“I have to agree.”
Shannon considered again what they were going to do. She’d never in her life had a one-night stand, preferring to take things slowly, especially since she wasn’t too happy with her body. She’d always figured a man needed to develop a little affection for her before he got a load of all she had to offer. Then he could overlook the problem areas, like the dimples in her butt and the fact that outside this breast-hoisting dress and bustier underneath, her boobs had begun the journey south.
No matter what though, she wanted to tell herself next time she was home alone with nothing but a book to keep her warm on a winter night, at least she’d once ridden a man as scrumptious as Alexander.
“Your place or mine?” he asked, interrupting her thoughts.
“Mine,” she blurted and added, “I’m Shannon, by the way.”
“Alexander…Alex.”
Sexy!
She gave him the directions to her place, and within twenty minutes, they pulled up. She had nothing to be ashamed of in her condo since her aunt, the woman who’d raised her and Kim, had left it to her. The neighborhood was decent, and Alex’s car was in no immediate danger of being jacked.
By the time they made it to her front door on the third floor, Shannon was pinned to Alex’s chest and a victim of his hot mouth burning the skin at her throat. The way she trembled with desire, it was all she could do to get her key in the lock and the door open.
Alex kicked it closed behind them and drew her back to his erection when she would have walked farther into the apartment. Her knees lost the ability to hold her up with his cock pressed against her ass. She groaned.
“Take the coat off,” Alex insisted. “I need to see you in that dress again. Do you have more like it?”
He didn’t give her the chance to answer. He hoisted her into his arms and brought his mouth down on hers. Fingers stroking her ass, pushing between the crack to massage her anus made her ready to explode. “Mm,” she moaned, “you’re going to make me come before I get my clothes off.”
“No, way. I’m going to be inside you before that happens.” Tugging her closer to his chest, he scanned the apartment. “Which way?”
She pointed, and he strode in the direction of her bedroom. Shannon lost her breath when he dumped her on the bed and began stripping his clothes off. She was about to do the same when he stopped her.
“Just the panties. Leave the dress and shoes.”
Even more excited, she scrambled out of her panties and dropped them over the side of the bed. Alex knelt between her legs. She stared, mouth dry, body aching. The man was a Greek god, seriously. A body like his should be illegal. Well, after she’d enjoyed it for a bit. Reaching out, she ran her fingertips over his chest, luxuriating in the ripple of muscle, the sinews, and hollows. His erect little nipple scraped her palm, and she gave a little yelp. The center of her hands had always been overly sensitive. She never allowed anyone to touch them because that was asking for trouble.
Alex noticed the reaction, and curiosity flickered in his eyes. He grabbed one of her hands and lifted it to his mouth. The tip of his tongue flicked over her palm. She bit off a groan and tried pulling away, but he held on.
“An erogenous zone, huh?”
She blinked in incomprehension. “Huh?”
He licked again, and she squirmed, wishing she could close her legs, but that was impossible with him wedged between them.
“Points on the body, particularly sensitive to stimulation,” he explained. “Like me licking the center of your hand. It gets you hot, doesn’t it?”
She didn’t want to admit it, but he was right. How she hadn’t made the connection all this time, she didn’t know. She’d only thought she was a freak to protect herself from being touched there.
When Alex waited as if for her permission to continue, she nodded. After all, this was what tonight was about. He nibbled and licked his way from her palm to the bend in the middle of her arm, and then made his way down again. At the same time, he dipped his other hand between her legs to tease her clit. Shannon scratched at the sheets under her and bit her bottom lip to keep from screaming. She raised her hips to press into his touch, wanting more, needing him to sink his fingers inside of her pussy.
“Oh, baby, you’re so wet for me,” Alex whispered. “You want me to take you? You want my cock?”
“Yes!” If she didn’t come now, she might not keep her sanity. “I want you in me, Alex, so bad.”
