323 Tender Way

“We should use protection. I bet one of the artists might have some condoms at his station.”

I wouldn’t let him move his body from mine. I let the wetness between my legs lubricate us as I moved up and down the thick length of him.

“I’m on the pill,” I said breathlessly.

He pulled back and looked me in the eye. It felt like Duke was the epitome of calm and I had completely lost all control. I wanted to see him fall apart like I was, to feel this desire that was at once infuriating and intoxicating.

“If that’s what you want. I want to be responsible for the two of us,” he told me quietly. Before I could answer, he took my mouth so ferociously that I lost all train of thought and whatever clinging sanity I had left.

“It’s what I want. If that’s okay.” I didn’t know if it was wrong to ask for that or if it was irresponsible in any way.

“I’m clean, Madison. It’s okay to ask. I’m honored to be with you that way.”

I ran my fingers down his chest, half of which was covered with tattoos. A sun’s rays pierced through the clouds over his pectoral and I read so much into the design.

“Lie back again. Let me make you come first so it doesn’t hurt.”

I reclined on the chair and covered my face and the gigantic smile there with my hands. Duke trailed his lips from my knee to my inner thigh and I struggled not to buck in response as I stared at the ceiling.

“What’s got you smiling, Maddy?”

“I always heard that tattoo artists were hot, but I never thought I’d end up like this my first time in the chair.”

“Just wait, I plan to make this a weekend ritual. First I’ll put my mark on you and then I’ll make you come so many times you scream my name.”

“That’s a lot of tatts.”

Now I was full on giggling.

“Madison, you think I’m joking?” His voice was laced through with desire.

“Nope, but I just realized I’m about to lose my virginity in a place called the Cherry Bomb.” I covered my face with my hands again and arched as Duke’s eager mouth hit my sex. He licked me from the bottom up, stopping at my clit and gently tonguing until I felt like I could see stars.

“Maybe we call it that for a reason.” His stubble scraped along my inner thigh and when he penetrated me with his tongue I gripped both sides of the chair.

His mouth was relentless and drove me to the brink. When he switched back to my clit, he slid two fingers inside me and I thrashed my head back and forth, right at the edge of oblivion. I’d never let go like than in front of anyone before and fear of the unknown held me back.

“Maddy, come for me, baby,” Duke said. His words broke me apart. I could feel his fingers inside me thrumming away and his tongue still caressing my clit as the orgasm tore through me with an unexpected force. Duke didn’t stop and as waves of pleasure wracked my body, he reached up and pinched my nipple, sending me spiraling into yet another level of sublime pleasure.

Chapter 10

Duke

Watching Madison come undone was the pinnacle of sexy. The way she writhed and pressed into me, to know her like this was a fantasy come true.

I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand and crawled up her gorgeous body. She looked placid from the orgasm, pink and flushed all over, but especially on her cheeks and chest. Her eyes were glazed over from her release and her breathing was shallow. When I latched onto one of her nipples and sucked, she moaned again and rubbed herself against me. I pressed my thigh between her legs and Madison began to rotate her hips as she gently rode my leg. She was slick and warm, soft as silk under my tongue, but all of her sexiness was eclipsed by how deeply I’d fallen for her.

I took her swollen lips in mine and kissed her like there was no tomorrow. She met me back with intensity and we made out like the world was ending. Her hips never stopped reaching for me, seeking that connection, but I took my time and savored every delicious inch of her.

I couldn’t even pinpoint what Madison had unlocked inside me and released, or when exactly it happened. Maybe it was the moment I saw her, or it was later that same day after we’d gotten to know each other. I’d almost reached a point where I’d given up on love, but then Madison walked into my life and that changed in an instant. Telling her my truth, as hard as it was, was me making a commitment. I didn’t want to ever let her go, knowing that together we were better. I didn’t ever want to let her down.