Page 223 of Well Played

She pressed her shoulders to the mattress and arched her neck up with her head thrown back.

He bit her neck.

You better not leave a fucking hickey or we’re having words.That part of her neck would be exposed in her costume. She would require extra foundation to cover it, and that would annoy our makeup people.

I would know. I’d been overly exuberant once. Back when we’d first started sleeping together.

Lesson learned.

If he sank his teeth deep, however, I didn’t see it. Instead, he pushed up on his muscular forearms. He dug his knees into the mattress and canted his hips.

She rose to meet him.

Then they began a ritual as old as time. Mating. Fucking. What would, under normal circumstances, lead to procreation. To a baby.

We’d discussed kids, and both agreed certainly not now. That we’d reassess at thirty. She read articles about fertility. I tried to picture her growing larger with my child in her womb. The image didn’t always fit. Long discussions would need to be held before we decided one way or the other.

But if she became pregnant, and another man was the father?

Nope. Hard no. She’d have my child, or…

Are you going to tie her to you? If she wants to fly, do you really have the right to clip her wings?

Of course I didn’t.

Of course I wouldn’t.

If she ever wanted out of our relationship, I would let her go. Perhaps not without a fight, however.

She wrapped her legs around his waist and pressed his ass with her heels.

He picked up the pace.

Her breath quickened.

“Fuck, yes. Chère, come for me.”

“Yes. Oh…yes.” The word came out on a long hiss as she held herself still.

He thrust into her twice more, then also held himself still. He threw his head back and growled.

Much like I had earlier.

My cock ached.

My balls ached.

My heart ached.

Through a tightened chest, I could barely breathe. I’d witnessed Yaz’s passion so often—but never directed at another. Only ever at me. And now? With her flaming hair fanned across the pillow? With a sheen of sweat across her brow? With her nipples tight and her chest flushed?

She was magnificent.

And if I wasn’t careful, I could lose her forever.

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Nick

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