The Price of Secrecy

by The Price of Secrecy [Evernight] (mobi)

  “I guess you’re not ticklish,” he said.

  She didn’t answer. Words weren’t possible right now. The anticipation was intoxicating. When would he use the flogger, one of the paddles, or the cane, and where? Would he strike her hard at first, or would he ease into it with each toy?

  His hands caressed her again, and he moved her hair aside to kiss her neck. She made soft noises and angled toward his touch each time. Because she was never sure where he was going next, her excitement grew to a fevered pitch. She was still dressed, but everything was exposed to him, and that was sexier than if she’d been naked.

  The memory of him simply ripping open the blouse played in her mind, sending fresh desire coursing through her as he lifted the back of the top, exposing her skin. The falls of the flogger caressed her skin next, from her back to her nipples. They brushed over her ass cheeks and then underneath to graze her pussy. He passed them across the backs of her legs, and then he returned to her ass cheeks again and repeated the process, never going in the same order twice. It kept her guessing, and she whimpered softly.

  By the time he began to strike her with it, she was trembling both from anticipation and desire. The falls only stung a bit at first, but with each pass over her body he increased the strength of his swats until her skin felt warm and toasty. It didn’t hurt, per se, but rather gave the sensation of having had a vigorous massage.

  She heard the sound of a condom, and then his cock was inside her pussy from behind, fucking her slowly. “Good girl,” he crooned. “The flogger has warmed up your skin nicely and now the real fun will begin, but first…”

  She groaned loudly as he reached underneath to play with her clit. He continued to torture her with slow thrusts in and out. Another climax poised, right on the edge, and sweat broke out along her hairline as she gritted her teeth and tried not to come.

  “You’re close, aren’t you?”

  “Yes,” she whispered.

  His soft chuckle sent shivers down her spine. “Too bad. Don’t do it.”

  “How am I supposed to hold it off with you touching me like this?”

  He kissed her back. “Learn to deal with it, Angela. This is how I like to play.”

  “Sadist,” she whispered.

  “No shit.”

  The humor in his voice made her giggle, but that sound soon turned to loud yells when he pulled out and swatted her ass with the wooden fraternity paddle. “Holy shit!”

  “Was that a safeword?”

  “No.”

  Another soft chuckle sent fresh desire racing through her body. Angela bit her lip and tried to keep breathing as the paddle smashed into her ass five times in a row, in quick succession. He barely gave her time to recover in between the swats. The pain and pleasure became one, and she floated away into a haze of emotion and bliss. Every happy thought she’d ever had came rushing to the surface until all she felt was joy.

  He stopped swatting her, and then he was back inside her pussy, moving his dick in and out in slow, deep thrusts that sent her arousal to insane heights. She came before he even touched her clit again, and of course there was no way to avoid him knowing she’d done it.

  “Oh, Angela…”

  “As if I could help it.”

  He fucked her roughly until her orgasm stopped, and then he lifted the blindfold and kissed her, hard. “You’re in very big trouble now.”

  Angela smiled. She knew that, and she also knew there was no place else she’d rather be at that precise moment. This was the culmination of every fantasy she’d ever had, plus a few she’d never come close to imagining. She wanted to experience everything this strong, sexy man had to give her.

  Chapter Ten

  Dominic kissed her again, and then he gazed at her with lust and humor in his beautiful dark eyes. “Looks like I owe you more swats with the paddle.”

  “What about the flogger?”

  He chuckled and caressed her nipples. “I could swat you with that thing all day long and it wouldn’t really hurt. It’s too soft. So now I need to think of an additional way to punish you for coming without permission.”

  She swallowed hard. “Like what?”

  “I don’t know yet. I’ll let you know when I decide what to do with you.” He kissed her again, just a quick one this time, and then he put the blindfold back in place. “Safeword if you need to, all right?”

  “Yes.”

