Page 43 of Reckless
“Then take it, because I want you, too. Just me and you. Right now.”
He reached up, knotting his hands in her hair to pull her close, and Zoe gave in to the move without hesitation. With the higher vantage point of being seated in his lap, she slanted her mouth over his, brushing the soft skin of his lips with a feather-light kiss. Alex arched beneath her, pressing up to increase their contact without deepening the connection of their mouths. He looped his arms around her shoulders, taking care to avoid the back of her bruised arms as he held her close to trace the outline of her lips with his own. Teasing her mouth open with a slow sweep of his tongue, he explored the curve of her lower lip, sucking and testing and making her breathless. Her mouth parted wide on a gasp, and Alex slid his fingers to the back of her neck, loosening her hair from the knot at her nape until the waves spilled over her shoulders to cover them both.
“Do you know what I see in my head when I call you Gorgeous?” he asked, putting just enough gentle pressure against the column of her neck to tilt her head to one side.
“No.” The word trembled out of her, her breath going even tighter in her lungs as Alex skimmed a touch from her ear to the divot of her throat, then followed the path with his tongue.
“I see you like this. Hot.” His fingers found the tiny buttons on the front of her shirt, slipping the top one open with a muted rustle. “Sweet.” Another button fell loose, her nipples turning even harder in anticipation. “Brash.” His gold-blond lashes arced lower, and he thumbed one more button free from between the swell of her aching breasts. “Honest.”
Zoe dropped her chin, her pulse pushing faster and faster as she watched Alex undo the rest of the buttons to reveal her black lace bra. “Fuck,” he whispered, his breath spilling into the hot expanse of her skin. “You really are gorgeous.”
“Then touch me.” The request flushed her cheeks. But something about Alex, about the way he was looking at her with both reverence and dark, dirty intention, had dared the words right past her lips, and sweet God, she’d never felt want like this in her life.
Alex’s hands shaped her waist and tightened. “Be sure.”
“I am,” Zoe said, dropping her mouth to his in promise. “I want this, Alex. I want you.”
His fingers moved up to splay wide around the back of her rib cage, and she arched into his touch. Cupping the bottom edge of her bra with his thumbs, he lowered his mouth to her breastbone, slowly kissing his way down theVof her cleavage. Zoe’s head tipped back, the ache in her nipples bordering on pain as Alex freed the clasp nestled in the center of the black lace. He trailed a line of soft kisses down the midline of her body, pausing to kiss the swell of her breasts. The rasp of his stubble sent tiny shock waves straight to her core, and Zoe thrust against him, wanting even more.
But Alex wouldn’t be hurried. “Look at you. Look how pretty you are in the sunlight.” He pulled back from her body, but only enough to let the natural light pouring in through the curtains spill over her breasts and his hands. He grazed one flushed pink nipple with the pad of his thumb, and she bit down on her sigh, too late.
Alex’s eyes glittered. “You blush everywhere, don’t you?”
Zoe writhed beneath his touch, so agonizingly close to where she needed it. But then something unraveled, deep in her chest, and it welled up on a seductive smile. She pushed him against the ladder back of his chair, relishing the flash of surprise that parted his lips. Emboldened by his expression, Zoe slid her shoulder blades together, letting the edges of her shirt fall open over the tops of her arms, exposing her body all the way to the low rise of her jeans.
“If you want to see all the places I blush, go ahead and find them.”
His mouth was on her in an instant, hard and unyielding as he pulled her nipple past his lips. The friction sent a tug directly to Zoe’s pussy, and Alex swirled his tongue even harder. Unable to hold back, she rocked against his hips, her damp center pressing tight to his cock despite the layers of clothing between them. Every thrust sent sparks to her clit, every pass of his lips urging the sparks into flame, until finally, Zoe’s breath became short, needy moans.
“Watch.” Alex ran his tongue along the very tip of her nipple, moving away just far enough to growl the word against her skin.
She blinked, still caught in the haze of want building low in her belly. “What?”
“You’re gorgeous,” he said, repeating the open-mouthed kiss on her other side. Slowly, his hands traveled up, cupping her face and tilting her line of sight to her breasts, then lower to the spot where the seam of her jeans slid over his visibly hard cock. “I want you to watch me make you come.”
Locking one hand over her hip, he guided her back into rhythm at the same time he returned to her nipple, a slow, dark smile edging the corners of his mouth as he met her eyes and held. The sight of his intensity tripled the sensation pulsing through her, the sunlight illuminating the movement of his teeth and tongue and making it that much more forbidden. Her pussy clenched, her whole body trembling with need as the wetness between her legs grew hotter, stronger, oh, God,yes.
As if he’d heard her—or maybe she’d actually spoken, she was honestly too caught up in how good she felt to be able to focus on sidenotes like words and speech—Alex responded. His thrusts turned rough, the ridge of his cock creating just enough friction between their layers of clothing to make Zoe’s breath catch even harder. He matched the movement with his mouth on her nipple, and if he stopped, she was sure she’d die from unmet need.
“Alex.” Release uncoiled, low and hot between her hips, but he didn’t pull back.
“Gorgeous.”
Reaching down low, Alex hooked his palm beneath her thigh, opening her further as he pushed against her denim-covered pussy. The change in angle coupled with the pressure from both his mouth and his cock, and she chased the need screaming through her until it broke.
Zoe came with a cry, the pleasure of her orgasm strong enough to draw laughter from her chest. She threw her head back as she arched the rest of her body forward, wringing every wave of pleasure from the contact. Alex scaled back his touches in slow sweeps, bringing her down to earth gently, but the only thing Zoe could get past her lust-fogged mind was that she wanted more.
This time, she wanted to watchhimcome.
“Follow me.” She shifted off Alex’s lap and pulled him from his chair, a dark thrill zinging through her when he followed without hesitation. Moving down the hallway, she led him to her bedroom, not stopping until they’d crossed the threshold and reached the foot of her bed.
Alex paused, pressing a soft kiss to her mouth before drawing back to look at her. “You know we can’t undo this.”
Zoe nodded, reaching down to lift the hem of his T-shirt over his chest, then his shoulders, before guiding it all the way off. “I do.”
Her fingers traced the top edge of her jeans, a bright ribbon of desire uncurling in her pussy at the way he watched her slide the denim over her thighs.
“And you’re still sure,” he said, hissing out a low oath as Zoe turned her focus to his button fly. Her heart jumped as she stroked his cock—goodGod,he wasn’t all talk—and she unbuttoned his jeans with her free hand.
