Chapter 4

The music in the bar thumped so loud she could not hear herself think. Marlee pushed her way through acres of waving arms and sweaty bodies. Strobe lights flashed in all directions. Colored spotlights slashed the air through clouds of steam and smoke.

She couldn’t see a thing in here to distinguish one person from another. She would probably never see Ash again. Oh, well. She had to find the bar and get herself something to drink. She jumped up and down while she looked over people’s heads. Finally, she caught sight of the bar. In the distance, she recognized a buzz-cut head with long hair sticking out the top. She made her way there and found Ash.

She elbowed him to get his attention. His eyes widened when he saw her. The music faded near the bar just enough to hear when someone shouted in your ear. “Oh, there you are. I thought Colton would have taken you home.”

“I’m here to have a good time,” she yelled back. “I wasn’t ready to go home.”

Ash looked around. “Is he here?”

“No, he had to get his beauty sleep.”

Ash’s lips twisted into a grin, and he shook his head. “You’re a real firecracker, aren’t you?”

“You have no idea.”

“No, I don’t, so tell me.”

“You said you’re a shark. Well, I’m a shark, too.”

Ash stared at her. “What does your brother think of that?”

“He doesn’t know. He left home when I was a teenager. He doesn’t know what I get up to on the other side of the country.”

“Really? What do you get up to?”

“All kinds of mischief.”

“Do tell.”

She grinned at him playfully. “Wouldn’t you like to know?”

“Yes, I would. That’s why I asked. What sort of mischief do you get up to?”

“I chew up guys and spit them out. I have my way with them and leave them high and dry. I do everything Colton says you do with girls, so I guess we’re two of a kind.”

He stared at her with wide eyes. “Are you—dare I say it? Are you picking me up?”

She leaned close and smiled up into his face. “I’m trying my hardest. How am I doing so far?”

“Pretty damn good. I’ve never met a girl like you before.”

“Ha! You’ll probably never meet anybody like me again, either, and you should thank your lucky stars for that.”

He took a massive gulp of his drink. Sweat sprang out on his forehead. “Holy shit.”

She swatted his arm. “Come on, Ash. I’ve seen you looking. Do you want to do this or not?”

He shrugged. He chuckled. He gulped. “I guess I do.”

She couldn’t wait any longer. She slithered up to him and slipped her hand under his suit jacket and around his waist. His rock-hard abs felt even better than she imagined. “Hey, baby. Come on. I want you.”

His deep grey eyes looked fixedly into hers. “Is that how you do it?”

“Colton says you have a different woman every night. I guess tonight’s my turn.”

He lowered his voice. “You’re asking for it. You know that?”

She moved in closer to him, until her body was pressed firmly against his. Already his cock hardened inside his pants. That iron prick excited her more than she dreamed. She wanted it. She wanted it right now. “You never did tell me what you’ve got in your dungeon in Queens. Do you want to take me there? Huh? Do you want to tie me up and spank my ass?”

He gasped out loud, then put his hand on her backside and gripped tight. He didn’t shrug or look away now. “Is this the ass you mean?”

She caved under his monster grip. She nudged her hips towards him, teasing his hard-on. “Oh, God, yeah.”

His kept his hand on her ass and stroked across it steadily with his thumb. “Fuck, that ass is so damn juicy. You want me to smack that ass for you? Huh? Do you want me to bend you over and make you beg for my cock?”

She bit her lip and stared doe-eyed up at him. “Spank me, baby. I’m a bad girl, and I need a spanking.”

He looked down at her face. “Is your pussy wet, baby? Is your pussy dripping wet for my cock?”

She couldn’t bear it any longer and rested her head on his chest. She could feel his breathing had become faster and deeper with excitement. “God, baby, fuck me. I need it so bad.”

He caressed her behind the neck with his hand. He set his drink on the bar and cupped her head with the other hand. He raised her face to his, and his mouth devoured her lips in craven kisses.

Marlee collapsed into his embrace. He was so incredibly hot; she couldn’t hold back. She hugged him around the neck and gave herself over to his kiss. His tongue met hers between their lips. His technique was hotter than she’d ever had in her life. The hand against her back glided down to her ass again. He lifted her off her feet to kiss her harder.

