Christmas Crush (Holiday Studs Book 3)

by Jewel Killian

  She smiled, shaking her head. “You’re staring at me.”

  “It’s hard not to. You’re very beautiful.”

  She smiled again. “Thank you.”

  “So how was your...” Just then the pianist, who to that point had been playing soft, melodic holiday tunes, broke into a raucous rendition of The Twelve Days of Christmas.

  “I’m sorry, what?” Serene cupped her ear, leaning forward.

  “Sorry,” I said, raising my voice. “I was just asking how your ski day was.”

  She nodded and smiled.

  “I said skiing, how was your ski day?” I yelled at her.

  This wasn’t going how I’d planned. Not even close.

  Then, the woman at the table next to us burst into an obnoxious, snorting laugh. Serene did her best to pretend it hadn’t happened and continued scanning the menu. But when the woman threw herself forward, knocking both our tables around, Serene gave me a weighted look. “This is going to sound forward,” she said, leaning in even further. “But would you like to get out of here?”

  I nodded, threw some cash on the table, then helped her into her coat and we left the restaurant.

  “Did you have someplace in mind?” I asked as we huddled under the awning of the restaurant.

  Serene looked around the snowy street. “I’m afraid I don’t,” she said as her gaze wandered from the cloudless night sky to my face. “This might sound odd, and again, forward but would you fancy getting to know each other at my cabin?”

  I kept myself from saying anything too lascivious. Instead, I presented a crooked elbow and led her up the shoveled sidewalk to the shuttle stop.

  “It’s a beautiful night. Cold,” she said, teeth chattering as she huddled against me, “but beautiful.”

  It was beautiful. The snow blanketed the town in an eerie silence, reflecting moonlight and making what should have been a dark night seem more like daybreak. And the stars up here, they were something else. I’d never seen so many stars in my life. “It really is,” I agreed, meeting her gaze again. But as beautiful as Aspen was, Serene took the breath right out of me.

  The shuttles ran from town to the chalets every five minutes, so we didn’t lose any appendages to frostbite but Serene still sat shivering next to me on the bus until I pulled her close.

  “I’m all for capitalism but cramming so many tables into a restaurant until you can’t move isn’t how I’d run a business,” she said when she’d finally warmed up.

  “And how would you?” I asked.

  She pulled away, leveling a serious gaze at me. “Do you truly want to know?”

  I smiled. Yes. I want to know everything about you. “By all means.”

  “If it were up to me, I’d cut the seating by seventy-five percent, raise prices by half and make reservations wait-list only.”

  I couldn’t help but grin at her. “Why?” I asked.

  “Well, based on decor, waitstaff uniforms, and the few menu items I saw, I’d assume the proprietor aimed for a high-end restaurant. Doable if it weren’t in direct opposition to the cafeteria-style seating arrangement. My way breeds artificial exclusivity which is in essence a supply shortage, and shortage always increases demand. They’d have fewer people on staff, less food cost, a better overall guest experience and double their profits. At minimum.”

  She was absolutely right. Absolutely brilliant. “Are you in economics?” I asked.

  “Hardly,” she said with mock offense.

  “Advertising or marketing?”

  “Afraid not.”

  “What do you do, Serene?”

  “I make people’s wishes come true,” she said.

  Okay. She didn’t want to get too personal. That was fine. Not exactly what I had in mind but I was still going with the flow. Whatever happened, happened.

  Fortunately, her cabin was only a few feet from a shuttle stop so we didn’t turn into icicles on the trek but I did get to hold her close as we walked.

  “Make yourself at home,” she said upon entering her corner suite. I took off my coat and she hit a button on the wall, bringing the fireplace in the living area to life. “I’m just going to make us some tea but feel free to help yourself to anything in the fridge since dinner was a bust.”

  “Your suite is incredible,” I said as I laid my coat across the back of the sofa. Holy shit, now I really did want to know what she did to afford a place like this. I wouldn’t press her, though. If she didn’t want to share then I wouldn’t ask.

  As she set two mugs on the counter, Serene looked at me with one of her serious looks again and sighed. “Can’t I be frank with you, Jeffrey?”

