Chapter 18 #2
The swift flash of panic that flickers across her face, momentarily brightening her eyes, is followed by dejection. It puts a slump in her shoulders and slowly drains the color from her face. That light in her eyes blinks out.
“You want to… to have sex with me,” she says slowly, her face scrunching up in confusion. It’s cute. There’s an innocence about her that I’m not used to.
“Among other things,” I confirm.
“No, there has to be something else. Some other way,” Everly says, fear creeping into her voice as her shoulders begin to cave in. Her eyes water as she forces herself to hold my stare. “Please, Braum.”
I shove my hands into the pockets of my jeans. “Let me know if you can figure out how else to move around campus.”
The Universe is giggling with delight. It can see, just as I can, Everly frantically trying to come up with something of value that could tempt me. We both know she’s just wasting time. There’s nothing but her that I want.
Everly grimaces. “So sex in exchange for protection from the staff here.”
“Your body ,” I correct, “in exchange for a roof over your head, food in your stomach—” A cock nestled in your pussy , “—and the attention of the kings of Serenity Falls.”
Smart as a whip, her pupils narrow as she asks, “What keeps you from using me as a way to get at Vick? He mentioned while we were in solitary that you two like to play games. Even if he hates me, apparently the sight of me is enough to piss him off. You could use me as bait to get him all riled up.”
“Nothing,” I answer honestly. “You’ll be the bait to lure Vick out into the open, and we’ll be there to fuck with him each and every time. That is… until he learns to fuck off for good.”
Her nose wrinkles again. I think she’s about to object once again, but then I see it.
The way her eyes dart away to peer around the room, her mouth turning down as she sinks into thought.
No doubt she’s considering every angle of this offer.
I wouldn’t have expected less. Everly isn’t rash or dumb.
She’ll give this the time it deserves, allowing her heart to guide her answer at the end.
When she’s decided, Everly doesn’t heave a heavy sigh or give a flippant, exasperated roll of her eyes.
With the limited options available, she knows this offer is the best she’s going to get.
Her gaze drops to her toes, the drawstring currently twisted around her index finger so tight it’s nearly purple.
“Alright,” she murmurs. “I agree.”
Excitement swells in my chest, inflating it slowly like a hot-air balloon.
It expands until it fills every inch of me.
She might not understand the significance of being in my life just yet, but she will.
The Universe put me in her path for a reason.
What that is, I’m sure I’ll discover one day.
Until then, we can just enjoy being exactly where we’re meant to be.
“Perfect, I knew you’d see it my way,” I grin, but she doesn’t see it. “Maybe we should work on your gratitude first? You don’t seem too thrilled about my kind offer.”
Her body stiffens as she goes completely still.
“W-what do you want me to do?”
“First, look at me when I speak,” I quip. This habit of not making eye contact is going to be nipped in the butt. I’m going to have her complete focus at all times.
Everly’s head jerks up. In those hazel eyes sparks defiance.
She doesn’t want this. Doesn’t want me .
It irks me a bit. I’m the best catch both in and outside Serenity Falls.
My family is more powerful than anyone in a political office, and we’re richer than almost anyone else on the fucking planet.
Any other person would be basking in my attention. Yet Everly wants nothing to do with it.
“There, much better,” I murmur. “You have such lovely eyes, Everly. Don’t hide them from me.”
She blinks slowly, either in surprise or confusion, I can’t quite tell which.
“Now, I want you to show me how grateful you are for me accommodating you. Can you do that for me, Everly?”
I can see the way her throat constricts and relaxes as she swallows nervously.
“H-how?” she asks in a small voice.
A hundred different ideas bubble up, each enticing in their own way. But it’s getting late—she slept nearly the entire day away—and I don’t have a lot of time before Rowan comes back to take us to the party. So I give her an easy order.
“Kiss me.”
“Kiss… you ?” She asks in a small, confused voice. “That’s all you want? A k-kiss?”
At my nod, her brows furrow. When her pretty hazel eyes travel over my face, searching for something, I wonder if she thinks this is a trap.
That once she leans forward I’ll pounce and take more.
She’s wise to be cautious. I allow her to hesitate, to take the moment in and consider it.
I almost smile when I watch the resolve set into her pretty face.
