Page 115 of Gamebreaker

"We should." I brought our joined hands to my mouth and kissed her knuckles. "I'm not tired."

"Liar. You barely slept."

"Neither did you."

"I was busy." Her lips curved again, tired and crooked. "You're very demanding."

"You love it."

"I really do." She shifted closer, and I could feel the heat of her through the sheet. "We have maybe an hour before the sun's up."

"I know."

"And then this is over."

"I know that too."

We looked at each other in the gray light, both of us knowing what we wanted, both of us knowing we shouldn't.

"One more time," Harper whispered. "Before it ends."

"Harper."

"Please. I want to remember this. Remember you. How you make me feel." Her fingers tightened around mine. "Don't be careful with me. Not this time."

My chest pulled tight.

I rolled over and pinned her beneath me, her wrists caught in one hand against the pillow above her head, my weight settling over her. Her eyes darkened instantly. Her breath went shallow, body going loose and pliant under mine, and I felt it in my spine, the way she just gave over to me, no hesitation, like her body had learned and accepted me and my dominance overnight.

I didn't move yet. I held her there and looked at her until she started to squirm.

"Say what you mean," I said.

"I want you to push me." Her voice was barely there. "Further than last night. I want to feel you for days."

"How far?"

"I don't know. As far as you think I can go."

That was the problem. I knew exactly how far I thought she could go, and it was a lot further than she thought she did.

"Then listen to me." I shifted my grip on her wrists so that she could feel how easily I held them. "I'm going to edge you until you cry. I'm going to make you hold it past where you think you can. And I'm going to keep going after you come. Yes or no?"

"Yes." She swallowed. "God. Yes."

"Safeword?"

"Basketball."

"And if your mouth is busy?"

She tapped three times against my thigh with her heel. "Three taps."

"Good girl."

She shivered all over. I felt it under me.

I reached over the side of the bed without letting go of her and found my belt on the floor where I'd dropped it hours ago. She heard the buckle, and her whole body went still.