“But you do.”
I want to turn my face away so badly that my neck aches. I can’t speak.
“You care about your brothers, and you care about the twins, and you care about me.”
No. I won’t. Stop.“Yes.”
Her knees fall open an inch. “Keep going,” she whispers.
I take the first clamp out of my pocket and roll it between my fingers. Bristol’s eyes get huge.
“I have three.”
Three.The word is nearly silent. Bristol sucks in a breath, and then she slides her hands under her knees and holds on tight.
I’m dead. I’m done. Game over. I’ll tell her whatever she wants to know.
But first.
I lean down and lick her right nipple. She mewls, squirming on the bed.
Then I put the clamp on.
“Oh,” she says. “Oh.” I lick a path all the way around it.
“Still want to stay?”
“Yes.”
I repeat the process on her other nipple. Bristol closes her eyes. She stays still when I drag my mouth around to the full part of her breast and sink my teeth into it.
The sound that comes out of her on a shaky breath is a beggingah,and my cock twitches. I can hear the tears starting to build. All the bullshit stress and emotion backs off. I brush her hair away from her face and nip her earlobe. “That’s pretty,” I tell her.
She turns her face toward me, searching for my mouth. I kiss her for one, two, three and trail my tongue down the curve of her neck to the place I bit before. The bruise is almost gone.
I add another one.
The first tear falls.
“Gorgeous.”
Bristol shivers.
“You’re doing a good job, sweetheart.”
Another tear clings to her lashes, then falls. “What do I get for it?”
A laugh, that’s what. “Nothing. I’m not training you for some sex club. I just love—” I graze the skin above her belly button with my teeth. Bristol tenses, then tilts her hips, offering it to me to bite. “—the way you cry.”
I dip my head between her legs and kiss her clit. Sweep my tongue over it. Tease it until it’s ready.
“Please,” she says.
I put a fingertip to the swollen nerves. “I’m going to hurt this.”
“I know.” Her thighs shake, but she doesn’t close them. Doesn’t protest. “Please.”
I put the clamp on. And then, because I have manners, I hold her knees for her while she trembles.