With a deep breath, she rolls forward on the balls of her bare feet and tilts her head up. I stop her just before she reaches my lips.
“No,” I admonish.
Everly pulls away, looking confused. “But you just said…”
“I said I wanted a kiss but not where,” I explain. “Unzip my pants.”
Her pretty lips pop open in surprise before her eyes nervously dart down to my crotch. I’ve been hard since she stepped out of my room. The fact she hasn’t noticed until right now, her gaze lingering on the bulge running down the length of my thigh, is adorable.
“Wait, you want me to kiss your…” Her face turns a warm pink beneath her brown skin.
I chuckle at her reaction. “Yes.”
Everly doesn’t move right away. In fact, I’m pretty sure she’s stopped breathing.
After a beat, my suspicion is confirmed when she takes a shaky breath.
She reaches out with trembling hands and undoes the button of my jeans, then slowly unzips them.
I don’t speak when she hesitates again, pausing to collect herself.
But this time, it’s my turn to hold my breath.
When Everly reaches into my pants and wraps her soft, dainty fingers around my dick, it takes everything in me not to hiss with excitement.
The Universe does it for me, the sound like loud static in my head as It savors her touch. When my dick is exposed, she gapes.
I smirk. How can I not when she’s staring in awe at my dick?
“Now,” I say, breaking the silence. “Get on your knees and kiss the tip.”
Everly looks up at me, searching my face as hers continues to deepen in color.
She doesn’t protest when she finally begins to sink to the floor, and she doesn’t delay responding to my order any longer.
Leaning forward, her soft, full lips lightly place a kiss to the tip of my cock.
It’s not a peck or a hard jerk of her face in an attempt to hurry this up.
This kiss is gentle and sweet. In response, my dick twitches eagerly.
She lets out the softest little gasp but doesn’t let go.
“There,” she says, her eyes lifting back to my face. “Can I?—”
“You’re not done,” I interrupt, my voice suddenly raspy. God, she looks so fucking good on her knees before me, her expression timid, with wide and expectant eyes. “You’ll suck my cock and swallow me down. Consider it your first real meal under our roof.”
She begins to shake her head but then stops. Her shoulders slump in defeat.
“You’ll have to—” Everly stops herself to clear her throat. It’s such a sweet, nervous sound. Looking everywhere except at me, she continues, “I’ve, ah, never done this before.”
There’s a short pause as I consider this news.
I take in the soft way she grips my dick, the warmth in her face, and the way she suddenly bites her plump bottom lip anxiously.
My thoughts shift to last night as Rowan and I touched and played with her body, familiarizing ourselves with this exquisite woman.
There was a shyness in the way she held herself.
And her pussy? So fucking tight. Even for my finger.
“Never?” I repeat curiously.
Everly shakes her head once, still avoiding my gaze.
“What about last night?” I push. “Has anyone ever caressed your pussy before?”
There’s the slightest tremble that runs down her arm and into the hand she holds me with.
I can feel it, and I shudder in response.
Or maybe it’s my own excitement building in my gut.
She can’t be this innocent. Everly’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever laid eyes on.
Are the men outside the walls of Serenity Falls blind?
Did they worry they didn’t stand a chance with her?
“No.”
“And when Rowan?—”
Everly lets go of my dick to throw both her hands up with frustration. “I’ve never done any of this with anyone, okay? If you want someone with experience, then this arrangement isn’t going to work!”
Her body, tense during her outburst, goes lax as Everly seems to remember herself. I’m sure the glare she’s burning into my thighs is supposed to go unseen beneath those thick, long lashes of hers, but it doesn’t. I chuckle.
“Look at me, Everly,” I order. When she does, the glare is gone—suspicion having taken its place. “I don’t want anyone else but you.” Her lashes flutter and her head starts to bow, but I snap. “ Look at me .”
Her eyes jump back up to mine.
“Grab my cock; give it a stroke.”
Everly reaches up tentatively and wraps her fingers around me again. The warmth of her palm has me unconsciously leaning my hips toward her. Her fist slides up and down my shaft, her grip loose.
“Tighten your hold, you won’t hurt me,” I assure her. “Then stroke me again.”
Everly’s fist tightens, and she repeats the motion. I swallow hard.
“Good job,” I tell her. “Now that you have a feel for me, open those pretty lips and wrap them around my cock.”