Page 45 of Indebted

Every kiss branded me from the inside out, his tongue leaving no depth unexplored. I tried to return it in kind, but I could hardly keep up.

His arms wound around me, pulling me close until all I could see, smell, and taste was this man. He tasted of vitality and sin. He was the forbidden fruit I’d been waiting for, to pull me out of my daze, to show me what I’ve been missing.

I couldn’t get enough of him. I could crawl into his skin and still not be satisfied. My nails dug into his scalp, fisting his hair, musing his locks that were always perfectly placed.

A low growl traveled from his mouth to mine, and I tightened my grip on his hair, giving another tug. Harder this time.

Our lips broke and he studied me, a devilish curl growing on his lips.

He wound his fist in my hair and jerked my head back.

I gasped, but my own lips curled up in the corners.

Justin zeroed in on it, a light coming into his eye filled with nothing but naughty intent.

“You like it rough?” Another soft jolt on my hair.

We suddenly arrived at the awkward part of this conversation. The part where my virginity came into play. Part of me didn’t want to tell him. There was no way I could stop now, not when I had his taste on my tongue and his scent all over my body.

Did I lie?

Did I play it cool and gloss over the fact that I’d never had sex before?

My silence was answer enough and the grip on my hair loosened.

“Katie?”

Shit.

I lifted my chin. There was nothing wrong with being a virgin.

“I don’t know if I like it rough. I’ve never…had sex before.” Before he could answer I pressed on. “But I like the way you pull my hair and growl my name. I like that I can hurt you,” I dug into his scalp to emphasize my point, “and you don’t shy away.”

His body had gone still.

I swore if he walked away from me now, I would scream.

Justin looked to be at war with himself. I needed to make this decision for him. I rose onto my toes and took his lips. It jumpstarted him from whatever thoughts he’d been preoccupied with, but too soon he pulled back again.

“This is not what you deserve for your first time, Katie.”

“And you get to dictate my life for me? My choices?”

The war was back in his gaze as he searched my eyes.

“Let me make it easy for you, if you try and pull some alpha bullshit and deny me, I will install a virus so horrible into your computer system that you’ll spend months trying to fix it.”

The corner of his mouth quirked. He brushed my cheek with his thumb. “Fine, but…are you sure?”

My heart gave a little flip. I’m pretty sure if I’d met up with sexslay3r420 IRL, he would not have asked me that same question all those years ago.

“Yes. To be honest, I’m done with cybersex.”

Justin mouthed the word ‘cybersex,’ a strange look on his face. I laughed and claimed his mouth again.

His hands dropped to my blouse, ripping it over my head. The chill from the office puckered my nipples. Justin noticed right away and slipped his warm hands under my cups, stroking my nipples with his thumbs.

My grip dropped to his hips, yanking him to me, until his erection pressed into me. The feel of him through my clothes only made me want him more.