Xander was sitting in the darkened living room when Mercedes arrived. When he had walked in the door half an hour ago, he hadn’t bothered turning on lights or lamps before he dropped onto the sofa. Hell, he didn’t even turn on the television to try and pass the time.
His only thought had been waiting for Mercedes to show up. He hadn’t been able to convince himself to go upstairs to shower and wait for her either. Truth was, he wanted to see her the moment she stepped through his door. Simply put, he had missed her.
And their brief conversation by phone that afternoon hadn’t satisfied him in the least. It was the first time since he’d opened the cigar bar that he would’ve preferred to be anywhere else but there. As long as he was with Mercedes.
But, in order to prove to himself that his life could still be normal even when he didn’t feel normal, he’d continued with his routine. Only now, the woman who’d sent his normal day-to-day into a dizzying spiral was opening his front door and stepping inside.
“Hi,” she said when she noticed him sitting in the shadows.
“Come here,” he said in response. He hadn’t meant it to come out so forceful, but he’d slipped.
She must’ve heard something in his tone because she smiled. “Over there? Where you are?”
“That’s right.” He smiled back at her, his entire body filling with light just from the radiance of her face. “Right here. On my lap.”
“Mind if I take my shoes off?”
“Not at all. In fact, I’d be more than happy if you’d get completely naked.”
“Is that an order?” she asked warily.
“Not yet.”
Mercedes kicked off her shoes and padded across the hardwood floor. When she hiked up her skirt a little, standing directly in front of him, he held out his hands to her. With their fingers linked, he eased her onto his lap so that she straddled him.
“You smell like smoke,” she told him with a grin. “I kind of like it. Did you have fun tonight?” she asked.
“It was a good night, yes.” He wouldn’t go so far as to say it was fun. Between talking business and missing Mercedes, he would’ve enjoyed himself more if he’d just spent the night in with her. “What about you?”
“We had a good time. I like them.”
Mercedes had informed him that Sam had invited her for a girl’s night out. When she hadn’t elaborated about where they were going, he had inquired. And that’s when she informed him they would be going to a sex toy shop.
“Did you find anything you liked while you were there?”
“There was this one chastity cage that I had my eye on.”
Xander laughed, but there wasn’t an ounce of humor in the sound. Because he knew Mercedes could be quite vindictive when she wanted to be, he opted to change the subject before she got any ideas about putting one of those things on him. After all, he had agreed to let her top him. If she went hardcore on him, he might just have to wave the white flag. Especially if she got anywhere near his dick with any sort of cage.
“Have you seen my dungeon lately?” he asked, knowing she hadn’t. That got her attention instantly. “Don’t worry, pet,” he whispered as he slid his hand behind her neck, pulling her closer to him. “Tonight, I don’t intend to tie you down or punish you.”
He pressed his lips to hers gently.
“No? Change of heart?” she asked softly.
“Not at all. But tonight, I’m interested in pursuing what we started last night.”
No matter how hard he tried, throughout the day Xander had thought of little other than what had happened between them last night when they’d finally fallen into bed. They’d burned up the sheets, and he had been ready for a replay since the second he woke up. Now that she was there with him, he didn’t want to stop touching her long enough for her to get naked. Although he would since it would be for a worthy cause.
Pulling her closer so that he could feel the heat between her legs against his throbbing hard on, he slid his hands down her back and cupped her ass in both hands.
“I want to be inside of you,” he stated gently. “I’ve waited all damn day and I’ve finally run out of patience.”
Mercedes’s eyes softened as she stared back at him. “Me too.”
God, he was still shocked when he heard her say things like that. He expected her to try and play it off as a joke. Or even to argue. But her easy acceptance and admission had hope flaring in his chest.
Sliding his hands down her hips, he made his way to her thighs and then pushed her skirt up even higher so that he could feel her bare skin against his palms.
“Stroke me,” he encouraged her as he leaned forward, urging her to kiss him.
When her mouth met his, he was sure they would spontaneously combust. The air crackled and sizzled around them. She was fire in his arms, ablaze with a desperation that mirrored his own. He wasn’t about to let her go, clothes be damned.
Somehow, bless her, she managed to free his cock without ever pulling her lips from his. He sucked on her tongue while he reached for her panties. There was no way he was letting her up so he could work them down her legs. He’d just have to replace them later.
A soft ripping sound had Mercedes pulling back from him, and he fought the urge to laugh.
“Did you just rip my panties off of me?” she asked, suspiciously.
“I did.”
She stared back at him for a minute, not saying anything. Then the corners of her mouth turned up in a mind-blowing grin.
“That’s fucking hot.”
And then her mouth was back on his and Xander thought of nothing except having her slide down onto him.
When she rocked forward, lifting her ass from his thighs, he gripped his cock and she did exactly that.
“Fuck,” he growled, the sheer pleasure of her sheathing him damn near had him seeing stars. Just like the night before, the lack of a latex barrier had his blood pressure spiking dangerously. She was hot and wet. Fuck. “Mercedes…”
He meant to say her name as a warning, but it came out as something else entirely.
She didn’t seem to need clarification because she began to rock gently, her hips shifting as she rode him right there on his living room sofa.
“I’m not gonna last long,” he warned her when she increased the pace.
“Good.”
“Good?” he asked breathlessly as he tried to focus on not exploding too prematurely.
“Yes,” she mumbled against his lips, her hands sliding into his hair. “I want you to come inside me.”
Fuuuuck.
Xander couldn’t resist. He gripped her hips, guided her, and then pulled her back down until he was slamming into her, both of them holding the other tightly. He had no intention of letting go until she did, but if she kept this up, his head was definitely going to explode.
“Xander,” she moaned, pulling her mouth from his. “It’s too good. Oh…”
“Come for me,” he said. It wasn’t a command, just gentle encouragement. He watched her, loving the way she looked as she hovered above him, wantonly riding his cock.
Sliding one hand around between her legs, he used his thumb to rub her clit, urging her closer and closer. He wanted her to come with him, but he was racing toward the edge, dangerously close to losing it.
“X!” Mercedes shocked him with her scream as her head fell back, her pussy clamping down onto his cock as her orgasm gripped her. He wasn’t sure if it was the heat of her body, her urgent cry, or the way her fingernails dug into his shoulders, but he followed her over, his cock jerking and pulsing inside of her.
Long minutes later, when their breathing finally returned to normal, Mercedes lifted her head from his shoulder and looked down at him.
“How was that for round one?” he asked when she met his gaze.
“Round one?”
“Most definitely.”
“What did you have in mind for round two?”
Sliding his hands around to her ass once more, he gripped her firmly.
And then stood, holding her to him, his cock still firmly lodged inside of her.
“What are you doing? Oh my God, Xander. Put me down.”
“Not a chance,” he told her as he made his way to the stairs.
“I am way too heavy for you to carry.”
Xander didn’t respond because the comment was absurd. Clearly she wasn’t too heavy because he was already climbing the stairs, tempted to take them two at a time just so he could get to his destination faster. He would’ve too if he had any inclination of pulling out of her.
But he didn’t.
Because the jarring impact of her body against his had him primed and ready for round two.