Page 13 of Bound By Words

“Then do them.”

If this is what it felt like when he was barely touching me, his lips only tracing the exposed skin on my chest and neck, I wasn’t sure I would survive him unleashing the full impact of his prowess on me. I already felt like I could combust, my skin hypersensitive to each little nip and kiss, each gentle swipe of his tongue causing erotic images of the two of us to dance behind my eyelids.

“Would you like to see what you can handle, sunshine?”

My voice wouldn’t work, my lips opening and closing several times before I nodded, my hand coming forward to cradle the back of his head. His lips stopped, the hand on my neck loosening before Nathan let go, quickly reaching back to grasp my hand, raising my arm, and pinning my wrist to the glass next to my head in one smooth motion.

“It’s my turn to touch.” It was an innocent enough statement, but the way he’d rendered me immobile—his body holding me in place—let me know he was in control. He wanted to lead. And I was desperate to let him. “Use your words, Kelly. Tell me what you want.”

“Take me to your room,” I whispered, more than ready to let him do whatever he wanted to me, even though I knew it was impulsive and dangerous. Both for my heart and my body. I knew Chase and Evan trusted him, but I didn’t know him, even though I desperately wanted to. “I want you to make me feel something real. Something I’ve never experienced before.”

I typically wouldn’t be one to suggest going to a hotel room with a man so soon, but he needed to be naked. Like right now.

“Consider it done, sunshine.” His dark chuckle made the hair on my neck stand up again, his grip on my wrist squeezing slightly before he released it, slowly tracing his fingers down the inside of my arm and along my side, gripping my hip and spinning me in front of him as he pushed off the window he’d had me pressed against. “But you need to tell me this is what you really want.”

“It is,” I promised, my voice breathy but sure. “I want this…I want you.”

“Walk,” he urged as his hand pressed against the center of my back.

As we reached the side door of the hotel I’d escaped from less than an hour ago, I paused, hoping that I wouldn’t run into any of my relatives as we snuck into the building.

That’d be a fun conversation––Oh, yeah. Hi, Aunt Karen. This is Nathan. I’m pretty sure he’s going to take me back to his hotel room and do unspeakable things to my body after he ties me up, but I’ll catch up with you later. Enjoy the cake!

“As much as I’d be happy to give you a demonstration out here, I don’t think you’re quite ready for observers. Although I’m sure you’d be hot as fuck to watch come undone in a room full of people. I bet the thought of someone watching me pleasure you would make you so wet for me.”

My breath caught as he reached around me to open the door, waiting for me to walk through. As I peered inside and scanned the lobby, my feet seemed rooted to the spot as I plotted the fastest route to the elevators.

Thankfully, my parents had decided to get an upgraded room, so theirs was nowhere near mine or Nathan’s. They knew I was far from an innocent flower, but doing the walk of shame past your parents in the morning wasn’t on anyone’s list of priorities, regardless of age.

“Let’s go. I can’t do anything with you standing out here,” he laughed as he slipped around me and reached back, firmly grasping my wrist, and tugging me inside behind him. “Just stay behind me. I’ve got you.”

KELLY

Minneapolis

I hid my face in the back of his jacket as he slowly maneuvered across the hotel lobby, carefully avoiding the small group of people in the hallway near the ballroom. When he reached the elevators, my heart was ready to beat out of my chest. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.

“Don’t get all shy on me now, sunshine,” he whispered as he loosely grasped my hips, flattening his body against the back of mine as we stood in front of the elevator doors. “We’re just getting started. Tell me to stop, and I’ll escort you to your door. I won’t even offer to tuck you in.”

Glancing over my shoulder, I looked back into his eyes. His dark pupils dilated as he slowly peeked the tip of his tongue out to wet his top lip. Mine parted slightly, watching the motion, and I let out a quiet gasp as his fingertips tightened on my hips, pressing me forward as the swish of the doors opening sounded.

“In we go.” He lifted me and took a few short steps into the small space, setting me down in the middle of the small area as he reached back to press a button on the control panel. The doors closed, and he pulled me firmly against his solid chest, my wrists held securely behind my back, his mouth at my ear.

“Tell me now what’s off-limits because once I get you out of this sexy as fuck dress there are all kinds of things I want to do to you. No holding back once we’re alone.”

Clenching my bound hands into fists, I bit back a moan at the barely concealed restraint in his voice, like he might want me just as much as I wanted him.

I don’t know what possessed me to say it, but the words slipped out of my mouth without consulting my brain first. “Nothing. Take me however you want me. I’ll do whatever you want.”

A low growl built in his chest, vibrating through me. My eyes dropped closed as shivers caused goosebumps to cover my exposed skin. “You might regret telling me that.”

I might…but I was determined to see this through. I wasn’t ready to give up how it felt to be pressed against him, and I was sure the feeling would intensify when all the layers of fabric preventing our skin from touching were gone.

Absently listening to the chime that sounded every time we passed another floor on our journey upward, I took a harsh breath at the sixth one, and the elevator softly halted. Nathan released my hands as he stepped backward through the open doors, patiently waiting as I turned around and joined him in the hallway.

I was afraid to speak as he grasped my hand and led me down the hallway behind him, my heels struggling to keep up with his long, determined strides.

He stopped in front of the door to his room, only a few down from mine, and gently released his hold on me as he reached into the inner pocket of his jacket and extracted the black key card.

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