Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn) by Ruth Cardello Page A

only increasing the heat between my thighs.
    As soon as he answers the door he’ll instantly see my nipples pushing through the wet material in anticipation of his touch. I won’t have to tell him how eager I am to feel his mouth on them.
    I knock once.
    No answer.
    I knock twice and eagerly push my long red curls back from my face.
    I shiver from the pleasure of knowing that I’ll be in his arms in seconds.
    Still no answer.
    I try the door and find it unlocked. I step inside, leaving small puddles in the hallway. The clock on the wall ticks away in an otherwise silent house. Five thirty.
    He should be home, but he’s not.
    I should leave, but I’ve come too far.
    I step out of my dress, letting it fall to the floor in a wet heap in the middle of the hall. I walk toward the main-floor bathroom and shed my wet bra and panties along the way: a trail of crumbs for him to follow.
    And he will.
    Holt wants me as much as I want him, even though he tries to deny it.
    I step into the bathroom I’d once used for a much more innocent purpose, when I’d attended a party at the house. The shower is just as I remembered it, when I’d pictured the two of us passionately entwined within.
    I turn on the faucet and step beneath the hot spray, closing my eyes from the pleasure of it. Even alone, I can feel him with me. I know just how his kiss would feel on my exposed throat. I run my hands over my hard nipples, pinching them lightly and imagining how they would feel between his teeth.
    The hot water cascades over my breasts, down my stomach, and tickles the small patch of hair between my thighs. I spread my legs wider, enjoying the warmth of it and imagining how his tongue would feel following the same path.
    I run a hand down my side and to my pulsing . . .
    Sarah hesitated and sought the right word. Slit? Vagina? Lips? I can’t write pussy . Can I?
    She avoided the decision and wrote: (insert right word later).
    I slip a finger between my lower lips and imagine that it’s his tongue. There is no need to rush when something feels this good. I softly run my finger back and forth, feeling my (clit?) grow beneath my touch.
    I use two fingers to spread my lips wider, and a stream of water rushes in and warms me as I imagine his breath would. I raise a leg so I can open myself more fully to the spray, to my fingers, to him.
    I slide my middle finger inside myself and clench involuntarily. I’m soft, wet, and so ready. I delve deeper, pumping in and out with a rhythm as old as time itself.
    I’m fucking myself and it’s good.
    Oh, so good.
    I circle my clit with my thumb, still pumping as I rub. One finger isn’t enough now. I insert another and lean back against the coolness of the shower wall as I picture his (penis? staff? cock?) thrusting inside me. The steam of the spray is his hot kiss on every inch of my skin.
    I come on my hand, shuddering and gasping for air. Unwilling to end the pleasure, I bring my wet fingers to my mouth and suckle my juices as if they were his. I lick my fingers lovingly, imagining they are his cock. I take them deep within me, deeper than I ever thought I could, and I love how he fills me.
    My mouth is his for the taking, and his pleasure is my pleasure.
    I clutch one wet breast while I imagine him pushing his hands into my hair so he can hold my head there, ensuring his release is welcomed deeply.
    I come again, this time claiming his orgasm as my own.
    An orgasm he would have had.
    Had he been fucking home.
    Sarah slammed her notebook shut, feeling pleased with how her writing was changing—and also about the jab she’d written for Tony at the end.
    She cocked her head to the side mischievously as an idea came to her that instantly began an inner debate.
    I couldn’t.
    That would take serious balls, and I’ m . . .
    See, that’s the problem. If I do what I’ve always done, how can I expect things to be any different than they’ve always been?
    With a fortifying deep breath, Sarah stood,