“Pants.” Her brows peak.
“As you wish.” I unbuckle my belt achingly slow. I work the button and zipper, letting gravity take my pants to the ground.
“All of it.” She snaps a little louder than before, and I try not to smile.
I hitch my thumbs into my boxers and send them sailing to the floor, stepping out of my pants, shoes, and socks all at the same time.
I walk over, stroking her cheek with my finger, our eyes never breaking contact.
My body presses against hers, skin against skin, fire against fire.
“Naked as the day I was born.” I run my tongue up to her ear. “We’ve got a little problem.” I graze over her earlobe with my teeth. “You’re all tied up. I can’t fuck you properly.” I whisper it low, but her body jumps when I hit the expletive.
Marley gives another audible swallow.
“Get on the bed.” Her chest heaves as if she just ran up twelve flights. “I want to see you pleasure yourself.”
“What? I’m not into flying solo when there’s a perfectly naughty girl tied to my bed.”
“You’ll do as I say, and you’ll do it now.” Her lips curve as she fights the smile. Sorry! she mouths.
I lie on the bed and let the comforter cool my back a moment. I hike up on my elbows and stare at my cock with discontent. It’s pointed straight at her like a lightning rod, only this is one fire bolt I’ll have to comfort on my own for now. I glide my hand down the shaft once quickly before looking up at her.
“Don’t you take your eyes off me,” she warns.
“Has anyone ever told you, you’re pushy?”
“You complaining?”
“Nope.” My chest expands a moment. “I might just hire a sky writer to thank you.”
“That’s more like it. Now get to work—eyes on me.” She’s heaving again. Bucking against the bedpost so hard I hear wood creaking. Why wouldn’t it surprise me if the walls caved in on us tonight?
My fingers clasp over my cock as I begin pumping away, eyes on Marley, my dick growing harder than steel. Not sure if this was meant to drive her or me insane, but I’m getting there faster than ever before, wanting to rip the entire room apart just to land myself up inside her. Her lips part as her panting picks up. Marley leans forward all she can as if she’s dying to join the party.
“Just say the word, sweetie,” I grunt the words out as I’m about to take it home.
Marley wiggles and writhes until the riding crop dislodges, freeing her from her needle straight position.
Marley jumps to the bed like a jackrabbit, and I quickly retrieve the riding crop from the floor. I turn her over on the bed and touch the tip to her shoulder. Slowly I outline her perfect form, the curve of her hips, her long French vanilla thighs. I give a gentle tap to her bottom, three times in a row.
“What do you say?” I pull the riding crop up her spine, and she shivers.
“Thank you, sir.” Marley rises to her knees and arches her head back. “May I have another?”
I drag the tip over her bottom in a circular pattern before pulling back and slamming it against the bedpost instead.
“Oh!” Marley jumps beneath me. “Oh, wow, thank you. For a minute there I thought you were going to leave a mark.”
“I am going to leave a mark.” I sink to my knees. “But not with this.” I toss the weapon across the room. “With my teeth.” My mouth lands over her thigh, and I graze my way up and down her beautiful bottom.
I grab a condom off the nightstand and roll it on.
Her blonde hair whips over her shoulder as she turns to look at me. “I thought you were going to punish me?”
“We’re just gearing up, baby.” I plunge into her without warning, and she lets out a hard groan, and I cringe because I’m hoping it was far more pleasurable than anything else. I thrust into Marley over and over, closing my eyes envisioning the two of us right here in this bedroom for as far as the future stretches out. As much as I can’t seem to get Marley out of my mind, I can’t seem to get sharing a future with her out of my heart. This has to happen.
It already is.
I turn her over and offer a tender kiss that says I’m sorry, that says I’ve missed you, that says I never want us to be apart.
But mostly it says I love you.
* * *
The next morning we rouse lazily. I missed the chance to have that heart to heart with her last night partly due to the fact we didn’t leave open a window of opportunity. Nothing but making love until the light of day just the way I like it. And judging by her enthusiasm, Marley likes it that way, too. A part of me wants to forget about work and stay in bed all day.