“Careful,” he said softly, his voice gruff. “You’re playing with fire.”
“That’s the idea,” I interrupted, standing on my tiptoes to brush my lips over his as I caressed him through the material of his pants. “Lucky for you, I like playing with fire.”
My hand gripped him. “And I’m not afraid of getting burned.”
I had never been one to seduce anyone before, but Lucas made me want to try. “Take off your shirt, Lucas.”
“Let’s go to the bedroom,” he murmured, his lips tracing my jawline. God, I couldn’t think clearly when he sucked the skin there! “Let me show you what it’s like to be burned.”
“No,” I told him, gasping. “This is my turn.” I pushed back from him; my eyes set on his. “Are you afraid someone might see you naked?”
His grin was slow and deadly, those horribly sexy dimples re-emerging in the dying light. The fireworks exploding over our heads chased away some of the darkness, but not enough for anyone to see what we were doing.
My body was trembling and I couldn’t tell whether it was because of lust or excitement. I didn’t think I would ever know. I had no idea why Lucas asked me to come on the yacht. Tomorrow I might be handed off to someone else for all I knew.
But tonight? This was my night with him.
“You want to see me naked, Princess?” he asked softly, his voice a deep timbre.
All I could do was nod, rooted on the spot and hoping that he wasn’t going to deny me this.
Lucas grasped the edge of his coat and pulled it off, removing the gun from the waistband of his pants and placing them both on the cushioned seat nearby. He slowly unbuttoned his shirt, and my breath grew quicker with each button that popped loose, with every moment he revealed more of the tanned, muscular skin underneath.
I could hardly hear the exploding fireworks as his shirt joined his coat a moment later. The wind ruffled his hair, and the red glare of each new explosion in the sky cast accentuated the hard lines of his body.
My feet moved of their own volition, and soon I was touching his broad shoulders, my fingers drifting over the scars on his shoulder. I wanted to know everything about him, where his scars came from and who had done this to him.
I wanted to ease that pain, to show him that there was softness in his world, and that softness, that light could be me.
Was I really thinking about him in that manner? I should be running away, but all I wanted to do was to run toward him.
To embrace his darkness.
When I slid down the front of his chest, kissing his chiseled abs, he hissed. He knew exactly where I was going. Looking up at him, I saw his jaw clenched. He slowly losing control.
“Please?” I asked softly, wanting his approval first. I didn’t know why that was so important to me, but it was. I didn’t want him to be uncomfortable with my touch.
The nod of his head was barely noticeable in the darkness, but it was all that I needed. I made my way down, planting kisses and trailing my fingers downward as I knelt in front of him.
“You know,” I started as I worked at the buckle of his pants and slid open the zipper. “I saw you that night.”
“What night?”
“The night we first met,” I said. The scent of his manhood was filling my nostrils. “I thought you were gorgeous.”
His hand found my chin and he nudged it up, so I had to look at him.
“And you,” he said, his voice barely heard over theboom-boom-boomof the fireworks. “You took my breath away.”
Thank God I was already on my knees, or else I would have wobbled a bit.
My eyes bore into his. “Stop distracting me.”
His lips teased into a rare grin and his fingers released my chin, letting me go back to my business. His cock sprang forth, warm and heavy in the darkening air. A drop of pearl hung at the tip and I licked my lips before I licked away the salty drop. His groan of approval spurred me on. But I held myself back, content to tease in small swirling circles with my tongue, savoring his taste as I greedily lapped at the throbbing head.
I didn’t know why I liked tasting him. Maybe it was because it made him vulnerable and put him in a position where I held most of the power.
Or maybe I just liked it.