“You paid for my time. I’m just giving you what you paid for.”

“I hate you,” I whisper, feeling my cheeks get hot with embarrassment.

“No, you don’t, not even a little.”

“Wanna bet?” I grumble, then I gasp as he rolls me to my back and looms over me with his face just inches from mine.

“After I got over being pissed at my sister and mother last night, I realized what you did was the single most beautiful thing I’ve experienced in my life. And I get that we’re just joking right now, but you need to understand what it meant to me.”

“I did it out of jealousy,” I admit, because my motive wasn’t honorable, and I only did it for selfish reasons—because the idea of him spending time with another woman made me feel sick.

“I know.” His finger trails across my forehead, then down the side of my face. “And if the roles had been reversed, I would have done the same thing.”

“It also felt good to see the look on your sister’s smug face when I won, though I probably shouldn’t have started my bid so high.”

“You don’t think I’m worth ten grand?”

“I’m not sure.” I scan my eyes over his face. “You’re all-right-looking, but—”

“Don’t you dare finish that statement.” He tickles me, and I burst into a fit of laughter and try to grab his hands.

“Stop, please,” I beg, and his fingers lace through mine, then he lifts my hands above my head and smiles down at me, looking smug.

“Tell me you think I’m handsome.”

“No.” I laugh, and he leans into me, brushing his nose across mine, then his lips whisper across my cheek to my ear, and he nips my earlobe.

“Aiden.” My core convulses while my back arches off the bed.

“Tell me.” His warm breath against my ear causes a tidal wave of desire to wash over my skin and my nipples to pebble. Whimpering, I lift my leg and press the heel of my foot into the back of his thigh to pull him closer when I feel his cock against my hip through the thin material of his boxers. “Fuck, I love that sound.”

He lets one of my hands go, and the next thing I know, it’s on my thigh, then under my shirt and covering my breast. Hearing him groan as he tugs my nipple, I lean up and nip the underside of his jaw. His eyes that have gone dark with desire get darker, then his mouth covers mine, and I lose myself completely, kissing him back.

“Oh,” I breathe, dragging my mouth from his when his big hand moves down my stomach, and his fingers delve under the top edge of my panties, right between my legs.

“Fuck, you’re soaked.” His forehead drops to my chest as he makes a tortured sound, then two fingers circle my clit before sinking deep inside me, causing my core to tighten.

“Oh my God.” I press my thighs together, wanting to keep him right where he is, sure that he’ll pull away because we’ve never gotten this far before. “Don’t stop.”

“Open for me.” He leans up, finding my mouth as his thumb rolls over my clit. My thighs fall apart while I kiss him back, and his fingers move inside me, curling up at just the right point, drawing me closer and closer to the edge. When he pulls away, I almost start to protest, but then he’s leaning back on his knees, dragging my legs apart, ripping my panties to the side, and dropping his mouth to my very center. The first swipe of his tongue feels foreign, having never had a man go down on me before, but when he adds his fingers and suction, I thread my fingers through his hair to keep him right where he is and lift my hips to get closer to his talented mouth.

My muscles bunch, my core tightens, my eyes squeeze tight, and a sense of euphoria washes over me as I fall head-first into my orgasm. Not willing to even take a breath, because I don’t want anything to take away from the sensations coursing through me as I come with his mouth between my legs.

When I feel the rough scruff of his jaw on my inner thigh, I open my eyes and watch him sit back, and wrap his fist around his cock, pumping it in quick, steady strokes as his fingers play between my legs, and he watches. Pulling my hips back from his touch, his eyes fly up to mine. “What are you doing, doll?”

“Giving us what we both want.” I twist my hips to the side so I can shimmy my panties down my thighs, then I sit up and rip off my shirt, tossing it to the floor. “Unless you don’t—”

“I don’t have a condom,” he cuts me off, his eyes moving over me as his palm slides over my knee and I lick my lips.

“I’m on birth control and haven’t…” My cheeks warm as I cut myself off. “It’s been a long time.”

“I’m clean but are you ready for that doll?” His eyes lock with mine and I tell him the truth.

“With you, yes.” I nod, and his eyes slide closed as his chest heaves.


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