He leaned down and kissed her lips. The way he brushed his over hers, watching her and coaxing her lips apart seemed more sensual than just a physical connection. But she didn’t want to read more into it. He released her hand and kissed his way down her body. “Soon, but first this.”
Alex’s tongue pierced her heat. Shannon couldn’t hold back the scream of delight. The man had skills she’d never experienced before. He played with her clit, flicking it rhythmically until she was at his mercy. Spasms of pleasure assaulted her core. She tried to arch back before the sensations were too strong, but he cupped her ass and raised her higher.
“No, I can’t,” she pleaded.
He paused, his eyes clouded with his lust. “You can.”
Alex covered her swollen bud and sucked hard. Another cry was wrenched from Shannon’s throat. Her limbs shook, and her fingers, knotted in the sheets, went limp. An orgasm exploded through her, but her lover didn’t let up until the tremors eased. When he lifted his head, he grinned.
“As good as that was, I plan on taking you much deeper.”
Shannon peered at him through slitted eyes. “Confident, aren’t we?”
He sat up. “Confident in how attracted I am to you. I could take you all night. Would you mind?”
“Not in the least!”
Alex raised her higher on the bed and positioned himself between her legs, this time with her thighs hoisted. She worried about him seeing too much of her imperfect body, but from the haze of need that was clear in his expression, she doubted he saw anything but where he was about to bury himself.
He reached for the bag they’d let drop on the floor when they stumbled in here and tore it apart. The box containing the protection soon followed, and he covered himself. The tip of his cock pressed to her opening. She clenched her jaw and willed herself to relax. A few months hadn’t made her a virgin again, but Alex looked thick.
When he slid in, she caught her breath at the slight pain. Not enough to cry out, but definitely a little rusty. Her tunnel stretched around him, and right away the pleasure took the place of the ache. Alex bared his teeth and hissed as he pushed farther. His glance up at her was full of apology. “Snug fit.”
Shannon ran her fingertips over his taut ab muscles. “I can take all of you.”
He grinned. “Who’s confident now?”
“It’s because I want you so much.”
He moaned. “Raise the dress. I want to see myself sliding into you. I want to see those thick thighs wrapped around me.”
She hesitated, but at his insistence, she did as he asked. His eyes widened, and the sight seemed to take it to another level for him. Alex held her still at the hips and jutted forward. She closed her eyes, engulfed in the feeling of him sliding in and out. His pace picked up until he thumped hard into her pussy and withdrew.
Over and over, he glided to the hilt. On the inside, she felt him touch a spot that left her hotter yet weak. Outside, his groin met her clit. Shannon arched more, and Alex responded by driving into her faster.
“Damn, I can’t hold it,” he complained, and seconds later, he jerked with his release. Shannon opened her mouth to speak, but Alex pulled her up. She sat astride his lap, and he worked her up and down his still-hard cock. The orgasm that had been building in her continued. She gripped his shoulders and put her head back. He raised her up and let her come down firm on his erection.
“You want to come again, baby?” he whispered in her ear.
“Yes, oh, yes, Alex.”
“Ta
ke what you need.”
She clung to him. His grasp bordered on painful, but she wasn’t stopping until she climaxed for the second time. His hands followed her ass as it rose and fell. He stayed right with her, and then it was her turn to let go. She shouted his name as Alex gave her just what he’d promised. This orgasm took hold so she could do nothing but hang on until it was done.
Alex pulled out of her quickly and flipped her around on the bed. He lay behind her with a strong thigh tossed over hers. Not failing a beat, he reached in front of her to rub her clit again. A third orgasm shook her being. He pinched her clit in one hand while threading fingers into her pussy with the other. When she didn’t think she could bear it anymore, Alex let go, and they relaxed on their backs panting.
“So?” he asked after some time.
“So?” she echoed. He said nothing, and then she laughed. “Yes, that was way bigger than the first one. I’ve only ever done that to myself, follow an orgasm with another and another as long as the aftershocks last.”
He leaned up on an elbow. “With your hand?”
