Billionaire Blaze, page 18
Without another word, I lifted her onto the bed and placed her gently in the middle.
“I promise that I will take very good care of you,” I whispered in her ear while I reached for the restraints I had tucked underneath the pillows. The bed had a restraint system rigged up underneath it, bands going from the center to each corner. Each had a metal ring on the end and, attached to those, a soft Velcro-fastened cuff.
If anyone wriggled enough or was determined enough, they could free themselves, but it wasn’t easy. Gently, I put one on each of her wrists, spreading her arms out and taking away her control.
“Still okay?” I asked her when she tensed.
“A little nervous, but yes.”
“Then let me help you relax,” I replied, grinning. This was exactly the sort of challenge I wanted.
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
Kit
As Lukas restrained my arms, fear twisted my stomach, but I pushed it away. So far, he had been amazing, and I was also aroused enough to want to see where this led. He had just asked me if I trusted him and checked that I was all right.
Once again, I felt like his prey, someone to be devoured and consumed, but I also felt wanted. His hardness had been evident from the beginning, but he wasn’t going to just screw me and be done with it.
Knowing he wanted to take his time, that he wanted this to be different, heated me up even more. I might feel nervous, but I also wanted this enough to ignore it.
Despite my anxiety, I felt a thrill of delight as he trailed his fingers up my body, kissing every few inches as he went. It was similar to earlier enough that I soon relaxed into it, enjoying each sensation. It was as if he was exploring me all over again, but I really couldn’t reach out and do the same with him.
I moaned as he reached my breasts and took time over touching them. As he took each nipple into his mouth and nibbled, my breath came out in a hiss. This time, he wasn’t as gentle, stimulating them and drawing my focus away from everything else.
Once he’d given them both equal attention, he kissed down the center of my torso, getting lower and lower. He shifted down the bed and parted my legs, holding my thighs as he kept them open.
Feeling exposed and unsure about whatever he was going to do next, I tensed and tried to close my legs again. He paused, looking up at me for a brief second, but he didn’t let my legs go. Instead, he moved down even lower and kissed up the inside of each leg. When he was near the top, and I was growing more and more aroused, eager for him to go further, he switched to the other leg instead.
I whimpered, not wanting him to stop, and tried to squeeze my legs together. He let out a chuckle before carrying on, trailing yet more kisses. The noise was a light relief, and I relaxed again.
This time as he reached the top of my leg, he went higher, reaching my opening and very slowly pressing his mouth to me all the way up. I gasped as he put his lips over my clit and flicked out his tongue. He waited a moment and then did it again, taking his time, teasing.
I bucked my hips as he pulled back, the sensation everything I wanted and more, but he shifted his arms so he could hold onto my hips and keep me from moving. He played with my clit, getting me closer and closer to an orgasm, but every time I tensed up, close to exploding, he pulled back.
“Oh, go on, please let me cum,” I whispered, barely able to talk. I’d lost all track of time as he teased. All I knew was that I couldn’t take it any longer.
It was as if my words had been exactly enough, and he kept his mouth on me this time. After so much frustration and stimulation from him, it took me almost no time at all to tip over the edge. I shuddered in his arms as pleasure tore through me more intensely than anything I had ever felt before.
Only as I came down again did I realize how much I had been moaning. Immediately, I flushed and tensed again, but Lukas wasn’t done with me. He was still gently kissing, each touch of his mouth against that part of me sending another shock wave through me.
By the time I had fully come down to earth, Lukas had finally removed some of his clothing and shifted up the bed. As I cooled, his warm body covered mine, and he continued to run his hands over me. My body was more sensitive than ever. Each time his hands brushed my hard nipples, I felt a tightening in my stomach.
I was still a little out of breath, but Lukas didn’t stop being the gentle, slow, in-control dominant he had promised to be. He warmed me again, taking his time to make sure I was aroused enough that when he did finally free his cock and bring it to my opening, I was wet and more than ready for him.
“You have been amazing so far, sweetness,” he said, his voice husky and the desire he had for me evident in the way he looked at me. “But I’m not done with you yet. Are you still mine to enjoy?”
I nodded, not wanting him to be done either. After everything we had already done, I wanted to feel him deep inside me. I wanted to hear him groan and thrust as he enjoyed the wet mess he’d turned me into.
Even with this, he took his time, easing into me inch by inch until he was throbbing inside me. I shifted my legs and hips, trying to help him and drive him further. This time, he let me move, but he still paused for a moment.
He kept the pace slow but steady, driving into me hard and enjoying the sensation. I gasped when he changed the pace, picking it up a little before slowing it down again.
Once more, he toyed with me, making me wait for the end and keeping me frustrated and pleasured in equal measure. It was both heaven and hell in one, two opposing feelings that had me torn and feeling even more helpless.
All I knew for sure was that when Lukas had control, he took control in a way I had never even come close to before. Yielding to him was the only option, and he was clearly enjoying himself, making sure he didn’t finish before he had ramped up my pleasure as well.