  “Please.”

  She stepped toward me, slowly closing the distance between us, a smoldering look in her eyes. “I haven’t had a vacation in years. I had to be coerced into taking this one by two different people. In fact, right up to actually arriving, I was convinced I didn’t want to be here. But now, I don’t quite know how to say this, but being here with you and all the snow and cold and the thinner air, I just feel a bit more free.” She hooked her arms around my neck and kissed me.

  I was so shocked I pulled away.

  “I’m so sorry,” she said as a brutal flush rose in her cheeks. “I thought you, well, I just assumed...” She stepped away but I caught her by the waist and pulled her into me.

  “You surprised me,” I said. “That’s all.” I looked deep into her eyes and kissed her, hard and heavy, tangling a hand in her hair as I tightened my grip on her waist.

  She melted against me, curving her body around mine, hitching her leg around my hip as we explored each other’s mouths. She tasted salty and sweet, and holy fuck she smelled like jasmine and orchids. I lost myself in her, sliding my hands down her body as she cooed and purred and rubbed herself against me. She tugged at my shirt and I pulled it off.

  “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,” she said as she stepped back to look at me, running her hands down my chest and abs. “How are you so perfect?” She ripped off her own sweater and crashed into me, kissing down my neck and grabbing my ass.

  It had been a long time since I’d felt this. So long that I let it go on for longer than I should. Longer than I ever had before having “the talk”.

  If she’s into great. If not, oh well. Whatever happens, happens.

  I grabbed her arms and pressed them against her sides slowly until she couldn’t move anymore. I stepped back and looked into her dilated eyes. “I’m into kink.” I said simply.

  Her eyes flashed bright with hunger. “What kind of kink, Jeffrey?

  “The tying you to the bedposts and having my way with you kind.”

  She shivered, a delicious little shudder that told me everything I needed to know. She liked the idea.

  “Pain?” she asked.

  “Only if you ask very nicely,” I said.

  Chapter Nine

  Serene

  MY HEART POUNDED IN my chest as I stood before him. I was lightheaded, almost woozy with desire.

  That’s how I knew I was in over my head. I’d played around with light bondage stuff before, fuzzy handcuffs and novelty floggers that couldn’t cause damage if you wanted them too. It had been a fun change but nothing I was interested in doing regularly.

  But the fire in Jeffrey’s eyes and the way his whole demeanor changed when he spoke of it and how he seemed to flood the room with pheromones—I knew this was no game. This wasn’t a novelty for Jeffrey.

  And that made all the difference. Knowing I was about to give my body to a real Dom terrified me. I should have asked him to leave. A quick and painless, thank you but no. But I didn’t. I didn’t tell him I wasn’t interested. Because as terrifying as the idea was, I was interested. I was thrilled by it. My heart raced as I pressed my thighs together at the building heat and pressure between them.

  “You have the power here, Serene. Tell me to go and I will.” His voice was low and craggy and unbelievably sexy.

  I took a deep, steadying breath. “I don
’t want you to go,” I said softly, eyes downcast and lip trembling with excitement and a touch of fear.

  He stepped forward, snatching me up and tossing me over his shoulder as a rumbly growl rattled in his throat. My panties flooded instantly while I tried not to squeal at suddenly being six feet off the ground. In moments we were in the bedroom and he laid me on the bed carefully, almost gently. He looked me deep in the eyes as he crawled on top of me. “Serene, I’m not going to do anything you don’t want. If at any point you don’t feel comfortable I want you to give me a signal, all right?”

  I nodded. “A safe word, then?”

  He smiled. “Exactly. Do you have one in mind?”

  A million words ran through my mind and I dismissed them all immediately as too silly.

  “It’s best if it’s something simple and non-sexual,” he said.

  “What about snow?” I said hesitantly.

  He nodded. “Good. Snow’s good. Use it if you need to. Understand?”

  I nodded, bottom lip trembling again. He noticed and laid a sweet kiss on it. “I’ll go nice and slow, Serene. You have nothing to worry about.” He breathed the words against my lips as his hands traced their way down my shoulders and to my wrists. He encircled them both and gently brought my arms over my head, holding both wrists in one hand. His grip was loose, I could have slipped out if I wanted to.

