Page 71 of Queens and Monsters

Rei placed the tumbler on the table, came to me, and crouched near my feet. “Sí,SeñoraRoríguez, that includes you.” He slowly and deliberately removed my shoes and socks. “We’ve had a long day.”

My lip was again between my teeth.

Rei stood, taking my hand and encouraging me to follow. Without shoes, my eyes came to the middle of his wide chest, making him seem larger than life or perhaps me, smaller.

His voice lowered an octave. “You want me to go slow?”

I swallowed. “I don’t know what I want.”

He teased rogue strands of hair away from my face. “You’re so fucking beautiful, Jasmine.” His intense dark gaze was fixated on me, not allowing me to blink or look away. “When I saw you on the staircase in that gown, I knew that I was about to marry the most stunningly gorgeous woman I’d ever met.”

His sandalwood-and-leather scent surrounded us, combined with the aroma of tequila.

Slowly, I lifted my hands to his chest. “I want to get to know you.”

It was what he’d said at the lounge.

His lips crashed with mine as he entwined his fingers in my long hair. Our kiss sizzled and sparked, bruising my already-tender lips and stealing my air. As I gasped for breath, his lips moved back to my neck, meticulously kissing from behind my ear to my collarbone and leaving goose bumps in their wake. Closing my eyes, I willed myself to feel the way my body tingled, to get lost in the sensations and the way Rei made my body respond. Myhead lobbed back, granting him access. His kisses continued to the V of my neckline. I was too lost to realize he was unbuttoning my blouse and kissing lower.

My nipples hardened as he eased my blouse away from my arms.

The heat within me built degree by degree, much as a spark growing to a flame.

Rei fell to his knees and reached for the front of my slacks, unbuttoning and unzipping. The chill of the air conditioning covered my legs with goosebumps as my slacks hit the floor.

Splaying the fingers of his large hand on my lower back with heat radiating from his touch, he steadied me as his mouth lowered. His warm breath hovered over my lace-covered core. As a long, deep hiss filled the air, every nerve in my body was on fire. Like adding fuel to a flame, from the top of my scalp to the tips of my toes, I was ablaze.

Chapter

Twenty-Five

Jasmine

My knees wobbled as I fought to remain standing.

Rei stood to his feet and scooped me to his chest as if I weighed nothing. My mind was goo as I processed what he’d been doing, where he’d been. It was more intimate than I ever imagined. He laid me on the sheets. For a moment, I considered reaching for the blankets and covering myself. I knew that wouldn’t stop whatever Rei had in mind. My thoughts varied wildly from wanting to hide in the bathroom to spreading my legs and taking whatever was coming.

My husband sat on the edge of the bed, his intense stare reading me as if I were an open book. Did he see my fear?

His deep voice ricocheted through me “Preciosa, trust me?”

Did I trust him?

Did I have a choice?

Yes, Dario had given me the choice, and I chose Rei.

Inhaling, I nodded.

“I want more of that sweet, warm, wet pussy.”

I wondered if all men were so blunt and if I was supposed to be repulsed or turned on. To my own surprise, it was the latter. “How do you know I’m wet?”

Was I actually flirting with my husband?

His lips quirked. “Because I can smell how sweet you are, just as I could smell you the night in the living room.”

Scooting up to the headboard, I wanted to tell him he was wrong. That would be a lie.

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