“You’re a giver. You want to take care of me, protect me. Let me do this foryou.”
The affection in her stunningly dark eyes surprised me. I think...I think she really did want to do this and then not get anything in return. Unable to deny her, pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to deny this woman anything, I nodded my head in short jerks.
She tightened her grip as she moved her hand from the base to tip. But she was teasing me, going so slow. I grabbed her hand, pumping faster, chasing a release that was just out of reach.
Just as a groan started to spill from my lips, I bent my head to catch hers in a searing kiss, as if I could make her feel the pleasure she was giving me through this simple touch. Hot splashes of cum painted my stomach as I slowed her hand to a stop.
She swiped her tongue along my top lip, and I chased her when she pulled back.
The grin she shot me was full of lust and mischief as she reached behind her and grabbed some tissues from her nightstand. I wiped myself off, then got up to throw them away. I hesitated when I turned back to the bed. What if she changed her mind about me sleeping here?
“I sleep on the side closest to the door, always. Okay?” She took the spot I’d been sitting in, and pulled down the covers on the other side, inviting me in.
She still wanted me here. I breathed a sigh of relief.
Climbing in, I scooted close to her until my front pressed against her back, and laid a light hand over her hip. I wanted to wrap myself around her, but I was afraid she wouldn’t like that.
Baby steps.
She didn’t fling my hand away as she found a comfortable spot against her pillow.
Going to sleep, my mind was equally filled with how selfless she’d been, and how I was going to pay her back.
Challenge accepted.
* * *
Dawn came far more swiftlythan I was ready for it, especially since I had no idea how I'd even managed to go to sleep. Even better, I woke before Vienna did. She was still curled up against me, her back tucked against my chest and at some point, I'd slid my leg between hers. Part of me wanted to ease it away before she woke and discovered the fact that not only had I done that, I was cupping one of her breasts too.
Closing my eyes, I gave myself time to savor the contact before I carefully moved my hand back to her hip. The soft chuckle escaping her pulled a real grin to my own lips. "Busted?"
"Oh yeah," she murmured.
"Sorry." Though her breast had been so soft under my palm and I kind of ached to cup it again. I'd rather do it when we were both active participants and my hand wasn't sleep groping.
"No apologies necessary," Vienna said as she arched into a stretch that pulled her away from me. Then before I could complain, she brushed a kiss to my lips. "Time to work out, then shower."
I stared after her as she rolled out of the bed awake and fresh. All I wanted to do was drag her back into the cocoon of warmth. "You didn't mind?"
"If I minded," she told me over her shoulder on her way into the closet. "I would have broken your hand."
Fair enough.
"Now, go get dressed. Training. Then we have an errand to run."
We.
It took a full sixty seconds for my brain to process those words.
Wehad an errand to run.
My morning erection pulsed at the thought. I was going with her today. The mental fist pump had nothing on the way her slender fingers had felt around my cock the night before, but I shuttled all of that to the side.
With care, I remade her bed before leaving her room for my own. The gift she'd given me the night before I would treasure. However, I thought continuing to respect her at her word would do more to show how much I appreciated her.
I only wished I'd realized when she'd said errand it meant meeting, and that meeting meant another man.
It wasn't even lunchtime when we pulled into a rather nice, if nondescript, building in the heart of downtown. It was the kind of place I could have afforded if I'd pursued an executive position. Management, however, had never been a career path for me.