Glancing down at his hand on my arm, I said, “I know exactly what I’m getting into.” Stepping around him, I ran down the hallway toward the lobby. Ashton’s blond head caught my attention. His back was turned to me as he talked to his dad and brother. Miller pointed in my direction and Ashton turned slowly, his eyes locking on mine, the green glowing behind the frames of his glasses.
For a split second I froze, waiting to see his reaction. When a slow, sexy smile curved his lips, I took off toward him.
CHAPTER 28
Ashton
Elena came bolting down the hall and right into my arms. She clutched the back of my coat like a lifeline. It felt so right to have her there; her body pressed against mine. I wrapped one arm around her waist and brought the other up to cup her face, watching her eyes as they shimmered with unshed tears.
“Elena, what’s wrong?”
“I’m sorry. This is all my fault.” She sniffled and buried her head against my chest.
“Elena, look at me,” I demanded. Her tear-streaked face met mine. “You are not to blame for what one fucking idiot does.”
My lips descended to hers—who the fuck cared if I was in the middle of a police station? Certainly not me.
She quickly surrendered to the kiss and her body pushed further into mine as I swiped my tongue passed her lips to deepen the kiss. I’d have taken her there and then, but the cat calls echoing around the room told me it was time to pull back. We’d have all the time in the world once we got home.
Her chest rose and fell with each labored breath. “I love you,” she said.
Forgetting myself, I lifted her into my arms, her legs wrapping around my waist. “I’ll call you later,” I said over my shoulder to my dad and Miller. I’d been waiting to hear her say the words and now that she had, I wasn’t ever letting her go.
I stepped out the doors and just like I expected, Lewis was waiting in the lot for us. When we no longer had an audience, I looked into her eyes.
“I love you so much, Elena. Stay with me.” It wasn’t a command, but I wasn’t necessarily asking either.
“Forever. We can talk to Arthur about expediting the process.”
“Later,” I promised, stepping up to the car. Lewis already had the back door open. Setting her on her feet, I hurried her inside. I needed to have her home and in our bed. “Home,” I told Lewis, shutting the door.
Scooping Elena into my arms, I tasted her lips, quickly losing control; by the time we reached the house, my hand had already slipped up inside her top to cup her breast. The car pulled to a stop and I sat up, adjusting her clothes. I didn’t give two shits about being caught, but no one besides me was ever seeing Elena naked again.
Taking her hand, I led her to the house and through the door. It hadn’t even finished closing when I pushed her up against it, capturing her mouth roughly, tasting every inch. Need coursed through me. Simple, hot, rough sex wouldn’t be enough. She was mine and it was time to show her even more.
Breaking the connection of our lips, I placed my hand on her back and guided her up the stairs to the bedroom. The toys were in the drawer, the restraints attached to the bed, but none of that would do. My body craved something more than the normal. Not that most of what I liked was “normal” by most people’s standards.
We reached the bedroom and I knew exactly what I wanted. I took a seat on the bed and watched Elena, trying to decide if she was ready for what I had in mind.
Elena walked up to me, her hips sashaying gracefully with each step. She stood in front of me staring, silently. After a moment, her thigh slipped over mine until she was straddling my erection, which was straining almost painfully against my jeans.
“Are you sure you’re okay?”
“Fuck yes.” My voice was rough with desire. I wanted her so badly I could barely see straight.
Her body rocked against mine and I was done.
Grabbing her ass, I stood and turned to lay her on the bed. Stripping her of the skimpy tank top and shorts she had on, staring into her eyes, I asked, “Do you trust me?”
“I do,” she answered without hesitation.
I reached behind me into the dresser drawer and pulled out a blindfold. Slipping it over her head, I watched her body respond. She could no longer see what I was doing. Removing one of the five senses heightens the others. Right about now she should be a mass of overwhelming feeling.
Which was exactly what I wanted.
Her thighs clenched together and she squirmed on the bed. Gently, I stroked my fingers down the inside of her calves, watching them quiver beneath my touch.
“Don’t move.”
A deep breath escaped her lips and she nodded. Darting down the stairs to the kitchen, I grabbed a bowl and filled it with ice cubes, before joining Elena on the bed again. I set the bowl on the nightstand, letting the glass make a sound as it touched the wood.
“Ashton?”
“Shhh.” I climbed up on the bed next to her, stroking up the inside of her thigh, across her stomach, and up around her pert, pink nipples.
Reaching behind me, I grabbed a cube from the bowl, replacing my finger with it. The sound of her squeal as the ice hit her skin sent waves of fire through me. With a tight grip on the cube, I snaked it around both nipples until they stood up hard. Her breath was coming in pants. I knew I was bringing her closer and closer to the edge.
That didn’t stop me from gliding the ice down the valley of her breasts onto her stomach, my tongue following behind to lick up the water. A moan slipped passed her lips when the cubed circled her naval, traveling down to her clit. Her body arced up. I placed my hand on her stomach, still stroking her with the cold ice and warned, “Be still, or I’ll have to tie you up.”
At the mention of restraints, a tremble traveled through her body, tightening at her core. She swallowed hard and nodded. Satisfied she’d do as she was told, I moved the cube down, stroking through her core until I found her puckered entrance. Her lower body started to come up off the bed, but she got a handle on it and dropped back, her chest rising and falling rapidly with the effort.
“That’s it, gorgeous.”
I took another piece of ice. Moans and whimpers permeated the air as she did her best to stay still. It didn’t seem possible, but my dick continued to get harder with each and every sound and if I didn’t slip into her wet heat soon, I was going to end up coming all over the bed.
One last cube.
I placed it between my lips, rubbing it lightly over hers, watching her tongue dart out to taste the water as the ice melted where it touched her heated skin. Tracing the cube down her body once again, I let my cold tongue bring her over the edge, her body convulsing in wave after wave of pleasure.
“Oh, baby, it’s so hot watching you come,” I groaned, crawling up her body, unable to take anymore. “And I’m going to make you come all over my dick this time.”
Her head thrashed on the pillow as I slid in slowly, inch by inch.
That’s where my ability for slow and steady ended.
Slipping out, I thrust back in, picking up my pace each time. The muscles tightened in my thighs. I did everything I could to hold back the orgasm, wanting her to come first, but when her body quivered and clamped down on me, it brought me over as I surged into hers. I almost blacked out when I came, over and over again.
Panting, I reached for the blindfold. “Get ready for the light.”
I slipped the fabric from her face and her eyes closed tightly for a few seconds before she began to blink. Eventually, her gaze focused on me. A languorous smile formed on her lips.
“That was unbelievable.”
Placing a tender kiss on her forehead, I said, “It was.”
I picked up the bowl and brought it to the bathroom, dumping the leftover ice and water down the drain. When I returned to the bedroom, Elena was sound asleep. Turning out the lights, I slipped beneath the covers, pulling her close. Warmth spread through me the moment her hand landed on my chest.