Pick Your Pleasure (3 page)

“Thanks, but I have no doubts
you’re going to rock my world.” It was a given. He already had. She didn’t know
if anything could ever live up to this. Tonight might very well be the
highlight of her sex life. Then what?

“And what room is he going to do
that in, sweetheart?” The server leaned down so she could reach his ear. It
felt odd to be surrounded by men and not have her power heels on. Or her
business suit. Or any kind of pants at all for that matter.

Linley whispered her selection
into his ear.

“Very nice.” Robbie winked at
her. “He’ll adore accommodating your desires.”

“I hope so,” she muttered as the
man returned to his post and tapped their request into the computer stationed
there.

“Enough of that, wildcat.” Ryder
cupped her cheek in his palm and angled her face toward him. “I’ll enjoy this
as much as you do. I bet you’re stunning when you come apart.”

What the hell was the heat
flashing across her cheeks? A blush! She hadn’t done that since she was a
preteen, she was sure.

“Until our room is ready, let’s
see how bold you can be.” Ryder led her to the lounge area. She realized now it
was more than a simple waiting room or a mingle zone.

The visual stimulation provided
by couples engaging in full-on intercourse—right in the open where others could
observe—had her rocking backward. Certainly not in disgust either.

“You like the idea?” He brushed
her hair off her shoulder then dropped light kisses on the bare skin there.

“Mmm.” She glanced over her
shoulder. “There’s something about the pride it takes to show off like that.
Both in yourself and your partner.”

“Yeah.” He grunted. “I totally
agree. And I’m willing to make every man in this room jealous that I have you
to myself tonight. Even if I let them have a peep or two of how spectacular
you’re going to be.”

“How do you know that?” She
worried about the level of experience a lot of these patrons clearly had that
she didn’t.

“Because I can see it in your
eyes. You wouldn’t have come here tonight if you didn’t have it in you. Maybe
your inner vixen took a while to present itself but…you need this. Tonight.
Maybe forever after. You do realize that’s a risk, right? Getting hooked on the
adrenaline high this place can give you?”

“Is that why you come?” she
wondered out loud before considering what barriers she might have crossed.

“I’m not sure.” He scrubbed his
hand over his scruffy jaw. “I think I might have kept my platinum membership
status because I was searching for something I hadn’t found yet. Fun and
fucking occupied me for a while. Tonight is different, Linley. It’s more
intense. And that’s saying something—trust me.”

She nodded, unsure of what to
say. After all, it was her first time. Of course it felt surreal and powerful
to her. The lust pumping through her had smashed the ceiling of her prior
encounters almost from the first instant he’d laid his hand on her thigh less
than five seconds after being introduced.

Linley couldn’t take much more
without some relief. The pressure between her legs, in her breasts, and deep
inside her soul began to overwhelm her logic. For a levelheaded businesswoman,
it was disturbing. And a wonderful rush.

Ryder was right. She could
easily become obsessed with this. With him.

Was that the biggest mistake of
her life?

“Let me take the edge off for
you.” He brushed aside her long waves to kiss the nape of her neck. “I’ll have
enough time to get you back in the game for the main event, I promise.”

“Here?” she squeaked.

“Why not?” He shuffled until he
stood behind her. His arms wrapped around her waist for a brief hug before
roaming across her body from her stomach to her hips to her breasts to the
moist panel of lace over her waxed mound. “Like you said, it’s a compliment.
One I’d like to pay you. I’m damn lucky to be the guy escorting you tonight. I
know it, and I’d love to rub it in just a little.”

Linley laughed. She loved the
way he could deflect her insecurity and ensure she enjoyed their time together.
He had skills. Truth be told, she couldn’t wait another moment to see them in
action. The slide of his taut pecs and solid abs on her back didn’t convince
her otherwise.

She craned her neck, and he got
the point. Of course he did. He read her like no one else had in her life.
Thankfully that included her competitors. If she’d been this transparent in her
negotiations, she’d never have made it as far as she had to date.