  He pulled away, looking at me with those gorgeous, icy blue eyes and a small smile playing on his lips. Tightening his grip on my wrists, he slid his free hand down my bare side, over my hip, and across the waistband of my pants. He kissed me again, this time harder and with more urgency as he stroked back and forth across my waistband. Each pass his fingers came closer and closer to the top of my mound but only fractionally so. When it got to be too much, I arched into the touch hoping he’d graze against me and relieve some of the tension he’d expertly built. Instead, he smirked at me, pressing my hips back to the bed. “Patience is a virtue,” he said and started over at the top of my pants.

  I whimpered beneath him as he continued to tease and torture me. Slowly, so very slowly he worked his way down to my pussy and just when I was sure the next touch would land on my sweetest spot, he changed direction and headed back up my torso.

  “No,” I whispered as he traced circles around my navel and up my sternum.

  “Shhh, Serene. I’ll give you everything you want and more, but I’ll do it on my timeline. Clear?”

  I nodded yes and Jeffrey slid his hand under my back, unhooked my bra and snaked it up my arms. He let go of each wrist one at a time, sliding the straps off me and threw the bra across the room. Taking my wrists again, he buried his face in my tits, sucking and nipping at them until I was writing and breathless. Then, just when I thought what he was doing couldn’t feel any better, when I thought I might come just from that, he slipped his hand under my waistband and his thick fingers slid across my wet folds. “Ooooooooh!” I cried out as he stroked across my clit, sending shocks of electric pleasure through my body. I rocked into his touch, arching and bowing, trying to get every last sensation I could.

  Jeffrey met my gaze, fire burning in his own. “I’m letting go of your wrists. You’re to keep them as they are. Understood?” I nodded. He cocked an eyebrow at me. “Understood?” he asked again.

  “Yes.” I moaned as he dragged a finger over my clit again.

  “Good.” In one fluid motion, he’d let go of my wrists and yanked the pants right off me. I lay beneath him quivering all over in just my soaked underwear. “You are such a gorgeous creature, Serene,” he rumbled low in his throat. Then, just as quickly as he’d ripped off my pants, my panties were gone and Jeffrey arranged my legs further apart, bending them at the knee. He took hold of my wrists once more and without warning except the spark in his eyes, he plunged three thick fingers into me.

  “OOOOOOH!” I screamed as he pressed against my g-spot and rubbed my clit with his thumb. My hips rolled and rocked uncontrollably as Jeffrey brought me closer and closer to what I was sure would be the best orgasm of my fucking life. He kept working me oh so perfectly, rubbing me inside and out and just as I was about to crash over the edge, he leaned in and kissed me hard and fast, swallowing my screams and moans as I twisted and writhed in pleasure beneath him.

  After a few moments, when my legs stopped shaking, he smiled down at me, fire still blazing in his eyes. “You come so pretty. But that was just the foreplay, Serene.”

  Chapter Ten

  Jeffrey

  HOLY SHIT I WAS GOING to lose my load right then and there.

  Looking at her shaking because I made her come so hard was the most gratifying thing in the world. I could stare at her like that forever. Instead, I hopped off the bed, stepped out of my pants and yanked her to the end of the bed.

  “Oooh!” she squeaked, eyes flying wide open as I lined her pelvis up with the edge of the bed. She was too beautiful for any other position. I wanted to watch my cock sliding in and out of her. I wanted to see the look on her face when she came again and I wanted to see those gorgeous tits bounce as I plowed into her.

  I watched her carefully as she looked me over, noticing her gray eyes go almost black with pupil as she took in the size of my cock. “Don’t worry, Serene. We’ll go nice and slow.”

  She laughed, a throaty, sexy purr. “Screw slow. I want that cock now, mister.”

  I groaned, balls tightening at her challenge. I grabbed her hip with one hand, fisted my cock in the other and rubbed the head up and down her slick, dewy lips, bouncing it on her clit a few times for good measure.

  “Mmmmm! Please, please, please,” she begged, squirming and wiggling closer.

