Wild Embrace (Wilder Irish #11) - Mari Carr Page 0,38

But you should also know that whether this succeeds or fails, I’m never going to stop being there for Clint.”

Ryder was touched by her love for his son. “Good.”

Darcy held out her hand, her smile one of pure mischief. “So…should we shake on it? Or kiss? It is Friday after all.”

He took her hand, not to shake but to pull her closer. Actually, there was still one more thing they needed to discuss, something that might very well be the deal breaker for her. “Maybe this would be a good time for me to give you a taste of what you’re signing on for. Then, you can decide if you still want to go out with me.”

“I do wan—”

“No,” he interrupted. “Don’t answer me until after.”

“After?” she whispered.

“Lift your skirt and bend over my desk. Facedown.”

Ryder stifled a groan when Darcy moved into the position he requested, without saying another word. She didn’t hesitate, not even for a second.

Fuck. If she was genuinely submissive, he wasn’t sure he’d ever find his way back.

He adjusted his pants, which were too tight, thanks to the erection that had emerged the second she’d walked into his office and locked the door.

She wore a bright red thong that was more suggestion than underwear, and Ryder cursed himself for starting this, knowing he couldn’t finish. Not here.

He stepped behind her, running his hands over the soft, bare skin of her ass. Darcy shivered under his touch, the reaction reminding him that in this, she was an innocent.

“I need you to define unintentional virgin. How far have you gone?” he asked.

She lifted her head and twisted to look at him. “Making out. Heavy petting. I just never found the guy I wanted to,” she paused, then grinned as she added, “seal the deal with.”

“And on Halloween, in the elevator,” he started. “You would have sealed the deal?”

“Yes,” she whispered.

Ryder nodded. He’d known that. She was twenty-four, and she’d obviously had opportunities to sleep with other men. She’d refused them…but not him.

It was a gift she was offering, and a stronger, better man might refuse. He couldn’t—wouldn’t. He wanted her more than he’d ever wanted any woman, and he was just arrogant enough to know he could make her first time good for her.

Darcy deserved a man with experience, someone who would take his time and give her everything she wanted and more. The list she rattled off in the elevator floated through his mind.

Tied up. Held down. Spanked. Taken.

For her, right now, those were just words, ideas, and it was a far cry between fantasizing about something and doing it.

Regardless, Ryder wanted to be the man to give her all of that. The thought of her trying those things with anyone else had him seeing red.

He bent over her body, reaching up to where her hands were pressed flat against the top of his desk. He placed his hands on hers. “I’m going to hold you down, tie you up. Keep you in my bed, helpless to do anything but accept my will. Are you sure you can you handle that?”

Her breath was ragged as she whispered just one word. “Yes.”

He kissed her cheek before releasing her hands and standing once more. He raised one hand and brought it down on her ass. Hard. The spot he spanked flushed pink.

“Ah!” she cried out quietly, just one airy, surprised, aroused breath. He couldn’t wait to pull her over his lap and spank her for real, feel her wiggling beneath him. His fingers itched to do it properly, but he couldn’t. Not now, not here, when there were too many people around to hear.

Soon.

“I’m going to pull you over my lap and spank you until you come, Darcy. I’m going to control your orgasms, your body, your pleasure, your pain. I’m not an easy lover. Are you sure that’s what you want?”

“God… So much.”

He tapped the inside of one of her ankles, silently instructing her to part her legs. As soon as she did, he pulled her thong aside and ran his finger along her slit, thrilled to discover her so wet, so hot, so ready.

“Ryder, please,” she whispered.

“Do you own any toys?”

Her right cheek was pressed against his desk, which allowed him to see the blush that bloomed at his question. “I…um…”

“I’m going to take that as a yes.”

She didn’t look at him as she answered. “A vibrator. And a dildo.”

“I’ll use them on you, buy you more.”

“Ryder… Please. I want it all. Want you. Now.”

“No. Your