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He thought of something he hadn’t contemplated before. “Do you miss living in Cheyenne, closer to them?”
“No, not at all.” She stood to gather their plates. “He still reverts to protective big brother mode too often, and we would argue a lot more. More tea?”
“I’m good, thanks.”
She returned to the table carrying a plastic-covered container. “I’ll send the rest home with you. There’s enough to share with Slade. Maybe he won’t get mad at me, then.”
“He’ll love it. Thanks.” Reed stood and took the container, clasping her hand with his free one. “I’m sorry I have to eat and run,” he said, heading to the door where he kept the kiss short. Otherwise, he wouldn’t leave. “Come out to the ranch Friday, and stay the weekend if you can.”
With their faces so close, there was no mistaking the indecision and brief unease darkening her expressive eyes when she replied, “Would you mind staying here Friday night?”
Wanting answers, he cupped her chin and held her head up, facing him. “What’s bothering you, Lily? And don’t tell me nothing.” Her jaw went rigid under his hand, her eyes narrowing in displeasure, but he wouldn’t give up yet. Knowing better than to threaten, he tried to entice her into answering. “I might be able to help. Iwantto help if I can.”
Her eyes widened and softened, then Lily slipped out of his light hold but didn’t look away when she answered, “You did help, Reed. Coming home to the new garden took a load off my mind and shoulders. Work is busy, and I’m finding out owning an older home comes with issues I hadn’t planned on. I’ve been going nonstop since returning. I understand if staying in at my place doesn’t appeal to you.” She reached for the door and opened it. “Thanks again for what you did. It means a lot.”
There was more; Reed was sure of it. But instead of pushing and risking losing the ground he’d made in developing a relationship with her, he saved it for another day. Reaching out, he gripped her braid, tugged her head back, and swooped down to cover her open mouth. She melted against him, her moan music to his ears, her easy compliance rousing his sexual dominant need to take her to the floor and fuck her until she gave him everything. It took every ounce of control to let her go, little effort to agree to her request.
“I’ll let my brothers know I’m spending the weekend with you and to bring dinner Friday. Make a list of repairs or things you want checked.”
Reed walked out to his truck without glancing around, the pleasure suffusing her face enough for now.
****
Reed’s molten gazetraveled down her naked body, a small grin curling his lips. “You look good, bound and waiting for me.”
Lily strained against his belt binding her wrists together and looped around one of her headboard’s brass rods, stretching her arms, thrilling to the freedom of accepting his demands without worry or thought. She eyed the stunning eagle tattoo adorning his shoulder and upper arm then took in his thick, bare chest before gazing at his face again. The week had flown by in a flurry of work, Reed calling several times and breaking away from his obligations long enough to meet her at Ina’s for dinner with Brett and Allie. His urgency had rubbed off on her the moment he arrived this evening, tugging her straight into the bedroom, turning her breathless with hot expectation as he tossed her on the bed.
“And here I thought we would do a movie first after dinner.” Not that she minded sex first, loving the restriction that made it easy to go with whatever he wanted without having to think about anything else.
“The movie can wait. I can’t.” Bracing a hand on the headboard, he grasped her nipple between thumb and forefinger and applied pressure until the nub went numb, her eyes watering when he didn’t let up. Shaking his head, he let go and circled his palm over the tortured tip. “You should have stopped me before you were so uncomfortable.”
Without warning, he grasped her hip and tilted her sideways enough to deliver a sharp smack on her buttock. Lily gasped, her cheek throbbing from that one spank. Now her nipple and butt hurt, but it was the disappointment in his tone that pained her most.
“I’m sorry.” She couldn’t think of what else to say.
“Testing your limits is fine,” he stated, toying with her other nipple, “and something I’ll help you with. Just don’t try too much too fast. I love your breasts, and your responsive nipples.”
Lily would have thanked him except he knelt on the bed still wearing his jeans and parted her legs with his knees. The cool air wafted over her denuded heated flesh, his visual exploration between her parted labia causing goose bumps. Hot mortification took over as he slid his hands up the inside of her thighs and used his thumbs to spread her plump folds wider. It didn’t help when she responded damply to the burn now pulsing on her buttock.
She shifted her legs and hips under his lasered gaze, drawing his attention up to her face. Removing his hands, he slid under her butt, lifted her pelvis, and lowered his head, saying, “You’re a tempting dessert I can’t resist.”
“Oh!”His warm breath on her sensitive skin dispelled the goose bumps yet still drew a shiver.“Reed,”Lily moaned as he licked up her seam, the tip of his tongue grazing her extended clit. She shook from the impact of that light touch, seeing his dark head between her lighter thighs another decadent turn-on. Oral sex was an intimacy she’d only shared with John, and, God help her, she’d never reacted so fast or desperate for more than now as Reed added a finger.
Stroking the tissues along her pussy walls, he tongued her clit again, circling first then tugging with his teeth. She jumped at the slight prick that caused her to gush and convulse around his finger, ratcheting up her arousal. He kept up the dual assault until reality faded and raw sexual hunger invaded her body, the tremors racking her body taking command of her senses. Her breath lodged in her throat, trapped but for ragged gasps. His tight grip on her cheeks forced her to endure the onslaught of pleasure spreading through her body in a heated rush since she wasn’t about to end it with the safeword, not when it rivaled anything she’d felt before.
Lily still quaked with aftershocks, her sheath still throbbing with softer contractions when Reed released his hold and lifted his head. She couldn’t speak, too befuddled from such a strong response to do much except watch as he rose and shucked his jeans. With a wicked grin, he placed a knee near her head, reaching up to remove the belt from her wrists. The move rubbed his cockhead against her face, close enough to her mouth all she had to do was turn her head to lap over his seeping slit, taste his tangy pre-cum on her tongue, and relish his indrawn breath.
“Better not let you do that again,” he said, his voice a guttural rumble above her.
Lowering her arms, she latched onto his waist, still working at catching her breath. “Why? Don’t you like oral?”
Reed huffed a laugh, lowering on top of her. “Honey,everyman likes oral.” He plucked a condom off the nightstand and ripped it open with his teeth then said, “Next time, maybe, if I’m not eager to get inside you, which might take a few hundred nights of this before I’m there. Wrap your legs around me.”
What did it say about her that she got off on that deep commanding tone, loved the way his control stripped her of all inhibitions and insecurities?
“Okay...oh God.”
Reed surged inside her before she hooked her ankles right above his clenching buttocks, her hands coming up at the same time to grab onto his smooth shoulders. Braced on his forearms by her shoulders, he lowered his head, his warm breath tickling her neck as his hands tunneled under her head to cradle her skull. Holding her as snug as she gripped him with her arms and legs, he rained kisses across her face, lips, and over to her ear where he ended with a sharp nip on her lobe that ricocheted straight down to her pussy. Her body slickened, inside and out, and she arched against the pounding thrust of his hips, basking in every deep, plunging stroke that scraped along sensitive nerve endings and rasped her swollen clit.
