Page 73 of Stella
“So what do you want?”
I open my mouth, then close it again.
“Detective? The clock is ticking and I don’t have all night,” she goes on. If I’m not mistaken, the slight curve of her lips would indicate she could be half enjoying this. Making me squirm that is.
“Right now? I wish I hadn’t left that night. I should have texted you and not been a pussy about it. Everything that comes out of my mouth about whywe shouldn’tdo this may be the truth, but I don’t mean a word of it.”
She glares at me. “You’re the most infuriating man I’ve ever met, how about that?”
I place my hands on the counter, glaring right on back. “And you think you’re such a saint? Driving me crazy in that Pelicans outfit tonight?”
“That wasn’t for you, just so you know.”
My lips twitch. I’ve no idea what the fuck I’m doing, but I know I didn’t come here to break things off with her. If I really meant that, I never would’ve showed up at her door. “Touché.”
She has a wicked gleam in her eyes when she adds; “You told me you’d beg. So do it.”
I stare at her, my dick throbbing at her words. Who am I kidding, I was hard the second I laid eyes on her. “You’re serious?”
She nods. “If you want my forgiveness, then yes. Beg.”
I move with slow precision when I walk around the island so I’m facing her. Then, one knee at a time, I lower. Her eyes go slightly wide, like she isn’t expecting me to drop to my knees, but if this is what she wants then I’ll give it to her. Anything to not have to see the frown I put on her pretty face.
“You know you drive me nuts?” I mutter.
She holds a hand to her ear. “That doesn’t sound like begging to me.”
“I’m sorry for being a jerk. Forgive me.Please.”
Her lips part and I know I’m affecting her, but her shock soon turns to laughter. “Really, Cale? Do you drive all the girls away with that pathetic attempt to?—”
“The whole world can fucking burn if I don’t have your forgiveness.” The words coming out of my mouth don’t even belong to me. I don’t fucking know how this tiny woman can bring out the man in me like this, but she seems to do it with ease.
Her breath hitches, then; “That’s a pretty big, uh, world.”
“Nobody compares to you, Princess, you have me in a chokehold that even I don’t understand. That’s what I’m trying to figure out. I’m trying to give you an out, because if you let me touch you again, I promise, I’m not going to let go this time.”
Our eyes meet and she looks as shocked as I feel. Then, without barely a whisper she says, “More.”
She’s so close, so fucking close I can smell the heat on her skin. The sweetness of her lotion and the promise of how soft her skin will feel under my touch, it’s too much. “If I can’t have you, I will find a way to make you realize there is only me, Princess.I’m the one who gets to show you all the things that you desire. I’m the one who can give you what you crave.”
She swallows hard. “Like what, exactly?”
I have to touch her… I reach to her thigh, running my palm up under her nightdress, unaware until this very moment that my theory was correct; she has no underwear on. The curve of her bare hip tells me all I need to know.
“Like making you beg me while I fuck you with my tongue.” No. I’m fucked. Doomed. Done.
“Holy shit.”
I pull her toward me with one hand on her ass, then press my head against her. Kneeling, I’m at the perfect height as I intake my breath right at pussy level. “You’ve no idea where I can take you, Princess. Where I’m going to take you, because I’m the one who’s going to be your first, and your fucking last.”
Her eyes widen as I cup her pussy and she squeaks in surprise. “Oh. Jesus, Cale.”
“I came here to tell you no,” I whisper. “I came here to walk away, but this hold you have over me, Stella. Fuck. I can’t explain it.”
“I want you,” she breathes. “I… I want you now.”
“Greedy,” I admonish. Then I press a kiss to her pussy, still covered by her nightgown. “Do you want me to show you how to fuck?”