She grinned and shrugged. “Hey, a girl’s gotta know how to get her own, or suffer without.”
“I guess so. I’d love to watch you do it sometime.”
She rolled her eyes, amused. “I’m sure you would.”
He pulled off the used condom and disposed of it before standing. “Come on. We’ll clean up and continue this when we’ve caught our breath…unless of course I wore you out.”
Shannon sucked her teeth. “Please.” She stripped her dress off and tossed it on a chair. Her bustier followed. Now that she knew he didn’t mind her extra, she had no problem being naked in front of him. Preceding him to the bathroom, she smiled when she heard his whistle.
“Where has that ass been all my life?” he quipped.
She laughed and turned on the shower. “With the rest of me.”
“Then I need to make up for lost time.”
For the next twenty minutes, they washed each other between kisses, but they didn’t start up their lovemaking just yet. Shannon held him at bay. “Would you like something to eat? All I’ve had since breakfast was a few pieces of candy at my sister’s shop.”
“I could go for something.”
She heated them each a plate of homemade pepper steak and spooned it over rice. Shannon had a habit of cooking enough food to last a couple nights since she didn’t like doing it. They leaned back on pillows on her bed while eating, and Alex chowed down as if her food was gourmet.
“I guess you like it,” she commented.
“Delicious. You’re a great cook.”
Warmth spread through her at his compliment. “Thanks. I may not like cooking, but I put it together just fine. My aunt made sure of that.”
“Your aunt?”
She nodded. “She’s the one that raised us, my sister and me. The deadbeat who fathered us could be any of a number of men, and our mother didn’t feel like she was up to it.”
He set his plate aside and stroked her cheek. “I’m sorry. That must be hard.”
“No, not really. I mean, I’m glad she admitted the truth. Better to be brought up by someone who loved us and taught us right than someone who couldn’t handle us. Who knows what we’d be like today. I can thank my mother for one thing though—my singing.”
“Ah yes, the famous singing.” She ducked her head at Alex’s dry tone, but he lifted her chin and kissed her. “Would you consider singing something more positive for me?”
“Maybe,” she teased. “But it’s your turn to tell me something about yourself. At least while I’m eating, because everybody doesn’t wolf their food down like you.”
He pinched her thigh, and she squealed.
“Well there’s not much to tell. Just like your mother influenced your singing, my parents influenced my life as well.” He seemed to consider how to explain it. “They are both workaholics, and I turned out to be just like them. I didn’t choose the same field. They’re both in law, but I decided to become a stock broker. I’m guilty of loving what I do too much.”
“That’s why she was so angry? Seems extreme.”
He nodded but didn’t elaborate. She wondered if he was nursing a broken heart and didn’t want to push it.
“Remind me not to get you wrong,” she said instead.
He gave her a blank look.
“Both parents in law?”
“Oh.” He chuckled. “Trust me. I don’t want to get them wrong, as you put it. I’ve never in my life won an argument with either.”
“Ouch.”
“Exactly.” He laughed.
Shannon finished her food while they continued talking. She had given herself enough to stave off hunger but not so much that she couldn’t enjoy this sexy man the rest of the night. When she set her plate aside desire took hold of her, to enjoy this Valentine’s one night stand to the fullest. She climbed onto Alex’s lap facing him and rubbed her breasts against his chest.
“So where were we?” she murmured.
His cock twitched between them.
“Right here,” he said and devoured her mouth in a kiss.
When they broke it off, Alex looked at her with hesitance in his expression.
“What?” she said.
“Have you ever had anal sex?”
She smirked. “Of course.”
“And do you like it?”
Shannon leaned up to his ear and ran the tip of her tongue along his lobe. He shivered in her arms. “If you do.”
“Do you?” he insisted. “I enjoy it very much. But I don’t want to do anything you’re uncomfortable with.”
She tilted her head and studied his face. “Something tells me you have all kinds of naughty fantasies in that brain of yours.”