  He struck her five more times with the paddle, and while it really did hurt, it also excited her in a way nothing ever had. When he slid his dick into her pussy again, she wondered how he had the strength and stamina to hold off so long. His power mesmerized her, but he didn’t use it cruelly. He was playing with her, but not in a way that only gave him pleasure. He made sure she enjoyed this, too.

  When he withdrew this time, the flogger was back, gently caressing her skin from her nipples and back, all the way down her legs. Goosebumps broke out over her body once more with each pass of the thin leather falls.

  “You really are a striking woman, Angela. Please tell me you’re enjoying this.”

  “I love it. Honestly. I’m overwhelmed but in a good way.”

  He struck her with the flogger again, and she realized he’d been right. While it did sting, the effect wasn’t nearly as intense as the extra swats with the paddle had been, but she still loved it. She couldn’t wait to experience the other toys and see how her body and her mind reacted to their touch.

  He kissed her tender ass cheeks. “How are you doing?”

  “This is heaven. Please don’t stop.”

  “I’m not even close to that point, Angela.”

  The cane tapped her ass cheeks lightly, and she gasped. She knew it was the cane because its touch was unmistakable. Thin bamboo on an area that was already sore from a wooden paddle left a definite impression. Could she honestly do this? She wanted to. She wanted to please him.

  “Are you okay?” His voice held a note of concern.

  “Yes. Just … surprised.”

  “By this?”

  He tapped them again, harder this time, and she grunted. “Yes. It’s quite … unforgiving.”

  “Bamboo is not a beginner’s toy. I’ll be careful with this one. I want this to be pleasurable for you.”

  “Thank you, but …” Should she ask? “Do you think I’ll ever reach a point where I can handle it?”

  He kissed her low back. “Of course you will. Do you have any idea how proud I am of you right now?”

  “Really?”

  “Yes, really. I’m so damn excited that you’re letting me introduce you to this.”

  She smiled and then gritted her teeth as he tapped it across the back of her legs. That hurt. A bit too much, even with a light tap. “Yellow.”

  “Was it the cane itself, or the cane on the back of your legs that caused you to safeword?”

  “Back of the legs.”

  “Then it’s off limits with this for now.”

  “Thank you.”

  He lifted the blindfold again. “Angela, I told you this wasn’t about hurting you. It’s about sensations. That’s why I gave you safewords.” Dominic kissed her again, and then he put the blindfold back in place.

  Tears stained the inside of the silk as Angela went over everything in her mind that had happened to her today at this man’s hands. Not only had he given her the most exquisite pleasure she’d ever known, but he’d introduced her to the intriguing experience of pain and pleasure combined. He was tender but dominant, shy at times but always in command of every situation.

  He’d taken her to lunch at the most expensive restaurant in town, she had a job that she knew she would love, and now he was her lover, too. At least she hoped this wasn’t a one-time thing. What he’d said hadn’t implied that it was. She’d feel like the biggest fool in the world if it turned out to be.

  She pushed away the doubt once more and just let go, giving over to the emotions and sensations. It was time she enjoyed her life instead of hiding from it. She
didn’t want to worry or peer into dark corners any longer. She liked being in the light. She liked being in this room with Dominic and all his kinky toys. She liked being with Dominic, period. He fed needs within her that she’d buried for far too long.

  Dominic tapped the cane across her ass several times, increasing the strength each time, but it never reached the intensity of the wooden paddle. She was grateful for that because the damn thing stung like mad, even though she knew he was holding back. When he angled it underneath her to swat her pussy and then her nipples, she moved away from the pain and he stopped. “I think we’ve done enough with this for now.”

  He sank his dick into her pussy from behind again, and she moaned as the orgasm that had threatened ever since the first one ended began to grow again. When a warm, wet finger slid into her asshole, she groaned loudly and fought to hold on without coming. “Oh my God, that feels so damn good!”

