“…so… unless you say the safe word…”
“‘No’ means ‘yes,’” I whispered into his ear. “Just for tonight. Just for right now.”
He nodded somberly – and then his fingers grabbed my hair and he kissed me hot and wet, devouring my mouth.
And I felt something else hot and wet slide between my thighs.
“No,” I whispered, angling my hips away.
To be honest, what I was doing felt kind of wrong. Psychologically uncomfortable, a little shameful. ‘No means no’ – period. Right? So I felt like I was bad for doing this.
But it was really, really hot.
And I didn’t want to stop.
Not yet.
“No, you can’t have me – ”
“Yes,” he whispered, pressing his body harder against me. “Please.”
“No – ”
“Yes,” he demanded. “Please – ”
I struggled away from him, though I wanted him inside me more than ever. “No, you can’t have me – ”
“YES,” he said fiercely. He sat upright, grasped my hips with his hands, forcing me flat onto the bed – and then he took that big, gorgeous shaft in one hand and angled the head right against my lips and clit.
The slipperiness of his juices made him slide across me, a pressure as wet and hot as his tongue, but firmer and harder and far more powerful. Soft and hard all at once, thick and juicy and slick, pressing against me, overcoming me with a jolt of pleasure.
I breathed in sharply, ragged and quick.
“Yes,” he whispered.
“No – ”
“Please, Lily, please, yes – ”
And then I felt him enter me.
Oh my God oh my God oh my God
It was just the head – just the tip, really.
But damn it felt amazing.
The sensations were mind-blowing.
But I wasn’t going to let him win that easily.
I tried to force him out, pressing the muscles inside me against him –
But the delicious pressure just kept easing deeper and deeper inside me as his girth filled me up.
“Yes,” he whispered in my ear.
“Yes,” I agreed, moaning.
I stopped trying to fight him and let him enter me deeply, let him fill me completely.
“Lily,” he hissed in my ear as he pulled out almost all the way – and then plunged deep inside me again.
“Oh God, yes, oh God,” I cried out as he filled me up, over and over, rotating his hips so that he swirled inside me, pressing everywhere inside me, stroking me, possessing me, fucking me, making love to me –
I bit his shoulder lightly as waves of pressure started to build up beyond my control.
“Harder,” he hissed. “Bite me harder.”
I bit him harder, his flesh firm and tight between my teeth.
The earth was shaking under me, and I couldn’t control it anymore.
“Harder,” he hissed as he filled me up over and over and over.
I bit harder and screamed, the noise muffled against his skin, as my entire body convulsed with pleasure, jolting again and again, larger and larger, with every thrust of him between my legs –
And then he cried out, too, his hands buried in my hair, pulling at my head, my teeth still biting his shoulder, as he pounded inside one more time… and then he relented, and his whole body shuddered. I could feel him expand inside me, over and over, thicker and bigger, and he pulled out and thrust inside me again, filling me once more, his orgasm bursting against mine, his contractions matching mine, his body one with mine –
And then he collapsed on top of me, his body shaking as I trembled underneath him, the aftershocks still pulsing through me every few seconds until they gradually died out.
I kissed the skin where I’d bitten him and felt the indention in his flesh. “Are you okay?”
He pulled his head up to look me in the eye. He had the dreamy, spaced-out look of someone on the best drugs ever.
“I’m fantastic,” he whispered. “Well, I mean… you’re fantastic… hell, you know what I mean.”
Then he kissed me on the mouth.
I giggled beneath his lips and kissed him back.
He pulled away and looked at me. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fantastic, too. Although you could untie me now, if you want.”
“Oh – yeah,” he said, and reached up and fumbled with the knots around my wrists. “But I meant… with what we just did…”
Once my arms were free, I arched my head up off the bed, put my hands on his cheeks, and kissed him tenderly. “I’m great. But it was just for tonight.”
“Just for tonight,” he whispered, a promise.
