Page 27 of The Sheik's Vow

But before she could do much more, she felt his fingers slide into her heat. There was a bit of tenderness, but once she relaxed her inner muscles, Kaia actually enjoyed his finger sliding in and out of her body.

Leaning back, she let her hands move over his chest, her fingers sliding through the light dusting of hair. She heard his sharp intake of breath and smiled triumphantly. However, before she could claim victory, his thumb joined in the procession against her lower body. The flicking of his thumb against that nub made her gasp. Staring into his eyes, she watched him. Could she? Dare she?

When he flicked that nub again, Kaia couldn’t hold back. Her curiosity had always been her biggest strength and most powerful weakness. He was unprepared for her hands to grip his shaft. Kaia couldn’t stop her smile when he hissed at her touch.

Instantly, she pulled back. “Am I doing it wrong? Am I hurting you?”

He let out a pained laugh. “If you did it any more right, I might just embarrass myself.”

That only encouraged her, and she let her hand slide up, her thumb rubbing against the tip. He seemed to like that and she felt extra pressure against her own bundle of nerves. When her thumb accidentally stroked along the underside of the head of his shaft, he seemed to still, his eyes glazing over. That! That point was the pinnacle of his pleasure, she suddenly realized. Watching him, she stroked him again and again, circling the tip, then moving down over the length of him. Meanwhile, he teased her in return and, unconsciously, she rocked against his thumb, trying to direct his ministrations so that his digit hit her nub exactly in the right place.

“Show me,” he urged, taking her free hand and guiding it to cover his hand. “I need instruction.”

“So do I,” she whispered, feeling her muscles tightened. She guided his thumb to stroke her exactly in the right way. Kaia had never felt this…liberated before.

When Kaia felt his hand covering hers, she nearly exploded against his thumb. But she wanted this to last longer. So she pulled his thumb away, waiting for him to catch up to her. He seemed to understand, but he moved his thumb back in place. Her fingers covered his.

Together, they stroked and gasped as they brought each other closer and closer to bliss.

“I need to be inside you, Kaia!” he groaned, then lifted her out of the water. He set her down on the edge of the sunken pool. With a groan, he slid into her, stroking her from the inside. Kaia grabbed onto his shoulder with one hand, guiding him with her hand on his hip with the other as, together, they climbed that mountain.

Because they were both so turned on, it took only a few strokes before they both groaned with release, shuddering as the pleasure overwhelmed them.

Riaz rested his forehead against hers, their heavy breaths mingling together.

“I want do to that again,” she whispered.

He laughed, then kissed her swollen lips gently. “Give me five minutes.”

Kaia had meant she wanted to do that again…in a few hours. Or maybe a few days! Not five minutes from now. But since he’d mentioned it, Kaia figured that she could be ready again in five minutes…if he continued to look at her like that.

He lifted her back up, still intimately connected, then he lowered them into the pool of warm water.

“This seems like a waste of water for someone who lives in a desert.”

He kissed her shoulder, then nibbled along her neck, soothing both of them in the aftermath of their most recent explosion.

“All the palace water is filtered and reused for other uses. Such as watering the grounds or other grey water purposes.” He kissedher lips. “We don’t waste resources in Bidar.”

“Good to know,” she sighed, then melted against him. She felt him lean back and snuggled closer, getting more comfortable.

“Do that again and we’re not going to make it five minutes,” he growled in warning.

Dibi and Marta sighed their impatience with their humans’ antics. Kaia laughed, but didn’t have the energy to peer at the dogs.

“Did you really leave a bunch of meetings because I interrupted?”

He thought about that for a moment, then shrugged. “I had a higher priority,” he replied, stroking her back. “I still want to marry you, Kaia.” He felt her stiffen, but kept her in his lap. “No pressure. I know that you’re not ready for that, but I wanted to say the words.”

Kaia relaxed again, closing her eyes and letting his hard body and the warm water soothe her. “You know I have to help the people back home.”

He kissed her temple. “I know,” he replied. “But you also need to realize that you don’t have to save everyone in the world, right?”

“Yes,” she laughed sleepily.

“You’re going to do it anyway, aren’t you?” He smiled, even though he knew she couldn’t see his face.

There was a long silence for a moment, then Kaia lifted her head and looked at him. “Do you ever watch those videos posted to social media where someone is filming a person getting hurt? Like the one where a woman was attacked by another woman in a fast food restaurant, surrounded by onlookers?”

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