Peyton's Pleasure by Marla Monroe Page A

ome th a t h ar d in m y li fe .”
    “ You w e r e m a g n i f i ce nt , ” he told h e r . “ I ’ ve n e v e r s e e n a n y o n e re spond like y ou do to s timul a tion. I c ould h a v e c ome just w a t c hi n g y o u c lim a x .”
    “ I think I n ee d a show e r , ” she s a id, without looking a t him.
     

    “ How a bout a ni c e hot b a th inst ea d? I h a v e the b a th s a lts y ou lik e .”
    “ You do? W h y do y ou h a ve thos e ? ”
    “ B e ca u s e y ou like th e m a nd I w a nt e d y ou to be c om f o r t a ble while y o u ’ r e h e re .” H e r suspi c i on both ere d him.
    “ Th a nks. A b a th would be g r e a t.” S he a tt e mpt e d to r oll ov e r a nd mo a n e d wh e n s h e m a n a g e d to r oll on h e r sid e .
    “ L e t me h e lp y ou.” He p ut a n a r m ar ound h e r w a i st a nd h e lp e d h e r to sit up. “ B e tt er ? ”
    “ Y e s, th a nks.” S he s w a l l ow e d a nd w a t c h e d his e v e r y mov e .
    S om e thing w a s both er i n g h e r , he d e c id e d. He w o uld w a it until she w a s in the tub re l a x ing b ef o r e h e t r i e d to f ind out wh a t it w a s. S he c ouldn ’ t jump up a nd l ea ve if she w e r e in the tub, a nd m a y be t h e w ar m w a t e r a nd s a lts w ould re l a x h e r e no u g h to be t r uth f ul without g e tti n g ups e t. M a y b e .
    He l ef t h e r sitting up on the e d g e of the b e d to r un the b a th. He c h ec k e d the t e mp era t ur e a nd a dd e d the b a th s a lts, f illing the tub e nou g h th a t w h e n she g o t in it would c ov e r h e r to h e r n e c k. H e pl a ce d the su c tion pillow a t t h e b ac k of the tub a nd w e nt to g e t h er . S he h a dn ’ t mov e d fr om the s pot wh er e h e ’ d l ef t h e r . S he s ee m e d a lmost d a z e d to him.
    “ R ea d y ? ”
    “ Y ea h . ” S he st ar t e d to sl i de o f f the b e d to h e r f ee t a nd n ear l y fe ll. I f he h a dn ’ t b ee n th e r e to ca t c h h e r s h e would h a v e s a t on h e r a ss.
    H e r l e g s w e re n ’ t wo r ki n g just y e t, it s ee m e d. H e b e nt a nd swu n g h er
    up into his ar ms to c ar r y h e r to the b a th r oom. H e r ar ms twi r l e d ar ound his n ec k to hold on.
    “ W h a t a r e y ou doi n g ? I ’ m too h ea v y to be c ar r y i ng ar ound , ” she
    f uss e d.
    He l e t h e r fee t slide into the w a t e r on c e h e h a d h e r in the b a th r oom ov e r the tub.
    “ W ho s a id y ou w e r e too h ea v y ? You ’ r e not h e a v y a t a ll.” H e st ea di e d h e r until she st a r t e d to kn ee l in the tub.
     

    The lon g , low hiss th a t e s ca p e d h e r mouth m a de him smil e . The g l a r e h e r ece i v e d wip e d the smile o f f his f a ce . He kn e w she would b e t e nd e r in some spots. He shouldn ’ t h a ve b e e n a m us e d b y it. H e didn ’ t w a nt h e r in p a in. On l y t h a t little bite of p a in t h a t b r ou g ht pl ea s u re . And she h a d r e spond e d s o w e ll to it.
    On c e s h e w a s c ompl e t e l y c ov e re d b y the sud s y w a t er , he l ef t h er to so a k while he c l ea n e d up the b e d r oom. He put a w a y the r op e s a nd c u ff s a nd w a s h e d o f f the dildo a nd butt erf l y b ef o r e r e tu r ning th e m to th e ir p ac k a g e s. H e l a id th e m in the d ra w e r n e x t to s e v era l oth er pu rc h a s e s h e’ d m a d e sp e c i f i ca l l y f o r h er . He c ou l d h ar d l y w a it to t r y th e m a ll on h er . S he w a s so r e sponsiv e . S he w a s t r u l y the r i g ht wom a n f or him. All he h a d to do w a s c onvin c e h e r of th a t a nd m ar r y h er .
    G ra d y h a d w ar n e d him th a t she wouldn ’ t be e a s y to ca ptu re . S he h a d a n op e n disd a in f o r e v e n s e mi - p e r m a n e nt a r r a ng e m e nts. He h a d no id e a w h y she w a s like she w a s, but she didn ’ t f o r m a tt ac hm e nts a t a ll outside h e r fr i e ndship with G ra d y a nd some of the oth e r