Kimberly pushed her hands deep into the pockets of her robe, staring back at Jared intently. What did he have in mind? He wouldn’t hurt her, he wouldn’t breach her virginity. What was left that she would need to surrender her control?
“No explanations, Kimberly. ” He forestalled her request for just that. “Either you trust me or you don’t. There’s no in-between. ”
“I trust you. ” There was no question of that.
He smiled again, a crooked, tender smile that caused the muscles of her stomach to clench in response.
“Come here. ” He held out his hand to her, though there was nothing so weak as a request. It was a demand.
She stepped forward slowly, taking his hand, expecting him to pull her into his arms. She was surprised when he stopped her inches from his chest.
“I’m going to blindfold you,” he said firmly. “You will leave it on, no matter what. Agreed?”
She had never been blindfolded. She had never been stripped of even the security of her sight. She shuddered at the demand but nodded in compliance.
Jared touched her cheek with the pads of his fingers before leaning close to touch her lips with his.
“I’ll blindfold you here, then carry you to another room. Your safe word is sacrifice; by saying it, you’ll sacrifice a pleasure, baby, unlike anything you’ve known yet. ”
What could he have planned?
Kimberly nodded jerkily, trembling before him as he picked up the black eye mask from the bed and pulled it over her head. It covered her eyes only, the elastic fitting snugly at the back of her head and blocking all light.
“I’ve never done this, Jared. ” She reached for him, her hands gripping his forearm desperately as she became lost in a world of darkness.
“I know, baby,” he whispered. “Just let go. I’ll take care of you. ”
She stilled at the small, almost hidden vein of emotion in his voice that she caught then. Despite the arousal, the absolute pleasure, underlying the dominant satisfaction was…sadness?
“I’m going to pick you up,” he told her a second before he swung her in his arms. “You don’t have to do anything yet, Kimber. Just relax. ”
Relax? She was blind and becoming paranoid. His voice was making her crazy. What was that emotion, that hint of something in his tone that sent a shaft of pain piercing her heart?
She gripped his shoulders as he cradled her against his chest and began to walk. She tried to picture the path in her mind, but the turns he made didn’t make sense, unless he was trying to deliberately disorient her.
“Are you going in circles?” She tried to smile, but felt her lips trembling in the attempt.
“Of course. ” She heard the smile in his voice. “Where would be the fun in it if you knew where you were?”
He was demanding the complete sacrifice of every shred of control she possessed. And she was giving it to him. That was the part she found truly amazing. She had no qualms in giving it to him, to trusting him to care for her, to protect her.
They stopped moving, and after a pause, she felt him stoop to lay her on the thick comfort of a well-padded mattress. She lay still, listening.
She heard the sounds of him undressing as she shifted against whatever bed she lay on. She wanted him naked, wanted him taking her. She could hear him beside her, but she could feel movement on the other side. A depression to the mattress that made no sense.
“Jared?” She swallowed tightly as she called out to him.
“Yeah, baby. ” He answered from the position beside her, just as she had heard him.
She whimpered as she felt hands at the robe. Confident, self-assured, they began to loosen the belt. And it wasn’t Jared.
“Oh God,” she whimpered as the strap loosened and the edges of her robe fell to her side.
Calloused, broad hands lifted her, smoothing the material from her as she shuddered in the grip.
“Easy, Kimber. ” It was Jared who smoothed back her hair from her neck, uncovering her breast to another’s gaze.
She was shuddering, trembling from the inside out with reaction. The hands smoothing along her sides were warm, not rough, but firm, demanding. When they covered her breasts a tremulous cry escaped her lips as her womb convulsed in pleasure.