She stares down, watching as I stroke in and out of her. My balls tighten the longer her focus lingers. Her breaths become heady again. Needy. But she keeps her hips where they are and keeps watching. The only thing that changes is the pleasure sounds from her mouth intensifying.

“Ohh,” I groan. I’m so close, there’s no way I’m going to finish before she has another. I touch her face, and she peers up at me, her gaze widening.

“I can feel it,” she says. “How much you care for me.”

A little bit of my restraint gives. She frowns when she sees my pained face. Winding her arms around my neck, she slides her tongue inside my mouth, stealing my breath, kissing me without restraint, without inhibition or worry.

“Come inside me, Micah.”

I groan long and hard into her mouth when she resumes the frenzied way our lips come together.

Not without you, I promise.

I sneak my hand between us, finding her clit and making short, tight circles over it. She gasps into my mouth, and I keep going because it’s situation critical over here.

She moans, her body tightening underneath me.

“Come inside me,” she mewls against my lips.

Fuck me. I want to. I’m going to. My hips jerk. I press my lips together, trying to find restraint from somewhere that I don’t possess, but my cock explodes. I grunt, the sound shocking at first until it’s overpowered by Raeann’s second orgasm.

Thank fuck.

I let myself go completely, thrusting into her in hurried pumps that drive us both higher and higher. She clasps my back, riding out her pleasure while my strokes lengthen and slow before coming to a complete stop.

“I made you lose control.”

Pulling away, I notice the smug smile on her face. “Is that what you wanted?”

Her lids half close. “So much.”

I thrust inside her one last time, and her body shakes against mine.

“Mmm. If you think that’s punishing me, you’re wrong.”

I kiss her lips, and she deepens it, tangling her tongue with mine while I shift us to our sides.

She grips her heels against my ass. “Stay where you are.”

I’m not going anywhere if she doesn’t want me to. I have a feeling it will always be this way with Raeann. If I started thrusting again, I could probably go for round two, but her hold on me loosens. I pull away to find her chest rising and lowering evenly, a peaceful expression softening her face. Such a far cryfrom thirty minutes ago that I stay where I am, leaving my cock and cum inside her, just like she wanted.

The trust. How safe she feels with me. I know I will never let her down.

19

Raeann

The nice porter dressed in a fancy black suit and bow tie wheels my luggage all the way into the suite at the fancy hotel and places the bag I brought on a stand that’s already set up. He turns with a genuine smile. “Is there anything else I can do for you, Mrs. Freeman?”

Mrs. Freeman? The air gets sucked from my lungs. I can’t even respond to him in a socially acceptable amount of time, but he waits patiently for me to gather my thoughts. “No, I think I’m fine. I so appreciate your help.”

I take out my wallet and hand him a ten-dollar bill. I’m so flustered that I ask for it back and then give him a twenty because I have no idea what I’m doing. My luggage doesn’t even belong in this nice of a room.Idon’t even belong in this nice of a room. Nor the sleek black car that picked me up from the airport with its own personal driver. Nor the first-class seat my ass sat in like I had just won the lottery.

The porter, who I’m sure is going back to tell all his porter friends what a hot mess I am, smiles again, still seeminglygenuine, then tips his hat and leaves the room. I’m so flustered, I fling myself back on the bed only to have my phone ring.

I scramble for it, wondering if it’s Micah. He landed in California a few days ago for his away game, and I’m… Well, I traveled to see him.

Tab’s picture flashes on the screen, and I hit Answer a little too quickly. “Tab.”