He smiled. “By the Divine, no you are not.”
I wasn’t sure what that meant, but he appeared eager to see my body. Arms crossed, I hoped his reaction was a true one, but years of doubt, of chubby girl taunts on the school bus and the skinny girls giggling and laughing at me in the locker room rose to the fore and I froze.
Von lifted his gaze to mine. “I want to see your soft body, mate. Show me what’s mine.” He returned his attention to my chest, just tilted his chin to indicate I should continue, his words slipping through my body like warm caramel heating my blood.
“I’m going to get lost in your breasts. They’ll overflow my palms and your nipples will be taut and full in my mouth. When I suck on them, the hard little tips will press against my tongue. Your hips, as you said, are curvy. Perfect for gripping as I fuck you. And your ass?”
He glanced up, his eyes a dark blue. So vivid. So alive. So fucking eager.
“Plump. A perfect cushion for my hips every time I slam into you, my cock buried deep. Tonight, when I take your ass, when I stretch you open so perfectly, I’ll watch your flesh quiver and shake as I claim you.”
My hands had stopped at his words. Heat pulsed through me in a carnal wave. I’d never thought about my body that way before. Was that how he saw me? For the first time since I was ten and I started to develop, I felt pretty. I felt desired. With renewed eagerness, I let the dress drop from my fingers and onto the floor. Von’s quick intake of breath was my reward, his hands actually shook as he lifted them to my face.
“Fuck, Lexi. I should punish you for wearing things beneath your dress, but I’m overwhelmed. No more panties, mate.” He lowered his head to steal a kiss and I felt the truth of his desire in the kiss, in the tenderness of his touch. And I felt gorgeous, which was a small miracle all by itself. “You’re gorgeous.”
He broke the kiss and stepped back, his gaze roving, taking his time. “I want you, Lexi. You’re beautiful, mate. By the Divine, you’re perfect.”
I didn’t look down at myself, but at him watching me. I knew he could see my corset and panties, my heels.
Before I could blink, he’d stripped everything from me, easily forgotten on the floor. He was on me then, lifting me up and carrying me across the room to the bed.
“Von! Put me down. I’m too heavy.”
I heard the swat to my bottom a split second before I felt it.
“Do not belittle yourself.”
“But—”
“Do you want me to spank you again?”
He tossed me onto the bed and I bounced and came up onto my knees, but he gripped my ankle.
The sting from his palm was minor, but the heat that flared from it made my pussy so wet and achy.
A slow grin spread across his face. “You do.”
“I do, what?” I asked, tugging at his hold on my ankle.
“You do want me to spank you again.”
“I do not!” I countered, tugging with more effort, which was completely wasted.
“I know you, Alexis Lopez. We’ve dream shared. You’ve sucked my cock. I’ve claimed one of your virginities. You are my marked mate. You can hide nothing from me. Your pulse is racing and your skin is flushed. Your eyes are big and dark with desire. You liked the sting of my hand on your ass.”
With a twist of his wrist, he skillfully rolled me onto my stomach. I could do nothing but gasp at the ease with which he maneuvered me.
“You should have told me about Cosmo. You will never keep something like that from me again.”
Reaching down, he stroked his palm over the curve of my butt, over the heat where I knew his handprint was. He spanked again, but in a different spot. My muscles tightened instinctively.
“Tell me, Lexi. Promise me. No more secrets. I can’t protect you if you lie to me.” His hand landed on my ass again and I gasped, my entire bottom on fire. But worse, my pussy throbbed with each beat of my heart, my arousal making the plump lips actually hurt with want.
“Von.”
“Promise me.” One hand on the curve of my back, he slid the other hand lower and slipped one finger inside my dripping core. I was so tight, and my body clamped down on his finger like a fist making me gasp and squirm, pushing back, trying to get more of him. Yes. I wanted him. Now.
“I promise. I promise.”
He massaged my ass with one hand and played with my pussy with the other, spreading my wet welcome all over my pussy lips and ass. “You’re so nice and wet. I think you liked your punishment, mate.”
I looked over my shoulder at him. His uniform so crisp and commanding. His eyes potent and definitely lethal to any defenses I may have. Hands big and I imagined quite skilled. The outline of a thick, hard cock at the front of his pants.