I ended the kiss, knowing I had power over her. Like butter, she melted quickly for me. I could make her turn into a puddle right on the couch. Her body came to life for me just the way mine did for her. There was a connection between us—a white-hot one.
My fingers continued to rest in her hair as I stared at her, seeing the sex-crazed look still heavy in her eyes. “You said you weren’t looking for a relationship. Is that for the foreseeable future?”
“It’s for a while, at least.”
“Why is that?” She was younger than me, that much was obvious. She still had time to find someone and settle down. Maybe she was just taking her time.
“Does it matter?”
I saw the walls rise in her eyes. Whatever this was about, she didn’t want to share it with me. “No…I guess it doesn’t.”
“Why aren’t you looking for a relationship?”
I held her gaze and only gave her silence.
“Looks like neither one of us wants to talk about it…” She turned into my hand and kissed the side of my palm. Her thick lips pressed against my warm skin, leaving a slight residue from her lipstick. “Then let’s leave it that way.”
I wanted to know more about her without giving anything in return. But that wouldn’t be fair. “What do you want from me?”
“Good sex and convenience. That’s all.”
“I can give that to you. Wherever you are, whatever time it is, I can give you a lay you’ll never forget. I can fulfill any fantasy you want. I can make you stretch like every woman should. I can make you tremble, make you forget the shit going on outside these four walls.”
Her eyes remained glued to mine, her intensity mirroring mine.
“So, you don’t need Connor. You don’t need anyone else but me.”
She tilted her head slightly to the side, her lips slightly parted so her teeth were visible. She wasn’t doing it intentionally, but she made herself look like the sexiest woman in the world. She could pull it off so effortlessly.
“But I want it to be just the two of us. Do you agree?”
She took her time before she responded, letting the quiet stretch between us. “Yes.”
She was officially mine—exactly the way I wanted her. “There’s something else I want.”
“Alright.”
“When I’m with a woman, I like to be in control. I like to be the alpha, to order her to do things that I like. When I command her to get on her knees, she obeys. When I tell her not to come until I say so, she listens. That’s what I want from you.”
It was the first time the pleasure disappeared from her face. “Thorn, if you’re talking about Fifty Shades stuff, I’m not into that. I’m not gonna let you hang me from the ceiling so you can whip me. I’m surprised you would even bother asking.”
“That’s not what I’m asking. All I want is to call the shots—and you listen.”
“How is that different?”
“Because there are no chains or whips. There is no pain. But you yield all power to me when we’re fucking. I promise you, I’ll give you even better sex than you realized was possible. It’s what we’ve already been doing, but better.”
After my clarification, her eyes relaxed and the hostility faded from them. “I’ve never done anything like this before.”
“You won’t regret it.”
She turned her gaze away, her expression one of concentration as she thought to herself.
“Tell me what you’re thinking.”
She pressed her lips together briefly before she opened them again. “I’m a very busy woman, and taking the time to meet someone new and be disappointed is frustrating. A lot of men act like they know what they’re doing, but when it comes down to it, they don’t know how to please a woman. With you…you’re very talented.” She looked into my eyes without shame for what she said, and there was no reason to be ashamed. “You’ve got a very nice package, and you know exactly what to do with it. That’s the kind of man I’m looking for…one who knows how to fuck. So it sounds like the perfect arrangement for me. I don’t see a downside.”
“Neither do I.” Every time she flattered my cock, my ego inflated. There was nothing better than hearing a beautiful woman compliment my dick like that. She was transparent in her thoughts, telling me exactly what she was thinking.
That was sexy.
“Then we have an understanding,” I said. “You give me your tests, and I give you mine.” Not only did I want to keep Connor away from her beautiful pussy, but I wanted to be inside her—skin-to-skin. I wanted to feel her intimately, to feel her lubrication right against my dick. The only way we could do that was through monogamy. Keeping my dick in my pants around other women should be simple since she was the only woman I wanted anyway—for the time being.
“That sounds like a good idea.”
When I first saw Autumn, I didn’t think there was a chance in hell I could be with her. She was either tied down with someone else, or she wanted a happily ever after. I never expected her to be as detached as I was, to want something meaningless for a long period of time.
It was almost too good to be true.
“Then I should get going.” She rose to her feet, walking in her heels to the elevator.
I didn’t try to get her to stay. I already got what I wanted, so I didn’t want to push my luck. My hands moved around her waist, and I held her in the doorway, looking down at her gorgeous features and pretty
