by Liz Andrews
“Have you ever thought about getting shaved or waxed?” Marc’s sudden change of topic threw her for a loop. What was he talking about? she wondered. He lightly combed his fingers through the tight curls covering her mound. “You would be so pretty here, all soft and sensitive.”
Lily moaned and rubbed herself against his hand. Marc pulled back and smacked her mound slightly before petting the hurt. “You didn’t answer me, Lily,” he reminded her gently.
“Yes, yes, I’ve thought about it,” Lily admitted breathlessly, willing to do anything for him to go back to touching her. “But it’s not something you can easily get done in River Bend without the whole town finding out about it.”
“I can do it for you if you like.” Stroking his hand down her dew-coated lips, Marc tangled his fingers in her slick curls and tugged lightly at them. “Although this is just as appealing.”
Heat shot straight through her center as she arched up into his hands. Moaning, Lily undulated her hips, surging them up in the air. “Marc,” she cried, at a loss as to what else to say.
“You asked for rougher, I’m just trying to comply.”
“You’re just teasing me,” she shouted, aching for him to fill her.
“This is foreplay, my dear. A certain amount of teasing is required.” The laughter in his voice infuriated Lily, who wanted nothing more than to rip the blindfold off and force him down to the bed so she could satisfy her desire on his hard cock.
“You’re evil,” she muttered instead, willing her trembling body to stay still.
Marc tsked. “It’s not nice to insult the man responsible for pleasuring you.”
“Then pleasure me, damn it.”
“As you wish.” The tip of the vibrator grazed her clit, causing Lily’s frustrated body to instantly climax. As she cried out her release, Marc slid the buzzing toy straight into her slick entrance, forcing her pleasure to last longer than any orgasm she had ever experienced before.
“Oh … oh …” Lily couldn’t help the guttural moans escaping from her. She had never felt anything like this before, and the fact that Marc was watching made it ten times better.
Lily felt Marc adjust the speed on the vibrator pulsating deep inside of her body, and almost died. He would speed it up, slow it down, all while moving it in and out of her body.
“Now about your punishment …”
“What punishment?” Her voice was as shaky as she felt.
“You just came without my permission.”
“What!” she exclaimed. He had to be fucking kidding.
“You don’t come unless I give you permission to come. Is that understood?”
Hell no, it wasn’t understood, but she wasn’t stupid enough to admit it. “Yes, Marc.”
“Good girl.”
Lily heard the bag rustle before she felt the first of many stinging swats of soft leather across her nipples. Marc rained blows down on her trembling body. Never once hurting her, only heightening her senses as he concentrated on different areas of her body. He teased her nipples, first running the leather over them lightly, and then gently swiping her beaded tips with the flogger. As she cried out, Marc moved his swats down her stomach to her erect clit, raining the blows on her aroused bud as he fucked her with the vibrator.
Just when she thought she was about to come again, Marc stopped, and then gruffly ordered, “Marc Says: roll over. You can move your hands, but put them back.”
Lily slowly lowered her arms, desperately wanting to reach between her legs and manipulate the toy driving her mad. But she knew that was not what Marc had intended. Gingerly rolling over, the vibrator still deep within her body, Lily’s sensitive nipples scratched against the comforter. Reaching above her, Lily again touched the wall with her fingertips as she waited for Marc to continue with his torture.
“A woman’s back, the way it curves down to her ass, is one of the most erotic sights on earth.” Marc’s large hands stroked down her back and hips, accompanying his gentle words. Reaching down, he spread her legs wide. She could feel the bed dip as he settled himself between her thighs.
Lying on her stomach like this Lily could push her hips towards the mattress and bury the vibrator just a bit deeper as she rubbed her clit. Unfortunately a sharp swat to her ass stopped her motions.
“You aren’t going to come again that easily.” Marc gently fucked her with the vibrator before pulling it out, leaving her feeling empty. Lily buried her head in the pillow before she screamed and really earned a punishment.