He didn’t deny it. He only grinned. Shannon shook her head as if she couldn’t believe him, but knowing Alex was up for anything excited her. She’d never done anything really wild, and she wasn’t sure tonight was the time they would, but Alex being all for some of the things she’d only read about or seen in pictures online excited her.
“I like it.”
Alex’s eyes lit up. He scooted them both to the end of the bed and turned Shannon so she was on her knees at the edge. He moved up close behind, stroking her ass. She watched him put on a new condom. Already just knowing what they were about to do, he was rock hard. When he came close, she arched her back. Alex pushed two fingers in her pussy to coat them and then smeared her cream on her anus. He didn’t waste a moment before he began pushing his digits into her rear entrance.
Shannon was so turned on, she didn’t think twice about the pain. She relaxed and let him work her hole, loosening her muscles and making her stretch. She groaned and pushed into his thrust as he added another finger.
“Now, Alex,” she demanded when he was taking too long.
“We have to be careful, baby. I don’t want to tear you.”
“Please.”
He pushed his cock in slowly. She gritted her teeth. Her former lovers hadn’t been so thick as Alex. The sting took her breath away, but it didn’t last long. Alex seated himself deep inside her and then began a gentle rhythm. They shuddered together, gasping. The pleasure was so good, Shannon couldn’t even moan. Her core pulsed with strong sensations she couldn’t describe if asked. Incredibly, she was about to come with Alex pumping into her ass.
Alex rested a heavy hand on her back and molded his thighs to the backs of hers. She pushed against his hard body, loving having him there. Him taking her from behind made her feel full and faint at the same time. “It’s too much,” she rasped.
“Hold on, baby. Just a little more.”
He began grinding faster, his skin slapping hers. His fingers bit into her hips, and he yanked her back on his erection. Tremors rocked Shannon. Her jaw went slack, and she closed her eyes. When her climax came, it came wild and strong. She collapsed on the bed, but Alex followed her down. Their bodies were sealed together, and he kept moving i
n and out of her. He reached under and pinched both her nipples. She cried out his name. Seconds later, he found his own release.
Exhausted yet satisfied, Shannon lay still. Alex covered her lips with his, and they tasted each other in silence for long while. At last, he drew back.
“Was I too rough?”
“You were perfect.”
He kissed her again. “There’s more where that came from.”
“You’re insatiable.”
“I only want to pleasure you, Shannon.”
She grinned nuzzling his neck. “Man, you have no trouble doing that in the least!”
Chapter Three
“It was supposed to be for one night,” Shannon said between biting on her thumb nail.
Kim leaned over the counter and rescued Shannon’s finger. “And?”
Shannon spun away and watched passersby on the street. She sighed. “We decided to extend the one night.” She tried making light of it, but if anyone knew her, it was Kim.
“As boyfriend and girlfriend? Because you know he’s on the rebound, right?”
Shannon groaned. “No, just lovers.”
“But you want more?”
“Stop reading my freakin’ mind.” She pushed off the counter and wandered over to the area where there were bins of multi-colored candies. The red gummies shaped like plump coins were a weakness. She would have grabbed a bag to fill it, if Kim hadn’t come over and smacked her hand. Shannon grumbled. “I didn’t ask for this, and believe me, I’m not trying to fall for him. It just happened. He’s so…I don’t know. Right.”
“I thought you said his ex described him as a jerk and worse.”
Shannon rolled her eyes. “She lied.”
“Shannon—”
“I know what you’re going to say. It’s not like that. I’m the last person likely to lie to myself. I’ll admit in a heartbeat that I just want a man, and I know he’s no good, blah blah blah. But Alex is a good man, and he is great in bed!” Shannon shivered, remembering all they’d done over the last few days, and still they were both hungry for more. Her appetite for sex with him should not be legal, and she could have nonexistent self-esteem and see he felt the same. He scarcely let her out of the bed, and she’d spent several nights at his place. Talk about the lap of luxury. She was jealous.
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