“A lot.”
“How many, Joshua?!”
“Do you really want a number?” He asked, holding her stare. “Be very sure you want me to answer that question, Lux.”
When she dropped her eyes, Josh sighed as he considered what would come next.
“Were you at least safe when you were with these women?”
Josh had nothing but respect for what she was asking him, and he answered her with complete honesty. “The only woman I have ever slept with without protection is my wife.” He waited for a short time to pass before he asked his own question. Her answer might well kill him, but he knew he needed to hear what she had to say. “What about you Lux?”
Her hesitation twisted his gut. He’d deliberately left the question ambiguous so she could answer it in whatever way she liked. He knew he was a hypocrite, but the thought of her with other men killed him.
“I’m clean.”
Josh waited for her to say more, but it seemed that was all he was going to get and he couldn’t help but feel relief. Unable to stop himself, he moved one leg and placed it between hers.
“Josh, behave. You’ve been ill.” There was no real censure in her voice so he ignored her words. Even though, he was losing energy, the feel of her against his thigh and her breast pressed against his chest was something he wasn’t prepared to bypass.
“You feel so good, Luxie,” Josh murmured as he ran his rough cheek against hers. Not wanting to damage her soft skin, he pulled away to rest his forehead against hers. As if by a will of their own, they moved at the same time, searching and then finding each other’s lips. Their first touch was like an explosion going off in his head. Everything within him reacted to her.
Still braced with one arm against the wall, Josh pulled her up his thigh and kissed her as though she were his last breath. Her response was instantaneous. They didn’t even attempt to sip at each other, their kiss was raw and dark, a battle of who could take the most.
Lux finally pulled away and gasped for air, her lips bruised and swollen. In this state, she looked even more beautiful to him. She was his woman and he was the one who made her look wanton and lust filled.
“The things I want to do to you would take me a lifetime. But right now I’d settle for ten minutes.”
“You really need to listen to what I say, baby. I told you, I’d take care of you and that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Lord knows you should have just asked rather than this whole saga with the hand to the forehead,” Lux laughed as she looked at him.
Josh was grateful for the steam that surrounded them, hoping it lessened the effects of the heat rising to his face. His embarrassment wasn’t about his tactics, as much as it was about his bad acting. The hand to his forehead was going to be hard to live down.
Another woman would have dropped to her knees as she palmed the hardness of his cock. Not his Lux, she stood proud and strong as she moved her hand up and down his shaft. From tip to root, she worked him as only she could; her hands sliding over him in ceaseless motion. When one hand reached the tip, the other was already in place at the root, pulling stretching, rotating him without end. Josh didn’t have time to process his thoughts, his mind just honed in on what she was doing to his body and how she was making him feel.
He would have closed his eyes in sheer pleasure, but her gaze was too intense. By the way she watched him; he knew she was trying to find something within his eyes. What she looked for, he was unsure. Then it was too late, he couldn’t process another thing. All he had room for was the feeling that was moving through him, culminating in the hardness of his cock. He knew he should do something to bring her pleasure, but he didn’t have the strength.
When his release hit, it came with so much force his knees nearly buckled. Moving closer she rubbed the length of his cock against her belly in a soothing motion with one hand while the other ran up and down his shaft. By increments, his gasps finally filled his chest with air. Spent and wanting to pull her close, his overriding thought was how he was going to stay on his feet long enough to get back to bed.
With quick motions, she again washed his body. Somehow, with her help, he managed to get out of the shower and stumble across both rooms. He knew, if left to his own devices, he’d have been sleeping in the shower.
Flinging himself down on the softness of the mattress, he heaved a sigh of relief and closed his eyes. He wanted to say something to Lux, to thank her for taking care of him, but his gratitude would have to wait because exhaustion claimed him.