“You’ll adjust. Everything will work out.”
I shook my head wearily. “I failed monumentally.”
James grabbed my ankles and pulled me toward him. “I have a message from Xander. He wants to see your dream realized.”
Oh, yes.“Why isn’t he here?”
“I’m a master at saving the day.” He stood between my thighs glaring down at me. “Do you want me to make it right?”
What?
“How much do you want this, Emily?”
“Take a wild guess.”
His long fingers hoisted up the hem of my skirt until it was above my panties.
Raising my head to look at him, I said, “What are you doing?”
“Making your dream come true.”
Surely, he wasn’t going to…
He eased my panties away from my crotch and leaned low.
Oh, God.
His tongue flicked between my folds, circling and masterfully lapping until I was writhing in pleasure, my jaw slack from surprise, my groin grinding against him as I took short, sharp breaths.
My moans echoed around us.
I was letting him touch me.
Him, the bringer of all my heartache.
“Don’t stop,” I burst out.
This is what a girl looks like when she’s lost everything, when she’s given up and wants to have the pain fucked away.
“Like it?” His warm breath purred against me.
“Yes.” I spread my thighs wider for him, not caring if someone walked in and caught us. From the way James was focused on me down there, he didn’t care either.
What the hell was I doing letting the enemy close? Yet this forbidden seduction was wiping out all those thoughts and fears of failure. All I wanted was this…him teasing me, his tongue flicking my sex with a fierceness that sent my mind reeling. We’d fallen into the abyss of other possibilities.
I arched my back and rocked against his chin as his mouth possessed me completely.
Xander no longer wants me.
And that wasn’t even his name.
It didn’t matter that James was overpowering me. I no longer cared. I had lost everything…my dream…my lover. My world had crashed and burned, leaving only memories that brought nothing but hurt.
All I had left was this impending climax.
James raised his head and looked at me. “Want me to continue?”
“Yes.”