Page 36 of Lucian

“You think you can learn those things just by touching, hmm?”

Lucian cocked a brow challengingly. “I know I can. Let me.”

Jordyn couldn’t find it in herself to deny him, especially when she was already a pool of longing hunger at just his words alone, so she didn’t.

Needing no further prompting, Lucian’s hand skipped under her shirt. A shiver crawled over her skin as he traced a path along the contour of her flat stomach. His touch was gentle but seeking. Faint taps of his fingers danced up her side, along the curve in her waist, and against the swell of her breast. As the tips of those exploring fingers swept over her breast a second time, his thumb rolling over her peaking nipple, Jordyn’s skin pebbled all over.

She hadn’t quite realized it, but her breaths were stuttering again.

“Mmm, there,” Lucian whispered. “I like that.”

Jesus, so did Jordyn.

“How would you sound if that was my mouth and not my fingers, sweetheart?”

Jordyn’s eyes fluttered closed as a soft moan tumbled from her chest. Then, without warning, Lucian was moving much closer. Close enough that his warm breath washed over her cheeks and his nose was grazing hers. His hand left the confines of her shirt long enough to grasp the back of her knee and pull her leg up to hook around his hip.

The new position allowed Jordyn to know exactly how Lucian’s body was reacting to his study of her. The hard ridge of his erection pressed to Jordyn’s stomach, a pulse in his shaft resounding straight through to her own heartbeat. Silently, Lucian went back to discovering her body. She was thoroughly entranced with his hot hands and teasing fingers.

Up to her face, his fingers traced the landscape of her cheeks and jaw, ghosting over lax lips and fanned eyelashes. Along her back, his fingers pressed a little harder to her spine, down to the line of cotton briefs where he briefly dipped below the fabric to roll the tips of his digits to her swell of her backside.

The noises crawling out from the back of her throat and climbing out of her lungs couldn’t be stopped. Not when he tickled the creases of her elbows, or when his mouth brushed to hers with the same innocent kiss like he gave her the first time. The almost soothing touches lulled her into a comforting daze she wasn’t expecting. At the same time, she was still hyperaware of his thick cock and the obvious desire he must have felt, never mind her own. Jordyn was so turned on she was burning hot with an ache deep in her blood and bones.

“Sleep,” she heard Lucian order. Jordyn’s eyes finally opened again, confusion settling in her heart. She met bright hazel eyes watching her intently. While Jordyn was still sore and healing from the attack, that didn’t mean her body didn’t want this man entirely. “Just touching, I promised. I’m here, so no more nightmares. You can dream of something beautiful instead.”

Oh, she didn’t doubt that for a moment.

• • •

“Hey, Skip.”

Jordyn poked her head out around the enclave that led to the tiny kitchen. Her spot kept her well enough hidden from Lucian’s guest seeing her. He seemed to have a lot of these guests lately.

“Morning,” Lucian replied, setting his gun to the table in plain sight.

Turned away from her, Jordyn had a great view of the eagle wings tattooed on his upper back. He’d been quick to jump out of the shower with no questions asked when she told him someone was buzzing the apartment and had been for fifteen minutes.

A white envelope was passed between the men, and like his gun, Lucian simply tossed it to the coffee table without giving it a second glance. Jordyn suspected there was money in that envelope. She watched a lot of cash travel through this apartment in the last couple of days.

“Why the early payments this month? I’m not used to this, but I could get that way fast.”

The young man grinned, shrugging. “Word got around you were in the neighborhood. Probably got some of the guys thinking you were checking up on us.”

“Everything good, then?”

“Fine, Skip. I’m going to need another twenty kilos by the end of the month.”

“Talk to my brother. You’ve got his contacts. I’m not dealing with managing the product for a while.”

“Something got you busy, Skip?” the young man asked.

Lucian turned his cheek, giving Jordyn a view of his profile and smirk. “Something like that. Just communicate with my brother, like I said. He’ll point you to the contacts for the month from there.”

“Anything else?” Lucian asked.

“Nope.”

“See you next month.”