“As long as I want them to. Or as long as they can afford. Whichever comes first.”
Harper let go of the scarf, leaving it hanging from Maya’s neck, and picked up the pink lollipop she had left on the couch next to them. She removed the plastic packaging and brought the end of the stick to Maya’s lips.
“Hold this.”
Warning flashed in Maya’s eyes. But she didn’t act it out. Instead, she bit down on the white handle, holding it between her teeth.
“So polite.” Harper brushed dark hair out of Maya’s face. “So obedient.”
Maya tensed. She was getting close now. Just a little more.
Harper flicked her tongue over the tip of the lollipop. She let out a humming sigh before closing her lips around the pink head, pulling it free from Maya’s teeth. The taste of strawberry filled her mouth, and she let out a low, satisfied moan.
“Sosweet.”
In the next breath, Maya had grabbed the silk scarf and hooked it behind Harper’s back. She pulled at the ends, forcing her forward an inch.
Harper smirked.Got you.
“You’re pushing it,” Maya said. “I’m only going to take so much. If I were you, I’d beverycareful about what I do next.”
Harper rested the lollipop against her own lips, eyes widening.
“Me? Careful?” She tsked, and Maya’s grip on the scarf tightened. “I’m not sure I know what that word means. Can you be a good girl and remind me?”
Harper knew that would get her. It had before, and this time the buildup had been far more pointed. She even tensed preemptively, ready for Maya to flip her over and ravage her right then and there.
She didn’t. Instead, she tugged her closer.
“You think you can make me do what you want that easily?” Maya said. “That’s not how this game is played. You’re not in charge here.”
“Really?” Harper rolled her hips again, grinning when Maya stiffened. “It feels like I am.”
“And you want me to prove you wrong. You want me to stop resisting the pull you’re using. To lose control. To fuck you to within an inch of consciousness.” Her smile turned lethal. “You want me to use you. However I see fit. To make you kneel on the floor, take charge of that creative tongue of yours, and use it to summon the pleasure you keep teasing me with. Isn’t that right?”
Harper’s mouth went dry. Heat pulsed through her legs, and for a moment, she forgot all about the role she was playing as she let herself be hypnotized by Maya’s gorgeous eyes.
“No,” she managed after far too long a pause. “You’re wrong.”
Maya put her hand against the outside of Harper’s boxers. She pressed in, teasing her clit through the fabric, before easing her fingers into the underwear.
She was so wet already. Usually, she had a pretty good poker face, but it completely faltered when Maya retracted her hand and pressed her fingers against Harper’s lips.
“Open your mouth. Taste howwrongI am.”
Fuck. The tangy smell of her own desire made fire blaze through her body, and it was all she could do not tobegright then.
She had no idea how Maya did that. How she caught Harper’s energy with such ease, sending it right back in her face. But did it really matter how she kept winning? When she always made losing so fun?
She fixed her eyes on Maya’s. And licked her fingersclean.
Maya watched as Harper’s tongue caressed her skin. Her eyes stayed on Harper’s mouth, even as she pulled her hand back. She took the lollipop from Harper’s hand, circling it over her lips and leaving a sticky coating in its wake, before she dropped the candy, grabbed the back of her head, and pulled her into a hard kiss.
Harper moaned against her mouth, the taste of herself and strawberry sugar making this kiss so much sweeter than it had any right to be.
She’d had so many ideas. So many ways to push Maya’s buttons, and maybe even find new ones, but this…
Screw her own plans. Maya had better ones.