I was so consumed by his motions, the hardness within me, that I barely noticed as the pleasure built again, heating me up and taking me close to the peak once more. When he slowed yet again, and I let out a mewl, he stilled entirely.
“Do you want to cum again, sweetness?” he whispered into my ear, holding his body over mine.
“Yes,” I replied, seeing no point in denying it.
He nibbled on my ear, giving me no indication that he intended to let me. And given my predicament, there wasn’t a lot I could do about it.
With deliberate intention and keeping eye contact, Lukas began to thrust again, slower at first, but he kept picking up the pace until I was tipped over the edge, waves of pleasure tearing through me. He hit his peak only a few seconds later, thrusting deep as he filled me with his seed.
He groaned into my neck, his body covering mine as he throbbed inside me. Both of us were panting hard, entwined.
Slowly, he lifted himself off me a little more, giving me a few more kisses on the way. As he reached up to free my hands, I became aware of them again. At some point, it had just become part of the act, a detail to forget in the throes of passion.
As soon as I was free again, Lukas pulled me into his arms and wrapped us both in the covers.
“Another important part of me taking care of you is making sure after whatever we have done, you feel safe and cared for, so if it works for you, I’d like to cuddle for a bit. If you want to talk about anything, ask any more questions, or tell me how that made you feel, I’m listening, okay?”
I nodded and eagerly snuggled up against him, resting my head on his chest. Although I had definitely enjoyed what had happened between us, I didn’t know how I felt about being restrained, and it was going to take me a little while to process it.
One thing I did know for sure—I felt safe and wanted. And we had both clearly enjoyed ourselves.
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
Staying the night with Lukas had been magical. Walking into the site office after he had driven me to work was less amazing. Even if I came bearing the desserts from the previous night.
Everyone looked my way as Lukas said goodbye and drove off again, and even though I was wearing different clothes from the day before, since Lukas had swung past the apartment for me to freshen up, I still felt as if I was doing the walk of shame. They knew there was only one reason why he would be dropping me off.
I had stayed the night with Lukas, and everyone knew it. It didn’t help that I had the desserts from the restaurant the night before. It had seemed like a nice gesture at the time, but now my cheeks flushed with heat before I had even gotten to the door of the site office.
“Kit!” Richard exclaimed as he came out. He paused to hold the door open for me. “Wasn’t sure what time we would see you today, but Sarai is excited to see what you have for the next unit. Mentioned something about you going to that little market this morning.”
Crap, I thought as I walked closer, but Richard’s gaze went to the box in my hands.
“That looks like a takeout box from our favorite place.”
“It is,” I replied, grateful to change the subject already. “Desserts and cakes and all things full of sugar. Lukas got them, and I said I’d bring them in. Sadly, it is my only offering this morning.”
“We’ll take it. Any offering to the crew is a good offering.” Richard hurried away as soon as I went through the door, and then Sarai was already there, coming toward the door from her desk.
She held out her hands for the box, already coming to assist me.
“I heard you and Richard. That’s very sweet of you and Lukas,” she said, immediately taking them over to a small kitchen area and opening it up so she could see what they were and what needed to happen with them. She immediately tucked the ones that needed it into the fridge, then made a small sign on a piece of paper and stuck it across the front of the box so anyone who came in would know there were cakes and more in the fridge.
It was efficient, and the kind of thing that showed this wasn’t entirely uncommon. It was also the sort of task I’d expect someone in her position to delegate, but that was the great thing about Sarai and Richard. They didn’t mind doing a small job like that for the benefit of all.
“You look tired, my dear. Late night?” she asked as she came back over to the desks. Immediately, she smiled. “That’s probably a little rude of me to ask, given Lukas and his attentions to you. Say nothing on the subject if you don’t want to. Did the market have anything good?”
Although I wanted to tell her that I hadn’t found anything, I knew I couldn’t lie to her. Not when she had been so kind to me. I would just have to face the consequences.
“I’m sorry, I never went. By the time I was up and decent this morning, and with Lukas giving me a lift in, I just had to come straight here.” I frowned, hoping that Sarai wasn’t too angry that I hadn’t done my job.
“Hmmm...” She glanced at her watch. “We probably still have time if you want to go over there now?”
Wide-eyed, I nodded, hoping that she wasn’t too put out by it.
“Perfect. I have to admit, I was jealous about the thought of you going this morning without me. This way, I get to go with you, and I still had my meeting this morning. I often find that these things work out for the best.”
Sarai only took a moment to grab her jacket and purse, and then I followed her back out to the parking lot. I felt the shame and embarrassment leave me as Sarai chattered excitedly about all of the possible accessories and items of furniture the market might have.
True to her word, she didn’t pry at all about Lukas, and I was allowed to focus on work and not my personal life. Away from the site, no one else was around either, and I had gotten past the walk of shame moment. All I needed to do was make sure that it didn’t happen again. If I was with Lukas at night, it clearly needed to be the weekends only.
