Chapter 17 #3
Skimming my hands down her waist to the sweet curve of her hips, I nip the skin at the base of Ruby’s jaw, then sweep my tongue across it. “You’re gorgeous, Rue.” My voice is rough with need. “So damn gorgeous.”
“So are you,” she says. “And you know what I like?”
“My muscles?” I tease.
Her lips lift. “No. I like watching you when I touch you.” She strokes me from base to tip. “I like seeing how you react.”
I reach between her legs, finding her hot and wet and already opening for me. I slide a finger inside her, feeling her inner walls clutching at me. Finding her little bud with my thumb, I rub the sensitive skin, alternating between soft and hard. “How do I react?” I ask.
She gives my dick a gentle squeeze, enough to make me think of how it’ll feel when I’m inside her. My erection thickens. Throbs. Pre-cum leaks steadily. “Like this,” Ruby says. “I love feeling you get bigger in my hand. I love seeing how excited you get.”
With her other hand, she grabs the back of my neck. Her nails scrape lightly across my skin. “I love feeling your little shivers when I touch here.” She moves her hand to my chest, resting it over my heart. “I love feeling your heart race. And I know it’s because of me.”
I slide a second finger inside her, then pump my fingers in and out slowly, readying her for me. Ruby’s hips jerk. She moans, low and deep in her throat.
“Micah.” She strokes me faster. Harder. “I love how you make me feel, too. Like my body is electrified. And every time you touch me, you set off sparks.”
Something deep and powerful inside me tugs. All at once, my heart feels too big for my body.
As my fingers keep thrusting inside her, I let my gaze wander over Ruby’s body. With the sun coming in all around the window behind her, her skin is lit with gold. Her hair is like fire. She looks like a mythological goddess come to life.
Before Ruby, I couldn’t have imagined thinking about a woman with such reverence. But with her, it’s the most natural thing in the world.
She gives my dick another tug, and I swell in her hand. Desire throbs, intense and insistent. “Rue,” I groan. “Ah, shit. When you touch me like that.”
“What?” Her gaze meets mine. “What about me touching you like that?”
Cupping her ass, I yank her against me. “It makes me want to take you right now, and screw all the foreplay.”
Ruby sucks in a quick breath. Her pupils dilate.
“Do you want me to skip the rest of the foreplay?” I ask. “I thought I’d make you come with my fingers, then my mouth, and then I would put you up against the window and let the entire city know how damn sexy you are. But if you’d rather jump straight to it…”
Ruby stares at me with lust-glazed eyes. After a beat, she blinks. “Wait. I thought you said the glass was one-way. Can people see me like this? With my bare butt all smooshed up against the glass?”
I keep my expression carefully controlled for a few seconds before laughing. “No, people can’t see you like this. Aside from me. I was just teasing. The glass is definitely one-way.”
“Micah!” Her tone turns scolding. “You scared me for a second.”
“I thought teasing was okay?” I ask innocently.
“Not when I’m naked in front of the entire city,” she replies with a laugh.
“Not the entire city. Only Manhattan.”
“Micah. Only you would tease me about all of Manhattan seeing me naked in the middle of sex.”
“Technically, we’re not in the middle of sex yet,” I point out. “Although that could be changed quickly.”
Lifting Ruby into my arms, I wrap her legs around my waist. Keeping one hand on her ass, I use my other to cushion her back from the glass.
“What do you think? Foreplay? Or—” I notch myself at her center, not entering her yet, but close.
“Should I take you now? Sink deep inside you, so deep we can’t tell where one of us ends and the other begins. Fill you up so good—”
“Now,” Ruby gasps. Her legs tighten around me. “Now. Please. We can do all the other stuff after.”
She doesn’t have to say it twice.
Holding her close, I jog over to the cabinet in the corner of the room and gesture with my chin at the top drawer of it. “Top drawer,” I say. “Condoms. Can you grab one?”
Surprise creases her brow. “You have condoms in here?”
With a wolfish grin, I reply, “I have condoms in every room now. Just in case.”
“Oh.” She laughs as she grabs a condom from the drawer. “That’s actually very smart. And convenient.”
“That’s what I thought.” I carry Ruby back to the window, then set her down just long enough to open the condom and roll it on. Then I pick her up again. “I was trained to be prepared for anything, you know.”
Ruby wriggles her hips so my dick prods her center. This time, when I start to slip in, I don’t stop. “Being prepared is a good thing,” she says. “I certainly won’t complain.”
I push inside her, forcing myself to go slow even though my body is begging for everything. I kiss her, swallowing her moan with my mouth. I kiss her as I sink deeper, rocking into her, feeling her inner muscles clutch at me.
When I’m finally all the way in, I hold myself still for a few seconds to regain my composure. I’m more than old enough to be able to control myself, but when I’m with Ruby, I’m like a horny teenager again.
“Micah,” Ruby breathes. She squeezes her muscles around me. I jerk inside her. My balls draw up. “I need more. I want…”
“You want what?”
“Is it safe?” she asks.
“Is what safe? The condom? They’re new.”
“No, the window. I like the idea, but what if we push too hard on it, and the whole thing falls out? I know that’s a stupid question, but—”
“It’s not stupid.” I kiss her forehead. “The window is secure. But how about this?” I walk her over to the wall, then brace her against it. “We’ll finish here. Just so you don’t have to worry.”
A soft smile curves her lips. “Always taking care of me.”
“Always,” I agree. “Now.” I lift her almost completely off me, then pull her down again. “How about we get back to what we started?”
Ruby’s gaze flares with heat. “What are you waiting for?”
“I don’t know,” I reply. Then I thrust into her again. “I’m not thinking clearly. Obviously.”
“Obviously.” Her hand comes to the back of my neck. She kisses me hard. “So, take me, Micah. Don’t hold back. I want everything you can give me.”
She doesn’t have to ask twice. “Always, Rue. Always.”