffered the same horrors she did, there was enough overlap that a pang went through Harper’s chest.
It was written in block letters, but it still took a few moments to make out the words.
MAYA N. – B-POS – LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, SPANISH – SPECIAL SKILLS: SOCIALIZING
She almost asked, barely catching herself. Maya didn’t want to share. She’d made that clear. Harper had tattoos with private stories, too. She didn’t have the right to push for information that wasn’t any of her business.
It was also hard to stay with those thoughts. Maya had rifled through her closet and produced a harness she was now tightening around her hips, a sizeable strap affixed to its front. The leather dug into the black fabric of her underwear, creaking lightly.
Harper swallowed. Fucking hell.
“Is this okay?” Maya stopped at the end of the bed, gesturing at the harness.
For a moment, Harper kept staring at her, mouth dry as sand, before she got her smirk in place.
“Veryokay. Though, all these assuring questions aren’t helping your case. You know, the one about you being too sweet for this sort of thing.”
She pushed onto her knees. Maya’s eyes fell to her naked chest as Harper hooked a finger under the harness and tugged her a step closer.
“Told you I like itrough.” She ran her fingers down the length of the silicone strap. “But how you’re acting feels verysoft.”
“Soft?” Maya caressed Harper’s chin. The side of her neck. Her shoulder.
Then she gave Harper a firm shove, pushing her back down.
“I’ll show yousoft.”