Ryder’s mouth crushed onto hers,
making her legs wobbly even as he supported her in the cradle of his arms,
which wrapped around her like the world’s loveliest boa constrictor. Corded
muscles held her up as if it were no effort at all.

Meanwhile, his lips encouraged
her to blank out their surroundings and supply her undivided attention to
magnifying the passion that coursed through her as he continued to seduce her.
Rubs of his lips over hers, the tease of his tongue flicking at the roof of her
mouth, and his wandering hands all combined to set her on fire.

While he consumed her, he began
to walk them forward. The uncoordinated response of her limbs granted him an
excuse to lift her. All she had to concentrate on was the kiss that seemed
endless. It intoxicated her with its potency.

Until he broke the contact with
a growl that matched her musing on the subject. He paused only long enough to
deposit her, supine, on a padded platform at waist height. Not quite a bed, but
not a bench either, the furniture had to have been custom made, designed with
this purpose in mind.

This place, and the people who
owned it, had thought of everything. She silently thanked them for their
foresight. Years of trial and error by those who’d come before were paying off,
guaranteeing her experience left no room for complaints or improvement.

Soft velvet caressed her back as
Ryder’s hands glided over her wherever he could reach. “I’m leaving your
underwear on. I’d like to save unwrapping that present for myself. Me and only
me, okay?”

“Yes.” She liked the idea of
withholding something for him alone. How could she have met this man less than
an hour ago? So little time and already he had her mostly bare, laid out like
the main course of some decadent feast.

If she’d known what awaited her
tonight, she’d never have found the balls to pull the trigger. Thank goodness
for snap decisions with no research to back them up. She didn’t utilize that
tactic much, but the few times she’d gone with her gut in her life, she’d been
rewarded for the risk.

Tonight seemed like no
exception.

“That’s it, wildcat.” Ryder
coached her through her revelation. “Relax and let me take care of you. I’ll
make sure you get what you came for.”

“Already have.” She reached out
to squeeze his thigh. He’d granted her a break from the monotonous series of
never-would-be lovers she’d tortured herself with for close to a year. Habits
shattered, ruts erased, and bad logic followed by more of the same had finally
been circumvented.

“Don’t tease me.” He shied away
from her grip. “I’m on the edge already.”

Linley hadn’t intended to creep
closer to his substantial package, but his warning brought out her naughty
side. She slid her fingers higher until they made contact with the soft,
roasting flesh between his legs. Curling her hand around his shaft, she
measured him once then twice.

Impressive.

Waiting to have him inside her
seemed like the dumbest thing she’d ever done. Hopefully the deferred pleasure
would make up for the delay.

“If you’re not going to listen,
I’ll have it my way.” Ryder shocked her when he slipped from her grip, moving
quicker than she thought possible.
 
Before she realized what he intended, he’d rolled her onto her side and
stood before her. The frame of her vision filled with the triangle between his
belly button and the sexy muscles leading at a diagonal straight to his
rock-hard cock.

Her mouth hung open when she got
an up close and personal view. Bigger than she’d realized, he made her wonder
if she could really take all of him.

Ryder didn’t waste the
opportunity. He fisted his hand in her hair and thrust his hips forward,
prodding at her parted lips with the blunt cap of his dick. Moisture ensured he
slid across her mouth, adding a gloss to her smile.

“Take a taste,” he urged her.
“Just a lick or two to hold you over.”

Linley grinned at the roughness
in his command. She gripped his ass with her free arm, and yanked him to her.
Her nails dug into the bunched muscles when he slid inside her several inches
deep.

The taste of him—soap and
man—encouraged her to take another draw. Around her, appreciative whispers
boosted her confidence. When she began to suckle the tip of Ryder’s cock, he
withdrew.

“No way are you going to tempt
me like that.” He replaced his mouth over hers, sampling their mingled flavors.
When he pulled away, he rested his forehead on hers for a second as if she’d
really made him need to catch his breath. “I’m not giving in so easily. Though,
damn, I wish I were that kind of guy. You’re killing me here, wildcat.”

“Know the feeling.” She squirmed
on the bench, trying to ignore the crowd gathering around them as if they could
sense the urgency sweeping both her and Ryder into its grasp. “I need you. Help
me.”

