by Erika Wilde
His gaze met hers, and while his body was relaxed, there was a slight crease between his brows that told her he was analyzing the situation, and her. It was difficult to tell what he was thinking, because he was good at hiding his feelings and emotions. She wanted that to change, too.
“Come here,” he said, and held his hand out to her.
Placing her fingers in his warm palm, she let him pull her toward him and guide her so that she was sitting across his lap. He wrapped one arm around her waist and settled his other hand on her thigh, exposed by the opening slit of her dress. His touch was hot but gentle, as was the look in his eyes as he met her gaze.
“Care to tell me what that was all about?” he asked.
His tone was curious, and Jill knew this is where everything was about to change. That being open and honest with him would either make their relationship stronger, or break their marriage. Depending on how he viewed her bold request.
“I thought it was obvious,” she said with a flirty smile. “It was all about putting some spontaneity into our sex life.”
He arched a dark brow. “You’ve never been impulsive.”
True. She was more practical by nature, having been raised by conservative, wealthy parents who always had a plan for everything . . . including their daughter’s future, which hadn’t included Jillian getting pregnant at the age of seventeen by a defiant, rebellious boy from the very low income, and rough neighborhood on the outskirts of Austin, Texas. She’d been the quintessential good girl, until Dean and all his arrogance and swagger had coaxed her to take a walk on the wild side with him.
He’d been so mysterious and exciting, yet incredibly sweet and gentle with her, and it hadn’t taken long for the two of them to fall in love. Even as a teenager, he’d faced his responsibilities like a man, including his commitment to her and their unborn child.
Though her parents had insisted Jillian put their baby up for adoption, she’d refused and married Dean on her eighteenth birthday at the local courthouse—just five days before he left for Navy basic training. And that’s when she’d learned to finely hone those practical, sensible qualities, because she was now a wife and months later, a mother to a baby boy.
Their second son arrived fifteen months later, and with Dean serving an eight year term as a Navy SEAL, being impulsive was something that hadn’t really fit into their lives for the past nineteen years.
Now it did.
“Having two grown boys always running around the house, along with their friends, made spontaneity difficult,” she admitted. “But now that they’re both gone, maybe it’s time to shake things up . . . and try new things.”
He frowned, and she could see the glimmer of concern in his gaze. “Are you unhappy?”
“With us, as a couple?” She shook her head adamantly and placed her palm against his jaw in reassurance, liking the slight stubble already forming there. “No. I love you, Dean. More now than ever.”
The worry in his eyes ebbed, and she continued. “I just sometimes think that with us getting married at such a young age that you and I haven’t been able to explore other things to enhance our sex life.”
The corner of his mouth twitched, enough to tell Jillian that she’d captured his interest. “Define other things,” he said.
“Being impulsive, like today in your office, instead of both of us crawling into bed at night, exhausted and doing the same old thing,” she said, injecting a bit of teasing into her voice. “Making love with you is always amazing, but you have to admit it’s become very . . . routine, and vanilla.”
“Vanilla, huh?” There was no disagreement in his tone, just speculation of the word she’d used to describe their current sex life. “So, what would you call what just happened here in my office?”
She grinned. “A mocha hot fudge sundae with sprinkles and a cherry on top.”
He chuckled and nuzzled her neck with his soft, damp lips. “The cherries were especially good.”
She shivered in delight at his playfulness, and caught the hand that was skimming its way up her thigh, knowing if those skillful fingers reached their destination this conversation would be over . . . and it wasn’t. Not yet, anyway. When she walked out of his office, she wanted to know that they were both on the same page, and wanted the same thing.
“I’m being serious, Dean.” Threading her fingers through his hair, she tugged his head back so he was looking into her eyes again. “I want to explore different things and push our sexual boundaries. Any fantasies we have, any toys we want to try, role playing, dirty talk, I’m open to it all.”
“Do you want kink?”
He asked the question tentatively, as if the possibility interested him, but he didn’t want to push something she wasn’t willing to explore.
“Yes, I want kink.” Because with him, a man she trusted unconditionally, she knew anything out of the ordinary would be erotic and exciting. “And I want you to stop holding back during sex.”
She felt him tense, as if she’d caught him in some kind of lie. “What makes you think I am?”
“Because you’re my husband and I know you. And I can feel it.” Before he could deny her claim, she went on. “Sometimes, when things get a little rough, or interesting, you pull back because you’re afraid you’re going to take things too far or hurt me. I can handle you being rough and dominant.” In fact, the thought of being under his command excited her.
“What if you can’t handle it?” The gruff bite to his voice belied his deeper concerns. The ones he feared the most.
“Then you have to trust me to tell you so,” she replied gently, but firmly. “You need this, and want this, just as much as I do.”
He didn’t argue or deny the truth. Before she could say anything else, his intercom buzzed and Gail’s voice drifted out. “Mr. Noble, your two o’clock appointment is here.”
Dean glanced at the clock on the wall and swore beneath his breath. “Put Mr. Loren in the conference room, and let him know that I’ll be there in a few minutes.”
“Will do,” Gail said, and disconnected the call.
“Shit.” Dean scrubbed a hand along his jaw and gave Jillian a stern look. “You made me forget all about the meeting I had scheduled for this afternoon with a very important client.”
She should have told him she was sorry, but honestly, she wasn’t the least bit contrite about seducing her husband. “Then I guess I should be going.”
She stood up, and so did he. Just as she turned to walk around his desk, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her back around again. His heated gaze roamed over her disheveled hair, then her face, and he smirked that confident, cocky smile of his.
“You do realize, don’t you, that you look like you’ve just been fucked.”
She didn’t miss the possessive inflection in his voice. Already, she sensed a change in him, a darker edge that excited her. “I feel like it, too,” she said, unable to deny that she was very tender in the most delicious places. “Do you think anyone will notice that you had your way with me when I walk out of your office?”
“I’m sure they will.”
And he wanted them to! The rogue.
He jerked her toward him, and she stumbled on her stilettos and fell against his unyielding chest with a gasp of surprise. His mouth came down on hers in a hard, deep, aggressive kiss that claimed, consumed, and branded her. The connection was sizzling hot, and brimming with erotic promise.
Just as abruptly as he’d kissed her, he let her go. “I’ll see you at home later this evening.”
There was a definite command in his words, as if he expected her to be waiting for him – which, of course, she would be. She’d taken a huge leap of faith with her husband today, revealing wants and desires that had been denied for too long. Now she just had to wait and see what hand Dean would play when he came home from work tonight.
Want more of Dean and Jillian? There’s plenty of sexy times ahead for these two, and it all starts in THE MARRIAGE DIARIES!
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Other Books in The Players Club Series
Book 1: Playing with Temptation (Raina and Logan)
Book 2: Playing with Pleasure (Paige and Sawyer)
Book 3: Playing with Seduction (Kendall and Jase)
Book 4: Playing his Way (Stephanie and Mac)
Book 5: Playing with Her (Stephanie and Mac – Novella)
Book 6: Playing with Desire
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