Page 28 of Redeeming Violet

She allowed me to set the pace of our kiss, but when her tongue grazed mine and she sucked and nibbled around my mouth, as much as I’d like to have believed I was in control, she owned me. When she wrapped her tiny hands around my dick, giving it firm tug, my knees nearly gave out. My hands moved over her hips and the swell of her ass until I picked her up and her legs wrapped around my waist. I walked the few steps to the bed, twisted, and we landed on the mattress with bounce. Through it all my lips never left hers. She wiggled her trapped hands free, moved them to my ass, and pulled me closer. The tip of my dick nudged her wet opening and I blindly reached out and found the bag of condoms. I dumped the bag, grabbed a box and broke our kiss long enough to push Violet farther up the bed and ripped open the box. As I carefully rolled the latex down my length, I took my fill of the perfection that laid before me.

“What is it about you that makes me lose my head?” I asked, my hands going to her thighs to spread them, exposing her wet folds. “You’re so beautiful, Vi.”

“Please, Jaxon, hurry.” She didn’t wait for my response; instead, she reached between us and grabbed my dick. “Now.” The desperation in her voice spurred me forward and I let her guide me where we both needed. I had to grind my teeth as I slowly pushed inside, allowing her to adjust to the intrusion. “Ohmygod.”

I had to close my eyes against the intensity of my feelings. Never had the act of sex felt so good and I hadn’t even moved yet. The onslaught of emotion was unsettling. Violet didn’t give me time to contemplate whys and wherefores; her legs tightened around my waist and she squeezed her inner muscles.

“Holy fuck,” I panted.

“Please, Jax.”

It may have been her calling me Jax, it may have been her impossibly tight pussy threatening to unman me, or it may have been the incredible sense of peace I’d felt; whatever the cause, my determination to savor the moment snapped.

“Hold on, baby.”

And with that last warning I lost control, taking us both on the ride of a lifetime. When she screamed my name and dug her nails into my back, I knew I was in trouble. When she came around my cock, detonating my own orgasm, I knew I should run. But when we’d both caught our breath and she settled in next to me, cuddling into my side, I knew I’d do whatever I could to keep her there.

It wasn’t the incredible sex. It was the trust and vulnerability I saw swirling in her brown eyes. It was almost like I was the sun in her universe.

Chapter Fifteen

Violet

“Stop. You look fine, and you’re getting yourself all worked up. Relax.”

Relax?

How the hell was I supposed to relax. The President of the United States was due at the barn any minute.

“Listen, we need to talk,” he said, handing me a bottle of water.

“You don’t have to say anything. We both know that shouldn’t have happened.” I’d save him the trouble of the brush off, and me the embarrassment. Truthfully, I didn’t want to hear him say it. I knew our time together didn’t mean anything to him. He admitted he had casual sex in the past. I had not. Despite my earlier actions, I’d never slept with a man I’d just met.

“Really? We both know?” Instead of looking relieved I’d let him off the hook, he looked pissed.

Why was he so mad? It wasn’t like I made his heart race like he did mine. I thought he’d be happy he didn’t have to find a way to let me down easy.

“I thought you’d be happy I knew the score,” I told him.

“The score?” Oh hell, he was getting angrier by the second. Maybe it was time I shut up. “Explain. What’s the score, Violet?”

He wasn’t going to let the conversation die. “You know, casual. You said you’ve had casual sex in the past. All I’m saying is I understand that what happened between us didn’t mean anything. I’m not going to get all clingy and expect a ring. You were right, it was a bad idea. In a few days you’ll never have to see me again and we’ll go…”

His growl echoed in the small room and I decided I was done explaining what the score was.

“Don’t try and use my words against me. Who I’ve fucked in the past has nothing to do with us.” Oh boy, he was beyond mad. The blue of his eyes had darkened, and he’d pinned me with his stare. “And you don’t get to speak for both of us. I didn’t know there was a score, and it certainly wasn’t meaningless to me. If it was to you than…”

He was cut off by an alarm beeping and he turned to face the bank of monitors. A black SUV was pulling up the dirt driveway at a high rate of speed. A second monitored showed a helicopter landing in the open field behind the barn.

“How come we didn’t hear the helicopter?” I asked.

“The basement is reinforced with anti-ballistic material. It makes this room sound proof,” he explained. “Someone could blow up the structure above us, and still have to get through several layers of protection to get down here.”

“Oh.”

“By the time someone could get through the basement door, there’d be plenty of time to get into the safe room and wait for help. Nothing of importance is kept here. All intel is stored at the office downtown.”

We watched as three men exited the helicopter at the same time the SUV had parked, and Zane met the other men, leading them through the exterior door.