Page 152 of Brutal Kingdom

“Yes. God, I miss your mouth on me.” She pants, grinding against my face, chasing her release. She’s close so, I pull away, and ask my question again.

“What do you say, Jordanna?”

“No fair. This is so. Not. Fair.”

“When did I ever say I’d fight fair?”

She tries to pull my face back to her pussy, but I hold off. “You want me to finish? I need an answer.”

“My answer is if you don’t finish me off, I’ll do it myself.”

I expected her to say that. I bring her to the edge, then back off again. She’s fighting on principle, knowing we need to be in agreement on this.

“What’s it gonna be?”

“I can’t think when my pussy is aching like this.”

I stand to my feet and in one smooth stroke, I push inside her with a ragged groan. Holding back like this, I’m torturing myself, just as much as I’m torturing her. I look in her eyes, seeing the heat and passion there, and forget why I’m supposed to be denying her an orgasm. My pace quickens as I hold her closer. “Fuck, baby.” I growl.

She’s clamped around me. I played right into her hands, and there’s no backing off now. Not until I’m spent. “Damn you.” The words start as a hiss, trailing off to a moan. “You know exactly what you’re doing.”

I’m at Jordanna’s mercy, and she knows it. I don’t even flinch when her hands part my ass. “Yes, baby. Do it.” I rasp. I bury my moan in her neck when she impales me with a long, thin finger.

I come hard and fast and she’s spasming around me, milking me for every drop. When I lift my head, her eyes are shining, and she’s staring at me like I’m the best gift she’s ever gotten. That humbles me, since I’m the one who doesn’t deserve her.

“Yes.” She says, right before she kisses me.

“Yes?”

“Yes. You can have the first section above the fold.”

We’re both writing articles that will be featured on the front page of next week’s paper, and dad’s having a hard time deciding where to stick them. They’re competing perspectives, and he told us to work it out between us. I got her to let me have the top, and now that I’m looking at her, something seems off.

“What did you do?”

“I gave you what you wanted.” It sounds so thoughtful and sweet when she says it, but there’s a gleam in her eye, so I know she’s up to something.

“You caved too soon. What don’t I know?”

“A lot of things.” She chuckles, walking towards the washroom.

When I pick up my phone, I see the text from my dad. Now I know exactly why she said yes. Her article has turned into a three-part series.

I think about how far we’ve come since Jordanna’s first day at VDU. I never expected that the innocent transfer student would change my life. It was hard fought, and even after I knew I wanted her. Wanted a lifewithher. I didn’t know how things would turn out. I lost some friends, gained a few others and took a lot of hits to get here.

That original bet that I so foolishly made backfired. I thought it would destroy her, but what it did was put me on a path that could have destroyed everything my family built. I was a fool to ever think of her as pawn. As someone who was too innocent and sweet to fight back.

There are still some naysayers out there. People who still side with Bella and expected Jordanna to crack under pressure. But going up against Donald Ruttledge, taking her place in Kingsley Hollow, showed everyone what I suspected the first time she challenged me. Jordanna Felding is the strongest person I know.

I can’t believe that we’re here. Together. My heart aches when I think about how I almost lost her, but if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing. Everything we went through has helped me become the man she deserves.

“You could’ve told me you cut a side deal with my dad.”

She steps out of the bathroom and gives me a quick kiss, and says, “What would be the fun in that? I love the way you try to convince me to your side in these private negotiations.”

I stop her before she can open the door, pulling her in for a hug. “You have my dad wrapped around your finger.”

She steps out of my embrace, and pushes her skirt up. I watch as she slides her panties down her legs and steps out of them. She gives me a playful kiss and shoves them in my pocket.

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