More complex explanations simply
weren’t possible. She allowed her frantic stare to communicate her needs.
Fortunately, he understood.

“I’ve got you.” He pressed one
last kiss to her lips then rounded the end of the bench. In one lightning move,
he’d grabbed her thighs and yanked. Her ass rested on the edge of the platform,
on the verge of slipping over, not that he’d allow that to happen.

He cupped her ass and used his
shoulders to insinuate his body between her legs.

It wasn’t her finest moment, but
she whimpered when he dipped low enough to blow a breath over her saturated
panties.

And that’s when she heard the
men who’d ringed them start making wagers. “I bet he can make her come in two
minutes or less.”

Linley might have laughed. She’d
never been one to tip quickly into orgasm. But tonight…well, everything was
different. The entire evening had been foreplay, and she felt as though she
would shatter at any moment. Each glancing nuzzle of Ryder’s face on her mound
had her ready to scream.

The guys shook on their gamble.
Ryder lifted his head so they could all catch the twinkle in his eyes. “It
won’t take that long. Give me thirty seconds.”

She tried to stop him. He
shushed her by placing a love bite on the gentle swell of her belly.

“Don’t bother to argue. I’ll
make you a believer, wildcat.” He winked at her then turned to the man beside
her shoulder. “Loser pays the winner’s membership fee for a year.”

“Done.” The guy huffed. “You’re
good, no doubt. Still, she’s a first timer. Nervous. I can see it in her hands.
They’re trembling.”

Ryder didn’t flinch. Could he
know they were shaking because she craved him so badly?

“Then let’s get right to it.” He
nodded to his opponent. “Count it down.”

The deceptively
respectable-looking man glanced at his Rolex. “Three…two…go!”

Linley braced herself. It didn’t
matter. He slipped his finger beneath the lace edge and slid the panel to the
side, exposing her flesh to his tongue and lips. The initial pressure of
Ryder’s mouth on her bare pussy had her nearly convulsing.

The appreciative and carnal hum
he made as he tasted her for the very first time did more for her than the tame
and conscientious caresses of previous lovers. Raw desire had him burrowing
deeper into her folds. Despite her attempts to revel in his treatment and the
instant, full-speed-ahead pleasure he instilled, the impact he had on her body
demonstrated his irresistibility.

“Twenty-five…twenty-six.”

The man beside her shouldn’t
have bothered.

Her capitulation had never been
in doubt.

Linley surrendered to the
awesome force of the ecstasy Ryder delivered. He pressed a single digit inside
her and set her off. She grasped him tight as she rewarded his dexterity and
made him a winner. Both of them. Several times over.

And she couldn’t wait to do it
again.

No lassitude crept over her at
the temporary relief. Instead, it flung her higher. If the room didn’t free up
soon, she’d find out what it was like to fuck in the open. Waiting was no
longer an option.

As Linley struggled to rise onto
her elbows, a server tapped her on the shoulder. Though not the same man she’d
placed her order with, he matched the other in his sexy appeal. Where did they
find so many beautiful people? Or was it the libertine attitudes that
influenced their appeal and made them so attractive?

She supposed that must be it.
Even odder, she figured she now counted among their ranks considering her pussy
still quivered from the aftereffects of Ryder’s handling.

Trying for sedate, she couldn’t
keep herself from bolting to her feet as fast as her liquefied insides would
allow. Tugging Ryder, she urged him to hurry. She shouldn’t have worried. He
clambered beside her. A tiny chink in his feral grace guaranteed the solid
erection he sported impaired his typical cool demeanor.

Linley couldn’t wait to shatter
his self-control. She needed all of him, not some safe version he thought she
could handle. The room she’d selected could do that for them both—push them to
the cusp and over. If they let it.

Certainty pulsed through her and
inspired her wicked smile.

“Damn, wildcat. I like that
look. So, where are you taking me?” Ryder’s eyes—so brown they were almost
black—searched hers. “What room did you ask for?”

“What are
your
favorites?” She hoped they were as compatible as she thought.