He never opened his eyes, and she didn’t know how he knew she was standing there, much less what she was doing.
 
 He’d stripped out of his clothes and lay in her bed, the sheet pulled up to his waist, making it impossible for her to tell if he still wore his underwear.
 
 She didn’t want to ask, so she pushed off the shorts she’d pulled on when she’d gotten up, letting her underwear go with it, not that he would be able to tell that she wore no panties unless he checked, or pulled up the oversize t-shirt she kept on as she pulled back the blanket and slid between the sheets.As soon as she’d settled the sheet back over her body, Demon’s arm hooked around her waist and tugged her back against him.
 
 A soft groan brushed her ear as his body eased, softening and almost melting against hers.His fingers moved first.Nothing big, just small, back and forth movements against the t-shirt at her waist, then larger ones.
 
 “You smell good,” Demon murmured against her ear.“I want to taste you, but I’m afraid you’ll scream again, then I’ll have to deal with your brother.”His hand skimmed down her t-shirt until it found the hem and the bare skin of her thigh.He slipped his hand up under the thin cotton.Ronnie had to fight a whimper as his hand brushed ever so lightly along the inside of her thigh.
 
 Heat rushed through her when his fingers discovered that she’d taken off her underwear.
 
 “Hmm… Someone is a naughty girl.”His interest was clear, but the way his words feathered along her neck only sent more heat pooling between her thighs.“I wonder if you can be quiet while I get you off.”
 
 He curled the arm that had been tucked under his head around her shoulders, so her head rested on his arm, the way her head fit perfectly there, surprising her.The hand he’d used to pull her against him started moving again, stealing all her attention as he teased his way up her torso to tweak her nipples, alternating back and forth so they were both equally tormented, equally achy and needy.She wanted to yell at him that it was enough, to fuck her already.But he’d told her to stay quiet.
 
 She bit her lip to keep from begging for more, for him to touch her harder, softer, she didn’t know.Every nerve ending seemed to be on fire.It didn’t hurt, not exactly but she needed.Needed in a way she wasn’t sure she’d ever felt before.
 
 Unbidden, her hips rolled, pressing back against him, it was impossible not to feel the thick rod of his erection pressed along the crack of her ass.
 
 That.
 
 She needed that.Inside her.Now.
 
 A hand brushed down her belly.She parted her thighs as fingers delved between her lips and circled her clit.Electric bolts of sensation flashed through her, taking her breath away.
 
 Ronnie went from being a normal, rational human being, to a sensitive bundle of nerves aching for more.She felt hallow, needy, incomplete.
 
 “What would you do if I pushed you face down right now, then covered you with my body and thrust deep inside while you were pinned to the mattress, unable to move?”Demon’s voice was barely more than a whisper, but more than loud enough for her to feel the rumble of every word vibrate from his chest through her entire body.He teased her clit, then, just she was about to beg for more, he pinched it.
 
 Her mouth opened and she tried to stop it, but a wordless cry ripped itself from her throat as her entire body clenched, the world turned white as wave after wave of pleasure washed through her, leaving her limp and gasping.
 
 It was only when Demon removed the hand over her mouth that she realized he’d covered it, muffling her scream as she’d come harder than she ever had with Ryan.
 
 “Who’s Ryan?”Demon grumbled, not sounding happy.
 
 Oh shit.Had she said that out loud?Her brain was still foggy from endorphins and coming down from the clouds, where he’d sent her with that orgasm, she’d blame that on her lack of filter.
 
 “Ryan’s my vibrator.”
 
 “You named it?”
 
 “Yep.”
 
 He chuckled.
 
 “You’re something else, firecracker.”The arm he had wrapped around her moved to her waist where he held her tight against him.Slowly, his body relaxed, his breathing evened out, and he fell asleep.She lay there for several minutes, enjoying the moment.
 
 There was a sense of security here, with him ready to jump to her defense, even asleep, that she hadn’t realized was missing in her life.Could she be on her own?Support herself, take care of herself?Of course.But that didn’t mean she had to do it all alone.She hadn’t thought much about it before, but she kind of liked having him around.At least she did when he wasn’t telling her what to do or hiding things from her.
 
 33
 
 Theringofhisphone woke Demon.He reached out and pulled it off the nightstand, registering that Ronnie wasn’t in bed with him even as he ran his thumb across the screen to answer the call.
 
 “Yo.”
 
 “What are you doing?”Tuck’s voice came across the line.
 
 “I was sleeping, why?What’s happened?”He rolled onto his back and stared up at the ceiling while he listened.