where you live, Wade. I’m sure I’l be fine.”
“No.”
His tone brooked no argument, which immediately pissed her off. “No?”
He crossed his arms over his chest. “No. I’m not leaving you unprotected. And I’m not leaving you in Jonas’s care either, so get that notion out of your head right now.”
“You’re being incredibly stubborn. Again.” She heard Dean chuckle, and she glared over at him. “Do you have something to add?”
He held up both hands, palms out. “We were just leaving. We’l , uh, cal you later, Wade.”
Dean started down the stairs, but Deanna hung back. Wade passed a hand over his face and sighed. “Was there something else, sis?”
The beautiful woman, whom she’d been so jealous of moments earlier, gave her an admiring look before turning her attention to Wade. “I like her. She’s got backbone.”
Gracie was stunned and admittedly flattered. Her supposed backbone fairly melted, however, when Wade looked down at her and murmured, “That’s what I’ve been trying to tel her.”
“Just don’t screw it up.”
Wade’s gaze shot to his sister’s. “Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence.”
She blew him a kiss, then disappeared down the stairs. And Gracie was once again alone in the library with Wade.
“Where were we?” he whispered. “Ah, yes. We never finished our conversation. Wil you give me obedience in the bedroom, Gracie? Wil you submit to me?”
There was a smal part of her that wanted to argue. To shoot him down for even daring to ask such a thing. But there was a much bigger part aching to do exactly what Wade wanted. A tiny battle waged inside of her, but it was an unfair fight. “Yes.”
“You won’t regret it, sweetheart.” His voice had changed, lowering to a velvety whisper.
Gracie felt him caressing her arms. His strokes were so gentle, like a butterfly’s wings. He so easily kept her off balance. One minute demanding; the next caressing. “Wade?”
“I’m hungry,” he murmured.
Al at once, his face transformed. His eyes heated and darkened; his mouth curved up in a predatory smile. “I want another taste of your pretty body. I’ve been thinking of nothing else since last night.”
“I fel asleep on you.”
“Yes, you did. And I’m glad.”
“You are?”
“Yes. Had you been awake I wouldn’t have had the strength to hold back. I would’ve taken you, Gracie. Hard. Do you know what I’m saying?”
“Y-Yes.”
“I’m not a gentle man, baby. I want you in fifty different, dirty ways. I want my cock buried in your tight little cunt. I want to suck and toy with the rings in your nipples. I didn’t sleep for thinking about al the ways I wanted to fuck you.”
“I’m not a child, Wade. You don’t have to hold back. I want those things, and I’m not as sore today, not like yesterday. It’s going to kil me if you don’t stay this time.”
“I’m not going anywhere, Gracie. But I won’t hurt you, so we may have to alter things a bit this first time.”
Gracie placed her palm against his chest, directly over his heart. “You’d never hurt me.” She knew it in her bones.
“Only pleasure,” he reiterated, and then he bent toward her and touched her lips with his own. Tasting and licking. Nibbling and enticing her mouth to open for him. She whimpered and sagged against him.
He caught her tight against his chest and sank his tongue into her mouth. For the first time in her life, Gracie submitted ful y to a man.
11
W ade watched Gracie drift into his kiss. Christ, he loved watching the expressions chase across her face. She had no idea how much passion she exhibited when she let herself go. He’d been going crazy since his first glimpse of her body. Being with her al morning and not being able to have another taste of her had been pure hel . She’d been on fire last night and now he would final y feel al that scorching heat wrapped around his cock.
He dipped his knees and, as gingerly as possible, lifted
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