Crowded House by Rachel Kramer Bussel

Author:Rachel Kramer Bussel
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781627785297
Publisher: Cleis Press
Published: 2022-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

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Misty Stewart

His breath was warm against her cheek, arms strong, encircling her from behind. A solidity she could rely upon. Right now, with her heart beating so fast she could near taste it at the thought of what was to come, she needed that anchor.

She met his eyes in the bathroom mirror, the two of them together in the glass.

“Ready, Beth?” he said, voice seductive by her ear.

She nodded, not trusting herself to speak. She wasn’t sure she was ready for anything, but she was doing this anyway.

He ran a hand through her hair. Long, blonde. The one physical attribute she’d always been proud of, even back in her turbulent adolescent years when hating everything else about herself had been commonplace. Back in high school, several years behind them now, her hair had been the envy of all their friends and even Caleb said back then how much he liked it. She hadn’t cut it since, though it’d been far less fashionable once she got to university. It was too much a part of her, too embedded in who she was. Even if these days, at almost twenty-five, it inevitably got in the way and she always wore it tied up in a messy bun.

As she watched in the mirror, he wound her hair hard around his fist, then pulled suddenly tight, yanking her head back. She cried out at the shooting pain, arching helpless in his hold and gasping fast breaths. Vulnerable to his dark smile and that hungry spark in his eyes she could see in the mirror. She loved it when he held her strong like this, like he’d never let her go. When he looked at her like he did now, predatory and needful and full of lust.

When he let her hair drop again, releasing her without warning, it fell to her waist. Effortless blonde locks with enough kink to make things interesting. Herself all over, really. Caleb, too.

He pressed his lips to her earlobe. “Tell me the safeword.”

“Game over.”

“Last chance to call it before we start. It’ll stop things once we’re in, but it can’t undo what’s already been done.”

She shook her head. She knew the stakes. “The decisions are yours.” She turned in his arms. “I want it to be up to you. I’m in your hands.”

His sharp intake of breath was subtle, but there. That slight widening of his eyes. His desire flared when she gave him such power. He loved it. And she loved that he loved it. The control he took. That she wanted him to take.

They’d never been like this back in high school. Those days, fumbling innocent kisses had been the extent of it. But the four or five years apart while in university had taught them both a lot, given them time to try out other people. And other things. Given them each a chance to grow up a bit before coming back together as adults.

And boy, had Caleb grown up. Broad shoulders and a swimmer’s physique,

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