ruthlessly while applying a firm suction. He felt her go rigid in his hands, a helpless whine ringing in her throat. He turned his head more and sucked her entire clit. The tension in her muscles broke. Her whine swelled to a sharp shout, quieted, then swelled again into a moan as another wave of climax hit her.
He soaked in the sensations of her hungrily: her desperate cries, her raking fingernails, her scent, her taste.
The woman pounded angrily on the door for the next several moments as Elise came and he drowned in her essence. By the time Elise sagged onto the bed, panting, and he took one last, reluctant lick between her swollen sex lips, all was quiet.
Elise lifted her head and met his stare. His rabid lust fractured for a moment from amusement. The dazed, vaguely bewildered expression on Eliseâs sex-flushed face was priceless.
âWas that Ms. Inga?â she asked him disbelievingly.
His hands transferred to her waist, his fingers delving gently into the muscles of her back greedily. He grunted in satisfaction. Her punishment and orgasms had made her flesh noticeably suppler.
âI have no idea if it was Ms. Inga. Iâve never made the womanâs acquaintance, and have no desire to ever do so.â
Still, what sheâd said partially penetrated his brain. He glanced around the room, seeing the paint peeling on the walls, the rust stain from a leak in the corner, the threadbare carpet. He closed his eyes and willed the throb of his heartbeat in his raging erection to slow. He kissed a soft, pale thigh and stood.
What was he thinking? It wasnât time for this yet. He had coached himself not to become bowled over by her thousands of times, but the taste of Elise made logic a feeble thing.
âGet dressed,â he said, purposely avoiding looking at the flushed, naked splendor of her as she lay there with her legs parted. She was a sex-mussed, unmade bed that he wanted to spend about a week in . . . for starters. He needed to gather himself. Heâd almost lost control several times tonight, come
so close
to throwing himself wholesale into the inferno of her.
âIâll start to pack your things.â
âPack my things?â she repeated, shock ringing in her voice. She sat up slowly.
He glanced at her. His cock lurched against his trousers, the stab of arousal a sharp pain. He looked away, hiding his wince, and opened the closet door.
âYes. You canât think Iâd allow you to stay here,â he said as he pulled a suitcase from the closet.
âI didnât think you had a say one way or another!â
âAgain, you thought wrong. Youâre coming with me,â he said, his tone brooking no argument as he tossed the suitcase on the bed and opened it. âGet dressed, Elise.â
From the periphery of his vision, he saw her rise and move toward the dresser.
âWhere are we going?â she asked, her incredulity now replaced by amazement.
âTo my place.â
When she didnât reply, he turned. She stood before the dresser, a T-shirt clutched in her hands, the material covering part of her belly and her mons, but little else. It took him a distracted moment to realize she looked utterly floored.
âYou want me to move in with you?â she asked, her voice sounding hollow with shock.
âYes,â he said, his matter-of-fact tone belying his wariness about the plan. He began tossing the items on her bedside table into the suitcase. âYouâll stay at my place until we decide what to do.â He frowned as he picked up a bottle of her signature perfume from the dresser topâHermès Perfume 24, Faubourgâand rolled it up hastily in a silk bathrobe. âItâs an . . . unusual circumstance, but weâll have to make do.â
âWhere do you live?â she asked breathlessly. He glanced back and wished sheâd put on the T-shirt.
âNear Lake Shore and Astor. Not far from
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