Chapter 24
TWENTY-FOUR
ACE
“Ace.”
I was still dreaming. And I refused to wake up.
“Ace.”
That voice. That sweet voice saying my name in that soft, needy tone. I’d heard it twice last night when my princess, my Tessa, was on the verge of coming apart for me.
It’d been my name she said.
I thought I’d have to wait months to hear that. Months before I could touch, tease, and taste her the way I wanted to. Months before I could claim all of her.
But I should’ve known better.
Tessa was a smart woman. It wouldn’t take her long to figure out what I already knew. We were made for each other.
“Ace.”
There it was again. That voice saying my name.
Only this time, it was accompanied by a soft touch against my bare chest. Her touch. My skin burned with desire beneath those delicate fingertips.
Maybe I wasn’t dreaming after all.
Opening my eyes, I saw her. Utterly gorgeous, staring at me, and definitely not sleepy.
“Morning, handsome.”
How I managed to stifle a groan was a mystery. To wake to that, to her, every morning really would be a dream.
“Good morning.”
Tessa gave me a shy smile. I loved the way the pink crept over her cheeks. No doubt she was thinking about what we’d done last night.
It was a pleasant thought, a memory I intended to add to this morning. But first, I wanted to check on her.
“How are you feeling?”
“I’m good.”
“I didn’t hurt you last night, did I? You aren’t feeling sore, right?”
She shook her head. “You didn’t hurt me. And I wouldn’t call it sore. But I can definitely still feel you there. Between my legs.”
The blush remained on her cheeks as she tucked her chin toward her chest. That shy side was adorable, and it might’ve led me to working on breaking her out of her shell a bit, but I noticed there was something else lingering.
Curiosity.
“What’s going on?” I asked. “You look like you have something on your mind.”
She smiled again. “We’re spending the day together.”
If I had my way, we’d be doing most of it in this bed, too. “I know,” I said.
“Well, I was thinking that it might be nice to get the day off on the right foot,” she shared, squirming beside me.
My lips tipped up in a smile. “Waking up with your naked body next to mine has already accomplished that feat.”
Tessa swallowed roughly. “Okay. Well, then I’d like to make up for missing your birthday morning yesterday. I just don’t know how.”
The last thing I wanted was for her to feel like she owed me anything, especially after what she’d given me last night. But I couldn’t say I wasn’t intrigued, so I played along. “Lucky for us, we have the whole day for you to figure it out.”
Shaking her head, Tessa shared, “I already figured it out, but I don’t know how.”
And I was certain I’d never been more confused in my life. “Princess, I’m not sure I understand what that means.”
The pink was back on her cheeks as she squirmed beside me. I was on my back; she was on her belly. But she had herself propped up with one arm resting on my chest and the other forearm pressing into the mattress.
“I was thinking that I’d like to try using my mouth on…” She looked toward my waist, where the sheet was pulled up just high enough to cover me. “I wanted to use my mouth on you. But I don’t know how.”
At the mere thought of this woman’s mouth wrapped around me, my cock stirred to life. “Tessa, are you—”
“I want to try, Ace.” She bit her lip. “I… Will you tell me what to do?”
I must’ve done something right in my life for the privilege of having this beautiful woman in my bed. Nobody had ever made me feel the way she did.
Lifting one hand to the side of her face, I drove my fingers back into her hair. “I don’t think it’s possible for you to screw it up, if last night is any indication.”
Tipping her head to the side curiously, she asked, “What does that mean?”
“It means that you learned what to do rather quickly,” I explained, my fingers still threading through her strands. “You didn’t need me to instruct you because you did what came naturally to you. I suspect the same will be the case here.”
“But… But I had you to lead me last night. I don’t want to mess it up, Ace.” She bit her lip, worry taking hold of her.
My thumb went to her bottom lip and urged it from between her teeth before I said, “I would avoid using those.”
“My teeth?”
I nodded.
“What else?”
“You can use your hand. Touching and stroking are good. The tip is the most sensitive, so paying special attention to that will result in a big payoff for me. It’s hard to beat suction, and the wetter, the better.”
Tessa licked her lip, giving me another idea.
“Using your tongue is welcome, necessary, and enough to drive me wild.”
Her eyes lit up, and she squirmed again. “I think I can do all of that.”
I chuckled. “I know you can, Princess.”
She looked toward my waist again. “Can I… Can I try it now?”
