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When I did, I’d have everything I ever wanted. Mari and the family she was building. I could see the bones starting to form, stronger than anything else. That was something I could be patient for.
A quick readjustment got us into my room. Mari didn’t even have time to breathe before I tossed her on the bed. Hearing Mari’s laugh echoing off my walls made everything better.
Reaching for my shirt, I stripped it off, loving the way Mari’s eyes snapped to me the second I showed skin. Her gaze roved over all the newly exposed ink, and her tongue peeked out to wet her lip. “Stop looking at me like that, or I’m going to eat you, baby.”
A smirk tipped those dangerous lips. “Is that supposed to be a threat?”
Smirking back, I didn’t answer. I knelt on the bed and hauled her underneath me with a hand around her ankle. She fit perfectly. “Here’s how tonight’s going to go. I’m going to get you out of your head, wear you down enough so that you can sleep. That means as many orgasms as you can handle and maybe one or two more. No strings, no stress. That work for you?”
“Please.” Even as she gnawed on her lip, I saw the relief in Mari’s eyes. The hope that I could fix her problems, even just for a night. The need to not be anything but a woman who wanted to feel.
I couldn’t do a lot for her, but I could do this.
I wanted to touch her, but I needed both of us fully coherent for a bit longer. Still, I slipped my hand under her shirt until I could feel the warmth of her skin against my palm. It was steadying to have her close again. “Pick a safe word, Mari.”
“Blade.” She arched into my touch with a breathy little sigh, like even that small bit of contact made everything better. If that was true, she had no idea what was coming.
“I’ll be checking in a lot, but if you ever need me to stop immediately—no matter what we’re doing—you say ‘blade.’ Got it?”
“Yes.”
“Good girl.” I wanted to kiss her, but I was too terrified she’d turn away. I could handle a lot, but that would be too much.
Instead, I skimmed her shirt up until I could see the edge of her bra. The urge to kiss along the band, nipping and sucking here and there, won out, and I ran a trail of kisses across her ribs. I shouldn’t have, we had things to discuss, but I couldn’t force myself to stop when she tasted so sweet. “What are your hard limits, baby?”
Mari’s breaths were coming quicker, and she moved easier under me, like she’d given herself the okay to enjoy this. To enjoy me. I wasn’t going to let her regret it. “Basics only, no breath or waterplay. I don’t like restraints, but I like being held down. Hair-pulling is fine. Biting to bruise, not bleed, though I’d prefer those be in easily covered areas. No bodily fluids other than come, no spitting, light impact play on the ass and thighs only, toys are okay, but no tools. I prefer pleasure as a punishment.”
Which meant orgasm denial and forced orgasms were okay. Since that was my plan, I was relieved. Spanking was out since she was still healing. I’d take her to the brink of pain, but I wouldn’t do more than she could handle. The image of Mari writhing on the sheets, overstimulated and desperate for a break, was one I planned to keep with me until I died. With any luck, I’d get to see it in action someday.
Needing a moment to gather my thoughts, I pulled back and stripped her out of her pants, and fuck me. She had on the tiniest lace panties I’d ever seen, and I wanted them on my floor immediately. Dipping my thumbs under the band, I smoothed my fingers over her skin. A little calming, a lot teasing. A prequel of a touch that made her squirm even more. The unsatisfied grunt she gave when I left the panties on made me laugh. “Penetration?”
A pause and I wondered if she’d say no. I wouldn’t mind, but fuck, her clit was going to hurt tomorrow if not. “Vaginal and oral, only. I don’t care if you’re rough with either, though we need condoms.”
I was clean, hadn’t touched anyone else since I’d come home, but that didn’t matter when our trust was cracked nearly beyond repair. Doubt seeped in, and I wondered if it was really a good idea to do this. We needed more time. Then I looked into her eyes, and I couldn’t say no. “What’s your goal for the night, baby?”
“I just want a minute to breathe.”
For the woman who carried the weight of the world on her shoulders, I imagined those were hard to find.
“Everything I have is already yours. You just have to trust me to give you what you want and what you need.”
Brushing her hair back, I pulled her a little lower, so her hips were tight against me. When I rocked against her, careful to press hard enough for her to feel me through the panties, she groaned, and I knew I was never going to forget this moment. “Can you do that?”
She squirmed, desperate for more pressure. “Dominic, please. I need you.”
Fuck, that was a trip. Marianna Marcosa, the woman who didn’t need anyone, needed me. Grey and Nate could’ve helped, but we both knew I was the one who would push her as far as she needed to go tonight. It was a heady feeling to hold that kind of power in my hands. “Can you do what I asked? Can you trust me, baby?”
“I trust you with my body.” I hated that she had to clarify, and even though I tried not to, it got to me. Mari’s trust was fractured. She wasn’t sure that I was in it for real, that I’d stay. I knew better. We were forever. I just had to earn back what I’d lost first, one day at a time, until she was back in my arms where she belonged.
Still, it was at that moment that I realized I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t fuck her. Not until she was ready to trust me all the way. Which meant I had to think of a new plan for the night.
I’d give her anything she wanted except my cock.
Chapter Sixteen
Dominic
Ihad seconds to rethink my plan, and when I did, I liked it almost better than the original. “Do you want to know what I’m going to do to you?”
