Innocence Defied (New York) by Lainey Reese Read Free Book Online Page B

lapped and suckled at her lips like they were candy. Even though she’d never been really kissed before, she followed his lead and kissed back. Tugging first his bottom and then his top lip into the warmth of her mouth, she lapped up this first real taste of him. The fingers still gripping her chin trembled slightly, and with his lips pressed tight to hers, he commanded, “Zoe, open.”
    And she did. His tongue filled her and he groaned, her body jerked in reaction to it. Her death grip on the headboard shook as she struggled to maintain it. Gage turned her head a little and angled his in the opposite direction, so he was even deeper in her mouth and his tongue was doings things in there she didn’t have words for. His hand caressed her face and neck, and every breath she took was filled with his marvelous scent, and her mouth with his intoxicating taste.
    With a growl that vibrated throughout her body, he came over her more and tucked one arm under her neck to cradle her head while he slid the other lower to cup one of her breasts. Then he squeezed. Zoe’s back arched and she let out a cry he swallowed with a relishing sound, and then he took his mouth away.
    “Please.” Her cry was high and breathy. “God, please, Gage, don’t stop.”
    He nuzzled into her neck, and he bit hard on the tendon just below her ear. When she gasped and let out a yelp, he whispered with menacing intent, “What did you just call me, sub?”
    “Sir!” she cried, desperate. “Sir. I’m sorry, just please—please don’t stop.”
    His chuckle was mean and caused chills to race up and down her spine. “Oh, darlin’, I’m not stopping. Now that I got a taste of you, I don’t think I’m ever going to stop.”
    He did stop, though. With a deep breath—as though he was bracing for it—he pulled back to loom above her, balanced on the arm he still had under her neck. He kept his other hand on her breasts, massaging and kneading the sensitive mounds.
    “Zoe?” he asked with a voice that sounded way too calm as far as she was concerned. “I want to know how much you’ve done before. You told me you’re still a virgin. What I wanna know is just what you have experienced so I don’t push you too far too fast.”
    “Umm.” She could hardly think when he was touching her like that, and that part of him that was hard for her was like a brand on her hip. “I haven’t done anything. I unh—” Her voice cracked when his thumb brushed over a nipple. “I let Tommy Philips kiss me on Christmas Eve last year.” She yelped again when he squeezed, hard.
    “Ah, darlin’.” His voice had a dangerous edge to it that inspired more chills racing up and down her spine again. “Maybe you shouldn’t be telling me the little prick’s name. I find I’m not takin’ it so well as I should—listenin’ to you talk about other men.”
    “Oh God.” She arched under him as he loosened his grip and gave her nipple a couple of firm tugs. “That’s—that’s all. Tom—sorry—he…he kissed me and when he tried to grab my butt, I just couldn’t. I pulled away and that’s it.” She met his dumbfounded gaze head-on. “I’m sorry I let him do that much. I always knew it was you and no one else. I was just so mad at you that night. You didn’t come to our Christmas party because you were with that girl. I hadn’t seen you in so long and you stayed away because of another girl?” Her eyes welled at the memory. She’d been so excited to see him and she’d had dreams of seducing him. Of finally having him see her as a woman and not a child, only to have them all come crashing down when she learned that he’d taken his new girlfriend skiing in Switzerland instead.
    This time his chuckle was warm when he said, “Ah, Zoe, don’t you be worryin’ about her. She was sweet an’ all, but she was outta my mind the minute we got home.” When she nodded her head and bit her lip, he leaned down until his mouth hovered an inch above one dark and