“You went with her?”
“I did. She was all for it. Like I said, she was all for anything.”
She was probably the one who fucked Pike with the vibrator.
“Did you guys just go and watch?”
“We did.” He smooths his hand over my thigh. “And we also performed.”
Umm . . .
What, now?
“People saw you have sex?”
“Yeah.” He tilts his head to the side. “Does that bother you?”
“I mean . . . I don’t think it should. I guess I just wasn’t expecting you to have such a vibrant sexual past. Although I should’ve guessed, given the piercings on your cock. Did you have those when you were with her?”
“I’m going to keep your mind from wandering. Everything crazy I’ve ever done was with Iris. And it wasn’t because we wanted it together, it was because we were filling the void between us. The lack of connection. Everything we tried, we assumed it would help us in the long run. That it would be what we needed to improve our relationship, when, in reality, all we had was sex. And honestly, the sex was just a means to an end. Nothing more. I got off more watching people watch us, than what Iris ever did to me.”
“I can understand that.” I look up at him through my thick lashes. “Would you ever do something like that with me?”
“Never,” he answers, his voice terse.
“Just because you respect me, doesn’t mean you can’t do, you know, crazy things with me.”
“I understand that,” he says. “And trust me when I say we’ll have our fair share of moments, but one thing you need to know about me? I don’t share what’s mine. Iris never felt like she belonged to me. She was . . . a mere accessory to my life. Whereas, you, Coraline”—he wraps his hand around the back of my neck and holds me tight, possessively—“you’re mine. No one else gets access to your beautiful body. No one else gets to see your delicious lips wrap around my cock. And no one, and I mean no one, gets to watch firsthand as you come on my cock. That’s for me, and me alone.”
We stare at each other, our eyes never faltering.
“I would like to go home now,” I say, my breath picking up.
“Why, Coraline?”
“So you can claim me as yours, all over again.”
“Perfect answer.”
Chapter Seventeen
PIKE
I drag my fingertips over Cora’s nipple and curse myself for having to leave for school.
She moans and rolls over, her eyes slowly opening. When she sees me, the sexiest smile spreads across her lips.
After our date, we didn’t leave the apartment the rest of the weekend. We spent every waking hour either eating, talking, or fucking. And although I was worried that I put a speed bump in our relationship from talking about Iris, I thought it was important, because I’m working up to the truth. I want to warm her up to my dilemma rather than springing it on her, because if she can understand the root of it all, then my assumption is that she’ll be more accommodating when I tell her about my pa’s threats.
This weekend was the first step toward that.
Talking about Iris, that’s going to make a difference.
The jealousy in her eyes solidified what I thought about Cora—she cares more about me than she tends to let on. But . . . there’s still the nagging guilt that I’m withholding the full truth.
“You’re leaving?” she asks, stretching her arm over her head, dragging the blanket down her torso so her breasts are visible.
“Fuck, I wish I wasn’t.” I take a seat on the edge of the bed, lean forward, and press a kiss to each of her nipples.
“Mmm.” She grips the back of my head and keeps me in place against her taut, turned-on breasts.
Hell . . .
I tear down the covers and move between her legs. When I glance up at her, I see a pleased smile cross her lips as I spread her and swipe her clit with my tongue.
“You need to come fast,” I say as I plunge two fingers inside of her.
“Give me your dick and I’ll come fast.”
For a second, I consider telling her no until I realize I won’t be able to think straight unless I fuck her, so I flip her to her stomach and, like the good fucking woman that she is, she props her ass in the air. I reach for the vibrator, because I know that will get the job done fast and press it against her clit as I undo my pants and slip my cock out. I give it a few strokes and then press it against her entrance.
She’s wet.
I’m so goddamn hard.