of doubt.
She shuddered, her head twisting on the sheets. Denial seemed the best option. She knew what she was and more importantly wasn’t. “No, I’m…”
“Mmm, yes you are. You’re smart, and sexy.” He pressed hot kisses along the faint scar that ran the length of her right side before flaring toward the thicker, uglier scars along her backside. “You don’t have to hide from me, Gilli.” He nibbled at the tender flesh along her abdomen, stopping to swirl his tongue around her belly button.
Pleasure spiked, roaring through her. Tiny prickles of heat danced over every nerve. Arching against him when he shifted, she moaned. Her heels dug into the rumpled bedding, her ragged breathing filling her ears with a pulsing thunder. Breath caught, locked in her chest as he tickled the indent again, his fingers holding her hips in place. Slow, heated sweeps of his tongue had her quivering, her body a mass of tangled nerves and energy.
What in the world? God above, I didn’t know. She trembled with the first trickle of fear mixed with the arousal pounding through her body. A slow throb settled between her legs, her clit aching for something. A garbled scream ripped from her lips when he brushed against her, his hair tickling her erect nipple.
Am I turning into a whore? Just like Mother said? No, I must control it. Must not let it… Her inner debate stuttered to a halt when he palmed her crotch, his thumb tracing over the lace-covered flesh. Arching her hips, she twisted her head, burying her face in her arm. Ragged, harsh, her chest rose and fell with each breath, her body on fire. Eyes squeezed shut, she fought the rising wave of pleasure, the coil tightening with each languid movement of the man above her. His fingers tweaked her nipples, brushing over them to harden them into aching nubs. His other hand between her legs ghosted over the sensitive bundle of nerves hidden in the folds.
Each brush of his thumb across the aching tips pushed her closer and closer to the brink. Her chest heaving, she eased away, her back sliding over the satin. Distance, Gillian, distance. Don’t let it get to you.
A gasp escaped when he tugged her back beneath his weight, the fine hairs on his chest brushing against her erect nipples. “Baby,” guttural, his voice drifted through her ears, “you’re safe. Nothing’s going to happen … at least nothing bad. Let go.”
Gillian shook her head, her eyes flying open. There was no way in hell that was happening. She opened her mouth to tell him, only to squeak in shock as he leaned down, his lips crashing into hers, his tongue thrusting into her mouth.
Doubts and fears scattered with each thrust of his tongue, her body wallowing in the pleasure. Hesitantly, she kissed back, her control weakening, groaning under the weight of his coercion, his touch along her flushed body. Each slow glide of his fingertips tickled along her sides to her hips, enflaming her until she was drowning in sensations.
“That’s it, baby.” He pressed kisses along her jaw, pausing to nibble at her pulse point before sliding down her body. Each felt like a brand searing into her soul. Her abdomen jumped when he bit her navel before gliding farther down.
“Nnn…” She gasped, her fingers tangling in his hair at the first brush of hot moist breath on her vagina. Tugging on the strands, she wiggled, her hips shimmying away from his mouth. Her protests were silenced when he reached up, grabbed her wrists, and pressed them into the mattress.
“Shh,” he mouthed against her flank before grabbing her hips, his fingers sinking into the flesh of her ass as he shifted. She swallowed a garbled scream when his tongue darted out over her lace-covered clit. Shockwaves of heat and fire darted behind her eyelids, the sensations reaching deep into her core.
The fluttering in her stomach followed the fast movement of his tongue over her nub. Boneless, her body reacting, she whimpered, as fierce pleasure tore down