The rustling of that damn brown bag roused her from her pity party and set her anticipation in high gear again. Damn, it was getting pretty bad when she was looking forward to the next bit of torture Marc was going to give her. The glide of a finger down the seam of her ass was not all that unexpected.
“I won’t fuck you here tonight.” Marc’s words were punctuated by his finger circling her rosette. “But soon, very soon.” His finger was soon removed and replaced with a smooth object, obviously smeared with slick, cool gel.
Slipping his hand under her hips, Marc pushed her up. “Raise up a bit.”
Lily complied, pushing her hips up until her back was bent and her ass was tilted in the air. “Beautiful. As I slip this in, I want you to push out. Like you’re going to the bathroom.”
“What?” Heat seared her face as his words penetrated through her aroused fogged mind.
“Push out. Trust me, Lily.”
Squeezing her eyes shut, Lily pushed as Marc did the same, and the toy slid smoothly inside her forbidden hole. Gasping, Lily sucked in her breath, unfamiliar with this new sensation. She felt oddly full.
“Does it hurt?”
“It doesn’t feel great.” But it didn’t hurt.
“Can you take it?”
“Yes.”
Marc lovingly caressed her backside. “That pleases me, Lily. You please me. How can I return the favor?”
“Let me come.”
His chuckle slid over her body like a warm caress. “My lady’s wish is my command.”
Gently rolling Lily over onto her back, Marc pushed her legs up and apart, once again exposing her sex.
“Please.” Lily didn’t think she could take any more teasing.
“It’s okay, baby. I’ll give you what you want.” Lily could feel Marc’s breath on her thighs and sighed with relief as his mouth closed over her clit, sucking the sensitive bundle of nerves. Drawing back he swiped his tongue along her slit before plunging it into her heated depths. Lily felt like she was on fire, wanting and needing something. “More,” she cried, as she pushed her hips towards him.
Moving up along her body Marc gently kissed her forehead before parting her slick folds and beginning to push into her welcoming body. With the butt plug still lodged deep within her ass, the tightness was unbearable, even more so than when she had been a virgin.
“It’s too much,” she gasped, the feeling of fullness overwhelming her already overloaded senses.
“No, it’s never too much,” Marc growled, determinedly continuing to push forward. Suddenly her muscles relaxed and parted as Marc gave a final push, seating himself fully within her. Lily sobbed with the feeling of having the plug in her ass and his cock pulsing in her pussy. But still she wanted — no, needed — more.
As if sensing her restlessness, Marc gently stroked the hair away from her face. “What is it, baby? What do you want?”
“Move, please, Marc. Fuck me, now.”
“Demanding little thing, aren’t you?” Marc laughed but complied with her demands, pulling back before pushing ever so slowly back into her hot sex.
Lily tried to push back, to gain the friction she needed to come, but Marc was refusing to hurry, driving her out of her mind with his slow, steady thrusts.
“Faster, Marc, please; I need to come so bad.”
Marc finally began to speed up his thrusts, pulling almost completely free of her grasping pussy before sliding back home. Lily pushed back with every thrust, racing towa
rds her climax.
The sensations began to overwhelm her as she fought back the urge to climax then and there. Lily didn’t want to earn another punishment, but she so badly wanted to come. “Please, Marc, please.”
“You want to come, baby?” he groaned, sounding just as close to his release as she was to her own.
“God, yes.” Please, please, please, her body begged as she ground against his cock. Lily had never felt so full, so aroused, so utterly depraved, in her lifetime. Reaching underneath them, Marc grasped the end of the plug and pulled it partially out, before thrusting it back in. Lily screamed as her body began to quiver under the strain of her arousal.
“Come for me, Lily. Come.”
Moaning, Lily came, her body shaking uncontrollably under Marc’s powerful thrusts. “You’re mine,” Marc growled as he furiously fucked her, finally releasing his seed inside of her, before collapsing.
