It was shameful how his body reacted—how it had been reacting. Being chosen over the Wolf wasn’t exactly a commendation, but Alex would do his best to make this… if not pleasant, then at least not awful for Bella.
He wanted to tell her that, to whisper in her ear that everything would be okay—even if it wasn’t a promise he could keep—but the gag meant all their communication was one way.
When they reached the bed, she looked up at him with troubled, frightened, hazel eyes. “I’m sorry,” she whispered. “I’m so sorry… and thank you.”
Alex nodded, hoping his eyes showed his own apologies, his own unhappiness at the situation, even while his cock strained toward her. The generous curves of her breasts and hips were more than enough to make any red-blooded male stand up and pay attention. The hard pink nipples tipping her generous breasts would have made his mouth water if he hadn’t been gagged.
They looked at each other for a long moment, wordless communication passing between them. They were in this together. Partners. And they would support each other through this.
“Better hurry, you two, before I decide it would be more fun to join you than watch you.” The Wolf’s voice purred but it was heavy with threat.
Bella’s eyes widened, and then she grabbed Alex’s hand and squeezed her eyes shut as she brought it to her breast. A wave of dismay swept over him. He’d never slept with a woman who wasn’t one hundred percent willing. How was he supposed to do this when she couldn’t even look at him touching her? And yet, they didn’t have a choice, did they?
The heavy weight of her breast was soft and warm in his hand, and he groaned as her nipple pressed against his palm, his fingers automatically closing around the offering of flesh. How incredibly horrifying to discover his cock throbbed even harder, not caring that this wasn’t his or Bella’s choice.
Aware of the surrounding eyes and doing his best to ignore them, Alex reached up to cup both her breasts in his hands. To his surprise, Bella let out a breathy little moan as he gently squeezed. It soothed his feelings somewhat to know his touch wasn’t completely repellent. Unless, of course, she was pretending he was Ken. Which he would kind of understand, even if it was still a little lowering to think she might be imagining her cheating ex.
But if that’s what it took, then that’s what it took. He certainly wasn’t going to blame her for doing whatever she could.
Still… Alex had no need to think of Lisa. All he had to do was forget the other people in the room, forget the gag in his mouth, forget the room itself, and focus on Bella, and his cock was hard as a rock. Warm, soft, sweet curves, her skin like silk under his hands. Another time, another place… So, he did his best to pretend.
He plucked at her nipples and watched her face closely to see the muscles relax there as he gently caressed her. After seeing the Wolf’s rougher handling, he wanted to be as gentle as possible while he fondled her.
“Good. Now lift her up onto the bed.”
Alex’s jaw clenched, making it ache even more around the gag, as he felt Bella shiver in response to the Wolf’s command. Couldn’t the damn man just let them be? Just for a few minutes?
But he couldn’t risk disobedience—not with Bella so vulnerable. They were surrounded on every side by the Wolf’s men, Bella was frightened and exhausted, and Alex wasn’t much better. With the Wolf’s threats hanging over their heads, it would be stupid to attempt even the tiniest bit of disobedience. If Alex didn’t follow the Wolf’s orders, it could very well be Bella who paid the price.
His eyes slid over to the side, where Jordan sat with Trish on his lap. The tiny blonde was crying, her eyes closed, with Jordan’s arms wrapped around her, one large hand fondling her small breast. There was more than just Alex and Bella’s fate riding on his obedience.
He slid his hands down to Bella’s hourglass waist and gently lifted her up the few inches to the bed before scooting her back so all her weight was on the mattress. Those big, serious, hazel eyes gazed up at him through thick lashes. At least she wasn’t crying anymore, even though her eyes were red-rimmed and her lips swollen from the crying she’d been doing earlier. Alex touched her cheek, sweeping back some of her hair that was stuck to the dried tears.
“Lie down, Pet.” The Wolf was watching them with hunger in his eyes.
* * *
With her legs hanging off the bed, Bella closed her eyes again and obeyed. Everything felt so surreal. Alex’s lips stretched around that awful gag and made his expressions distorted, but she could see the worry in his eyes.
Mostly, she had been worried he wouldn’t be able to go through with it. And she would so much rather him than the Wolf.
She wouldn’t have chosen to have sex with Alex if she hadn’t been forced into the situation, but it was less of a violation. At least she knew Alex; had talked with him, trusted him.
Laid out in front of him, Bella felt much more vulnerable. Having his big, muscled body so close to hers earlier had made her at leastfeelmore protected even though it had been an illusion. It was obvious Alex wanted to protect her and would do whatever he had to. Even have sex with her.
Bella understood his reluctance, but she’d felt strangely rejected when he’d hesitated. He wasn’t really rejectingher, just the situation. It was stupid to feel otherwise. The fact that he was obviously hard, now, was both reassuring and a little frightening. Looking up at him, she could see both hesitation and desire in his eyes.
She did her best to focus on just him but couldn’t help seeing the Wolf standing just a few feet away, to the side of Alex, watching them with need in his eyes. It made her heart pound faster as her body tensed, the desire to flee welling up inside her.
“Fuck her, toy.”
Alex grimaced and closed his eyes at the crudeness of the Wolf’s demand. Bella did her best to block out the words, to concentrate on the gentle way Alex ran his hands down her body and pulled her legs up to drape them over his arms and spread her thighs wide for him. The wetness that had begun when the Wolf had played with her breasts hadn’t gone away, and now that Alex was touching her, she felt free to enjoy it without shame.
The head of his cock pressed up against the soft, wet lips of her pussy, and Bella gasped. When she met Alex’s eyes, she was shocked by the desire she saw there, even though it was tinged with guilt. Even if he was angry at the situation and protective, he still wanted to fuck her. The hard cock at the entrance to her body wasn’t just a reaction to being around a naked woman—that was real desire in his eyes.
Bella didn’t know how to react to that, and she didn’t get a chance to before he was pushing into her. She gasped, and her body arched as the thick rod of his erection pushed into her, stretching her open.
She’d been avoiding looking at his nakedness and hadn’t focused on the size of his penis. It was bigger than she’d realized, and her pussy muscles clamped down around him in shock at both the breach and size of him. Thick, hot and hard; he made a strangled noise, and when she looked up at him again she realized that he’d groaned in pleasure, but it had been muffled by the gag. His warm, hazel eyes were half-lidded now, the muscles of his body tense against hers.