Page 149 of Their Cruel Play
“Harper.” My name is a growl on his lips.
A shiver of lust races through me. He sweeps his thumbs up and down my thighs. I’m vulnerable to this man, completelynaked and at his whim, but somehow, I feel like the one in control.
“I thought you wanted me to obey you tonight.” I run my fingers through his dark hair. His eyes close as he leans into my touch.
“I like it both ways. I love your disobedience and your submission.” His smile is feral, making my heart race. “You take everything we throw at you. You take your punishment so well.”
I tense, remembering the punishment he gave me for not telling them about Tanner. Caden’s brow furrows. Fuck, we need to get past this, but...
He draws me onto his lap. He’s fully clothed still and the denim of his jeans rubs against my inner thighs.
“What are you thinking?” He tips my chin up and trails his fingers along my jaw.
“You punished me for protecting you.” I blow out a breath. We can’t move forward if this keeps nagging at me. “He wanted to hurt you through me. He wanted you to lose control. I wasn’t going to let you end up in jail because he got assigned as my art partner.”
Caden sighs and rests his forehead against mine. “If we don’t settle this, he’ll keep coming between us. This is what he wants.”
“I know.” I slide my hand over the tense muscles of his neck, desperately wanting to ease this tension.
“We tell each other everything. No matter what.” His eyes are sincere as they search mine. “Even if it hurts.”
“You’re going to tell me everything?” I cock an eyebrow, because I know there has to be stuff they’re holding back from me. There are times when they shut me out by distracting me.
“We’re trying.” He skates his fingers over my hips. “It’s just been the four of us for so long that it’s hard to let someone in. Even Nico feels left out. But we’re working on it.I’mworking on it.”
I didn’t know Nico felt left out. I tuck that information away for later.
“You promise you won’t go after him half-cocked if I tell you everything? That you’ll stay and talk about it with me and the others and find a solution? Even if it means taking a step back instead of charging forward?”
He smiles gently. His thumb caresses my low back as he braces me. “That I can promise. Though I might decide the solution is to kick his ass.”
“But not by yourself?” I tug on his hair, and he growls softly, sending sparks through my system.
“Take my shirt off, little nympho.”
I frown. That’s not an answer, but I long to feel his skin against mine. When I tug his shirt free of his jeans and draw it up and over his head, his lips close around my nipple and he sucks.
Gasping, I drop his shirt on the floor and thread my fingers into his hair. This man could make me forget my own name. “Caden, I need an answer.”
He draws back and runs his hand through his hair. “I won’t go off half-cocked to take care of shit without the others, but right now, I’m going to make you come so hard they’ll hear you scream from their rooms without the webcams.”
Heat floods me. He flips us around so my back hits the bed, and then his mouth is on mine, taking everything I have to give him as he takes his jeans off. His bare chest brushes my aching nipples. He moves us up on the bed even more, hovering above me.
When he lifts his mouth, his eyes search mine.
“Caden.” I arch my body, but he holds himself away. Need throbs within me.
“I can’t promise not to punish you, little nympho.” His hand strokes down my side. “I love the way you react, but I won’t punish you without a reason.”
I reach down between us and stroke my hand over his thick cock. “If I feel your reason is unreasonable?”
He grins. “You’ll still enjoy the punishment.”
He kneels between my knees and lifts my legs up and out, spreading me open for him. I bite my lip in anticipation. He chuckles darkly.
“Did you like being fucked one after the other, little nympho?” He releases one of my thighs and drags his fingers between my legs, over my clit and down to my entrance.
I should say no, but... “Yes, War.”