Lily blinked quickly as Marc removed her blindfold. Smiling he told her, “You can put your arms down now, Marc Says.” Lily was amazed to realize she had done as he commanded and hadn’t lowered her arms the entire time.
Her arms were even burning, something she hadn’t realized until now. Apparently her mind had been on other aches coursing through her body. Marc must have sensed her discomfort because he raised himself off of her and moving to her side, massaging her arms, working out the kinks in the muscles.
“Oh, God, that feels wonderful,” Lily exclaimed, closing her eyes at the pleasure.
“I don’t know if I should feel jealous or not.”
Sitting up suddenly, Lily opened her eyes. “Jealous of what?”
“You sounded almost orgasmic when I was just massaging your arms.”
“You have great hands, what can I say. No matter what you’re doing with them.” Marc laughed and returned to his massage.
Lily was enjoying their banter, but realized she would have to go to the bathroom soon and take care of the plug still filling her ass. Scooting to the side of the bed, Lily started to get up.
“And just where do you think you’re going?”
“Ahh, to the bathroom.” Lily had let Marc tease and torture her, shove the butt plug into her ass and fuck her silly, but she was too embarrassed to tell him she needed to get it out and right now.
Once again it was like Marc read her mind. “Come here,” he ordered, pulling her over his lap. Lily struggled for a scant second before deciding it was just easier to give in and let him have his way. Marc smacked her once firmly, her ass jiggling and the butt plug lodging more firmly, if that was possible.
“That’s for refusing to obey me immediately,” he said, answering her unspoken question. Reaching down between her ass cheeks Marc slowly pulled out the plug. “Better?”
“Yes, thank you,” she mumbled into his lap.
“I like you this way,” he teased, caressing her bottom
“I bet you do, perv.”
“And you love every minute of it.”
Just as much as she was beginning to love the man, Lily thought. Unable to help herself, Lily burst out laughing. Only she would realize she was falling love with a guy, ass high in the air, anal plug lying shining on the floor.
“What’s so funny?” Marc asked, pulling her up until she was sitting on his lap.
“It’s a Murphy’s Law kind of thing.”
“Figures.” Smiling, Marc stood, and laid her back on the bed. Disappearing out of her room, he came back a few minutes later with a washcloth for her. After Lily tidied herself up, Marc slid under the covers with her, pulling her back until she leaned against his chest. “I’ve been thinking a bit about what you said earlier, about trust.”
Lily nodded, not saying anything.
“So I’m going to do something I haven’t done in years.” Marc took a deep breath, and then slowly let it out. Lily could tell whatever it was he was going to do was hard for him. She wrapped her arms around his waist, giving him the little comfort she could.
“After my dad died …” Marc began to fill Lily in on the painful memories of his childhood. He spoke for over an hour, bringing her up to date on everything that had happened in his life in the last fifteen years.
Tears welled up in Lily’s eyes as she learned of the suffering Marc and his family had gone through, and although she sincerely believed revenge was wrong, she could understand why Marc felt the way he did.
“Thank you for telling me all this. I really appreciate how you opened up to me.” Lily was stroking the muscles of his stomach and she could feel him tensing beneath her hand. “But can’t you see living life for revenge isn’t living at all? What will happen when you’ve destroyed these men? Will you leave River Bend and all you’ve built here?” Will you leave me, was her unspoken question.
“I haven’t wanted to live for anything but revenge. I never really thought past that point.”
Lily could feel Marc pulling away from her, physically and emotionally. She wasn’t going to allow him to retreat back into his shell after finally opening himself up to her. Throwing her arms around him, she wouldn’t let go. “Just think about it, Marc. Remember, if you want to talk I will always be here for you.”
Slowly she could feel him relax and they lay together, not speaking but just touching. As time eventually passed, Lily realized Marc had fallen asleep.
“I think I’m falling in love,” she whispered aloud, wanting to hear the words in the air before she, too, let sleep take her.
