Page 74 of A Rogue's Rules for Seduction
Dom scratched his chin. “More of an unspoken agreement.”
“Can I touch this?” Willa held up a beautifully made harness that was adorned with elegant brass buckles. It jingled slightly as she handled it, and the sound shot right to his cock, along with the sight of her holding the contraption to her body.
A shudder of pure desire wracked him. It was too easy to picture her ripe form strapped into the harness, leather straps framing her breasts and clinging to her thighs, and imagine what he’d do to her if she wore such a thing. But he had to remember that, until a few hours ago, she was new to the world of sex, and rushing her into anything advanced could harm her both physically and emotionally.
“It’s better if you don’t.” He plucked the harness from her grip and laid it back down into the velvet-lined chest.
“I’ve read about things like this,” she informed him. “In the Lady of Dubious Quality’s books.” She studied the ropes in her hands, the black silky cords shining in the low firelight, and shootingmore heat through Dom’s body. “My curiosity was... sparked.”
He raised a brow, much calmer on the outside than the riot going on inside of him. “Is it something you’d like to try?”
“I...” She glanced up through her lashes. “Would you think less of me if I did?”
“For one thing, lioness,” he said fiercely, “nothing’s going to make me think less of you. And the other thing is that there’s no shame in liking this kind of play. As long as everyone involved wants to be there and agrees to what they’re going to do, and stops when they’re told to stop, then do as you please.”
“Youseem to know an awful lot about it.”
He shrugged. “No sense in pretending I didn’t run wild in the years before we met.”
“So...” Her cheeks went pink, and her smile was unusually bashful. She trailed the rope up his bare arm, sending shivers of heat through him. “You know what to do. How to do it properly.”
“I do,” he rumbled. “Would you like to try it?”
She opened her mouth, closed it, then started to speak again before falling into an uncharacteristic silence.
“I’ve an idea,” he said, his breath already coming fast. “Youtake the lead.”
He took a rope from her and wrapped one around his wrist several times. The cord was soft, rubbing slick and cool against his skin, and hiscock immediately thickened. He slipped the free end of the rope into her hand, giving her control.
Her eyes went wide while her cheeks went even rosier. “I can... tie you up?”
“If that’s what you want.”
“I want,” she said at once.
He grinned at her enthusiasm.
“I read a scene in one of the Lady of Dubious Quality’s books,” she went on eagerly. “The rake tied his lover’s hands to the headboard of a bed, and she couldn’t do anything as he toyed with her. Can we do that?”
“Lioness, I’llbegyou to do the same to me.” He typically took the more controlling role whenever he’d done such things, but putting himself at Willa’s mercy made his cock hard and hot as a brand. And... he could show he trusted her.
“If I do anything you don’t like,” she said, gazing up at him, her eyes grave, “youmustsay so. I’ll stop at once.”
“You’ve an instinct for this kind of play.” He cupped the back of her head and kissed her deeply, and she lifted up on her toes to press herself tight against him. She shook, but from excitement, not fear, and the feel of her anticipation stoked his need higher. “Tell me when you want to begin.”
“Now,” she said immediately. “Get on the bed. Please,” she added with a saucy smile.
“Breeches on or off?”
“Off. Your thighs are too magnificent to be covered.”
He looked down at the body parts in question and shook his head at how anyone could find his bulky muscles arousing. Even when he’d been a boy, he’d been called a brute and a beast, but it didn’t matter anymore when Willa’s eyes gleamed hungrily when he tugged off his breeches. She also avidly eyed his cock, upright as a mast.
“We haven’t even started yet,” she murmured.
“We started a long time ago.”
She swallowed, her color rising higher still, and then flicked her fingers toward the bed. He climbed onto it at once, positioning himself so that he leaned against the headboard. As she approached, a silk rope in each hand, his heart threatened to pound right out of his chest. He could feel his pulse thundering in his cock, too.
