Page 21 of A Kiss at Midnight

Crap! I don’t need my own brain to argue with me. Tonight is about sex, it’s about pleasure, it’s about taking from Jewel what I want, and giving her only what I want to give.

What makes it so frustrating, though, is that I want to give her so much. Yes, I’ve pleasured her because I want to, but I’ve gotten even more joy from her orgasms than she’s received. That’s what this woman, this stranger, does to me.

She makes me feel alive and excited. She makes me forget about my past. She makes me think of only her. I’ll have to do better at keeping the walls I’ve built around me intact, because if I’m not careful, she’ll have a hold on me, and that isn’t acceptable.

Jewel looks at me as if she can read my mind. I don’t like feeling as if I’m being analyzed so I turn my gaze away from her. I serve us both dinner and she takes a bite, then sets down her fork. It feels like she’s seeing straight into my soul. I shift in my seat, frustrated that in my turmoil I’m hard for her, as I’ve been all day. When I’m finally sheathed in her, it will feel like coming home.

“What are you thinking about that has this brooding look on your face?” she asks, shocking me at her boldness. This woman is full of surprises. She doesn’t seem to have an issue speaking about whatever’s on her mind.

“I’m thinking I’m not sure I’ll be able to finish this meal with how much I want you,” I honestly tell her. I add a smirk to the end of my words just so she’s aware she doesn’t hold power over me. I might want her body, but that doesn’t mean I’m her slave.

She slowly lifts her fork and takes two more bites without saying a word as my gut grows tighter. I want to shake her, want to demand she submit to me. I almost smile at the thought. Would I want her this much if she was subservient? I bet I wouldn’t look twice at her. Her strength and stubbornness turn me on more than her body does... even if it equally frustrates me. I’m very used to women doing anything and everything to please me.

Finally Jewel sets down her fork, then gives me a sexy smile as she rises. She moves closer, her body on full display with the tiny lace and satin barely covering her. I scoot back in my seat, not knowing what she’ll do next. My arousal is screaming now.

She straddles my thighs and sits across my lap, and it takes all I have not to groan at how good it feels to have her right here where I’ve wanted her all day.

“You want me?” she asks with false innocence in her voice. I know this game she’s playing, and I still can’t resist.

“Oh yes,” I say as she stretches her legs wider, her breasts now perfectly level with my face, her hard nipples straining against the thin layer of lace I want to rip off of her.

I slowly trail my hands along the outside of her thighs, over her hips, and along the alluring indent of her waist, then run them over the fullness of her beautiful breasts. The passion shining in her eyes is more than enough thanks for my attention.

“How much?” she seductively asks.

I try to harden myself. I try to push down my desire. She’s the one smirking at me now. She knows she has all of the power. I’m not used to having such a loss of control. I want to stop it... but I can’t.

“Be careful playing games, Jewel. If you awaken the beast, you might not like what happens.”

Her smile grows. “Maybe that’sexactlywhat I want.” Her sexy purr has me nearly begging her to be mine forever.

Before I can do or say anything, she climbs from my lap, moving away a few feet, then begins to dance, taking my breath away. She starts slowly, her hips swaying as her feet stay firmly planted. After a moment, her eyes close and she lifts her hands above her head, her upper body swaying as her knees dip and she lowers herself to the floor. She lifts back up, moves to me, turns, then rests her fine ass on my thighs for only an instant... a tiny moment that has me going from rock hard to complete steel.

She pulls away, turns again, presses her hand briefly against my chest for balance, and lets go, nearly making me protest until she turns again, showing me her delicious ass as she undulates before me, her sweet curves screaming at me, almost ordering me to take her.

When she bends forward, sticking her sweet ass high in the air while spreading her legs and swinging her hips again, I involuntarily rise from my seat. This goes beyond need, now to utter obsession. I have to take her this very minute. I step toward her, then realize what I’m doing. A shudder passes through me as I bite my lip to keep from calling out to her. I sit back down and grip the bottom of my chair to hold myself in place. I need to see how far she’ll take this...needto see how this dance will end.

Standing up, she turns her head and looks at me, desire a blinding light in her eyes, her expression one of both arousal and innocence, confusing me. She’s not innocent. She’s the reason we’re here. She’s the reason we made this deal. She knows exactly who she is and what she’s doing. This innocence is an act... and she’sverygood at it. None of this matters, though, because I still crave her. She turns away from me, breaking my control once again.

With her back still toward me, she lifts her hands... and I hold my breath as she loosens her bustier and lets it fall to the floor. My arousal throbs painfully.

She turns toward me, her small hands holding her breasts, giving me a show of peekaboo as the luscious mounds sway while her hips seductively swing. I can’t take it another moment.

“Come here,” I growl. Her eyes sparkle as she takes a couple of small steps toward me before she stops.

“Closer.” She gives me a satisfied smirk as if she believes the power is all in her hands. I’m going to prove her wrong.

She’s shaking as she steps flush against my body, her breasts inches from my mouth but still covered by her hands. Nearly shaking too, I grip her hands and pull them away. I barely stop a moan from escaping as I take in the sight of her hardened nipples. Ineeda taste.

“I’m going to take you long and slow, and all through the night. I’m going to pleasure us both for so long we won’t be able to walk tomorrow. Always remember that your pleasure ismine. I own it.”

Her gasp of arousal is my reward. As I pull her onto my lap, I’m done playing. I want her... and I’m going to take her... even if it might take both of us straight to hell. The destination is worth the journey to get there.

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Chapter Thirteen

Jewel

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