If, no when, they came together in bed, it should be on equal footing.
“You don’t know who I am anymore, either.” It took all of her self-control, but she shoved his fingers away from her. “You seem to think I’m some spineless girl who’ll swoon if you frown at me in the right way. That you’ll scare me away if you’re bossy in bed. Well, here’s a news flash. I don’t scare easily, and I won’t submit to you unless I want to. So if I give you control, then I obviously don’t mind if you take it.”
His nostrils flared. “You have no idea how demanding I am.”
They were approaching the bottom, but she slid her hand into his lap anyway. Over his pants, she squeezed his dick. Leaning in, she flicked her tongue over his lower lip, barely touching him. “You seem to be forgetting that I’ve been in your arms already. You didn’t scare me then, and you don’t scare me now.”
Pulling back, she hopped off the Ferris wheel and glanced over her shoulder at him, weighing the effect her words had had on him. He climbed off a little bit more slowly, supporting himself with his good leg. Part of her wanted to help him, but she knew instinctively that it wouldn’t mesh well with his independence. So she didn’t.
She stood there waiting, her heart racing at the look he was giving her. He watched her as if he’d like to strip her naked right here at the carnival and do bad, bad things to her. He walked right past her, grabbing her elbow and hauling her behind a deserted brick building. “What are you—?”
“Enough.” As soon as they rounded the corner, he pressed her against the wall and trapped her hands in his one. “You think you can handle me? Let me remind you exactly how ‘demanding’ I can be.”
Her heart surged. “I—”
Effectively cutting her off, he slammed his mouth down on hers, kissing her with so much passion and fire that she should have proved spontaneous combustion really happened to humans on a daily basis. That’s how hot his kiss was. His mouth moved over hers, and he dipped his fingers between her thighs, pressing against her aching core.
It was barely a caress. Barely a touch.
But it drove her insane.
She whimpered into his mouth, curling her hands into empty fists. He broke off the kiss, his fingers moving faster and harder. “Don’t come until I tell you to. You’re not allowed. You understand me?” he asked, his voice hard.
She swallowed a cry. “What? No. I can’t—”
“Do. Not. Come.”
His fingers moved faster, and he claimed her mouth again, sucking her lower lip in between his teeth and biting down just enough to sting a tiny bit. As he kissed her, he kept touching her, driving her closer to the edge. She moaned, rolling her hips impatiently. He pulled back, ending the torment.
“You’re trying to come. I told you not to.”
“But I can’t—”
“You disobey me like that in bed, then you’ll be punished. You disobey me, I stop.” He gripped her butt hard, his fingers biting into her skin. “You understand me, sweetheart?”
She nodded frantically, her stomach tightening in a small ball of need and frustration. “Yes. I…I do.”
“Good girl.” He nibbled on her neck and moved his fingers between her thighs again. The second he touched her aching core, she moaned. “What do you want, sweetheart? Tell me.”
“I want…” She bit down on her lip. “God, I want to come. Please.”
He grunted in satisfaction and increased the pressure. “You’re allowed to come this time. I’ll let you have this one freebie, but next time? You’ll beg me first.”
Allowed to come? He couldn’t be serious…
She closed her eyes, the need he brought to life getting even more intense at his cocky words. “Oh my God. Yes.”
“Now.”
He kissed her again, still massaging her throbbing center through her pants. Within seconds, she came, stars bursting in front of her eyes as she sagged against the wall. He ended the kiss, pulling back enough to study her.
Withdrawing his touch, he patted her cheek. “That’s about as nice as I get in bed, Tara. From here on out, I’m not going to hold back. Keep your distance, or pay the price.”
She gasped, blinking up at the clouds. If that had all been a ploy to scare her off, it had failed miserably. If anything, it only made her want him more. “Oh my God.”
“You already said that.”
“I can’t believe you just…we just…here.”
“Yeah. We did.” Stepping back, his fingers clenched into fists and then opened at his sides. “And now playtime is over. It’s time to go home and get to work.”