“Let me fill you in on something, Tessa. Except for one thing, there’s nothing that’ll ever have me turning you down any time you want to suck my cock.”
Those words had my shy girl looking away. I urged her to focus on me again.
“I told you that you’re always safe with me in this bed. I don’t just mean in the physical sense. Whatever you’re feeling is fine, and as this progresses between us, you’ll get more and more comfortable. There’s no need to be bashful.”
Tessa smiled. “I love you, Ace Townsend.”
That was a shot straight through the heart. Tessa Stone had admitted she loved me last night, and hearing it again was like hearing it for the first time. “I love you, too.”
With those words, Tessa shifted and swung one leg over my body to straddle me. She kissed my mouth before starting her journey down my throat, across my chest, and over my abdomen. For a girl who felt so uncertain of what to do, she was already doing spectacularly.
After situating herself between my thighs, Tessa brought one hand to my hip while the other curled around my length.
I groaned and dared to look down at her. Tessa’s gaze flicked to mine, and she offered a seductive smile. Then she licked her lips and brought her mouth to the tip. For a moment, she simply brushed her lips back and forth in a featherlight touch across the head.
My hands were balled into fists at my sides as I anticipated having her mouth wrapped around me.
If she’d done this before, I might’ve said something to her.
Anything to convince her to move things along.
But since this was Tessa’s first time, I thought it was necessary to give her the opportunity to explore, enjoy, and figure out what she liked to do.
Patience paid off, because the next thing I knew, her lips had parted.
Her tongue ran along my length, from root to tip, swirling around the head when she made it there.
She did that several more times along the shaft, clearly wanting to implement one of my lessons of wetter being better, before taking me into her mouth.
Another groan escaped.
I swore I could feel her smile against me when she heard it, and I realized she liked being rewarded for her hard work. So, when she sucked deeper and moved her mouth in a steady rhythm, I didn’t hold back.
“Fuck, Tessa, you’re doing so good,” I praised her.
My words motivated her, and she switched things up. Giving her mouth a break and keeping her eyes on my face, she used her hands to stroke me while her tongue remained at the tip.
Damn. She was unbelievable.
I reached down, covered her hand that was at my hip, and squeezed whenever she did something I liked.
Tessa took me back in her mouth and built up a quicker pace. This woman. This woman’s talent for suction was remarkable.
I held on for as long as I could, but when I felt I was about to enter dangerous territory, I surged up and reached for her.
She yelped. “Ace! What’s wrong? Did I mess it up?”
I flipped her onto her back, brought my mouth to hers, and said, “You are phenomenal, Tessa. But do you remember how I said there was only one thing that would make me turn down having you suck me off?”
“Yes.”
“This is it.” I reached my hand down between her legs.
“What?”
I kissed her, played between her legs, and whispered against her lips. “I’m going to eat your pussy, Princess.”
The way her eyes rounded and lips parted told me that she hadn’t ever experienced that, either. “Ace, I—”
“Just relax, Tessa,” I said. “Relax, spread your legs, and let me make you come on my face.”
She whimpered as I crawled down her body.
And with one taste of Tessa on my tongue, I was ruined. Nobody but her would do for the rest of my life.
“Oh, Ace,” she moaned, her hand reaching down and gripping my hair. “That feels so good.”
I groaned, my dick rock hard and pressed against the mattress. Every sound out of Tessa did nothing to alleviate the need I had to be inside her again.
But I didn’t think I could pull away. She tasted too good. So, knowing I’d be inside her soon enough, I didn’t relent.
I licked and kissed. I alternated between flicking my tongue over her clit and driving it inside her. I worked her fast, then I went slow. No matter what I did, as long as my mouth was on her, Tessa seemed to love it all.
And the entire time my face was buried in Tessa’s pussy, my hands didn’t stop moving. They roamed over her gorgeous thighs, to her hips, across her abdomen, up her ribs, and upon her tits. So much soft skin, my fingers constantly ached with the need to touch her everywhere.
“Ace,” she called, her tone a warning. “Oh, God, I’m going to come.”
Though she had a firm grip on my hair, it was unnecessary. There wasn’t a chance I’d stop now. I went at her harder until Tessa was crying out as her legs trembled.
I saw her through, but the second she made it to the other side, I flipped her over, lifted her hips in the air, and rubbed my palm over the smooth skin of her bare ass. “This is gorgeous, Tessa. All of you is fucking beautiful.”
“Ace,” she breathed, her voice somehow so needy.