  “Feels pretty good to me, too.” His voice was filled with humor. It was such a new experience for her to have sex with a man who knew what he was doing, and she realized that was one of key reasons she enjoyed this so much. Not only was he skilled, but he knew he was. He was confident in his abilities to pleasure her and that in turn gave her confidence in her own body, and in her ability to please him.

  His self-assurance was also sexy as hell because he didn’t lord it over her. Instead he used the knowledge to make sure her pleasure peaked. He’d said it wasn’t only about sex, and he’d been true to his word. That meant she could trust him.

  As he withdrew his finger and his cock, she tried to remember what the fifth toy was and couldn’t. She was lost in a sea of delicious sensations that made her dizzy with need. “Last toy, bad girl. Are you ready?”

  His voice snapped her back to the present. “Yes.”

  Thick leather with a nasty bite came down across first her left ass cheek and then her right. She yelled as the image of the paddle with the holes in it filled her mind. Now she remembered. He gave her ten swats on each cheek in a row, barely pausing in between, and then he slid two lubed fingers into her ass without waiting for her to do more than suck in a deep breath.

  “You are incredible,” he said. “I am so proud of you right now.”

  What could she do but bask in that voice, so full of respect and lust? Her ass was on fire, but not from his fingers. That damn paddle had stung like crazy, but as he stretched the walls of her asshole and her desire built again, she wanted more. She wanted him to use that paddle on her pussy and her nipples.

  He withdrew his fingers, and now she knew he was a mind reader because the nasty paddle struck her pussy six times. Her whimpers turned to yelps when he hit her nipples, but fortunately he didn’t strike them as hard as he’d swatted her ass or pussy. It still stung, but when he finished he licked them, over and over until her pussy was so wet she felt her juices dripping onto her inner thighs.

  Then he pushed her right over the edge as he moved behind her and licked her pussy. “No!” she whispered. “I can’t hold it off if you do that.”

  “I know.”

  “Dominic … please…”

  “Please what?”

  “Please may I come?”

  “Yes, because you asked so nicely. Now you have permission to come.”

  “Oh … thank you!” She cried out loudly as he gently pinched her clit and continued torturing her with his perfect tongue. When the climax started, all she could do was let it wash over her. She was helpless against it. Powerless in the face of such delicious torture and perfect skill.

  It was still going strong when he filled her asshole with lube again. She tensed for a second as he teased the opening with his cock. “Safewords apply here, too. If you don’t like this, I won’t continue.”

  “Thank you.”

  He kissed her neck tenderly and caressed her hair. “You don’t have to keep thanking me, Angela.”

  “Yes, I do. You’re so kind and thoughtful. I never expected this.”

  She felt him move next to her, and then he lifted the blindfold again. “What did you expect me to do? Simply take you?”

  She swallowed hard as more tears threatened. “No. That’s not what I meant. I didn’t mean to insult you. I’m just overwhelmed by all this. Your skill, your playfulness, this sexy outfit, all the toys … I didn’t expect it. It’s all new to me.”

  His gaze softened, and he kissed her. “This is only the beginning.”

  She had to ask. “So this isn’t just a one-time thing?”

  “I sure hope not. I’m planning on spending a lot more time with you, in and out of bed.”

  “I want that, too.”

  He kissed her again. “May I fuck you in the ass now?”

  She laughed. “Yes, please.”

  He put the blindfold in place and moved behind her again. Angela tried to keep breathing as he slowly slid his cock into her ass. It didn’t hurt. She’d only had anal sex once and the memories were not pleasant, but this was fucking fantastic. He knew what he was doing. Once he started to move, he resumed teasing her clit, and the orgasm that she thought had ended came back with a vengeance.

  She cried out loudly as it exploded throughout her body once again. Dominic whispered her name, and then he increased his thrusting and speed until she had to grasp the side of the chair cushion just to hang on. It was the dirtiest, most animalistic sex she’d ever had, and she never wanted it to end.

