Betrayed (3 page)

He released her mouth to
kiss down her neck, his teeth nipping here and there. When he
cupped her breast, she cried out at the exquisite sensation of his
thumb brushing across her nipple. Jolts of pleasure shot to the
soft juncture between her thighs.

His mouth founds hers
again, commanding, so intense her head spun while his fingers
teased her nipple and sent pulses through her body. He broke away,
his words hoarse. “It’s not too late to stop.”

“Don’t
stop.” The whisper fell from lips swollen from his deep, searching
kisses.

Eyes closed, her back
arched as his weight left her. Cold air pressed in, and she opened
her eyes. He stood a few feet away, removing his cuff links with an
intense glare trained her direction. Flinching under his dark
expression, a blazing blush seared across her cheeks, down her neck
and across her neck. In response to the tingling heat, her nipples
tightened until they resembled pebbles.

With deliberate motions,
his hands worked each button in turn beginning at his throat and
moving down. Her eyes followed, though his gaze stayed locked on
hers. Sensing his intent to unsettle her, she ran her tongue along
her lower lip, wondering why her mouth had dried up like a stone in
the desert.

His eyes tracked the flick
of her tongue, narrowing with a predatory need. He released the
Windsor knot in his tie and pulled one side off with a snap of
silk. It drifted from his hand to the chair where it slipped to the
floor, unnoticed by him.

His shirt followed, but
she couldn’t take her eyes off his powerful chest. She knew he kept
in good shape because of all the time spend tending the stables.
She’d thought it was odd, since they had stable boys just for the
menial tasks, but Dominic often jumped right in to muck out
stables. More than once she’d giggled at him, hot and sweaty with
the sleeves of his Hugo Boss button down shirt rolled
up.

Her cheeks burned even more
under his intense scrutiny. The thump of her heartbeat in her ears
drowned out the sound of rain pitter-patting the
windows
. Still wearing his slacks, he made
his way to her. He leaned between her legs, the heat of his naked
torso almost too much to bear as he lowered his elbows beside her
head and pressed his lips to hers.

In the tiny amount of time
that had passed, the tone changed. No longer was he rough,
demanding, commanding. Now his kiss was slow, exploratory, but
still dangerous. She sensed the tightly contained need he tamped
down.

His tongue met hers, then
withdrew. “Scoot back.” His demanding tone left no room for
argument. She scuttled back on elbows, eyes locked on him. Muscles
bunched and released as he slid from the bed and removed his
slacks. Dark silk boxers covered him, but did nothing to hide his
powerful frame. He crawled up next to her and crossed his legs
before motioning her close.

She climbed into his lap,
unsure until he parted her legs and reached under her to grab her
ass. A squeal scraped from her throat as he pulled her onto his
lap. Wrapping her legs around his hips, she gasped at the sensation
of his tight stomach brushing the tender button between her
folds.

The sensation of his hands
on her ass choked the breath from her lungs. He seemed not to
notice as his lips claimed hers with demanding kisses once more.
She straightened her arms out, his shoulders just above the back of
her elbows as her eyes drifted closed. Lost in the sea of heat,
passion and love tingling between them like drawn out lightning,
she relaxed.

He broke the kiss. “Trust
me?” he whispered. Unable to speak, she nodded.

“Look at
me.”

She did as he said,
watching him as his lips touched hers again. His lips trailed to
the corner of her mouth. He pulled back a bit. His hands pressed
her ass closer to him, and she took control. Crushing her lisp to
his, she cried out as he rocked her. Shock and pleasure flowed
through her as her button rubbed against the hardness of
him.

Pleasure and a bit of pain
warred inside her and she tossed her head back. He caught her, his
hands pressing into her back while she continued the gentle
movements he’d started. One arm left, the other still holding her
tight. When his fingers brushed her nipple, she shuddered. He
teased at the tight little bud, circling it a few times before the
pad of his thumb brushed across it.

She realized then how much
noise was leaving her. Small cries and occasional yelps filled the
room, echoing off the walls. Embarrassed, she tried to tone it
down.

“No,
stay loud. It’s sexy. Just relax, it’s me.”

She lifted her head to
meet his sexy glance before she dropped back again. “Take your
boxers off,” she said, her words breathless.

“Not
yet. We’re not in a hurry.” Light humor peppered his tone. Moist
heat closed around her right nipple, and a shriek blazed from her
throat, the pain of the cry adding to the pleasure as he nibbled at
the delicate flesh. Her hips crashed into him quicker, her speed
driven by a desperate need to get to some unknown pleasure that
hovered close.

Her belly tightened at the
same moment
Dominic slipped the other arm
around her back and captured her other nipple in his fingers,
flicking a rough thumb over
the sensitive
flesh.

Her sharp cries turned to
whimpers as her body drew taut. Blood rushed to her head as he
lowered her another few inches. Both his arms locked around her as
his hot mouth closed on the pebbled pink tip of her left breast. He
nibbled, the nip of his teeth sweet torment.

Her pace quickened, small
pulses tugging at random muscles in her body. She closed her eyes
to bright starbursts of light. Everything exploded. The world flew
apart as all the sensations erupted in an earthquake deep in her
core. Shudders radiated out from her center. Her loud scream gave
way to a clap of thunder outside as the heavens opened up and
dumped a torrent of rain on the castle.

Safe and enclosed in his
arms, she rode out the orgasm as his lips left her. “Are you okay?”
he asked, his husky whisper almost lost to the thundering raindrops
and the rumble of thunder.

She nodded, her body limp.
He let her down on the soft bedspread, his weight moving with hers.
Suddenly, she was on her back with him pressing down between her
legs. His hungry gaze feasted on her body. Where his glance landed,
his lips followed. Sharp bites enflamed her excitement once
more.