  “Uh-uh. My timeline,” I said with a smile and dragged my cock up her slit, slowly circling her opening.

  She shuddered at the sensation. “Please, Jeffrey. Please fuck me,” she whispered, eyes pleading and totally black with lust.

  I wanted to tease her, to draw out the begging and writhing until all it took was a glance and she’d come. I wanted to but I was already about to bust. I circled her opening once more and slammed into her, fingers spreading her lips wide so I could see her take me in. She screamed and bucked as I drove into her again, this time using my other hand to play with her exposed clit. I spread her lips even further, rubbed her clit harder, and pounding into her until she wailed as another orgasm rocked through her.

  Muscles clenching around me like a fucking vice, I came too, hard and fast as I watched Serene ride her pleasure out on my cock. I collapsed into the bedpost, shivering with aftershocks before I crawled in bed next to her.

  “Holy shit,” she said as she curled up in my arms, stroking my chest absently.

  “Agreed.”

  We dozed for a bit, then showered off together. But it wasn’t long before soaping her curves turned from a necessary and perfunctory to weighted and hot and before long she was on her knee wrapping her pretty lips around my cock. “Fuck, Serene,” I grabbed at the wall to keep my grip on control. Good god could she give head. She sucked and swirled and teased until I was forced to pull her off for fear I’d come before I got to fuck her again. “Stand up and bend over for me.” She obliged and I had the pleasure of seeing her amazing round ass grinding against my cock. I slid a hand between her legs and cupped her pussy, sliding my fingers around her lips until I found the spots she liked best. Then, when she was moaning and panting, I pushed my way into her tight little pussy again, one hand still playing with her clit. “How fast can you come for me, Serene?” I asked as I slammed into her faster and faster, rubbing her clit harder and harder.

  She propped a leg up on the soap dish, giving me better access and I went to town, banging the living hell out of her and sliding her hard little nub around until I swear I could feel it start to pulse.

  “Fuck, Jeffrey, I’m about to...”

  I slammed into her even harder and that was it. She screamed as the orgasm overtook her, bouncing her perfect ass against my cock as she milked me for e
very bit of pleasure I could give. I smiled knowing I was going to come again and soon, so I withdrew, finished rinsing us off and carried her back to the bedroom in a towel.

  “Now that you’re fairly well spent,” I said as I laid her on the bed. “I’d love to tie you up and see how much more fun we could have. Would that be all right?” I asked.

  Serene nodded, gray eyes slowly dilating back to black again.

  “Good,” I whispered, smiling at her as I snatched the ties from the robes hanging on the door. I made quick work of securing her arms and legs to the bedposts and soon I was between her knees, looking at her nude gorgeousness. “When was the last time your pussy was properly eaten?” I asked.

  A hot flushed burned across her cheeks as she fumbled for her words. “I—wha...I don’t...”

  “So it’s been a while?” I asked smiling as her lips grew redder, glistening with her juices. “I cannot wait to taste you, Serene,” I said and dove into her pussy, sucking and licking and lapping at her honey. Holy shit she was sweet. I drew her clit between my teeth, flicking it back and forth with my tongue as my fingers found her opening and fucked it. I let my thumb graze across her puckered little ass as I did, feeling her clench against the sensation. I dipped that thumb into her juices and pushed just the tiniest bit into her ass.

  “OOOOOH!!!!” she screamed, clenching around me as I sucked and fucked and fingered her harder. “Fuck, fuck! I’m going to go again!” she wailed. And she did, spasming and around my fingers and grinding against my face as she screamed over and over again.

  I was still rock hard but I wanted to give Serene a chance to catch her breath. I untied her from the bedposts and cuddled until she came back to earth.

  “That’s not fair,” she said, staring up at me.

  “What? Tying you up? It all part of the—”

  “Not that. I meant it’s not fair that I came so many times I lost count and you’ve only come once,” she said with a smile. She hopped up and climbed on top of me, slowly lowering herself onto my cock. Holy hell she so looked good, there was no way I’d last more than a few seconds with her on top like that. I grabbed her hips, threw her off me and flipped her on her stomach. She squealed as I laid a smack across her ass cheek.