by Desiree Holt
He was utterly attentive and caring as he eased her back from subspace, wiping her face, cleaning her eyes and her nose, and cleaning away the smeared vestiges of her makeup. Cleansing her body with soft, warm, damp cloths. Massaging her muscles with healing lotion. Applying special cream to her abused nipples. Whispering soothing words to her as he brought her back to herself little by little.
Now, as he cradled her in his lap, a warm quilt wrapped around her, feeding her sips of water, she thought she’d never felt so coddled in her life. She had allowed herself to fall so willingly into subspace because she trusted him to catch her from the second she fell back down.
She almost didn’t want to come back to reality, to herself, afraid it would break the spell. Still trembling slightly, she leaned her head against his shoulder, suddenly realizing he was still naked.
“Where are your clothes?” she whispered.
He gave a soft laugh. “I’ll put them on when I need them. Why? Are you tired of my naked body?”
She shook her head. “Not at all.”
She reached a hand out from the quilt and smoothed it over the hard wall of his chest, loving the sensation of the soft curling hair sprinkled over it. She touched the curve of his jaw and the masculine column of his neck. He was all man, in every way. Yet not so macho that he didn’t have the capacity for tenderness.
Good lord, Nia. You sound like a romance novel.
“Take a few more sips of water,” he urged, holding the glass to her lips. “You’re still shivering. Still coming down from the high. You were pretty far out there.”
She managed a tiny smile. “Yes, I was.” She wet her bottom lip. “Thank you, Sir.”
He nibbled the lobe of her ear. “My pleasure.”
Knowing he was right, she continued to take minute swallows of the icy liquid, feeling it settle her system. He continued to cuddle her on his lap, his hands working her muscles and smoothing over the curves of her body. All the while he whispered in her ear, soothing words, soft sounds, words to make her feel safe and cared for.
“I got carried away tonight,” he told her, licking the shell of her ear.
“You did?” She turned her head so she could look at him. “I don’t—”
“I don’t mean with the flogger or the paddle. I pride myself on never going beyond what a sub can handle. But I had so many other things in mind. So many other cards to play.” He nipped her earlobe again. “I wanted to fasten you to the St. Andrew’s cross, run the electric wand over your nipples and your clit, and eat your cunt until you begged me to let you come.”
A tiny jolt of arousal wriggled through her as the vision flooded her brain.
“I had an image of that single tail whip marking your fine ass. Then I’d fuck you with the handle, maybe in your ass.”
“Blackjack.” She whispered the word.
“The card that showed the woman with vibrators in both her cunt and her ass? That’s what I want to do to you.” He brushed a soft kiss on her cheek. “That, and so much more.”
“I’d like that, too,” she told him in a low voice.
“So…” He nipped gently at her neck. “Are you up for another card game tomorrow night? Here?”
“I-I’ll have to ask Kelly to put my name on the guest list again.”
“I can take care of that.” He massaged gentle circles on her back, a motion that soothed her and made her burrow against him. “What about when we leave San Antonio? When are you going back home?”
“Sunday. I have to be back at work on Monday. What about you?”
“The same.” He shifted her on his lap, easing her ass away from his thick, hard cock that once again was poking at her ass. “See what you do to me? I have to keep seeing you.”
She bit her lower lip. “To keep playing the game?”
He brushed her hair off her forehead. “I don’t want to get ahead of myself here, but I don’t remember the last time I felt such a strong, instant connection with a woman. I know you had to sense it, too.”
She nodded.
“We have a lot of cards to get through, Queen of Hearts. I want to take you to my club in Dallas. Maybe have you bring me to yours.” He put his mouth close to her ear again. “I want to take you to dinner. Get to know you. Spend weekends with you.”
Her heart stuttered. She wanted that, too, but hadn’t dared hope. For the first time in forever she wanted to spend time with a Dom outside a club, and it thrilled her that he wanted the same thing.
“I’d like that,” she murmured.
“We have a lot of cards to get through,” he reminded her. “Maybe they can even predict our future. One that keeps us together.”
She looked at him and smiled. “I should tell you that when I went to Las Vegas I was a winner at Blackjack.”
He laughed, the sound rumbling against her body. “You’ve won this Blackjack, my Queen. And I want to make sure you keep him.”
“I’ll give it my best shot.” She smiled back at him.
“Starting with tomorrow night?”
She nodded. “Tomorrow night. And maybe every night thereafter.”
He cupped her head and turned it so he could take her mouth in a kiss both sweet and hungry. When he lifted his lips from hers she was breathless with the intensity of the kiss and warmed by the sweetness of it.
“Yes.” She winked at him. “And maybe every night thereafter.”
The End.
Desiree Holt
I believe I am the oldest living (and still publishing!) writer of erotic romance. My writing is my hobby, my vocation and my job. In other words, my life!
I didn’t begin writing until 2006, but it’s been a wild ride since then. My children continue to encourage me. I have been on CBS Sunday Morning, interviewed in The Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, The Village Voice, The Wall Street Journal and several local papers, like the San Antonio Express News. I am a winner of The Holt Medallion, The EPIC E-Book Award, and several at Authors After Dark including Author of the Year.
I recently moved from Texas (where most of my books are set) back to Florida (where my newer stories are set). This year saw the launch of my Kindle Worlds, The Omega Team, a very exciting project. I live with my three cats—Blanca, Grace and Bast—who think they actually write my books.
“Desiree Holt is the most amazing erotica author of our time and each story is more fulfilling then the last.” (Romance Junkies)
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