He laughed, crawling up her body to kiss her lips. She dragged her nails down his back, reversing them to pull his shirt from his pants. The skin beneath was hot and smooth. Her bare feet slid up and down his calves.
“That will take time,” he murmured into her ear before licking the delicate skin there. “We have time. I want to do this right. I want you to give yourself to me with all honesty and nothing between us.”
And in truth, nothing he could have said would have left her more defenseless. He could have taken her, she was open and offering. The anticipation would be heightened, but also, he wanted to take it slow. Sex was one thing, something they’d do for cover and admittedly, for enjoyment. But her submission was another story, far more complicated.
She nodded, moved beyond words.
He kissed her again with sweet and heady slowness. After a time, when she was boneless with need and he’d pulled her into his spell, he left her lips and kissed down her throat, stopping at the hollow and then nibbling across her collarbone. Down again to each breast and the same slow suck, draw, lick and bite rhythm until she’d begun to whimper.
She was so wet her thighs were slick. Her clit throbbed, but he held her thighs apart with his body so she couldn’t even squeeze them closed for relief. Her pussy ached to be filled.
A deep moan came from her when he licked across her hipbone and down the crease of her leg and brought his body to rest between her legs.
When his hot breath blew over her humid cunt, she gripped the sheets to keep from screaming out for him to take her. Time slowed as he moved closer and closer, and she cried out when he took a long lick through the folds of her pussy and up around her clit. The tip of his tongue tickled the underside of her clitoral hood, and two fingers slid into her cunt.
“Oh yes. More. Please more.”
He pressed his face into her pussy, giving it to her. Giving her more. Desperate, she rode his hand and mouth.
Pulling his mouth away for a moment, he looked up at her and licked his lips. A breathy moan was all she could manage as he pressed the heel of his hand over her clit. Every cell in her body, every drop of blood, every muscle and bone wanted to come. She felt her orgasm building deep within her, knew it would be backbendingly intense when it finally broke over her.
“Touch your nipples. I want to see you show me what you like.”
His mouth descended to her pussy again, but his eyes remained on her fingers as she rolled and pulled her nipples, tugging on the ring.
Fingers, slick with her juices, stroked over her rear passage. It had been a very long time for her, and when he pressed inside, just a little bit, that was all she needed to rocket straight into orgasm with a feral cry.
His mouth continued to devastate her cunt along with his fingers as climax claimed her and pulled her under, battering her on all sides with intense pleasure.
Finally, she went boneless with a heavy sigh and closed her eyes. The muscles in her body twitched and burned as her skin cooled. Dimly, she heard the rustle as he got out of bed. She found the energy to turn her head and open her eyes.
He undressed and came back toward the bed. She smiled and managed to raise her eyebrows a few times. Gods, he was beautiful.
“Not tonight. We have much more time. I’m tired and I’ve worn you out.”
“Are you angry with me?” She rolled to her side to face him as he settled in beside her.
He took her chin in his hand gently. “No, not at all. You’ve pleased me very much.” He tapped her temple, and she opened the link. “Step by step, Sera. This is Sela and Brandt on one level, but I want Sera. Do you understand?”
Her breath stuttered a moment, and she managed a nod. “I don’t know if I can,” she thought back.
“You can, and you will. I’ll earn it, and we’ll work it through. You’re beautiful, Sera. Beautiful and special and I want you. All of you.”
Sighing, she let herself believe just a bit before she allowed him to pull her in to his body and wrap his arms around her.
He lay there, wrapped around her, listening as she fell into sleep. He finally understood the depth of Ash’s desperation. Yes, she was smart and sexy. But there was something else, something he didn’t even have words to do justice with. It made him crave her deeply. Made him want to sleep like this with her every night.
And not as Sela and Brandt. As Sera and Brandt. He wanted to see if he could have something real with Sera Ayers. He’d caught a glimpse of what kind of sub she’d be: saucy, irreverent. He smiled against her hair.
He didn’t want some fun D/s play, he wanted Sera’s submission. All of it and without hesitation and with total abandon. That first time between them wasn’t the right time. He didn’t just want her to submit because it made her wet to get dominated. He wanted her to submit to him because she desired to with all her being.
