she’d wanted to do, she decided to teach him a few new lessons in lovemaking.
Not that Lily hadn’t played those games. She had. But it was only for the benefit of her customers and never once had any of the men she’d been with ever thought about she wanted. Nope, it was tie me like this , or slap me there , or any number of twisted, bizarre requests she’d received. Now, however, the tables had turned. Quite simply, she was the customer, and she got to choose.
Stretching out, she scooted her bottom down until she could slip her feet into the loops of cloth at the foot of the lounge. Satisfaction at her control over the situation gave her a heady thrill. Never before had she dared anything like this. Excitement set her desire ablaze, and her body burned hotter than a barn fire on a West Texas summer night.
Lily heard the sound of a man’s footsteps coming down the hall. She tensed when she glanced at the door and saw the crystal knob slowly turn.
Oh, yeah, she thought. She was going to enjoy herself, and she was going to teach Wade MacReynolds a thing or three about pleasing a woman.
With his gut tied in a knot the size of a corn-fed steer, Wade turned the knob and pushed open the door to Lily’s lavender room. What he saw shocked him from his head to his toes and sent Ol’ One-eye into a near frenzy.
At least two-dozen squat candles wavered with the evening breeze, casting dim light and dancing shadows all about the room. The window was open, and the gauze curtains fluttered gently in the night breeze. He inhaled deep and smelled the alluring scent of lavender mixed with a touch of wood smoke. But none of that had the profound effect on his senses as much as the sight of Lily lying back on a long settee, arms and legs spread eagled and tied to each corner of the sofa.
Nearly naked, she wore a sheer, white shift that opened down the middle and exposed her body from neck to knees. When she inhaled, at the same time arching, the garment fell open to each side, exposing even more of her cream-colored breasts—each nipple peeking out from beneath the fabric with every breath. Also exposed was her flat stomach and the promise of warm female pleasure down below.
A lightning strike of arousal shot through to his very core.
“ Well, hullo, cowboy.”
“ Miz Lily,” he said when he could breathe again.
“ Come in and sit a spell,” she said, her tone low and thick.
Moving slow and careful, he stepped inside the room and kicked the door shut behind him. “I see you’re looking well,” he said, though his voice sounded tight and near strangled.
“ Do you like me this way?”
Wade let out a course laugh. “You do say the most curious things, ma’am.”
Lily shrugged, and a little more of the chemise slipped off to reveal the fullness of her heavy, round breasts. The sight stunned Wade so bad that, for a few seconds, he could barely move.
“ I suppose I do. It’s a bad habit.”
“ Yes, ma’am.” He started to take another step, but she drew in a sharp breath.
“ Stop.”
Like a dog heeling to her command, he froze.
“ Before we begin, there are some new rules.”
“ Rules? What rules?”
She smiled. “In order to meet the terms of our agreement, you have to please me.”
“ And the other night wasn’t pleasing enough?”
It was her turn to laugh. “It was fun, but I know how things work. A few tumbles in the sheets and one—or both of us—start to get bored. Then it becomes just a titty slap and pickle tickle, and I get nothing. I might as well be trading for buttermilk.”
“ I told you, there’s things I won’t do—”
“ And I can respect that. At no time will you be tied down or struck. That is, unless you change your mind—”
“ Not likely.”
“ So you’ve said. With every man I’ve known, not one has ever cared about what I want.”
“ What is that?”
“ To experience new things.”
“ Lady, trust me, there’s some things you don’t want to
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