“Wait.” She lays her hands flat on my chest. “What are you doing?”
I give her a sideways look. “Returning the favor.” Isn’t it obvious?
She shakes her head and tries to roll off me. “I only did this as payment. You don’t have to return the favor.”
I grip her hips tighter, locking her in place on top of me. “Payment? You think because I saved you, you have to suck my dick? I may be a monster, but I would never make a woman do something she doesn’t want to.” I narrow my eyes at her. “You wanted to, didn’t you?”
I have to ask because now I’m starting to think I was reading her signals all wrong.
“I—”
I cut her off. “I don’t like liars, Aria, so be honest.”
Her knees squeeze around me slightly as her mouth opens and her breath shudders. That’s all the answer I need. She did want to do this, and even more, she wants me.
I let the conversation die and pull her up my body until she’s hovering over me with her pussy lined up with my mouth.
No panties hide her mound from me, and it makes me smile. She’s completely shaved smooth, and I can smell her arousal. Pushing her down, her slit lands on my waiting tongue. My taste buds burst with satisfaction at her sweet taste, and I swear my dick comes to life again.
I lick, suck, and nip until she takes over, running her pussy over my nose and tongue in long, fast strokes. It turns me on to see her taking charge and chasing her own orgasm, so I don’t stop her. I lie there, my hands gripping the soft flesh of her ass, as she rides my face.
“I…” she starts between pants. “I’m going to come!” She moans.
Before she gets the chance, I grab her and flip her onto her back, then crawl down her body, positioning my face between her thighs. I look at her, chest heaving, sweat slicking her forehead. “Come. Come for me,” I say, then dive between her legs.
All it takes is a few strokes all the way from her clit to her hole, then back up before she’s coming all over my face. I lap every last drop up with my tongue until her body stills and her orgasm starts to die.
I wipe my mouth with the back of my hand before moving back up the bed and lying down beside her. It’s almost awkward because this is the point I would kick any other woman out, but I can’t do that to her. I won’t. She needs me.
Just as I’m about to start a pointless conversation, she moves closer to me and puts her head on my chest the same way it was before. “It’s been so long since I’ve felt anything so exhilarating,” she remarks.
“Oh yeah?” I can hear the smile in my voice, and it makes me feel stupid. No woman has ever made me feel this way—so light and carefree. Normally, a constant storm rages inside me, but that storm is nothing more than a light breeze with her in bed, in my arms.
“Yeah. The only other time I’ve ever felt that way was when I was performing.”
“Performing?” I know what she’s talking about, but I don’t want her to know that I was already stalking her. I’m getting her to open up, and I have a feeling if I tell her my brother dug up all the information he could on her, she’d close right back up.
“Yeah. I used to do gymnastics. I had a scholarship and everything.”
“Why did you stop?”
“I had an accident. It was my own fault… I landed wrong, tore my ACL, and fractured my spine.” I can hear the frown in her voice, and it makes me pull her closer.
“How can it be your fault if it was an accident?”
She shrugs. “I guess it wasn’t really, but after you’ve been told it’s all on you for so long, I guess you start to believe it too.”
My hatred for her so-called parents grows by the minute. The only thing keeping me calm is knowing that she is safe now and her asshole stepfather is walking around with his face rearranged. “Is that why you teach now?”
She nods against my chest. “But I don’t think I’ll be teaching much longer. All the parents are starting to take their kids to the new gyms they’re building on the other side of town. Ours is too old and run down, and Lisa, the owner, doesn’t have the money to fix it. It’s really sad.”
“Sounds like it. But maybe one day that’ll change.”
She lets out a yawn. “Maybe.”
As she nestles into my side more, I wrap my other arm around her, and for once, I fall into a deep and dreamless sleep.