Chapter 25
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
Win
Katarina is above me, her body so open to me, she’s begging me to enter her.
But I hesitate.
Something has been different about her tonight.
And the news that her revenge plan has succeeded, or that she’s rich beyond belief, has not brightened the sadness I see in her eyes. In fact, she is deeply hurting. I can sense it.
I can’t understand what’s wrong.
She mentioned being without direction, and that makes some sense. She’s been focused on revenge, and her part in our revenge partnership is all but over.
But in my experience, people usually celebrate, at least a little, before they realize they need a new direction.
Now that she’s safe with me, is the abuse causing a delayed depression?
I slide my hands from her breasts, and skim them up her chest and neck, to hold her cheeks in my hands. “Love, tell me what you need and I’ll—”
“I need you inside me, Win,” she gasps, her fingers digging into my pecs. “When I’m in your arms, I feel your strength and it makes me—” But she doesn’t say more as swoops down, her lips crashing into mine.
I can feel the desperation rolling off her, so I roll her over again, my weight coming on top of hers.
She instantly calms, the pressure of her hands and mouth, growing soft.
Does she need me to be her shield? Her shelter? Done.
I wrap her in my arms as I settle the head of my cock at her entrance. Her answer is to wrap her legs around my waist. “After, when this is all done, can you…can you help me get on my feet, Win?”
“I’ll always help you,” I answer, kissing her mouth as I slide deeper inside her, filling her with my cock. “I am here for you, kitten.”
Her breath catches, her arms tightening around my neck. “God, that feels good.”
Nuzzling her cheek, I hold, letting her adjust, trying to tell her with my body what I know she needs to hear. I am here for you. I won’t hurt you.
Slowly, I pull out and then push back inside her, testing her responses.
But she doesn’t cringe or grimace as her hips rise to meet mine. Her mouth tilts up, her kiss hungry, as her heels dig into the back of my thighs.
This is Katarina.
I reward her with another slow thrust, dragging the head of my cock exactly where I know she’ll like it.
I’m not wrong. Her needy moan fills my mouth and I pull out again, thrusting with more force than I dared yesterday.
But Katarina is not a woman who minds force. In fact, she digs her fingernails into my neck. “Yes,” she whimpers, giving me a little kick. “More.”
If her tight pussy wasn’t driving me wild, I might laugh. My woman knows want she wants and I don’t mind being treated like her beast of burden. Might get her a crop so she can encourage me properly.
I push in her again, her pussy still so snug around me that I groan as I bottom out. “You feel so good, so tight. You were made for me.”
The pressure of her fingernails digging into my skin lessons. “I think that’s a you thing, Win, not a me thing. You’re not exactly small. All women must seem tight to you.”
I slow a bit, kissing her long and deep. When I lift my head, I look in her eyes. “I wouldn’t know about other women. I haven’t been with one in nearly a decade.”
She stares at me, her eyes wide. “You’re lying.”
“You know I don’t lie.”
She grimaces, her face turning away. I’m inside her, my body covering hers, but I feel her withdrawal.
I did lie to her yesterday, and somehow, she knows.
I could ask her how. I could apologize. Instead, I pull back out and then push in, drawing a small gasp from her lips.
I do it again, and then I speak the truth. “Katarina, you can trust me to keep you safe and to keep your best interests close to my heart.”
Her eyes find mine then, hers wide with her surprise. “Win.”
I don’t know what exactly she’s discovered, but my guess is, if she knew her father was in London, she’d be gone already. So, I don’t tell her that I am going to slay her dragon. I won’t risk her acting rashly and putting herself in danger.
Instead, I kiss her again, pushing inside her as I hold her close.
She arches into my thrust, her heels sliding down my legs as she pulls me even tighter to her body.
Her pussy tightens around me, clenching me so tightly, I screw my eyes shut, just trying to hang on.
Sex with Katarina feels better than anything in the world and I want it to last.
I push into her, her body pressed to mine as she moans in my ear. She’s close, I can feel her tension building and I push harder.
Her moans turn into cries as she begs me to give her more.
“Please, Win. Faster. Harder.” Does she have any idea what she’s doing to me? How hard it is to hold myself back?
She screams, her body shuddering as she orgasms.
It’s the final straw for me, and I break, roaring as I cum. I’m aware that I’m not using protection.
But as Katarina is a virgin and I haven’t had sex in a decade, there is no risk of disease, and I fully intend on marrying this woman, so I don’t care if she becomes pregnant.
Then again, I don’t care if she doesn’t. she’s enough for me. Whatever our future holds. All those priorities I started with…she’s rewriting them.
I look down at her flushed face. The idea of my cum inside her is so satisfying that I give a final push, wanting all of it to fill her.
She looks up at me, soft, and a little sleepy.
“No falling asleep yet,” I rumble, kissing her mouth. “You haven’t had dinner.”
She smiles, her eyes sliding closed. “Just for a minute. You are the best weighted blanket.”
“I am that,” I rumble, kissing her again, her lips responding to mine even as she sighs.
“I had no idea that sex would make me so…”
“What?” I ask, kissing her to keep her awake.
“Compliant.” She shifts underneath me, settling even closer. “It takes all the fight out of me.”
Those words fill me with a completely different kind of satisfaction. “Noted.”
I feel the moment she slips into sleep. I’m still inside her, my weight on her. I kiss her nose, a light brush of my lips.
And then I run my nose along the velvet of her cheek.
Who knew that the hellcat I met on that first day really could be a kitten. My kitten.
She can have all the fight she wants, but I’m going to build the most beautiful space for her, where she is free and safe to be as soft as chooses.