“Whatever I want.”
 
 She sucks in a breath. “Yes.”
 
 Good. She seems ready to comply. Willing.
 
 I strip off my T-shirt, rocking back as the fabric forces me to move my mouth from her body.
 
 Might as well get it all out of the way.
 
 I toss the shirt and unfasten my belt, the skull chain jingling.
 
 She moves her arms to look. That got her attention.
 
 I feel her gaze on me, for what it’s worth in the dark, as I bend down to untie my boots. Then I shuck everything in one go.
 
 “What should I do first?” I kneel on the bed, hovering over her.
 
 “Get a condom?” she suggests.
 
 I lean over to my beside table and withdraw a long strip of them. “Handled.”
 
 But I don’t put in on, not yet.
 
 “How—how long since last time for you?” Her voice is tremulous. I get what she’s asking.
 
 “A few weeks. I won’t stick it anywhere unprotected, if you’re worried.”
 
 “Should I be?”
 
 I shrug. “Life is a big-ass roulette wheel.”
 
 “Yeah. I get that. But there are some questionable elements at your bar.”
 
 I lean down to flick my tongue across a nipple. Her back arches. “There are.”
 
 “It’s been a long while for me.”
 
 “Mmm-hmm.” I switch to the other nipple. She’s going to keep talking, it seems.
 
 “Are you going to tell me the last time you stuck your cock in a stranger or not?”
 
 That’s the Symphony I remember.
 
 I grasp her chin, my face over hers. “Does it fucking matter?”
 
 She stares into my eyes for a beat. “With you wearing a condom? Actually, no.”
 
 I slide away from her. “Good. Now, get on your knees and face me.”
 
 She scrambles to move.
 
 “Good girl. Lights are going on. I want to watch this.” It’s not a question.
 
 I go for a small lamp by the bed. Her skin glows, her breasts heavy and full, her belly smooth, thighs soft. I want to bury myself in every part of her.
 
 I move away from her to stand by the bed. “Come here. Crawl.”
 
 She does so, her blonde hair falling across her shoulders, obscuring her face until she looks up.