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For long moments, we didn’t move, panting. Fuckinghellthat was spectacular. Unparalleled. I’d never come that hard in my life.
It hadn’t been a mere fuck. It’d been a freakingsessionthat had consisted of carnal pleasure, torturous teasing, and just the right amount of decadent pain. The bloke knew what he was about.
He whispered softly as he pulled out, stroked my back, and waited for me to pull my mental shit together. He also sat me on the bench and massaged my arms—they didn’t ache much, but the massage was appreciated.
Once we were both fully clothed again, he slowly zipped up my dress, his gaze catching mine as he said, “I don’t want this to be the only time I have you.”
Delight unfurled in my stomach. My smile was unintentionally a little on the shy side. “I’m more than up for a repeat.”
“I’m sensing a ‘but.’”
“Buthere’s the thing. I don’t know how this media clusterfuck with Ryland is going to play out. It could ease off, or it could escalate. And I can’t protect you from being touched by it if Ryland decides to pull you into it. Which he might if he hears that you and me are meeting at the Vault. So I’m thinking it might be better for you if we wait until the fuss has died down.”
Cole gave an uncaring shrug. “I can’t say I’d be bothered if the world thought I got to spank, cane, and whatever else theymight imagine I’m doing to you. I’m pretty sure I’d be the envy of the male population.”
“I’d tell you to be serious but you don’t look as if you’re joking.”
“I’m not. And if you want my opinion, I don’t think Ryland would drag me into this if for no other reason than he won’t want the world to know you moved on from him so fast. You’re supposed to be drowning in sorrow after he dumped you.”
“Contrary to what the article states, it was actually me who ended what was only ever a simple arrangement. And I’m not into even half of the kinks it listed.”
Cole slanted his head. “Why did you end the arrangement?”
“He demanded exclusivity in the beginning, but he didn’t stick to his part of the deal.”
Cole’s brows snapped together. “How could he want anyone else when he had you?”
I went all warm inside. “That’s a nice thing to say. Really, as much as he claimed to care for me and want us to have a real relationship, I don’t believe he was truly happy with me. Which isn’t a reason to cheat. I’m just saying I think he found it easy to betray me because my feelings don’t matter to him—and yet, he wanted us to take things to the next level.”
“Seriously?”
“The nerve of him, right?”
Cole slid his hand up my arm. “I don’t know him, but he sounds like a weak prick. So maybe he didn’t trust that he had what it took to hold onto you. There’s something about you that makes you seem … unattainable. Unkeepable.” Cole fingered my earring. “In any case, I don’t give a fuck if he tries tossing shit at my door. I never let anyone keep me away from what I want. And what I presently want is more of you.”
Now I was feeling tingly all over again. “Okay. But I won’t hold it against you if you change your mind at any point about waiting until after the media storm passes.”
“I won’t change my mind. So, when will you next be at the Vault?”
“Either next Friday or Saturday. I’m not sure yet.”
“We’ll exchange numbers. You can text me when you are sure. Then we’ll arrange a time to meet up. Yes?” It wasn’t so much a question as a pressing suggestion.
I felt my mouth curve even as I let out a long-suffering sigh at his bossiness. “I can agree to that. I suppose.”
He smiled. “So very accommodating.”
“Aren’t I just?”
Chapter Four
Briar showed up at my door the following morning, a huge smile on her pretty face. “So, how did your little rendezvous with Delaney go?”
Feeling my mouth cant up, I stepped aside to let her pass and then closed the door. “It went very, very well. Okay, that was something of an understatement. The bloke deserves a medal of sexual honor. ” Hence the happy buzz that bubbled through me like champagne fizz.
Humor glinted in her eyes. “Delaney’s got it going on in the bedroom, then?” she asked, her hands clasped.
“Most definitely.”