She pressed her breasts against his chest. God, yes! This was going to be one for the record books. He dug his hard-on between her legs, and her thighs fell apart. She rode his knee and mewed into his mouth. He knew just how to touch her, and his lips and tongue lapped her to greater delight than ever.

He pulled his mouth away to stare at her. His eyes filled her whole awareness. “You’re a real bad girl, aren’t you? Do you want to do this?”

“You know I do.”

“What would Colton say?”

Marlee looked away. “If you’re worried about what Colton would say, we probably shouldn’t do this.”

He hesitated. “I never thought I’d be doing his sister. This could get sticky.”

She locked eyes with him. “If you don’t want to do it, I understand.”

He laughed. “Oh, I want to.”

“Then what are you waiting for?”

“No one has ever picked me up like this before.”

She arched her eyebrow. “So now you know what all those women felt like.”

He blinked. “I never thought about that before.”

All this talking wasn’t getting anywhere. She swooped in to kiss him again. She rose on her tiptoes to reach him. She moved her hips back and forth to toy with his bulging crotch. She could tell he would not be able to stand the wait much longer. He stood impassively for a moment, but he couldn’t stop his lips responding. Little by little, his hands crept around her until he grappled her harder than before.

He pulled free for another moment. “All right. That’s it. We’re leaving.”

Marlee bit the saliva from her lips. “It’s about time.”

He grabbed her hand to tow her out of the bar. He left his drink sitting where he left it.

The cold outside bit into her skin after the heat inside. Bodies fell away, and Marlee found herself standing on the sidewalk with Ash. He spun around to kiss her again with all his animal ferocity.

He pushed her back against the concrete wall and held his hard-on between her legs so firmly he nearly pushed her off the ground.

He teased her bottom lip and then filled her mouth with his tongue with expert application. That man could kiss like no one she ever met. He towered over her and continued to nail her to the wall through her clothes. His cock stabbed at her clit until she shrieked with pleasure. She had been looking for excitement like this forever.

People passed by, but no one took any notice of them making out on a public sidewalk. They hurried to the bar to get out of the cold. Ash panted and groaned against her mouth. God, she wanted to get hold of his bare body right now. She slid her hands down his back under his jacket, but she couldn’t get hold of him.

She would have been happy to have him fuck her right here against the wall, but he wouldn’t do that. She knew better. A guy like him didn’t take his conquests in any rude corner of a dirty street. He would do it right if he did it at all.

He ripped himself away before she could stop him. “Come on. You’re coming with me.”

He took her hand, and they set off down the street. “Where are we going?”

“My house. That’s what you want, isn’t it?”

Marlee almost tripped over when she stopped, and he kept walking. “Your house! Do you mean your house in Queens?”

He didn’t answer. He hailed a cab and opened the door for her. “We’ll get my car out of the parking garage. What do you say?”

Marlee grinned excitedly. “Let’s do it.”

The minute he got her into the cab, they were all over each other once again. He needed her. He tipped her back in the seat and kissed her neck intensely while caressing her breasts with his hand. He tore up her shirt and slipped his fingers under her bra. He twiddled her nipples gently as he kissed her deeper and deeper. He pushed her shirt upward the rest of the way to tease her nipples between his teeth.

Marlee lay back and moaned with pleasure. What was he going to do to her? She ached for him between her legs, but at least now she could touch him. She unbuttoned his shirt to fondle his chest. As she touched him, his muscles jerked under her hands.

She tugged his shirt out of his waistband, but that wasn’t enough. She started working on his belt, but he snatched her hands away. Marlee caught her breath. “I thought you wanted to.”

He pushed her hand up next to her head. “That’s for your ass, baby. If you want my belt, you’re gonna get it.”

A thrill shot through her, and she felt tingles of excitement. So that’s what he wanted? Holy Jesus! What a man! She gave herself over to his kiss once again.

In a second, the cab stopped sharply in front of Colton’s office building. They jumped up and scuffled to adjust their clothes.

Ash led the way into the underground parking garage where he unlocked the door of his silver-grey BMW. Marlee settled into her seat. Ash got behind the wheel and roared onto the street. Within minutes, they had crossed the bridge heading out toward Queens.