Total pages in book: 123
Estimated words: 116597 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 583(@200wpm)___ 466(@250wpm)___ 389(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 116597 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 583(@200wpm)___ 466(@250wpm)___ 389(@300wpm)
Carter bit his bottom lip on a laugh, nodding to the papers in his hand. “And this part — the ‘try before you deny’ clause?”
“You attempt everything once before you’re allowed to turn it down. I get full creative control. You get full use of your voice and boundaries.” I tilted my head. “It’s meant to be a fun, educational experience, not a hostage situation.”
“Why do I have a feeling that your version of fun will be much different than mine?”
“Scared already? There’s still time to back out.”
“No,” Carter said immediately, shaking his head. “No way in hell I’m backing out of this. I’m still shocked I got you to agree at all.”
“Trust me — that makes two of us. And don’t be so sure to say there’s no way in hell. You haven’t read the next clause.”
Carter frowned, returning his attention to the contract. I continued sipping my wine and watching him. Already, my wheels were turning with all the ways I could make him bend and squirm, all the ways I could bring him pleasure that he didn’t even know he liked yet.
“This part that says I’m obligated to come when you call?”
“Any time, for any reason. I will, of course, respect your obligations to the team. But past that, if I want you? You’re mine. And that isn’t the part I think you may take issue with.”
Carter continued reading, and then smirked, tapping the back of his pen to the page. “Ah. Participant agrees to remain monogamous for the duration of this agreement, unless otherwise authorized by Doctor Young.” He tongued his cheek, eyes sparkling a bit when they met mine. “So, I need your permission to sleep with anyone else?”
“If you want to keep this arrangement, yes. I don’t share my toys unless I choose to.”
The flush of his cheeks was so goddamn pretty. It had the blood in my veins sizzling, the desire to top him nearly too much to contain now. I may have never seen this agreement coming, I may have never imagined I’d give Carter Fabri the chance to warm my sheets, and I may have still had reservations about whether he could handle what I planned to give him.
But fuck if I wasn’t excited to find out.
He was hot — even if he felt like a stone in my shoe half the time. I knew he had a body sculpted by years of playing professional hockey under that suit of his, and any hetero woman — me included — would be excited to have all-access to peruse it.
This was the buzz being in control gave me. The wine paled in comparison to the kind of high that came from knowing I could do whatever I wanted to this willing man sitting across from me.
“It’s not about possessiveness,” I clarified. “I have no intention of having any sort of relationship with you past being your professor. This is about teaching you how to pleasure a woman — and how to get her in the position where she would even agree to let you try. But that clause is for health reasons. Which brings us to the next point.”
Carter flipped the page, then read aloud again. “All physical contact and training activities are contingent on the completion of a full STD panel, updated within the past fourteen days, as well as a physical exam to ensure the participant is cleared for rigorous activity.”
He barked out a laugh, his grin wide as he looked up at me.
When I didn’t mirror the sentiment, his smile fell.
“You’re serious?” He blinked. “I mean, I get the STD part, but I play professional hockey. I think I’m more than cleared for rigorous activity.”
“I think you’ll find that some of our scenes will vastly outpace three periods of skating around on the ice, Rookie.”
I smirked, tapping the next part of the contract.
“And you’ll see here that I am on birth control, but just to be extra cautious, we will avoid sexual intercourse whenever I am near my ovulation window.”
“You really thought of everything.” Carter shook his head, but he dragged his teeth over his bottom lip at the same time, his eyes alight with curiosity. “Fine. I’ll get into the doctor first thing.”
“Good boy,” I praised.
His nostrils flared, and this time, I couldn’t help myself.
I leaned forward, abandoning my wine glass on the table before my hand snaked beneath its surface. I found his knee, sliding my index finger over the smooth, luxurious fabric of his slacks before I walked my fingertips up along the seam.
Carter kept his gaze on mine, feigning that he wasn’t aroused or scared or interested in the slightest, but his body betrayed him in every way. He slouched a little in his chair, his thick thighs widening to allow me better access as I slowly trailed my touch higher.