  “Oh, Angela … baby … this is so damn good! I’m going to come inside your ass, baby. Oh my God…”

  His thrusting grew jerky and quick, and then she felt his body shudder. He grasped her hair and tugged on it as he finally came. The man’s stamina was amazing. When he withdrew, she heard him take off the condom, and then he removed her blindfold. She was off her feet and in his lap before she could process the fact that he’d moved her.

  He leaned back in the chair and pulled her closer, cradling her in his strong arms. “I still owe you a punishment for coming the first time without permission.”

  “You mean all those swats with the toys wasn’t it?”

  He opened one eye and grinned, then closed it again. “Nope. Remember I said I needed to think of another way to punish you?”

  “No.”

  This time he opened both eyes and gave her a droll look. “Really?”

  She couldn’t lie to the man. She was too damn transparent. “Oh yeah. Now I recall something about it.”

  He laughed, deep and sexy, and then he drew her close again. ”Give me a few minutes to rest and I’ll think of something.”

  A few minutes? She’d need a few days to recover from this. Maybe a few weeks.

  Her life had changed forever in the space of mere hours, but this time, instead of bringing fear and uncertainty, the change brought something incredible. Something she’d always fantasized about. Angela welcomed it because this one included the strong, sexy man who had just fucked her into next week, and into whose arms she was now snuggled. She never wanted to leave them.

  Chapter Eleven

  Dominic carefully rose from the chair with Angela in his arms once he realized she’d fallen asleep. He was sore in places he hadn’t known could get sore, so he could only imagine what she’d feel like when she woke up. He placed her on the comforter and then put away the food in the refrigerator under the mini bar. Placing the water on the nightstand where she’d be able to easily find it, he went into the bathroom and took care of business, then wet a washcloth with warm water.

  He cleaned her up as slowly as possible so she didn’t wake. Then he rubbed some ointment on her ass cheeks that would help with the bruising and pain she’d have there soon. She’d taken so much, and it had been way too easy to keep going because she’d obviously been enjoying it so much. For now, he’d have to back off on the impact play for a while and ease her forward slowly once the bruises he was certain she’d have healed a bit. He didn’t want to hurt her or frighten her.

  He considered removing the skirt and blouse
, but was sure that would wake her, so instead he grabbed a spare blanket out of the dresser and curled up behind her. Pulling it over both of them, he wrapped his arms around her warm, lush body and closed his eyes.

  Physically, he was exhausted, but mentally his mind wouldn’t stay quiet. He really wanted to tell Angela about Becca, but not unless he figured out a way to do it without mentioning how close his family had come to finding him because of what that woman had tried to do. He wanted Angela to know that his reputation mostly gossip twisted into stories that were either outright lies or huge exaggerations.

  Most of the other Weathermen flaunted their sexual prowess and didn’t mind that the world knew they dated lots of women. Always one at a time, though. They each had that unwritten rule, but most of them moved from lover to lover more quickly than Dominic could keep up. Except for Ace and now Emmett. Both had found true love. Ace was engaged, and last Dominic had heard, it sounded as though Emmett was headed that way as well.

  He rose and put on his robe, casting a quick glance toward the bed. Angela was sound asleep. He drew the drapes closed and left one small light on in case she woke before he returned. The fake sun would be setting soon, and he didn’t want her waking up in a dark, unfamiliar room alone.

  His cook and housekeeper were only in the apartment three days a week and this was not one of those days, but Dominic had never minded looking after himself. Unlike most of his friends, he preferred not to have a staff living with him full time. He valued his privacy and didn’t allow people to get close to him easily.

  He was hungry, so he made himself a sandwich and poured a glass of bourbon. Then he sat down in his office, leaving the door open in case Angela woke and started walking around the apartment in search of him. Since Emmett was on his mind, he called him. It was late in evening where Emmett lived, in SouthEast, because it was three hours ahead, but he knew the man slept even less than he did.

  “I was just thinking about you,” said Emmett. “All of you, actually. I have exciting news.”