Blyssful Lies (The Blyss Trilogy 2)

“Never gonna stop, sweetheart.” My cock is aching, straining against the zipper of my jeans. I know she’s close, but I’ve got to have her. Fuck all that is sane. I don’t care we’re in public in the back seat of my SUV. I’ve been dying to slide into her, and feel the warmth of her depths. This will make it our first time; I want to know what it feels like to have her pussy encapsulate me, and dammit if I don’t want my cock to be the one to make her reach her orgasm, not my fingers.

Just as I’m making my move to pull my hand away from her pussy, a loud, thunderous clap booms out. It sounds as if an army tank just shot off a missile at close range, and it’s damn near deafening. Julianna immediately bolts upright, leaving all passion behind, and starts gasping for air as her panic-stricken eyes dart around. Well hell, isn’t this some seriously messed up timing. This had Murphy’s Law written all over it.

“What…where...” she whimpers, dazed and distressed. I notice her hands are beginning to shake from her startled confusion. Being as she’s still coming out of a drug-induced haze, I know she’s disoriented and perplexed, so I’m quick to calm her down. I know what she needs; we’ve been here many times before.

Bolstering my body weight onto my forearm, I cradle her cheek with the palm of my free hand. I place my thumb firmly over her lips to shush her, making sure she locks her gaze onto mine, and stare directly into her questioning blue eyes. “Shhh, baby, breathe.” I speak only loud enough to be heard over the pelting rain outside. “I’ve got you now; it’s just you and me.” Her eyes start shifting around again. “Uh-uh, look into my eyes, baby.” I pause to make sure she’s with me. “Do you hear me? I’m right here with you, and I want to protect you. You understand me?”

She nods her head, knowing nonverbal answers drive me nuts. I cock my head to the side and arch my brow expectantly. “Yes...yes, Sir. I understand,” she says as she lowers her gaze from mine. I gently lift her chin back up, making her meet my eyes again.

My poor baby, she’s still shaking like a leaf. “Please, from now on, call me Travis, and don’t ever lower your eyes from mine again. I’m not the big, bad wolf you think me to be.” I want to tell her she’s safe, but I won’t, because she’s not safe. It’s a double-edged sword. She’s not safe with me, and she’s not safe without me; she’s damned either way. So I reiterate to her the only thing I know is true. Even though is sounds so cliché, it’s all I’ve got. My voice carries a potent force of seriousness as I repeat, “I’ve got you now…you understand that, right?”

Her blue eyes narrow into little slits and her lips purse with annoyance. “Yes, I can see you personally do have me now.” I can feel her anger growing with each word. “Apparently, I’m a human tennis ball, and I’m in your court now. So...tell me, Travis. Just what the hell does it mean when you tell me, ‘I’ve...got…you...now.’?” She pokes me in the chest, punctuating every word she speaks. “’Cause the way I see it, it appears you don’t just have me; you have me captive, and seeing how you obviously drugged me, it does make you the big, bad wolf.”

I close my eyes and shake my head, feeling slaughtered. I wonder how I’m going to dispel her heated anger from the past week and avoid the backlash. I should’ve expected nothing less than her hate for me. Hell, I hate me most days. “I remember, Julianna, when those words used to mean something to you, and the way you looked at me as if they were your lifeline.”

“Well, your track record of those promises hasn’t been very consistent now, has it? So clearly, I have every right to be a little miffed over the back and forth dramatics. Not to mention—”

I cut her off by grabbing her pokey finger and growl over her tirade, interrupting her mid-sentence. Frustration laces my voice. “The less you know the better. There are other dynamics in play here, and they are far too sensitive to ever be discussed. You’ve already seen too much, which means your life as you once knew it is over. There is no going back, and you’re not going to find solace for a good damn while, so the faster you accept this, the better it will be for the both of us.” Dammit, I hate being a dick to her, but if I don’t keep her boldness in check, she’ll wind up getting us both killed. “If you keep stepping out of bounds, you will be penalized, and we both know how well that worked out for you last time, don’t we?”