Chapter 29 #2
With a splash, she dipped under the surface, coming back up a few moments later, gifting me a glance of her perfect breasts as she swept her long hair back.
The water tracked slowly over her glistening skin, and I huffed out a breath.
I almost asked her if she enjoyed torturing me, but knew she’d prolong the moment I was allowed in the water if I did.
I placed my hands on my hips, raised my brows as I waited for her next command.
‘Those trousers are filthy.’ Her nose wrinkled as she forced a disgusted expression on her face. ‘They need to come off, or you’ll turn this water into a cesspit.’
‘Your wish,’ I placed my hands on the laces, lowered my voice. ‘My command.’
Slowly, I undid the first lace, exposing the downy hair tracking down my abdomen, smirking as her eyes widened.
Two could play her games, though. I wasn’t giving her complete control.
Spinning round, I ignored her shout of protest as I worked the lace loose, removing my trousers and kicking them away.
‘Elmswood!’
I peeked back over my shoulder.
‘You do recall what happens when you test my patience?’
I couldn’t help laughing. ‘Have you ever known me to be on my best behaviour?’
‘No,’ she said, slapping the water in an attempt to splash me. ‘That’s why I love you.’
My chest hitched at those simple words. If she ever knew their effect on me, I’d be forever lost. I watched her, the water shining on her skin. The delight in those perfect eyes and, damn it. I was done obeying.
She shrieked as I ran into the lake, water crashing around us, desperately swimming back as I entered the water.
‘Fuck!’ I cried, stopping short as the freezing water slammed into my chest, stealing my breath. ‘You didn’t warn me it was cold.’
She laughed, moving away, her eyes still on mine. ‘That’s what you get for being disobedient. You’d have had ample time to prepare if you’d just waited.’
I hovered before her, shivering as my skin adjusted to the frigid water.
I may have disregarded her rules and dived in, but there was no way I’d touch her without an invitation.
No matter how much I longed to grab her, lick each and every drop from her body, Sorrow would be the one to tell me she was ready, no matter how much I wanted her.
Crossing her arms, Sorrow scowled. ‘You’ll be in my bad books till you’re pulling grey hairs at this rate.’
‘I am more than willing to make amends.’
She raised a brow. ‘Fine. I won’t have it said I’m not open to new ideas.’ Her arms moved slowly away from her chest. ‘Why don’t you show me exactly what you had in mind.’
Within a single heartbeat, Sorrow was in my arms, my lips working against hers.
Her back arched as I plunged my tongue into her mouth and, groaning, I lifted her up, my mouth curving against her throat as those wonderful thighs wrapped around me.
I moved through the water, delighting in each little gasp as I dug my hands into the flesh of her ass before settling her on the mossy rock.
I broke away, braced my arms either side of her as she sat like a Goddess on that rock. My gaze raked over her as she leaned back, gooseflesh prickling on her skin, her dark nipples just asking me to wrap my tongue around them.
A lock of hair slipped forward. I tucked it behind the shell of her soft ear.
Reverently, I heaved in a shattered breath as my knuckles trailed across the curve of her proud chin.
Her eyes rolled back as I continued my path.
Her neck, the hollow of her throat. The gasp that left her lips as I trailed down over the swell of her breast, halting briefly to circle her nipple had me shaking with restraint.
My name left her breathless lips as I continued down, across the slight rise of her stomach, her back arching.
I hovered above the soft hair, as desperate to touch her as she was.
Biting my lip, I leaned in, my knuckles still sweeping gently along her hip, her legs parting for me.
I lay a soft kiss to the spot below her ear, a wicked smile splitting my face as she sagged against me.
‘Time to make amends,’ I whispered into her ear, knowing her shivers weren’t down to the frigid water.
Taking her breast in my mouth, I sucked, a groan of my own rumbling against her velvet skin.
My hand dipped down and she moved forward, angling her hips to give me access.
I swept over her entrance, almost losing control as I discovered how wet she was.
Her fingers grabbed my hair, tugging gently, as though she knew how that drove me crazy.
I gasped against the ice in the water as I knelt before her, spreading her legs and swallowed at the sight of her.
I glanced up, my heart stuttering at her expression.
My Sorrow surrounded herself with the sharpest thorns, ready to slice into anyone who dared come too close.
Sometimes, she parted the barbs, allowed someone she trusted to glimpse the real Sorrow.
It was a rare gift and as her lips trembled, I knew she was allowing me a sliver of that gilded heart of hers.
I smiled as she gazed down at me, eyes hooded and breathless.
‘Have I ever told you…’ Grasping her thigh, I kissed the inside of her knee, loving how she tensed beneath the heat of my lips. ‘How very fucking…’ Another kiss, higher, softer, longer. ‘Beautiful, you truly are.’
She nodded, biting her bottom lip. I raised higher before kissing, pushing her thighs further, giving me access to all of her. My teeth dug into the sensitive skin next to her entrance, and a chuckle rumbled through me as she jolted.
‘And have I ever told you…’ I lay a kiss to heal the bite.
‘Have I ever told you, you talk too damned much.’
I leaned back, the water caressing my chest as I raised a brow.
Sorrow swept a hand along my jaw, as though testing the stubble, a glint lighting up in her eyes.
‘Less talking,’ she begged. ‘Please.’