Page 131 of The Contract

I don’t stop.

I don’t let up.

I lap up every aftershock, savoring every drop of her as she writhes beneath me.

Not until she’s whimpering, too sensitive, too spent.

Only then do I slow, pressing one last lingering kiss against her, my hands smoothing over her trembling thighs, grounding her.

I look up at her—her chest heaving, her lips parted, her eyes heavy with pleasure.

And fuck, if she’s not the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.

I take her hand, helping her sit up, my fingers wrapping around hers, grounding her as her body trembles with the aftershocks of her orgasm.

She watches me, her breaths still uneven, her lips slightly parted. Her hazel eyes—darkened with desire—meet mine, and something unspoken lingers between us.

Satisfaction. Seduction.

Something far more dangerous.

I bend at the waist, picking up her nightgown and robe, the silk cool between my fingers. I straighten, locking my gaze with hers.

“Arms up, Trouble,” I murmur, my voice just above a whisper.

She hesitates—just for a second—before obeying.

The way she lifts her arms so effortlessly, trusting me to dress her after I’ve just unraveled her—it does something to me.

I slip the nightgown over her head, my fingers grazing her heated skin, lingering a second longer than necessary.

She shivers.

My hands find her hips, then her thighs, guiding her off the piano, steadying her, setting her carefully on her feet.

She’s pressed against me, her body warm, soft.

My cock is still painfully hard, throbbing between us, demanding relief I won’t take.

Not tonight.

Not until she shatters those rules on her own.

I don’t look away, and neither does she.

I hold out her robe, and she takes it slowly, glancing down at it, then back up at me, something unreadable in her gaze.

I don’t speak. Just watch her.

Waiting.

Testing.

“Good night, Elena.”

A faint smile—barely there—tilts the corner of my mouth, gone just as quickly as it appears. My expression evens out, unreadable once more.

I only shift back an inch or so, giving her just enough space to move.

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