chapter Fourteen
As Rafe’s mouth captured hers, Ari remained stiff for several seconds, thinking that she could possibly resist him. As Rafe’s tongue slipped past her teeth and caressed the contours of her mouth, her resistance became futile.
Thought was wiped from her mind as sensation exploded inside her body. What was it that she was feeling? She’d never experienced anything of such magnitude before. Her stomach was fluttering, and she felt a swelling sensation in her core.
Ari pressed her legs together, trying to relieve the building pressure. As she attempted to gain the willpower to push Rafe away, his mouth slowly moved down her jaw, trailing soft feather kisses along her slender neck as his tongue traced her skin and his teeth gently nipped her shoulder.
A shudder passed through her, and she was shocked when he effortlessly lifted her with the smoothness only strong muscles could support and then walked into the bedroom, laying her upon the mattress, her body sinking into its comfort.
“I don’t normally have sex without the contract being signed first – without a mutual agreement, but I can’t seem to get you out of my mind. I have to have you, and I’m tired of resisting the pull. I’m not stopping unless you tell me to, so if you have protests, give them now,” Rafe demanded as he slipped off his suit jacket and began unbuttoning his soaked shirt.
Ari knew now was the time to tell him this wasn’t going to happen. She needed to get the words past her tight throat and demand he leave her alone. As his contoured olive chest was exposed with the release of his last button and his dress shirt fell open, she forgot exactly what she’d just been thinking.
The sight of his ripped abs and narrow waist sent more sensations through her body. She felt a pinch in her breasts, and her nipples hardened, causing desirable pain. She lifted her hands to her breasts, her palms squeezing over her peaked pink skin, trying to relieve the ache.
The brush of her own hands sent more sensation coursing through her, making her involuntarily spread her thighs. Her eyes never left Rafe’s as he shed the rest of his clothes, standing beside the bed, gloriously naked, looking like an Adonis statue.
He was pure perfection from his dark, slightly mussed hair, to the soles of his feet. His body was covered in a fine layer of muscles and his large erection was proudly standing, ready to penetrate her body. Fear should be rolling through her system, but all she felt was need.
“No regrets, Ari. It’s too late,” he murmured as he caught her hands and raised them above her head. Before she could protest the movement, his mouth descended, capturing her aching nipple, sucking her deep inside the warmth of his mouth.
Her hips rose from the bed, turning in his direction, seeking the warmth of his body. He threw his leg over hers, trapping her as his mouth devoured first one aching bud, and then moving over to the other.
He released her hands and she immediately moved them to his head, her fingers running through his thick hair, tugging on the short strands, trying to hold him in place as he relieved the aching in her breasts, but caused new awareness to spread lower in her body.
Her stomach trembled as she felt warm heat spread through her core. Moistness spilled from her body, readying her as his hand ran up her thigh and his fingers traced the edges of her slick opening. He was easily able to slip his fingers inside her, and the smoldering fire that was burning ignited into a raging inferno.
She pushed against him, not understanding the changes coursing through her, but her body instinctually taking over as she sought relief. This was nothing like the clumsy fumbling of the college guy from her only prior sexual experience. She was on fire, and she had no doubt that Rafe could quench her raging thirst.
His mouth trailed down her stomach, causing her to cry out as he touched every inch of her throbbing torso. She was reaching toward something she’d never thought to experience. She couldn’t believe something so amazing was possible and that she hadn’t tried to find it before this moment.
She couldn’t seem to get enough oxygen, finding it hard to breathe as her heart thundered, and her airways closed. A building pressure had begun in her core, and she was close to tears as her head whipped from side to side as Rafe took his time devouring her body.
“Please, Rafe, please make it stop,” she cried as she pressed her hips upward, causing his seeking fingers to plunge deeply inside her saturated folds.
“Oh Ari, we’re only just beginning,” he murmured before he spread open her knees and his tongue swirled around her inner thighs. She moaned in pleasure as his fingers moved swiftly in and out of her swollen heat while his mouth skillfully circled the area.
When his tongue descended onto her engorged bud, the pressure spiked dangerously high. She felt a tingling sensation begin to flood her entire body as it began building higher and higher. His tongue swirled around her wet folds as his fingers pumped inside her faster and faster, making her reach for relief.
