The Collectors Gift: A Beauty & The Beast Retelling by M. James

Author:M. James [James, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PNK Publishing
Published: 2022-11-12T16:00:00+00:00

18

NOELLE

I’m almost in tears as I leave the room in a rush, my hands shaking.

I can still taste him on my tongue, and he yelled at me to leave? A burst of anger washes over me, and I swallow hard. I taste him all over again as I do, and that sends a flood of emotions through me that I barely understand.

Why did I do it? When I’d woken up this morning, after two days of him burning up and writhing with fever again, two days of being sure he was going to die, his fever had broken. The bed had been drenched in sweat again, and I’d gotten up to get him fresh soup and water and bedding—the last of the soup. I’d been mentally preparing myself to have to ransack the house for some money lying around that I could use to buy more food, to go out into a strange city that I’ve never been in before and try to find my way around. And then I’d come back—to that.

I hadn’t expected him to be awake, let alone aroused. But I’d felt such pity for him when I’d realized how helpless he was that he couldn’t even touch himself. I’d remembered those nights, seeing him touching and denying, and I’d wondered how long it had been since he’d really had a release.

I’d realized, at that moment, that I had a sort of power over him. I could deny him like he’d been denying himself, or I could give him pleasure. I could let him have an orgasm.

I could explore him, under my own power, on my own terms. He wouldn’t be able to help me, or take over, or do anything. It was my choice.

I’d decided I wanted to. And I hadn’t regretted it until the moment he’d told me to get out.

I’m still not entirely sure that I do. It had been—fun. It had felt sweet and intimate in a way that I hadn’t imagined doing that with him could. I hadn’t imagined I could give a man such intense pleasure, especially the first time, but Alexandre had looked as if he were feeling things that I can’t begin to imagine.

A flush of desire washes through me, and my thighs squeeze together. Touching him, tasting him, had turned me on. I can feel how wet I am, a hollow ache spreading through me. I want to know what that feels like. I’d made myself come for the first time that night after I watched him, but even as good as that had felt, the expression on his face had suggested that what he was feeling was so much more.

I let out a frustrated sigh. I feel hurt and turned on and confused, and a little angry. I’d wanted to do something nice for him, but he’d shut me out afterward. After everything I’ve done for him, that feels especially cruel.

I can’t stay away forever. I still need to finish what I’d gone in there to do in the first place, but I can’t bring myself to go back right away.

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