The first and only time I’ve ever worn lingerie, and it’s for Asher. Because I want to see the desire in his eyes when he sees that I’ve worn it for him.

Before I lose the nerve, my shaking fingers turn the doorknob, and I step out into the room. The lights are off, and the curtains still open wide, letting the city skyline cast a glow around the room.

I’m so nervous that I’m shaking, and my palms are clammy as I make my way to where Asher’s sitting. His eyes are still closed, and his head rests against the back of the plush chair. Slowly, I walk toward him until I’m standing only a few feet in front of him, and I whisper, “You can open your eyes now.”

Unhurriedly, he peels his eyes open, and my hand goes to my hair, nervously twirling a piece around my finger.

I can practically feel his eyes as they do a slow perusal of my body, and then drag back up to meet my eyes.

“Jesus fucking Christ, Auden,” he chokes out, his fingers tightening around the chair until his knuckles turn white. “You are the hottest thing I’ve ever fucking seen.”

His chest heaves, like he’s holding onto the thinnest piece of restraint. It makes me throb, anticipation rocketing through my body.

I can see how badly he wants me. The evidence in plain view, hard and bulging behind the black slacks on his hips. I squeeze my legs together at the ache that’s slowly building deep inside my core because of his reaction to me.

“Come here,” he rasps. His deep voice is low and heavy with desire. “Right here.” His legs widen, beckoning me to stand between them. When I do, he reaches out and lightly runs his fingers under the satin of the garter strap on my thigh.

“You areexquisite.The most beautiful piece of art I’ve ever seen.”

I feel exposed as he drags his gaze down my body. So vulnerable and raw that, for a second, I want to shy away from the heat of his stare and it makes my heart jump to my throat.

“Tell me, baby, do you think you’re ready to explore your desires? Surrender to pleasure? Allow me to bring every fantasy either of us has had to life? Reward you when you’ve exceeded my expectations?” he says, never moving the finger stroking the sensitive skin of my inner thigh.

Am I ready to go further? To trust Asher blindly to bring me pleasure, even if it’s something new and different?

My gaze drops to the hard bulge behind the fabric of his dark slacks, and I swallow thickly, squeezing my legs together to cull the throbbing in my clit. The ache inside me intensifies each second his eyes skim my body.

“Y-yes.”

Asher nods, his eyes seemingly darkening with my submission.

“Kneel, Auden. Good girls are rewarded.”

ASHER

Auden perched on her knees at my feet is the most beautiful sight I’ve ever fucking seen. A sight branded in my memory for the rest of my days. I’ll never forget her flushed cheeks or the way her breath comes in soft pants as she awaits my instructions.

I’m not a dominant, per se. Do I have fantasies that I’d love to explore with Auden, things classified as kinky? Without a fucking doubt. Did I get impossibly hard at her submissiveness? How could I not? How could any man not take one look at her and want to drop to his knees and worship at her feet?

She’s a goddess. A fucking vision, and this outfit she picked out just for me?

I bite my fist right now to stifle the groan.

“Asher…” she whispers, her green eyes wide, “can I ask you something?

“Anything, baby.”

Her throat bobs as she swallows, and she tucks her loose curls behind her ear. “Since we started…uh, sleeping together… you’ve always pleasured me, and you’ve never once asked for me to do…things to you,” she murmurs.

Because her pleasure comes first. And the fact that she is still trying to explore her sexuality, and be comfortable with it, I don’t want this to be about me. I’ve taken to beating my dick every night until I shoot my come all over the bathroom wall or my stomach when it becomes too much, but I fucking ache to feel her hands on me.

“I w-want to touch you. Bringyoupleasure.”

Her voice is merely a whisper, and fuck if the throbbing in my cock doesn’t intensify.

“You want to suck my cock, Auden?”

Heat blooms in her cheeks as she rolls her lips between her teeth and nods shyly.