Page 21 of A Forbidden Spring
“Is it worth it?” she asks, the way she says it making it sound like she didn’t mean for the question to be out loud.
“I know you are.” Drawing small circles with my thumbs along the inside of her knees, I push my luck, moving my palms up to her thighs, my cock stirring as her lips part on an almost silent moan.
“You’re not?”
“That’s for you to decide. I’m almost ten years older than you, Wren. I don’t play games.”
“God, I didn’t know you werethatold,” she taunts, leaning forward so my hands are forced to slide up to her hips as she shimmies her way onto my lap, her legs straddling me.
“Wren.”
“Not a secret.”
“I just want to protect you.”
“You really thinkI’mthe one that needs protecting?” she murmurs as she kisses the underside of my jaw, her fingers unknotting my tie before moving to the buttons on my shirt.
Chuffing out a laugh, I palm her ass as I try to keep myself in check. “No. I believe you’d burn my life to the ground. I’m talking about everyone else.”
“Guess you can be a gentleman.”
“You have about three seconds until I’m not.”
Her hands rip open my shirt, the last few buttons pinging across the floor, her eyes wild when they meet mine.“Time’s up.”
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WREN
Holding me in his arms, Merrick stands, his mouth slanting over mine, his kiss all-consuming as he moves us across the room and up the stairs. My heart pounds in my chest, but I’ve never wanted anything—anyone—as badly as I want Merrick Ellis.
My boss.
Shit.
Pushing the thought away, I wrap my arms around his neck, deepening the kiss as he steps into a room and closes the door, pinning my back to it before it’s fully closed.
“Limits?”
“What?”
“What are your limits, Miss Sterling?”
“No anal. Otherwise you can fold me in half and fuck me into the mattress.”
His grip on my ass tightens. “Have you ever?”
“No,” I answer, every nerve ending in my body firing at once. “And we’re not going to find out.”
“Yet,” he challenges, moving us to the bed, covering me with his body as he kisses down my neck.
“Stop talking and take your clothes off,” I hiss, pushing him back enough to see his eyes bright with amusement.
“You can try and boss me around all you want,” he says as he stands, discarding his ruined shirt, “but we both know you’re dying for me to own that tight pussy of yours.” I swallow hard, shimmying out of my leggings and the tight long-sleeved tee he loves so much and I wait for him in just my bra and panties.
I’ve never been with anyone older than me and that is a damn shame. Merrick’s body is glorious, strong shoulders and a broad chest that have me salivating as he shucks his pants and boxer briefs.
Leaving him completely naked.