She threw her head back and let go, relinquishing all thoughts of her brain telling her what they were doing was wrong. It certainly didn’t feel wrong. It felt like the single greatest thing she’d ever done. She wanted relief, but at the same time, she never wanted the moment to end. She wanted to solely exist in this pleasurable moment.
Suddenly, his tongue pushed out, and she exploded. As his lips encircled her throbbing bud and his fingers pressed deeply inside her body she began to shake, her flesh throbbing as it contracted, pulsing over and over again.
She felt lightheaded as fire ripped through her, her breasts heavy, her lower body burning. He slowed the movement of his tongue as he gently sucked on her wet skin, making her spasm in his hands.
As the last of her tremors began to cease, his fingers started moving again, making her pull her thighs together. No! She was done. She couldn’t take anything more.
“It’s not over, Ari. Trust me,” he murmured. She wanted to protest. She couldn’t possibly do that again. The pleasure had been unlike anything she could imagine. It would surely send her into cardiac arrest to experience it twice in a row.
Amazingly, as his fingers gently penetrated her swollen folds, she felt a stirring of heat begin to return. Tiny sensations started flooding her core, drifting out through her legs and stomach. Joy filled her as her nipples responded, that pleasurable ache returning and her body immediately awakening to his touch.
Oh, she could do this all day and night!
She heard Rafe’s low sexy chuckle before his mouth dropped down and he slid that masterful tongue along her dripping heat, then nothing but moans of pleasure could be heard in the sun-filled room.
Rafe moved up her body, taking his time as he lathered her stomach in sweet kisses before his mouth rose over the mounds of her breasts and he gently bit down on her erect nipples. Her hands again gripped his hair, this time pulling him upward, wanting his lips on hers.
He quickly obliged her unspoken request as he slid up her body and claimed her mouth, slipping his tongue deep inside. She flinched at the taste of her sex on Rafe's tongue, but he held her in place and soon the slight tanginess was just another part of the excitement, making her burn hotter.
“You’re ready,” he growled as he opened the nightstand and grabbed a foil package. Efficiently sliding the protection onto his impressive length, he leaned in closer, then spread her legs with his knees.
Her eyes opened wide as he pressed the head of his thick arousal against her opening. She tensed as he began pushing inside her, his engorged staff barely fitting into her heat.
A pinch of pain overrode the pleasure as he rocked his hips, pushing himself fully inside. She squirmed beneath him, suddenly scared, thinking she’d made a huge mistake.
“You’re so tiny. Just give your body a minute to adjust,” he groaned as he lay still against her. Just when she thought all pleasure was gone, he shifted. He pulled slightly back, then moved forward again. Several more times he moved a couple inches, pulling out, then gently pushing back in.
The pain evaporated as that elusive pressure started building to a feverish pitch. As her body got used to his girth, she wiggled underneath him, seeking that peak of pleasure again, suddenly greedy for release.
Rafe had opened a gate she hadn’t know she'd bolted shut long ago, and now there was no turning back.
“That’s it, Ari – just feel,” Rafe commanded in a low, seductive tone as he built up speed. She couldn’t turn away from his desire clouded gaze as his body moved perfectly in sync with hers. She wasn’t even consciously moving her hips, but her body had taken over, knowing exactly what it needed to do in order to feel that mind-numbing pleasure of only moments before.
Sweat slickened his solid chest and Ari’s hands drifted along the sleek muscles of his toned back. She wanted to touch him everywhere, feel every groove of his impressive frame.
A groan filled the room, and she didn’t know which of them it came from, and she didn’t care. She was almost delirious as her body built higher and higher. She felt every single inch of his thick erection penetrating her slick folds – a delicious sensation.
“Ohh,” she cried as her orgasm hit her with more force than the last one. As he moved inside her, the contractions drew out, sending her to another realm of satisfaction.
“Yes, Ari, don’t hold back. Let it all go. Yes… you’re so tight, so hot. I can’t hold out…” he cried as she felt him tense, his throbbing staff pulsing with his release. She felt like a fog was engulfing her in a delirious pleasure, making her unable to process even the smallest of thoughts.
A desire-filled groan continued erupting from Rafe as his hips pushed steadily inside her, though he began slowing down his frantic motion. She felt unbelievable joy at how satisfied she was, and knowing she’d been the cause of Rafe losing control. It was an intoxicating feeling.
As Rafe’s body collapsed against hers, Ari’s mind could take no more and she passed out in a blissful slumber.