Page 20 of A Tangled Web

She gripped him through his pants. Holy—“Wow.”

This was for her? Because of her?

Liam speared her curls with one hand, fingers clenching as he rocked into her fist. “Fuck, that feels too good, Dani. But we shouldn’t—”

“I thought we weren’t saying shouldn’t.” She wasn’t sure when this confident seductress had shown up, but she was going with it. She wanted to please him and wouldn’t mind restoring a little balance after their shower scene. It was only fair. “Let me.”

Not releasing her or breaking eye contact, Liam undid his pants and guided her hand inside his boxers so she could caress his hot, bare flesh. He shuddered. “Whatever you want.”

She started to explore, slipping her fingers around the broad head of his cock, stroking him to see what he liked, feeling him harden further in her hand. Liam watched her hotly, his muscles flexing as he struggled to hold himself still. He was doing that for her, she knew. Letting her take the lead.

“Tell me what you want,” she whispered, wishing he would kiss her again.

“You. Anything. Damn it, Dani, you’re touching me. I’ll take anything you’re willing to give.”

“Liam. I need you to…”

He narrowed his eyes and his fingers tugged lightly on her hair. He understood what she was asking for. “Tighter. Like you’re mad at it because it’s not where it’s supposed to be. Where it wants to be.”

She tightened her grip obediently, reveling in how thick and hot his shaft was, the way he shivered as she stroked him. “Where does it want to be?”

“Somewhere tight and sweet that I’ll have to work to get inside of, no matter how wet you are. So tight I’ll feel a little guilty for how hard and deep I get. How often I’ll need to come inside it.”

“Oh my God.”

Liam let go of her wrist and cupped her sex, groaning low. “I have to touch you, Dani. I see you needing and I have to fix it.”

“Yes.”

“Just once,” he muttered, his hand disappearing inside her waistband, tugging aside her cotton panties and finding her hot and ready. “Need this.”

His thick middle finger thrust up inside her and Dani cried out in stunned surprise. So good. Full. “Don’t stop,” She wanted him to come with her, she thought, her grip tightening as she stroked him in a matching rhythm.

“As if I could.” He was kissing her temple, her jaw, his breath rough and hot against her skin. “I can feel how close you are and I need you to give it to me, Dani.”

Yes.“Faster.”

His thumb pressed her clit as his finger fucked her fast and hard. She was shaking at the claiming, struggling to bring him with her. She could feel something building inside her. Bigger than before. More intense. The hand in her hair tightened almost painfully and she felt it in her sex. Who was this stranger? How did he know what she needed before she did?

“Liam,” she gasped, rocking her hips into his hand, trying to get more of him inside her.

“That’s it,” he said urgently. “That’s my girl. So wet for me. Let me feel it. Come for me and show me who you’ll be dreaming about tonight.”

With that command her climax broke over her and he moaned her name as his control disappeared. “Dani.”

His shaft swelled in her grip as he buried his face in her neck, heard his guttural plea before he came in her hand. The heat of his release coating her fingers as they slipped through it. She shouted his name, his orgasm intensifying her own.

His body quaked, trembling along with hers and it amazed her to think that she’d been responsible for his reaction. His pleasure.

His hands slid from her hair and out of her pants and started to caress her arms. Her legs. He was soothing her, kissing her forehead as he panted above her. Taking care of her as they both recovered, and she leaned into it because it felt natural. Right.

She’d never been more aware of her body. Every inch of it tingled with aftershocks and residual excitement. She felt like an explorer discovering uncharted terrain. What else could she feel with the right partner? How soon would he be able to do it again?

She was just about to ask him when his palms slid up her sides, then paused. She felt a blunt fingertip tracing her scar and everything inside her froze. “What’s this?” he murmured, still sounding a little dazed.

Dread ripped her out of her lust-induced haze. She’d forgotten all about it this morning and again tonight. Stripped in front of him and forgotten what he might be able to see. Touch. “Nothing. It’s nothing.”

Liam inhaled sharply, and she knew he was remembering too. The scar on her side shaped like an S. He was the only one who knew what it stood for. “Dani, I—"

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