Chapter 12 #2
“Back to business.”
Ariel bent over once again, her fingers cupping his erection. She slowly rubbed up and down, exploring each ridge, gently caressing the sensitive tip where a bead of liquid had leaked. “Talk to me, ” she whispered, her breath fanning his cock. “Tell me all the things you want.”
He grit out a curse. “Fuck, take me in your mouth. Now.”
Her mouth opened and she took him deep.
Wet, silky heat closed around him. Her tongue danced and her lips squeezed, the suction so perfect he lifted himself unconsciously to give her more.
His thoughts a jumble of images, caught in a storm of sexual frenzy and feeling, he gave himself over to her and let her pleasure him.
Tighter and tighter the tension spiraled.
His fists gripped the post helplessly as her tongue swirled and massaged him and—
He cried out as he came inside of her mouth, pushed over the edge of control. He arched under her as he exploded, and she took it all, her mouth gentling as she soothed him in his aftermath.
He didn’t know how much time had passed.
His body lay weak against the tangled sheets, her head resting on his thighs, her burgundy hair spread in glory over his pelvis.
Grant waited for air while he floated, unsure of what had just happened.
She slid up his body and tucked her chin against his chest, her leg hooked over his.
And Grant felt like he was finally home.
Their breathing evened out and softly mingled. Finally, he managed to form actual words. “And the student surpasses the teacher. Am I dead?”
She laughed. “Not yet. But the night’s not over.”
He dropped a kiss on her head and wondered how the hell he’d gotten through two full weeks without her. Then realized he really hadn’t. He had just been going through the motions. “We need to talk, baby. I’m so sorry about what happened. Untie me so I can finally touch you.”
Her response stunned him. “We’re not talking tonight, Grant. I still haven’t had my lesson.”
“What lesson?”
“Tantra.” She rolled over and on top of him. Her naked breasts pressed into his chest, and her smooth legs entwined with his. Amazingly, he stirred with arousal.
“I think you rocked the lesson,” he managed to force out.
She smiled. Wicked and tempting as Eve herself in full naked glory, she shook her head in mock discipline.
“That wasn’t tantra. That was you getting a lesson in control, or rather, learning to not be in control.
Tantra is about harnessing your sexual energy; about connecting so deeply with your partner you become one.
It’s about giving pleasure to the extreme in a slow, steady pace. Now, let’s begin.”
Grant swore he didn’t feel panic, but it was something very close. He tried to get off the bed but she pushed him down while she laughed. Then her mouth took his.
Once again, she sank into the kiss with a deep, steady rhythm that gave him no choice but to follow.
She owned him with slow, easy thrusts of her tongue.
She killed him with caressing, talented fingers as she explored every ridge and muscle.
She dug her fingernails deep into his ass and scraped down over the back of his thighs and then took him back in her mouth.
He cursed fluently. So gently she licked him, allowing him to grow hard again at his own pace with no thought of rushing. When he was finally rock hard, she climbed on top and fit him with a condom. Parted her legs. And pushed his cock into her wet pussy.
Stars exploded behind his eyes as he was enclosed by her heavenly tight heat. She took him deep and rode him slow, setting an easy pace that he ached to demolish. Her hair fell down her back, her eyes half shut in drunken pleasure as she lifted up and down, up and down, until—
She slid off him right before the explosion.
“Not yet, baby, you’re not ready,” she whispered in his ear.
She bit his earlobe, then soothed with her tongue.
All the while, she kept up an array of dirty talk as her hands cupped, stroked, and massaged his scrotum, his ass, his penis.
He closed his eyes to focus on control, but it was long gone, her laughter ringing in his ears as he threw pride to the wind and begged for her mercy.
Suddenly, she was on him again, sliding over his cock buried to the hilt in her silken heat. Her green eyes blazed with passion and demand as she grasped his hips. “Now I’m going to make you come again. Come inside of me, Grant.”
She moved.
Ariel took him on a wild ride of sexual pleasure and torment, stopping when he was at the edge to briefly suck on him again, then sliding back again.
Time passed, then stopped. Broken pleas came from his lips until she quickened the pace, her breath coming in hard ragged pants, and he felt himself climbing up, almost there and—
He came hard and exploded inside of her. He let go of all control and thought, his usual planned seductions shot to hell. Grant wondered if he would ever care about anything else other than having this woman as his wife, in his bed and in his life.
He was barely aware of her shuddering above him in her own climax, then sinking back down, her skin slightly damp.
Suddenly, he had his own epiphany, naked in bed with the woman he loved.
He was a complete ass.
She loved him. She had asked him to accept her choice, to be there for her when she chose him over a career she loved.
Instead, in his arrogance and ego, he had turned his back on her offer, smug in his superiority and martyrdom.
He was no martyr. He was just scared shitless of allowing her to choose him over work.
He never wanted to be put into that position, and put his own fears on Ariel.
The irony was almost comical. He wanted her to stay, and she was ready to give him her whole self. Instead, he threw the offer back in her face so he could be alone with his lousy pride.
Grant prayed it wasn’t too late.
“Stay.” He pulled his restrains to the limit and was able to tangle his fingers in her hair to force her to look at him. Green eyes still drugged halfway with pleasure, she looked deep into his eyes and he let her see it all. “I love you. I was an ass—I see that now. I’m asking you to stay.”
The clock ticked.
He waited.
She pulled away and got off the bed. She dressed with quick economic motions and stood beside him. Trapped by the handcuffs, he watched helplessly. When she finally turned back, one tear ran down her cheek.
Grief shattered through him.
“I didn’t do this for revenge or to show you what you’ve been missing.
I wanted to give you what you’ve given me over the last few months.
Pleasure. Intimacy. You opened my eyes to something new, and you made my body reach heights I don’t think I’ll ever experience again.
I needed you to see what I feel for you every time you took me in your arms. But you wouldn’t let me.
This was the only way I knew to reach you. ”
She paused. Her voice came out in a ravaged whisper.
“It’s too late. I made promises. I have an apartment and a new life.
I would have done anything if you had just given me a sign.
Just know….” She trailed off and dashed her hand across her cheek in frustration.
“I love you. I will always love you, Grant Madison. But I can’t stay. ”
She reached down and tossed a tiny key on the bed next to him.
Then left.
By the time Grant had unlocked himself and raced outside, she was already gone.