Page 82 of Nefarious
Selena
Geraldo,
Are you attending the STA conference this week? As much as I would have liked to go, Noelle decided to send Dane. It would have been lovely to catch up with you. Maybe next time.
Val
The food arrived, and Dane let the waiter set it up on the table. He slipped the boy a twenty and sat down, contemplating whether or not to wake Noelle, sleeping in the adjacent bed. He wanted her alert and present when he finally took her. He needed her to want it even when she was no longer desperate and hurting. He wanted her whole.
He uncovered the dishes, and the smell of the food permeated the room. Noelle stirred and sat up. Dane watched her stretch and come back to the world slowly.
He stood and brought her the other bathrobe. “Did you sleep well?”
“I can’t believe I conked out on you. Sorry.” She looked past him. “Did you order food?”
He ran a hand across her cheek, gently pushing a strand of hair behind her ear. “Are you hungry?”
She smiled. “Are we talking in innuendo again?”
“Do you want to?”
She reached up and took his hand, twining her fingers with his. “I want you.” She lifted his hand and kissed his wrist. “You always smell so good. What is that?”
“Right now? Just me. I took a shower.”
“Without me?”
He laughed. “I thought the water might wake you.” He stood. “Come on. Let’s eat.”
She followed him to the table, but even before they sat, she laid her fingers on his neck and chest. She reached into his bathrobe and touched his abdomen. “You’re hard as a rock.”
“Yes. I am.” He smiled at her, and she laughed. He poured her champagne and lifted the glass to her. “We once drank to tonight. What shall we toast now?”
“To now.”
“To now.”
She took a sip of the champagne and then picked up a strawberry. “I didn’t even know I was so hungry. This is perfect.” Dane lifted the strawberry from her and pressed it to her mouth. She took a bite, and her eyes transformed from clear and alert to sultry and desirous.
She got up and walked to where Dane sat, lifted one leg across his lap, and straddled him. She reached back for a strawberry and offered it to him. “You have the most gorgeous lips. I don’t know how I resisted them for so long. I’ve always wanted to kiss you.”
“Have you? It took me long enough to convince you.”
“I tried to get over my attraction. I’m glad I finally get to allow myself the pleasure of you.” She kissed him and brought her pelvis closer, so his cock pressed against her through the terry cloth. He grew hard immediately and ground himself into her. She rocked her hips and sucked on his lips. He reached into her robe to touch her gently. She pulled it off and threw his open, so she could rub her wetness against his bare skin. It was regrettable that his condoms were across the room, out of reach.
He could wait for this. For her.
“Noelle, did you mean what you said?”
“That I love you?”
“That you don’t care about my reputation.”
She dropped a kiss on his temple. “Should I?”
“No. Did you think I was sleeping around before? Is that why you cut me off?” He had to know.
She tilted her head back to better look in his eyes. “If I’d only thought you were womanizing, I might have confronted you. It was the way Val made it sound like you were laughing at me while you were sleeping with all those other women.”
