Page 64 of Freedom Mine
“You’re always telling me that when I’m free—”
“You are free.”
“That I’d be able to make my own choices. Well, you’re free, Kayo. Don’t tell meyoudon’t have choices.”
“I own you!” he said, practically shouting.
Her face softened and she unfolded her arms from across her chest. “You think that because you own me, that I can’t see you for who you are?”
Any feelings she may have toward him couldn’t be trusted. She’d survived slavery all these years by learning to please her owners. This situation was no different.
She ducked under his outstretched arm and walked to the shuttered windows. “You said I’m free to choose. . . so let me choose.”
“I’ve never stopped you from doing anything. You can leave at any time.” It was the ultimate offer an owner could make, short of true freedom.
There was no mistaking the hurt on her face. “Is that what you think I want?”
It was what all the slaves wanted. No one ever wanted to stay here, except Jace, and he had his reasons. She had to decide, without him influencing her. He only knew what he wanted.Her.
“Ask me, Kayo. Ask me what I want, and ask as if you care.”
He cared all right, but he was afraid to hear that she wanted to leave. “Tell me what you want, Alli.”
Her eyes locked onto him, the blue capturing him as she had already captured his heart. “I want to be with you, whether it’s the right decision or not.”
Did she really want him? The way she looked at him, biting her lower lip as she waited for him to say something, made his need for her intensify. He could never deny her anything, but this he had to.
She splayed a hand against his chest and started caressing him through his shirt, setting every nerve in his body on fire. He had so little control where she was concerned. The slightest touch of her hand, even the sweet scent of her skin caused his pulse to race.
“I said I want to please you, Kayo, and I do, but not because you own me. Hearing you groan earlier when I was holding you. . . I can’t describe how that made me shiver with need for you. Not fear, Kayo. Do you understand what I’m saying? This is for me, as much as for you.”
His mouth came down on her fast and hard as he backed her up against the desk. Long delicate fingers wove through his hair at the base of his head, sliding down his neck as her mouth opened to him. Silky and warm, her tongue welcomed him, drawing him in as if she owned him. At that moment, and for some time now, she most certainly owned him.
She pulled his shirt out of his pants and slid her hand over his abdomen. The feel of her fingers lightly dancing over his skin, making him feel alive for the first time in years. When she dipped a finger below his waistband, teasing him, he pushed his hips forward, pressing his cock against her belly. Too many layers lay between them. His hand slid up her dress and he froze when he felt the panties he’d bought for her.
“I could have left them off, but I thought you’d enjoy removing them,” she whispered in his ear.
Gods, the sound of her talking like that could have him coming in his pants before she even touched him. He unzipped the back of her dress and his hand slid along her sensuous back, only now realizing he’d forgotten to buy her a bra.
She broke the kiss long enough to slide her arms out of the top of the dress. He cupped one breast and then the other. They were the right size for his hands, but then again, any size would have been perfect because this was Alli, his Alli who was more courageous than anyone he’d ever known, and sweeter than he deserved.
Her fingers roamed over his body, learning him as he planned to learn her. He needed to move carefully with her. There was still a fragileness to her, and he could not bear to hurt her, not after she’d shown such courage by letting him touch her.
The pad of his thumb glided over her nipple. It hadn’t taken much to make the soft pink tips hard, as hard as his cock straining against his pants. His mouth latched onto one hard nipple, causing her to throw her head back, pushing her chest to him.
As he lathed the one breast, her breath caressed the top of his head, intensifying his need to be inside of her. He slipped a finger under the panties to her lower lips. She was so wet for him already. She moaned, a beautiful feminine sound that reached deep down inside him, fueling the need to be inside her.
He released her breast as he lifted her dress. Those panties, with the satiny feel beneath his finger as he glided his hand over her mound once more, were sexy as could be. He hooked a finger on each side as he drew the thin fabric halfway down her legs. She spread her legs slightly, the panties keeping her from spreading them further. He slid his finger into her folds. Kayo found her swollen nub and lightly pinched it, causing her to rise on her toes.
“Ah, you like that, don’t you?”
Wide-eyed, she watched him closely, like she wanted him to show her more, but couldn’t find the words.
He slid his finger in and out of her folds, working the flesh which soon plumped beneath his fingers. Her hips pushed against his hand, finding a rhythm that quickly elicited a moan from her. He pulled away momentarily to lift her onto the desk. With a hand behind her head, he eased her flat until she laid back.
“That’s it, baby, lie back and relax.”
He tugged off her boots, slid her panties off the rest of the way, and positioned her feet flat on the desk, her legs spread wide, leaving her completely open to him. He’d never seen such a beautiful sight as Alli laying back, calm and trusting, with those glistening pink lips waiting for him.