Redemption: Lily’s Surrender
Chapter Twelve
Marc stood next to Griffin on the sidewalk outside of the grocery store as the Collingwood’s sign was slowly lowered to the ground by the crane. He smiled with satisfaction as the workers brought in the new sign.
“I can’t believe they were able to get the sign done in one week.” Griffin was rubbing his hands together and stomping his feet as they stood outside together, trying to ward off the cold.
“Anything can be accomplished when you throw enough money at it.”
A crowd had started to gather on the sidewalk, watching the work and wondering what was happening. Too bad Marc was not one for sharing. They were just going to have to wait for the unveiling.
Griffin glanced around at the crowd before lowering his voice and asking, “So, have you had any more contact with Lily’s brothers since that first meeting?”
Griffin had not been a big fan of getting Lily’s brothers involved in the whole protection thing and had predicted a major confrontation would ensue. Marc knew Griffin was probably feeling threatened, since his major role was security. But Marc was pleased Griffin had been proven wrong, and in fact, Marc hadn’t spoken to either one of them since he’d met with them two weeks ago.
“No, it’s been surprisingly quiet. Maybe there was no need to worry.” Marc really wanted to believe what he was saying, but he could tell just by looking at Griffin neither one of them was that naïve.
Just then, Marc noticed Lily walking towards them, carrying a container of steaming hot drinks. His heart lifted as she caught him looking at her and she blushed prettily. She loved everything they did in the bedroom, but she always looked like an innocent angel outside of it. Finally reaching them, Lily offered him and Griffin their choice of coffee or hot chocolate. They both chose coffee, knowing how Lily loved her chocolate.
“So, boys, are we having fun yet?” Lily blew on her hot chocolate before taking a tentative sip.
“Oh, yeah,” Griffin replied sarcastically, “I love to stand outside in the freezing, slushy snow.”
“Then why are we out here?” Lily held onto her cup as if the heat in the cup alone would keep her warm. Amusement sparkled in her blue eyes as she watched Griffin, a hater of cold weather, stomp his feet to keep warm. “We could have watched them take the sign down from your car or on the local news.”
Gesturing to the TV crew setting up, Lily continued, “I mean, is this sad or what? This town is so small a name change on a stupid store warrants the news.
”
“Or maybe they’re hoping to capture some bloodshed.” Marc smirked. “You know, ‘if it bleeds, it leads.’”
Their chuckle was interrupted by the site supervisor. “Mr. Gossnor, the sign is ready to go up. Would you like to inspect it once more before we raise it?”
“Yes.” Turning to Lily, Marc asked, “You want to go see the new name?”
“I didn’t get all covered up just to hang out with you two, that’s for sure,”
Laughing, Marc took Lily’s hand in his as they walked over the snow-covered ground. He couldn’t wait to see what her reaction was to the new name. Hell, his ears were still ringing from Griffin’s laughter when he’d told him what he had decided to call it.
When they came to stop in front of the large covered sign, Marc squeezed Lily’s hand. “You ready?”
“Oh, yeah, I’m just as excited to see Collingwood come down and Gossnor go up as you are.”
“Well, sorry, love, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer for that.” With a nod of his head, the tarp was pulled back and the new name was revealed. Lily’s smile of excitement was quickly replaced with a squeal of surprise when her name stared back at her in red neon lights.
“Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!” Her cry of astonishment was only superseded by Griffin’s laughter and the crowd’s murmurs. It was everything Marc had hoped for and more.
“Do you like it?”
“Oh, my God! Oh, my God!”
“Can I get a little more than that?” he asked teasingly.
Turning to him, Lily threw herself into his arms, burying her face in his neck. “You are so crazy.”
Laughing, Marc twirled her around as the camera zoomed in on her and the crowd applauded. It was silly, it was crazy, and Marc loved it, because he knew Lily did. And that was all that mattered to him.
Marc set her back down so he could watch her face. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you speechless like this. I’ll have to surprise you more often.”
