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‘At some point,’ he looked up at her, ‘I’m going to tie you down so you can’t turn away from my tongue.’

She couldn’t tear her gaze from him. Couldn’t be sure he was serious. Truly silenced.

He circled a finger around her sex and laughed as she hungrily moaned. ‘So that’s a yes.’

‘What else are you going to do?’ she asked, drunk on the sensations he stirred so easily.

His eyes kindled. ‘When I can gather the self-control, I’m going to take you so slow you’re in tears of desperation.’

‘Slower than this?’

‘So much slower. And when you’re more used to this, I’m going to nail you so hard you won’t be able to walk for days. Which will be good because then I’ll keep you in my bed and slowly lick the tenderness away. When you’re wild enough I’m going to lie back and let you ride me rough.’

She nibbled her lip. ‘So I get to do things to you, too?’

‘Anything you want.’ He tilted his head to the side, his fingers teasing as her hips lifted in restless circles. ‘You can ask me for anything.’

‘Liar,’ she panted.

‘In bed,’ he qualified with a grin.

‘Are we ever going to make it to a bed?’ she jeered softly.

‘Soon.’ He pumped his fingers a little faster. ‘Gonna make you scream here first.’

She swallowed. Old Tilly didn’t want to let him win but in a blistering beat she was ready to give in to everything. Only the nearer she got to a climax, the more his touches slowed. He was an absolute tease.

‘What do you need, Tilly?’ he baited, tender amusement warming his eyes as he plundered her with skilful, devastating fingers.

He was infuriating. But this was Alex—blunt and brutal and uncompromising. She was so close to coming and she wanted that, but she also wanted more. Her breasts tingled and her sex was slick and hot and greedy.

‘It’s not enough,’ she groaned.

He cocked his head. ‘No?’

‘I want you inside me. Like before,’ she gasped. ‘I want you to do all that again and not stop. Don’t stop any more. I can’t stand it when you stop.’

His breathing roughened and he moved, bracing above her and looking right into her eyes. ‘I’m bare, Tilly. That okay?’

‘Alex,’ she breathed.

She just wanted him—hot and hard and fighting to control himself the way she was struggling to control herself. She quivered as he pulled her hips down, lining himself up with her entrance.

‘I don’t want to hurt you again,’ he whispered.

‘You won’t.’ She arched, encouraging him. ‘Please, Alex. Please, please, please.’

He inhaled sharply and slowly pressed in. So damned, deliciously careful. Her body was hungry for him—she rocked so he slid deep and clamped on him with every muscle she could. She was not letting him go. ‘I need… I’m so freaking hot,’ she moaned.

‘I know,’ he growled through gritted teeth. ‘You begging for me is the best thing ever, Tilly. I hear that and lose control all over again.’

Good. That was what she wanted—Alex the unstoppable force, full of vitality and unleashed on her. She wrapped tightly around him and he swore, long, low, louder. Rolling his hips back, he thrust again, grabbing her hips to stop himself shunting her away from him, such was his power.

He gasped. ‘I can’t—’

She screamed, barely aware of his grunts as she shattered. Sensation rolled over her, relentless, shuddering pleasure flooding her senses until she went limp with rapture.

‘Are you okay?’ He sounded amused.