I nodded, then murmured in his ear, “Until we use the safe word again. That thing’s awful handy.”
He laughed – and then we kept on kissing, our bodies still entwined.
23
I don’t remember much after that.
In fact, I don’t remember much of anything until I woke up the next morning.
The room was dim, but light was glowing through the curtained windows.
I remembered Connor making love to me…
…an amazing orgasm as I stared up at the stars…
…and an even hotter orgasm doing something really, really naughty.
Maybe it was time for round three.
I rolled over and reached for Connor.
He wasn’t there.
His side of the bed was empty, just rumpled sheets and a pulled-back comforter.
But there was a note.
Lily,
Sorry, had to go tip over the first domino.
Johnny’s with me, so you’re on your own.
Order some room service – and DON’T PAY FOR IT. Put it on the room tab.
Give me a call as soon as you read this.
Connor
He left his cell number at the bottom of the sheet of paper.
The first domino…?
Then I remembered what he had said the night before:
All the pieces are already in place. It’s just a matter of tipping over the first domino.
I grinned… and then lay back in bed, my mind reeling.
Had everything he’d told me last night been real?
A solar farm out in the Nevada desert?
The destruction of the coal and energy industries, at least as they existed today?
Changing the entire world as we know it?
If anybody can do it, HE can.
I reached for my cell phone, then realized it wasn’t on the bedside table. I had to search the bedroom for it, and finally found it along with my box of office ‘memorabilia’ from my time with Herr Klaus.
Asshole, I thought about my former boss, then walked over to the bed.
I checked the phone. 10:27.
MAN I slept late…
I checked the note again and dialed the number.
Then I remembered something else from our conversation last night.
Isn’t he meeting with the governor today? Or state officials or something? Why would he answer my phone call if he’s in a meeting with –
“Hello?” Connor spoke into my ear.
“Hey,” I said, breaking out into a huge smile.
“Hey yourself,” he said. I could hear the grin in his voice.
“Glad I caught you before your meeting.”
“No, I’m right in the middle of it.”
“Oh my God,” I gasped, my face getting red. “I’m sorry, I – ”
“Why are you apologizing? I told you to call.”
“Why did you answer?!”
“I make time for the important people in my life.”
My heart skipped a beat.
“Hello?” he said, though he knew I was there.
“Who is it?” I whispered.
“Is this a bad knock-knock joke?”
“No – who are you meeting with?”
“The governor.”
My face went beet-red.
“I’ll call you back – ”
“He can’t hear me. I excused myself, I’m over at the window.”
“I can’t believe you answered the phone in a meeting with the governor of Nevada!”
“It’s his own fault. He made me wait five minutes, I can make HIM wait a couple.”
“Well… I’m just calling to say ‘hey.’”
“I won’t be done until later this afternoon, maybe 4 or 5. I left a credit card and a little bit of cash for you on the table by the front door. Go out and have some fun while I’m gone.”
An uncomfortable feeling roiled in the pit of my stomach. “I’m not going to take your credit card and go shopping.”
He chuckled. “I should’ve never said that, should I?”
“I’m GLAD you said it, otherwise I might’ve done it.”
“Well, I’m ordering you to enjoy yourself. Buy a nice little black dress for tonight – we’ll go out and have fun.”
“You’re ordering me?” I asked in a oh no you DI-IN’T voice.
“I’m… requesting.”
“Mmm… maybe,” I grunted.
“At least have a nice breakfast.”
“Alright. I don’t want to take up too much of your time – ”
“Lily?”
“Yes?”
“You can take up as much of my time as you want.”
I smiled. “Go take over the world, Connor.”
“Yes ma’am.”
“I’ll talk to you later.”
“I’ll call you when I’m done.”
“Okay.”
“Bye.”
“Bye.”
It was weird… I had to hold myself back from saying ‘Love you.’
Habit, mostly. I say it to my parents, I say it to Anh…