Total pages in book: 230
Estimated words: 217798 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1089(@200wpm)___ 871(@250wpm)___ 726(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 217798 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1089(@200wpm)___ 871(@250wpm)___ 726(@300wpm)
She stood and closed the space between them, her eyes on him. She took in every gorgeous inch of his body. Like those delicate flowers he’d spent so much time with, so much of Kash’s self-worth was wrapped up in his handsome face and perfect body. He was celebrated the world over for being beautiful. How many magazine covers had he graced? Likely more than she could count. She needed him to believe in more than his own looks. “Hold still and let me look at you. Don’t move. And let go of that cock if you’re offering it to me. How can I touch it if you’ve got it in those big hands of yours?”
He immediately let go, his cock bouncing slightly. He stared forward as she took him in, as though he knew instinctively that this was a moment for him to submit.
“You offer me a lot, Kashmir. Certainly you come in the most beautiful package I’ve ever been offered. You’re the single most stunning man I’ve ever seen, but I need more.” She ran a hand over his chest, letting her skin enjoy the warmth of his, the smooth touch of flesh against flesh. “I need that brilliant mind. I need your intellect. But I also need you to need me.”
“I need you, Day,” he said with a laugh.
She continued her slow exploration. She couldn’t punish him, though later on such sarcasm would be dealt with if they signed a contract. He would probably enjoy the discipline. “Not yet. Right now you think I’m nothing more than another pretty female body, but you’ll learn I’m going to be more.”
He finally looked down at her. “Fine. What do you offer me, my almost queen? I’ve laid it all out for you. Tell me what I get.”
She sighed as she moved around to his back, enjoying the play of his muscles as she continued to stroke him. He was a massive panther and she wanted to see if he could purr for her. She also liked that he’d asked the question. It made her more certain than ever that he was right for her. She didn’t want a man who followed her blindly, even inside the bedroom. Certainly not outside of it.
Now she had to discover if she was right for him, if she could give him what he needed. What he might not even know he needed.
She ran her hands over his broad shoulders, enjoying the shiver that went through him. “I offer you the warmth of my hands on your body, the feel of my skin against yours, promising companionship and comfort. My hand in yours when you need to know you are not alone. I offer you the joys of my mouth. My lips and tongue tasting you, but more than this, my words will lift you up, will always be kind. I offer you my body for your pleasure, so that we can be one with nothing between us, no space, no lies, no heartache, only joy. I offer you my body to grow whatever children we’re blessed with. It will be yours while I’m young and vital, and yours when I’m too old do to anything but hold you in my arms. This is what I offer.”
“I need you, Dayita.” His voice was hoarse.
This time, she believed him.
“Then we can begin.”
CHAPTER 5
Kash gritted his teeth and felt his cock stiffen. He’d only thought he’d had the erection of a lifetime, but when she’d said those words—then we can begin—he reached monumental proportions. Any thought of this being some sort of test run was over. He wasn’t thinking about anything but pleasing the woman in front of him.
His queen.
The last fifteen years of his life had been about the world revolving around him, being the ultimate authority figure. But here and now, he realized she could be his sun.
She could be his secret. She would never have to know how weak he was, how dark his wants were. He could pretend to indulge her and steal something for himself.
She would never know that all those “lovely flowers” were nothing more than a way to pretend he didn’t want what he wanted. A way to pretend he was more of a man than he actually was.
She put her hand on his chest and he could feel his own heart beating. “I think I’d like to join you. You may take my dress off. Carefully and slowly. When you’re done, I want you to fold it and put it on the counter. You may touch me, but only as I’ve touched you up until this point. Do you understand, love?”
He understood that her thick-as-honey voice was doing things to his cock. He couldn’t breathe he was so hard and he hadn’t touched her yet. He should take control. He should put them on a proper footing, but he couldn’t. The words wouldn’t form in his mouth. There was only one word that he seemed capable of speaking. “Yes.”