Total pages in book: 141
Estimated words: 141428 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 707(@200wpm)___ 566(@250wpm)___ 471(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 141428 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 707(@200wpm)___ 566(@250wpm)___ 471(@300wpm)
“Baby, you are fucking beautiful.”
“Really?” she whispered.
He gave her a stern look.
“That wasn’t me saying that I was ugly or anything!” she said quickly with her hands up.
The last thing she needed was for him to add another punishment to her book.
And she still couldn’t believe she had a naughty book.
“I was just saying . . . really. See? Totally different.”
He eyed her like he didn’t really believe her before pulling her top carefully off over her injured arm, then her good arm before throwing it aside.
“You’ll believe it. I’ll make it my mission to ensure that you do.”
Then he crouched in front of her and reached for the top band of her pajama pants. “Hand on my shoulder.”
She braced her good hand on his shoulder and he took off her pants and panties, leaving her completely naked. Thankfully, she’d finished her period yesterday.
Devi wasn’t aware that she was holding her breath until he kissed his way down her tummy, making it whoosh out of her.
“So fucking gorgeous. My girl.”
His girl.
“Lie back,” he ordered before lifting her and placing her on the bed. “Spread your legs.”
Heat filled her cheeks as she gaped up at him.
“Who is in charge?” he asked.
“You are.”
“And are you saying your safeword?”
Devi shook her head. No. She didn’t want him to stop. She guessed she was just shocked at the things he was ordering her to do.
“Then what should you do?”
Slowly, she spread her legs, letting him stare down at her. No one had ever really looked at her like this. The other guys she’d slept with . . . well, they’d barely waited for her to undress to fuck her.
It had felt rushed and kind of . . . yuck, if she was honest.
Nothing that she felt with Hayes.
“So stunning,” he whispered.
For a man who often guarded his words like they were diamonds, he certainly didn’t scrimp on telling her that she was beautiful.
Kneeling on the bed between her spread legs, he pushed them so her knees were bent and her feet flat on the mattress. He ran his fingers up the inside of her thighs until he reached her pussy. He cupped her mound and the warmth of his hand made her moan. She actually rubbed herself up against him.
Wow.
She had never done anything like that in her life.
“That’s it, baby. Rub yourself against me.”
“I . . . I . . . that’s okay?”
“Unless I tell you not to do something, everything is on the table. And if I tell you not to do something it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s something I don’t like. It just means I don’t want you to do it at that moment. Understand?”
Um. She thought so. This was all so new to her.
“I want you to keep your injured arm in whatever position feels the best. But your other arm goes up over your head and stays there until I say otherwise.”
She raised her arm over her head, the injured arm lying against the mattress.
“That’s it. Is anything off limits?” he asked.
Devi swallowed heavily. “You won’t say anything mean?”
He narrowed his gaze at her and she expected him to tell her that was ridiculous or to scold her for even thinking that.
But all he did was nod. “I will not.”
“Or, um, hurt me? I don’t mean, like, a spanking . . . I mean, I just don’t like pain. I don’t like my nipples being twisted or bitten. Or having a cock just shoved into me.”
His breathing grew faster and she watched him worriedly. “Some bastard just stuck their cock into you? Without warning? Without warming you up?”
“Um. Well, I was a bit warmed up.”
“Name.”
Oh no. She wasn’t giving him that. She shook her head.
“Devi, be a good girl. Give me a name.”
“You cannot ‘good girl’ me into giving you a name.” She pointed at him with her good hand. “And it’s naughty of you to try.”
“It’s naughty of you to move your arm when I told you to keep it over your head.”
Her eyes widened. Oh shoot. “This was different! I moved it to scold you.”
“You were scolding me? Do you get to scold me?”
“I do when you’re losing your mind. I’m not giving you a name so you can go and do . . . whatever it is you want to do to Pete . . . oops.”
“Pete, huh? Can’t be too many Petes in that town. Or maybe I can just ask your brother.”
“He’s not going to tell you anything!”
The look he shot her told her that he knew that was bullshit.
Drat.
Of course Rohan would tell him! Rohan was almost as protective as Hayes. And he’d never liked any of the guys that she’d dated.
To be fair, they weren’t very nice guys. As she’d learned too late.
“Don’t worry, baby. I’ll find out and then I’ll do what needs to be done.” He leaned over her, his hands on the mattress on either side of her head.