Her thighs trembled.
Unsure if their shaking was from his rough, ravenous need or the
earth-shattering orgasm, she stared up at him, wide-eyed and almost
afraid. Trapped under his weight, she froze as he slipped his
boxers from his legs and tossed them aside. He reared up on his
knees and she lifted on elbows to admire him.

“This
isn’t going to work,” she said in her most matter-of-fact voice,
and he chuckled. He dropped on her once more, his lips on
hers.

“If you
tell me to stop, I will.”

“Darn,” she said, a smile
on her face. He let out another laugh, then growled as he kissed
her once more. She surrendered to the kiss, parting her lips for
him. She gasped as the tip of his cock slipped between her folds.
With long, gentle strokes, he rubbed it up around her clit and
down, skirting her entrance, down along her perineum and back up
toward her clit once more.

“You’re
so wet, baby,” he whispered against her lips, and she
shivered.

“Is that
okay?” she asked.

“It’s
incredible.” His teeth caught her lower lip and he pulled it into
his mouth. He nibbled, then let her go to taste her chin and neck
while he made several more passes, tormenting her.

“Tease,”
she whispered, and he chuckled.

“It’ll
be worth the wait, I promise.” His thumb found her button and eased
circles around it while he lazily ran the crown of his cock around
her entrance. She grabbed his arm with one hand as he forced her
toward indefinable white-hot pleasure.

“Go
ahead, sweetheart.” At his words, pain and pleasure engulfed her,
dragging her under the surface. Drowning in sensation, she screamed
as his cock slid into her. He buried himself in her throbbing
pussy, adding a new pain and pleasure as he withdrew, then plunged
home once more.

Her nails dug into his
tense arms. He nuzzled her neck, and she nipped his jaw. With a
dark growl, he sank his teeth into her neck, the burst of pleasure
and pain wrenching another sharp yelp from her.

His long, smooth strokes
stole her breath. “I love you,” she whispered. “This is
perfect.”

“I love
you. You’re perfect.”

She smiled at his twisted
version of her response. She watched his shoulder flex and nestled
in close. Her breasts shifted against him, and he groaned. His pace
quickened, but she sensed restraint too.

“Don’t
hold back,” she whispered.

“If I
don’t hold back I’ll hurt you.” His lips captured hers and her
argument faded. Every forceful thrust felt like it would split her,
and her legs ached from behind around him so long. As if he sensed
her discomfort, he withdrew.

“Roll
over.” His sharp tone was chased by a crack of thunder and the
flash of lightning outside. Without hesitation, she rolled onto her
belly, pressing her face into the pillows. He dropped on top of
her, legs outside hers. Unsure, she stayed perfectly still as he
probed her with his hard cock.

He slid down, pressing the
tip into her pussy and she breathed a sigh of relief. His weight
lowered on her, and his whisper teased her more.

“It
should feel good at this angle.” He filled her slowly, easing every
inch in slow. When his hand slipped under her belly and down to rub
harsh circles around her clit, she whimpered, biting down on her
lip.

Without warning, he thrust
the rest of himself into her and she cried out. Thunder swallowed
her scream, and his fingers moved quicker as he filled her with
ruthless pump after ruthless pump.

Pinned and helpless under
his weight, she struggled against her impending release. “It’s
okay, baby. Come again.”

“But…”
she whimpered, unable to think straight through the haze of
pleasure he pressed on her.

“
Come
.” All traces of gentleness
disappeared from his tone, replaced by a dark, demanding
growl.

She squeezed her eyes
shut. The darkness behind her lids blazed with white-hot light and
she screamed as ecstasy ripped through every pore. Trembling and
lost in the joy of quaking muscles and searing spams, she begged
him, her words a tangled mess.

His body went taut, his
own shout filling the room. The sudden hardness of his cock
startled her. The throbbing of her pussy hadn’t abated, and she
couldn’t breathe with all the electric tingling. Goosebumps broke
out over her flesh. He collapsed on her.

They lay, her trembling,
his weight warm and comforting. “Am I hurting you?” he whispered,
as if words might ruin their bubble of joy.

“No.”
The lie seemed obvious to her, and he backed off.

“Roll
over.” Mischief filled his tone.

Trying to find the
strength, she managed to roll on her side. “I’m not sure I can, she
said with a tired grin. His hand found her hip and pressed her onto
her back. He ducked his head and she bolted up on elbows. Surely he
wasn’t going to—

With his teeth, he caught
her garter and tugged it down, hands behind his back as if bound.
She watched in disbelief, her grin widening.

He dropped it, victorious,
on her belly. He dropped to plant a kiss on her lips. “There. That
was driving me crazy the whole time.”

She giggled. “You were
driving me crazy the whole time.”

The intense, animal glare
returned to his face, and her lips parted. They stared each other
down, then he backed off. “Let’s get you in the bath. Hot water’ll
ease some of that soreness you’ll be feeling soon.”

“Yeah,
soon
,” she quipped.

“Don’t
talk back, young lady.” He smacked her hip and she whimpered, the
sound purely sexual. “None of that,” he said, glancing at her out
of the corner of his eye. He backed off the bed. With one hand, he
grabbed her ankle and hauled her down. She squealed in fake terror
as he gathered her up in his arms and stared down into her
eyes.

“I love
you.” The quiet seriousness of his tone made it clear things had
changed between them.

“I love
you.” She didn’t ask the question on her mind.

He seemed to know, though,
and answered. “Let’s give it the week. We’ll talk about it. You
have to be sure this is what you want. If you’re sure, we’ll figure
it out.”

She nodded. She’d never
been so sure of anything in her life, and she planned to spend the
week showing him.