Page 21 of Midnight Wishes

Alex shut his mouth abruptly.

‘The other is an extension of our previous agreement. Abby and Erik never find out.’

Provided Sarah was calling the shots, he was pretty sure Abby wouldn’t care who her friend was sleeping with. And if she wasn’t bothered, Erik wouldn’t care either. But he agreed nonetheless.

‘Okay then.’ Sarah nodded and exited the car.

Unsure if he was supposed to be following, Alex stared after her, until halfway up the path to her building, she turned and called, ‘Are you coming?’

Fuck, he hoped so.

Minutes later, he was kissing her against the door to her bedroom, letting his hand slip from its hold on her ribs to turn the handle. They fell through the gap, and his fingers returned to her shirt, unbuttoning it as he walked her towards the bed. ‘What do you like?’ he breathed into her neck.

She stumbled, and he wrapped an arm around her waist immediately, pulling her tighter against him to keep her upright.

‘I’m sure you like to run your mouth, but I’m not that into talking. You don’t have to tell me I’m a good girl or whatever.’

‘More into degradation? I can work with that.’ Hedidlike talking. Liked giving praise. But he’d do whatever made this good enough for her that she begged for more.

‘Don’t youdare,’ Sarah snarled, digging her nails into his arm.

‘So you’re not intoanytalking?’ He was breathing heavily now, as he slipped her shirt off her shoulders. A soft groan escaped him at the sight of her bra. On the surface, it wasn’t anything special—just plain black cotton—but something about the simplicity suited her enough that his thumb was running over it reverently, entirely unbidden. Until that moment, he would have been hard pressed to answer if he was a boob or an ass guy. Both were great to look at and touch. But the sight of her soft breasts filling the dark fabric had him converted. ‘Can I tell you how much I like you in this? Can I tell you how good you feel?’

‘Uh, yeah, that’s’—her body stiffened as he ran his thumb firmly over a nipple—‘that’s fine. Missionary isn’t great for me, but if I’ve already come, that’s fine too.’

‘If this is a one-time thing, I’m not leaving you withfine, Princess. So that’s what you don’t like. Now tell me what you do like. Which is what I asked.’

‘I like being on top.’

Yeah, once was not going to be enough with her. ‘Better.’ His tongue darted out to flick against her neck. ‘Also,hot.’

‘I like being eaten out.’ Her voice cracked slightly, like she didn’t want to admit it. As if he hadn’t been desperate to do that since the moment he’d met her.

‘Fuck, yes. That. I want to do that. Can I?’ He was already lowering his head, lips trailing down her neck and across her chest.

Sarah went stiff. ‘I haven’t shaved.’

If he hadn’t thought it might send her running, Alex would have laughed. ‘I cannot express to you how little I care.’

‘I…don’t have a dental dam.’

The tiny rational part of his brain that had been about to check out paused. He had condoms but nothing else. ‘Do we need one?’

‘I got tested after—after the last person I was with.’Was it him?he wondered.It had been months. Maybe…‘I have the results on my phone if you want to see, but—’

‘I trust you.’ His fingertips curled under the waistband of her jeans, but she stopped him again.

‘Look, I realise this makes me sound like some incel reddittor, but I don’tlovereciprocating. So you really don’t have to—’

Alex couldn’t fathom being with this woman and not wanting to go down on her all the time.

But if she—normally so brimming with confidence—felt insecure about it, it had to stem from a bad experience. He’d be aching for it even if he never got those perfect lips on him. ‘What kind of assholes have you been sleeping with, Princess?’ he asked, finally popping the button on her jeans. ‘I am asking’—he lowered her zip—‘because’—one rough tug as he knelt in front of her had the fabric around her ankles—‘I am fucking desperate to taste you.’ His hands paused on the waistband of her underwear—a matching set to her simple bra. ‘I like these on you too.’ His eyes flicked up to hers. ‘But I’d really like to take them off.’

Chapter 12

SARAH

bad idea! | girl in red

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