Flawless River (Grizzly Bear Lake #2) - Ruby Shae Page 0,32
to the dresser, pulled it away from the wall, and pulled out the stupid toy. The setting was still on high, and he smiled as he flipped it over and turned the dial to the off position.
Her cheeks heated, and she desperately wanted to run, but her feet stayed planted where they were. This wouldn’t be the first time someone had fun at her expense, and though it would hurt more coming from Lael, she could endure his censure for a few minutes.
“Is this what you were hiding from me, sweetheart?”
He took a step closer, and she took a step back.
“I wasn’t hiding anything. You showed up early and caught me off-guard, but what I do in private has nothing to do with you.”
“Are you sure?” He took another step closer, and she took another step back. “Were you thinking of me—of my cock—while you shoved this toy in and out of your pretty pussy? Were you thinking of my hands on you? Or my lips? Or the way you feel so perfect pressed up against me when we kiss?”
Another step.
“I…”
She’d been ready for his jabs, for teasing comments that went past the point of teasing and barreled into making fun of her, but none of what he said sounded anything like teasing. He was smiling, but his words didn’t sound like he was trying to hurt her. They sounded like he wanted to fuck her, and she desperately wanted that, too, but she’d had little success with the toy, and she had a feeling he was going to be disappointed if they took their relationship to the next level.
He took another step toward her, and her back hit the wall behind her.
“What is it, sweetheart? Do you want me? I think you do, but you have to say the words. Just so we’re clear, I want you. I told you that in the beginning. But I won’t take more than you’re ready to give, so if you’re ready, then you have to tell me. If you’re not ready, then push me away, and nothing changes between us…yet.” He reached up with his free hand and cupped her cheek, and then he lowered his forehead to hers. “Things will change between us, though, there’s no doubt about that, but it doesn’t matter how long it takes. I’m not going anywhere.”
She wanted those words to be true, but she was still so afraid. He wasn’t like the others, and she wasn’t sure she would survive if he took his friendship away, but…if he did decide to let her go, she would rather he do it now than later.
She reached up and tightened her hand in his shirt. The sudden urge to pull the fabric and rip it off of his body nearly consumed her, but just like he was giving her a choice, she had to give him one.
“I…” She took a deep breath, and glanced at the vibrator he still held. For some reason, the toy gave her some much-needed confidence, and she looked him in the eye. “I’m a virgin, and…there might be something wrong with me. Even with the help of the toy, I can’t make myself come. At least, not the way I want to.”
“How do you want to come, sweetheart?”
“Hard. So hard I’m screaming. I want to know what mind-blowing means, and I want to be too tired to move afterward. I know that’s asking a lot, but…that’s what I want.”
She had no idea where she got the nerve to say those things to him, but now that she had, she wasn’t looking away. Lael wasn’t looking away, either, but his hand had tightened in her hair, and his dark brown eyes had gone dark, the same way they did whenever he kissed her.
“I can make you scream,” he said, slowly leaning in to kiss her.
“Prove it.”
Holy fuck!
Lael took a steadying breath, and forced himself to calm down. Stacey was already everything he desired, but Stacey begging him to make her scream was a whole new level of sexy. God, his dick was already fucking throbbing, and he hadn’t even kissed her yet.
And she was a fucking virgin, which meant that he needed to calm down. While he was angry that the other men—if you could call them that—in her life didn’t appreciate her curves, he was beyond happy that he would be the first—the only—man to touch her, because he was never letting her go.
She was it for him, and even though he still needed