“I want to try something,” he whispers against my lips. “But you have to trust me.”
I pull back and search his eyes. There’s no authority there, but the glistening anticipation I see makes me just as nervous. In spite of that, I know he won’t hurt me. He slips away from me and I remain still as he digs through a drawer in his bedside table. When he turns around, I zero in on the lacy, red cloth in his hands. My heart rate spikes and I take a step back, no longer caring about being graceful on the tips of my toes.
“Relax,” he orders in a smooth, calming tone.
I don’t relax, especially when he toys with it, wrapping it around his hands and letting it slip between his fingers. He swallows the distance between us and my legs lock in place. I’m unable to walk away, even if I wanted to, because there’s a teeny, tiny part of me that wants to see exactly what he has planned. I suck in a breath as he unravels the scarf and brushes the soft fabric against my nipples. They harden further and ache like nothing I’ve ever felt before.
“Will you let me cover your eyes?”
Do I have a choice? The longer I look at him, the more I believe that maybe, just maybe, he is giving me a choice. But if I say no, I’ll disappoint him. He approaches me. He keeps coming until his chest is almost flush against mine.
“Yes,” I answer, shocking even myself.
Kade drapes the scarf over my breasts and my breath hitches in my throat, deepening into a heavy pant. He begins to circle me, dragging the soft fabric up over my bare shoulder.
“You’re having difficulty with my lessons because you haven’t experienced pleasure. I’m going to give that experience to you and you can see for yourself just how powerful arousal is.”
“Wait.” I attempt to turn around, but his heavy hands whip to my shoulders, keeping my back to him, so I peer over my shoulder. “You’re going to touch me? There?”
He smiles a full smile, filled with perfect white teeth. “Yes.” I feel his lips against my shoulder and jump as he nips me with his teeth. “And I promise you’ll like it.”
Kade grabs the sides of my head and straightens it, so I’m no longer looking at him. Then, he covers my eyes with the scarf and I’m blind. He’s doubled it over so I can’t see a thing… and it scares the shit out of me. A cool breeze blows over my exposed skin when I realize I can’t feel him anymore, and goosebumps spring to life. Behind the lacy veil, I blink rapidly, trying desperately to see through it and figure out where the hell he is. It’s then I feel his warm palm glide over the curve of my ass. I gasp and jolt forward, only to be caught by the palm of his other hand as he flattens it against my belly.
“I told you to relax.”
“I can’t. Shouldn’t I least see what you’re doing to me?”
He laughs once. “You know what I look like, imagine it.”
His hands fall away from me, taking his warmth with it and my entire body begins to tremble as I urgently try to foretell where I’m going to feel them next.
“You’re scared?” I jump at his low voice as it bounces around my head. I don’t know where he is… but I can feel the heat of his body crashing over me in waves. I nod my head minutely and not a second later, I register the slight touch of his fingertips as he tucks a lock of my hair under the fabric that shields my eyes.
“I want you to be scared…” His voice is close now and my skin buzzes as I feel his breath brush over my lips. “I want you to be petrified, so you remember the exact moment I take that feeling away from you and make you feel safer than you have ever felt in your life.”
His full lips graze across mine and I struggle for breath as my body hums with electric energy.
“This is the moment I replace your fear of me with lust. This is the moment you truly learn what it feels like to be touched, and I want you to learn… I want you to memorise as much of this as you can.”
Kade softly licks my top lip and soothingly kisses my bottom one. My heads swims and rolls with new thoughts and feelings as his lips skim over my cheek and right to my ear.
“I will not ask your permission for anything, if you don’t want me to touch you, take the blindfold off now and we can try again later. Once I start, I won’t stop until your body is shaking and you’re panting my name.”
His breath is a heady blow of anticipation against my flesh and it flows through me, igniting my blood. I bite my lip, stilling my trembling fingers against my thighs. A few small eternities pass and I swear I hear him smile against my earlobe.
“Good girl.”
My eyelashes brush against the fabric rapidly, as adrenaline pumps through my body. Why am I letting this happen? Why haven’t I said no? I feel him circle me until his hard, suddenly naked torso presses against my back. I gulp on contact and his hands surround my waist. I barely have time to react to his touch before he presses his warm, moist lips to my neck. I quiver and instinctively angle my neck to the side. While he kisses me, his hand works its way down my stomach over my hip and down my thigh before snaking between my legs. Unbearable tingles seize me and I gasp, squeezing my legs shut.