wicked, I’m hard before she even finishes her taunt.
Adrenaline shoots through my veins with the rush of a narcotic. My voice drops to a husky growl as I back her against the dining room table, kicking the mahogany chairs to the side with the heel of my boot. “I think you’re full of shit, Miss Ryan.”
Phoebe tilts her face within an inch of mine. “I think you give yourself too much credit, Mr. Rock Star. I think you’re all talk and no action.” Pressing herself against me, the roundness of her abdomen molds against my straining cock, and I groan. “I think”—a lusty sigh escapes her parted lips—“maybe you need long distance bus rides to think about what’s waiting for you at home.”
Her words ping from every wall and circle back around to my throbbing dick. My thinly held control has been stretched too far.
Lifting a hand, I run it up her neck until I’m cradling her head in my palm. Twisting her hair around my fingers, I tug her head back, forcing her eyes on me.
“I think you’re treading on very dangerous territory, princess. I’d be careful if I were you. I’m not in the mood to be fucked with.”
A teasing smile inches its way across her mouth, and she bites her bottom lip. Dropping her eyes, she trails a finger down my bare chest. “Well, if that’s the way you want to play, I guess you can just fuck with your own mood.” Grazing her finger over my stomach, she lingers at the waistband of my boxers before trailing it down the front.
Fire ignites inside me, burning with the intensity of a downed power line. My patience has been pushed to the limit.
I fight to remain in control. “Damn it, Phoebe, I’ve got too much on my mind for games. Just…don’t.”
Tread carefully, princess.
My pulse creates a scattered tempo with each breath she takes. Which, fuck me, drags my focus down to where her round breasts are spilling out of her scoop neck dress.
We’re locked in a twisted game of wills.
Standing up on her tiptoes, Phoebe presses her lips against my ear. “Checkmate, baby. Your move.” She pulls away, tracing a finger along my jawline.
Something inside me snaps.
Before she can react, I grab her wrist, pulling it away from my face. With my other hand still wrapped around her hair, I force her against me, taking her lips in a tangled web of kisses. Her halfhearted resistance only fans the flame, and I claim her mouth with every flick of my tongue.
Breaking the kiss, I pull back and look at her. There’s nothing in her eyes but lust and need. Sin and want.
When you pull the pin on a grenade, you’d better be ready for the explosion.
“I told you not to fuck with me. Why do you have to push me, Phoebe?”
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Phoebe
He doesn’t give me time to answer.
Reaching under my dress, he wraps his fingers around the lone string of my panties and jerks backward. The sound of the material ripping only pushes him further into a world where I can’t reach him.
I gasp, and he cuts his eyes to me, jutting his jaw as he runs his hand up the inside of my thigh.
My head falls back as his finger finds my clit. “God, Julian…”
The words are barely out of my mouth when I’m lifted and placed onto the dining room table. Now I’m truly at his mercy. As always, this is Julian’s show.
He slides his tongue down my neck until he’s sucking the top of my breast into the heat of his mouth. The low moan I give him only pushes him over the edge.
Reaching between us with his other hand, he jerks his boxers to the floor and pulls me toward him. No foreplay. No seduction. There’s just enough time to brace my palms behind me before he enters me with a force that draws a groan from both of us. Rhythmic thrusts propel us into a realm where nothing exists but the feeling of his body owning mine.
“Tell me to fuck you harder,” he growls hotly. “Tell me you want me. Tell me you’re mine.”
I have no idea what’s gotten into him. Julian has always craved control, but this is different. It’s like he’s a machine, chiseling at the wall he’d built between us.
But, I can’t deny him anything. Especially now. “Fuck me harder,” I hiss, and a low hiss rumbles in his throat as he doubles his efforts. “I want you. I’m yours, always.”