The market we were going to was indoors in an old abandoned warehouse and popped up here once a month—one of the reasons I had been planning on going early in the day and hadn’t really wanted to miss it. The best items were always available at the beginning. It could get harder to find anything decent if we turned up too late.
Although I wasn’t at the event as soon as I would have wished to be, we weren’t so late that everything good had gone, and we soon had wooden furniture for some of the more rustic huts and some lamps that would make great bedside lights.
With so many themed huts to work through, I also had a list of the styles and what I had for each one so far, planning ahead as much as I could while trying not to have loads of furniture lying around with nowhere to go. Sarai was just as excited about finding some of the smaller pieces that added the detail and finished off each room, and as this was where a lot of a budget could end up being spent, I was grateful when she decided on something and added it to our cart.
When she was the one making the final decision on what we bought, I couldn’t be blamed for going over budget. If we did. Sarai had done this sort of thing often enough that she had a better idea than some of what it cost. My budget wasn’t small, that was for sure.
By the time we were done, my feet ached, and we had a cart so heavy and full that it took both of us to guide it around corners. I definitely appreciated her help. If I had tried to do this alone, it would have been impossible to get everything. I also would have struggled to decide if some of the items Sarai had chosen with no hesitation were worth it.
As we loaded the car, my stomach rumbled. I hadn’t had time to grab much for breakfast, and Lukas had definitely put me through my paces the night before. I was starving.
“I know the perfect place to grab lunch on the way back to the site,” Sarai said. “And I’m sure there’s a good chance we’ll bump into a certain good-looking bachelor if we go as soon as we have finished up here.”
She winked at me, and I could only assume that she meant Lukas.
“Do you know why he’s single?” I asked as we put the last bigger item in together. It was a large trunk, and it needed to go on the back seat since it was too wide for the car trunk.
Sarai shrugged. “Everyone says he has been for a few years. Not even a date that anyone knew about. That’s why there’s so much interest in you and him, I’m afraid.”
I tried not to show my response to this news. Although I knew I was likely to be safe with Sarai, I still didn’t like talking about myself and what was going on in my world very much.
Being good at appearing comfortable didn’t mean that I was.
“It’s only rumors, so take it with a grain of salt, but he once worked with a lady friend. I think they even got engaged at one point, but it didn’t last. Business conflict of some kind. He has seemed reluctant to ever date in any form since. At least, until you.”
It wasn’t the first time that I’d been told he didn’t normally date, but it was hard to hear that business wasn’t normally an element he allowed in relationships. Not that I wanted to have him involved in business exactly, but it certainly made it easier to mix business and pleasure when we were already working together.
If I’d known that it was likely to put him off, I was pretty sure I would have considered turning the job down. But I had only gained a second chance at a relationship with him because I had taken the job. Maybe I just needed to make sure I didn’t work with him again.
Although Sarai and Richard seemed to make it work. They adored working together and playing to each other’s strengths. And I couldn’t blame them. It was working for them in a way I actually envied. Maybe Lukas had been waiting for a relationship like Richard and Sarai’s. Someone he could work with as well as spend time with outside of work.
Either way, I knew I couldn’t let it impact this project again. I might have gotten away with it today, but it could cost me another day.
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
Lukas
The world seemed dreary today. At least, it seemed to be dragging out. I wanted to be where Kit was and see her again, but I knew I had to wait. She was simply amazing, and I couldn’t quite believe how quickly she had made me feel at ease.
She had also brought the dominant side out of me far sooner than I’d have expected. It was as if I didn’t have to hide when I was around her. None of me would be rejected. And the transformation had happened so fast.
I was standing by the window looking out over the city again, something I didn’t usually do this late in the afternoon, but I couldn’t think of anything else right now. Was all this too fast?
The question was impossible to answer. I did know that I was ashamed of my past behavior. When on the island, I had been so dismissive of her and scared. But I didn’t feel that fear right now. It was unlikely to ever entirely vanish. Fear wasn’t like that.
Now, all I wanted was to see her and talk to her some more, run my fingers through her hair, take care of her. Anything to see her cheeks flush or have her look up at me with those eyes. She made me want to be the best version of myself already. And she made it feel easy.
I sighed and turned to go back to my desk, but jumped as I saw Henry.
“How long have you been there?” I asked, wondering what he was doing and why I hadn’t heard him coming in.
“Long enough to know you’ve got it bad,” Henry replied before he sat on the small sofa by the back wall.
I frowned and moved over to the desk, almost wanting to put it between us so I could have time to think and not feel so exposed. “I was only looking out the window.”
“For a good ten minutes without noticing that I was here. Yeah, you had to be distracted by something.”
There wasn’t much point denying it. I sat and pulled my laptop toward me. “Ten minutes?”
Henry nodded. “About that, give or take a minute or so. Honestly, I wasn’t sure whether to disturb you at first. Then, it got kind of funny to see how long it would take you to notice me. I was starting to get bored of even that and considered coughing or something else to let you know I was here.”
I groaned at hearing his description of the situation, but he appeared to be amused about it.
