Total pages in book: 96
Estimated words: 90899 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 454(@200wpm)___ 364(@250wpm)___ 303(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 90899 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 454(@200wpm)___ 364(@250wpm)___ 303(@300wpm)
“Damn,” I murmur, my thumb brushing against her cheek. “You’re so good, baby. You’re so fucking good. Just slow down a little, beautiful. If you don’t, I’m going to finish way too fast.”
She follows my guidance, her movements slowing but still sexy, deliberate. Her tongue swirling against me as she works my cock with her mouth, her innocent enthusiasm for the task is a turn-on like no other. She moans softly, the vibration sending a jolt of pleasure through me, and I can’t help fisting my hand tighter in her hair.
“God, Maya,” I rasp, taking control of her head as I thrust a little deeper. “Can you take me like this? Is that too much? Can you relax your throat for me, baby?”
She moans and obliges, making my head spin.
“Perfect, so perfect,” I chant, thrusting into her faster, unable to hold back any longer. The pleasure builds, hot and insistent, and I know I’m not going to last much longer. “Maya,” I murmur, my voice tight. “I’m close. If you don’t want me to come in your mouth, pull back now.”
She doesn’t pull back; she simply moans and sucks me more insistently as I piston between her lips and her hand strokes me in perfect sync. The sight of her, the feel of her, the soft, muffled sounds she makes as she takes as much of me as she can manage and then more—everything pushes me closer to the edge until I shatter with a guttural cry.
My release crashes through me in sticky waves of pleasure as I come down her throat, something primal in me celebrating the sight of her swallowing me down.
Finally, long seconds later, as I’m spiraling down from the high, she pulls back, her cheeks flushed as she lets my cock slip from her lips.
“B plus?” she asks softly, her voice uncertain despite the smile tugging at her lips.
I reach for her, pulling her into my arms and kissing her deeply, pouring everything I can’t put into words into the kiss.
“A plus,” I murmur against her lips. “You’re a sex goddess. I just wish I were still hard so I could give you the fucking you deserve.”
“I can wait,” she whispers as she leans into me, her arms wrapping around my neck. “But I want you to fuck me. That made me so wet, Anthony. I had no idea it would turn me on so much. I want you so much right now, it’s crazy.”
I reach between her legs, groaning as her slickness coats my fingers. “That is crazy. The only thing crazier is you thinking I’m going to make you wait. Lay back on the bed and spread your legs, angel. I’m going to fuck you with my mouth before I fuck you with my cock.”
“Anthony,” she says, the way she says my name—like a prayer and a promise— making it the best word I’ve ever heard.
I’ve never been a big fan of my name, but with Maya…
“I would sell my soul to hear you say my name like that every day,” I say as I kiss my way down her stomach. “Like you can’t wait for me to take you. Like you can’t get enough.”
“I can’t,” she says, moaning as I slide two fingers into her hot pussy. “I’ll never get enough.”
And neither will I.
Which is why I have to put an end to the fucking lies.
You’ll tell her tomorrow, I promise myself as I suck her clit into my mouth.
But for tonight, I let myself get lost in the pretend one more time.
This pretend that feels more real with every passing second, so real I can barely remember what reality was like before her…
chapter 16
ANTHONY
Thanks to Maya’s crack-of-dawn meeting with the inspector, we’re at my favorite deli in the Financial District a good hour ahead of the usual work rush, ensuring we’re at no risk of running into anyone from the office.
I’ll have to deal with the team at Baxter and Holloway later today—I need to send in my recommendations for my replacement and answer roughly two dozen emails from former colleagues, asking if I’m having a mental breakdown—but for now, we’re safe.
Safe…
I’ve never really considered “safety” all that much. Yes, I grew up in a rough neighborhood, but I had older cousins and friends who ruled our block and always had my back. As I grew up, I learned to be that tough older family member, protecting the younger kids with my fists, if necessary. I’m a naturally big man, and I put in the work at the gym to ensure most people thought twice about starting something with me or the Pissarro clan.
Physical safety is something I’ve been lucky enough to take for granted in my life, but I’m coming to realize I haven’t felt “safe” in other ways for a long time.