With that, she spun on her heel and headed off, and I turned to face Daniel, who was grinning at me with all that swagger he always put on around the ladies.
“Hey. What’s up?”
“Hey.” He stopped in front of me, letting his eyes trail down my body to take in my rehearsal clothes. “We didn’t really get a chance to talk the other night at the party.”
“Oh, well, yeah. It was pretty busy, sorry. I wanted to make sure I took Owen around to meet everyone.”
I could have sworn something flitted across his expression, a hardness of sorts, but it was there and gone in a blink, and his devil-may-care mask was firmly back in place in a blink, making me question if I’d really seen anything at all.
“Yeah, so, about that guy . . .”
I felt my browns dip into a V. “What about him?”
He stepped into my space. “Is it serious, or you know, just like, a rebound fling?”
He looked me up and down again, and Sloane’s words suddenly came back to me. I’d always known Daniel to be a flirt, but I’d never thought anything of it because, truth be told, the man wasn’t on my radar. But now that I was paying attention, I started to get uncomfortable.
“It’s pretty serious. I mean, we’re still in the earlier days, but we are a couple.”
“That’s a real shame,” he said softly. “Because I’ve been dying to take you out.” He lifted a hand and trailed his finger from my bare shoulder, all the way down my arm with a familiarity he had no business using with me. “You and me could have arealgood time, sugar. Why don’t you just think about it?”
I took a step back to get him out of my personal space as I frowned up at him. “I just told you I’m in a relationship with someone,” I clipped, suddenly seeingexactlywhat Sloane had been talking about. “And, no offense, but even if I weren’t, I wouldn’t go there with you. Mac and Bruce have strict rules for a reason, and I’d really appreciate it if, from here on out, you’d respect my personal space.”
That hardness returned, and this time he was too slow to hide it behind his charm. I knew what I saw, even after he smiled that all-American smile and backed up with his hands lifted in surrender. “Hey, I got it, sweetheart. Don’t have to beat me over the head with it. Just figured I’d give it a shot.”
“Yeah, well, I think it’s best if you keep your shots focused on women outside the club from here on out.”
“You got it, Ash. Hey, enjoy the rest of your day, yeah?”
With that, he spun around and started back in the direction he’d just come from, leaving me feeling unsettled about the whole exchange.
25
OWEN
Asher’s back arched, her eyes rolled back, and a greedy moan burst from her throat as she writhed in place. “God, Owen,” she panted. “Too much. It’s too much. She tried to lift up, her inner thighs quivering on either side of my head, but I wouldn’t let her. My hands clamped down on her waist and I pulled her down onto my tongue.
“Don’t you move,” I growled, turning to bite her inner thigh. The taste of her coated my tongue and the smell of her arousal overwhelmed my senses. “Not unless it’s to ride my face until you come. Understand?”
She looked down at me and nodded, her breasts heaving with each labored breath, her golden eyes hazy with lust.
I moaned against the lips of her sex. “Good girl. Now I want to hear you.”
I plunged my tongue inside of her, lapping her up until she came just like I’d told her to. Christ, but my girl was a goddamn miracle. It was as if she was made only for me.
The sounds she made as she rode through her first orgasm were all it took for me to snap. I moved in a flash, flipping her over so she was on her hands and knees on the bed, and drove into her from behind as hard as I could. There was no betterfeeling in the entire goddamn world than the feel of Asher’s pussy wrapped around me. She fit like a glove.
“Christ, baby,” I grunted as she cried out, throwing her head back. “Always so good,” I groaned as I pulled out and slammed back in. “You’re fucking perfect.”
She turned to look at me over her shoulder, all that long, dark hair sliding across her silky skin. She bit her plump, red bottom lip as she rocked into me. “Hard, Owen,” she whispered. “I want to you to fuck me hard, baby.”
I powered into her, snapping my hips so hard the sound of skin slapping against skin echoed through the room. Her walls quivered, trying desperately to suck me back in each time I pulled out.
A sweat broke out across my entire body as I fucked her with all my strength, driving the headboard against the wall with each brutal plunge of my cock. I was close. I could feel that tingle in my spine. My balls wanted to explode, but there was no way in hell I was coming before her.
Asher’s objection when I pulled out was quickly cut off by a gasp when I flipped her over onto her back, grabbed her legs, and spread them wide so I could power back in.
“Eyes on me,” I ordered as I sat up on my haunches and pulled her onto my lap, holding her tiny waist as I fucked her with everything I had. “You come, I want those beautiful eyes on me the whole time.”