For now, they’d continue to get to know one another and move forward sexually and emotionally. He wanted more than to fuck her. Wanted more than her submission. He wanted it all. He knew it was beyond the cover for her as much as it was for him, so he’d enjoy each step they took, knowing she wanted it as much as he did.
Good thing, too, because his cock throbbed angrily. It didn’t care that he had a plan to slowly woo Sera into a real relationship with him. It just wanted to be in her pussy or her mouth.
He thought of Ash, pinged him through the link.
“You fucked her,” Ash said before anything else.
“No. I wanted to. What is it you envision this being?” It was important for Brandt to know. He didn’t want to lure Sera into a place where she got hurt, and he wanted Ash to understand what was happening between them.
“I see the way you look at her. It’s more than cover, and you want her as more than a plaything. I want that, too. We can be together, all of us. I know I love her. You’re my best friend, and I love you. We can make this work. You need to build something with her. When the time is right, I’ll move forward, too.”
“You’re going to be all right with me topping her?” Brandt couldn’t not be that with her. He couldn’t have the same switch relationship with her he had with Ash. He felt much more deeply and intimately for Sera. What he felt was more than an urge to play and blow off steam.
“As long as you understand I will be, too. I’m not jealous. I thought I would be, but I love her, and I love you. I can share that with you both. I think we could be a powerful unit, not just intimately but as a military unit. I’m tired. My cock is hard, and I need to come. Unless you want to be in my head when I stroke off, I’ll see you in the morning.”
Brandt laughed through the link and sent a little help for Ash’s problem.
Chapter 8
When Sera woke up, she was alone in bed but not alone in the room. Brandt sat shirtless at the desk nearby, working on his computer, his forehead creased in thought. She took that moment to watch him for a bit.
He finally heard her rustling to sit up and turned around with a smile. “Good morning. Sleep well?”
One of the corners of her mouth quirked up at the sight of his sexy smile. “I did. I was extremely relaxed when I fell asleep last night. And how are you?”
“I’m good. We’ve got some other traffic out there now. All on their way to Nondal or Ceres.” With that veiled warning to watch what she said and did, he stood. “I’m off for a meeting with Ash. Family business issues. Will I see you at breakfast in an hour or so? Or shall I have someone bring you a tray?”
Air strangled in her throat when he reached up to stretch, pulling his arms over his head. Her bottom lip caught between her teeth as she watched the play of muscles in his abdomen and upper arms.
“I’ll be in for breakfast I think. Thank you, darling.”
He raised one eyebrow, catching her staring at him hungrily. “I am a lucky man indeed to have such a treasure in my bed who looks at me that way.”
“Oh? Do you need to hunt for buried treasure then? If so, I think I know where you need to look.” She spread her thighs.
Throwing back his head, he laughed, a deep, rich baritone. “You do tempt me. But I just hit Send on a message that I’d be in the meeting in ten minutes. And I never do anything quickly when the job needs a lot of attention to detail.”
Sera pouted and got out of bed, letting the sheets fall away. When she attempted to pass him to enter the bathroom, he grabbed her, lightning quick.
“You do know how much I wish I could stay in here all day and make love to you, don’t you?” His words were quiet and for Sera. “I really do have to duck out and meet with the representatives and Ash. And then there’ll be breakfast.”
“I had a slight inkling.” She squirmed against his erection. “But I do thank you for saying it anyway.”
Leaning down, he captured her lips in a brief but thorough kiss. Breaking away, he set her from him with a sigh.
Her tongue slid over her bottom lip, still tasting him there. Still feeling the delicious pressure of his mouth. “I’ll see you in a bit then. Don’t work too hard.”
“Always. That’s my motto.”
Laughing, she left him there in the room while he finished dressing. She closed the door to the bathroom behind her and thought of the pleasure of waking up with a man’s presence in the bedroom. There was something inherently safe about it, warm. Yet another thing she’d missed but hadn’t recognized until she had it again.