Chapter Eleven
Holden hadn’t minded tripping the light fantastic with Mary Allison, but he was far more content to be headed to her hotel with her. As he glanced at her in the passenger seat, he couldn’t stop smiling. I can’t believe it finally happened. She’s something special—beauty, brains, and talent.
After parking in the hotel parking lot, he followed her to her room, his heart pounding as she slipped the key card in the lock. She looked over her shoulder at him and smiled as she pushed the door open, and his stomach turned a flip. As soon as they were inside, he grabbed her and pulled her close, caressing her back and ass before taking a fleshy cheek in each hand and squeezing.
“Mmm, someone’s eager.” She worked on unfastening his shirt’s buttons before stripping the garment off of him. His gaze fluttered up and down her fine form, longing to have her stark naked. He unzipped her dress, relieving her of all her clothing as fast as he could. Once they were completely in the buff, he lifted her up and then carried her to the bed before dropping her down on the mattress.
She giggled as her body bounced against the springs. He straddled her and captured her lips with his. His tongue licked her bottom lip, beckoning her to open up and allow its entrance. She complied, pushing her tongue in between his lips. They explored each other’s mouths, hungrily tasting each other. Ready to devour more of her, Holden broke the kiss to travel downward. He lavished affection against her neck, pressing his lips against her supple flesh before nipping and lapping a path to her collarbone.
“I’m going to savor you from head to toe.” He stared down into her beautiful green eyes.
She surprised him, using a firm tone to say, “No.”
In the momentary confusion, she rushed him and pushed him over onto his back. His eyes bulged and he gasped as she became the aggressor, peppering his chest with kisses and tiny love bites. Her warm breath covered his skin and the weight of her body sent electrical impulses throughout his body. The way she rested on top of him felt perfect as if the two were made to fit together. She scraped her teeth against his chest, moving to one of the darkened circles and claiming the tuff of protruding flesh in the center. He relaxed against the mattress, closing his eyes and losing himself in the pleasant sensations. As she nibbled the hardened bead, he pressed the pads of his fingers against her flesh.
She traveled onward while he combed his hand through her ginger locks. He inhaled deeply as her tongue tickled inside his navel, and he groaned as she trailed sensual kisses beneath. His skin simmered everywhere her soft lips made contact, causing coiling in the lower portion of his stomach as if a crank churned, ratcheting out all the slack until pulling his trigger. His hard cock stood erect, twitching as he surrendered, allowing her complete dominion over every part of him.
The sheets, cool and crisp beneath him stood in stark contrast to the inferno blasting over his neck, chest, navel, and anywhere she touched. He blinked, drinking in the peach fragrance of her hair. Her palms rested over his hipbones, holding them in place as she dropped a single tantalizing kiss on the head of his cock. He tensed his stomach, moaning as his dick jerked. The damp heat from her tongue drifted along the length of his erection before surrounding and overcoming first the dome and then lower. He tilted his head back, lifting his chin as a smile widened across his face. Her flawless technique provided the perfect amount of motion, moisture, and suction paired with the optimal temperature. “Oh, fuck!” He writhed, his hips attempting to buck under the pressure of her palms.
His cock surged between her sweet lips, precum dripping. He groaned and tried to speak but nothing intelligible came out. The desire had already wound as tight as possible, beckoning him to explode. Through guttural sounds, he uttered, “Now.”
His release shot forward in an instant, his muscles tensing and relaxing. Lightheaded and short of breath, he heard Mary Allison cough. He had meant to give her more warning. Opening his eyes, he watched his beautiful, fiery-haired lady roll her tongue around in her mouth, swallowing down anything left before she crushed her body against his and kissed his lips.
He tangled his fingers between strands of her long hair and stroked her head as he pushed his tongue into her mouth to greet hers. They twirled and stroked against one another. He hugged her to his chest, enjoying the pressure, warmth, and comfort.
“Holden?” Mary Allison asked breathily.
“Uh oh,” He lifted on his elbows. “You sound a little worried.”
“Well, I want you to promise me that no matter what ends up happening between us, our jobs won’t be compromised. It might be hard to work together now that we’re a couple. I don’t want to have to try to find another publisher.”
Holden kissed her on the side of the head. “No worries. I would much rather have you than my stupid job. If it weren’t for you, I probably would have already left.”
“What do you mean?” She leaned in and nuzzled his neck.
“I mean I didn’t make any waves about being left to rot in the graphic novel division because I wanted to stay close to you. I should have been out of there six months ago.”
“I don’t understand.” She sat upright. “You don’t like graphic novels?”
“It’s not that, love. I’ve worked as an editor for about three years now, first in fictional literature. I rotated a few months through young adults and then on to mysteries. I was there until I got sent to graphic novels. I should have already finished up with all that
