“Open it for me.”
Slowly, she unclenched, and I hit her ass again with the paddle.
“You’ve been a bad girl, Z. You’ve been playing games and stringing me along,” I said, smoothing the paddle across her ass as she fought to keep her ass unclenched.
“I’m not,” she moaned.
“Something tells me you like the way this feels,” I said, rubbing the red spots on her ass as I slid a finger inside her slit.
Grabbing the paddle again, I spanked her. “That ass is getting spanked tonight, and any other time you act up. This is what you’d better prepare for.”
As I unleashed on her, she tried pulling her knees up to her chest, but each time she did, my hits grew more intense. I marveled at the sight of her juices, increasing with each strike. She liked this, which only turned me on more.
Walking to the top of the bed, I grabbed my penis and rubbed it across her jaw, leaving a trail of pre-cum on her cheek.
Xiomara turned her head and stuck her tongue out. I rubbed my cock across it, reveling in the velvety smooth feel of it against the surface of my dick.
I climbed onto the bed, positioning myself between the headboard and her with little space. Wrapping her hair around my fingers, I jerked her head back and grabbed my dick, sliding it across her lips.
Xiomara opened her mouth wide.
“You want this dick?”
“Uh-huh.”
“You’ve gotta swallow. Can you swallow for me like a good girl?”
“Uh-huh.”
Slowly, I eased myself into her mouth, and her lips closed around my tip. I felt her tongue licking around me in circles. Pulling back out of her mouth, I reached up and removed her handcuffs.
Xiomara slid up onto her knees before I grabbed the back of her head again, lowering it to my lap.
Relaxing under her ministrations, I closed my eyes as she slowly sucked me further down her throat.
Her mouth was just what I needed to bring relaxation and peace to the tension I’d harbored over our non-relationship. I grabbed her mask and removed it from her eyes, staring into them as she swallowed me whole.
Pumping in and out of her mouth as she drooled all over me, I felt myself rocking on edge. But I wasn’t ready yet. With all the restraint that I could muster, I pulled back, freeing myself from her mouth.
Sliding down the bed, I pulled Xiomara up beside me, wiping the tears that were falling from her eyes.
I rained kisses on her face and licked over her lips, catching the saltiness of her tears as I went along.
“Z, I need you. You free me and chase away my demons. But I can’t be all that you need. Be your own woman, and you have to stand strong for us if there’s to be an us. I know that you may decide to be with him—”
“No!”
“Just listen, babe. I know that you believe you have to be with him, but I know that’s not what you want. I know that we belong together and that I’m the one for you. I didn’t know that ten years ago. At least not until after you’d left. I missed my best friend.”
“I missed you, too, but—”
“No, just hear me out. The one thing that I’ve learned from our conversations now and in the past is that you’re a multi-talented woman. I don’t think you have to tie yourself to Sheffield Tech. There are other options available for you to start your corporation or foundation. I don’t mind being a silent partner, investing in whatever I need to make you happy and make your dreams come true. I’ve also called up a few other folks who’re willing to back you up. You just need to determine what you want to do, babe.”
Laughing, she sat on top of me, my dick pressing against her.
“Lake, I already chose. And I chose you.”
“What?”
“My dad doesn’t know yet, but Russell, Senait, and my mom know. I just needed to know that you wanted me, too. And I believe you do.”
“Wait...when did this happen?”
Shock and pleasure ran through me as I allowed her words to penetrate my thoughts.
“Now’s not the time for that conversation,” she giggled as she slid down my uncovered pole.
I held onto her hips as we rode a wave of ecstasy together. Everything I felt, I gave to Xiomara at that moment, not holding anything back. And she gave me the same. I knew that we still needed to talk, but I also knew that our lives would be different after today.
One way or another.
CHAPTER 24 – XIOMARA
“DAD, WE NEED TO TALK,” I said, stepping boldly into his office and closing the door behind me.
I’d opted to do this on my own without my mother’s help, though she’d offered. Russell had also offered to chime in, too. Despite my decision to back out of our impending marriage, we’d agreed to be friends and respect one another.
If no one else understood me, he did. Russell didn’t love me; he’d only been fighting to keep us together out of fear of what might happen to his stake in his father’s company. He was more indebted to his father than I was to mine.
It was ironic, really. My father, who’d raised me to be strong, confident, and committed to expressing myself, was the one that would regret it most.
Now he looked up at me and pulled a hand over his balding head, his sand-colored skin wrinkled, and his forehead furrowed with worry.
“Is this about the Briggs-Waters contract? Because I’ve already got Stephenson looking into it, and I think we’ve found a way to save—”
“No, Dad,” I said, holding a hand up to stop him.
I took a seat in the chair opposite his desk and took a deep breath in before blowing it out.
“I’m relinquishing my right to Sheffield Tech.”
Weary eyes took me in. Sitting
