“I heard what I needed,” he muttered against her hair.
She flattened her hands against his chest and failed to push, because she was too delighted to be in contact with his flesh again.
Had it been less than twenty-four hours?
It sure felt longer.
“I missed you.”
She froze.
“At the show. Thought you didn’t think it was important.” He threaded his fingers through her hair and pulled her head back so their gazes met. “It was sold out, and I missed you.”
“I wanted to…get the pants finished. The pair you have pinch.”
He scooped her off her feet and carried her backward. She had no idea where he was taking her and didn’t really care.
She was in his arms.
He sat her on a table, kicking a chair out of the way. He cupped her cheeks, gently rubbing them. “I wanted to sing to you.”
She gasped, something tearing inside her. His voice was thick with emotion, and her eyes grew glassy.
“I got caught up in my work.”
He chuckled. “Yeah, you’re passionate.”
“That’s the pot calling the kettle black.”
He made a low sound of agreement and slid his hands down to her cleavage. “A trait you love about me.”
“Maybe.” The word “love” was a little heavy. But everything about Syon was over the top. He was a study in extremes.
He lifted one eyebrow. “The lady requires proof.”
“I thought we were checking out.” It was a halfhearted attempt to maintain her sanity.
He popped the first latch on her corset top as one side of his mouth curved up roguishly. “The crew is still tearing down the stage. We can handle a late check-out charge.”
“But…” She suddenly noticed how many footsteps were moving around in the hallway outside the closed door. Other doors opening and closing. Conversations as the rest of the band and entourage made their way out of the hotel. “Everyone will know what we’re doing.”
“I hope so.” There was a blaze of determination in his eyes.
“Syon,” she admonished him, her cheeks feeling like they had caught fire. “I am not that kind of girl.”
She was working her way away from him, wiggling across the tabletop. He cupped her hips and slid her back, spreading her legs around his.
“I know.”
He caught the sides of her dress and pulled it up. “That’s part of it, though. I love knowing I push your buttons so hard you can’t resist me.” He stroked the outside of her thighs, sending ripples of sensation up her spine. “I love knowing it isn’t in your nature to give it up so easily. I want everyone to know I drive you that insane.”
“You sound so arrogant. So full of yourself.”
Territorial.
He caught her underwear and twisted it until it snapped. His eyes glittered with intent.
“Tell me you don’t like hearing me say that.” His tone was challenging.
He leaned down and drew in a deep breath. “Tell me you don’t like hearing me say that my cock is so hard I don’t fucking care who is waiting on us.”
She shivered, her insides clenching with need.
“I…I…oh shit.”
She leaned back as he tugged the ruined scrap of her underwear off her and tossed it aside.
“Brace your hands behind you.”
“Why?”
His lips twitched menacingly. “Because I want to see you waiting for me.”
Her belly did a flip as excitement tore through her. She braced her hands behind her, intensely aware of how easily he’d reduced her to a quivering mass of need. He hovered over her, his breath hitting her lips and making her tremble.
“And I love smelling how wet I make you.”
Her lips parted as she gasped. A soft, desperate, betraying sound. “I hate how easily you undermine me.”
Her heart was on display now. Wide open for the wounding.
“I hate how bad it hurt not to see you there last night.”
“I—”
He cut her off with a kiss that stole her breath. It was softly seeking at first. Slipping and sliding across her mouth as he licked and teased her lips with his. He cupped her cheeks, holding her head softly as the kiss continued.
Tender.
But so hot, it felt like her core was melting. She sat up and pushed the open shirt over his shoulders, needing more contact with his bare flesh.
He shrugged out of it and opened his fly, earning a soft sound of appreciation from her as he pulled his length into view.
“Back,” he ordered.
She hesitated.
One of his eyebrows rose. “Lean back and wait for me to touch you, baby.”
“I’ve never been one for dominance games.”
“I’m not playing games,” he said. “I’m going to tease you.”
He pumped his hand along his cock. He was so hard the veins stood out along its length. Anticipation pulsed through her. She leaned back, curious about what he had planned.
“Now open your legs.” His tone was sin incarnate, beckoning her closer to whatever he wanted to do with her. “Show me your pussy, Kate. I want to see if it’s glistening.”
It took more effort than she’d anticipated to do as he commanded.
Shit. He is commanding me.
Her pride reared its head but her logic shot down the protest. She liked his demand. It made her feel more desired, more attractive than she had ever felt before.
“Beautiful,” he offered as she opened her legs.
He stepped forward between her legs. He grasped each of her heels and set her feet on the table. The position bent her knees up, and he cupped them, pulling them even farther apart.
But what she was focused on was how close his cock was to her slit. It was an unbearable bit of information, tormenting her with just how much she wanted him inside her.
“Fuck me.” She was done waiting.
“With this?” He gripped his cock again. “Or these?”
He released his cock and stroked her open sex with two fingers. She yelped when he glided across her clit. He chuckled.
“With your cock.” She was breathing hard, making speech a challenge. “Deep…and hard.”
“An interesting proposal.”
He teased her clit with the head of his cock, slipping it through the fluid coating her folds. She arched back, surrendering to the storm of need. It was even more intense when she just let go. Let every thought slip out of her mind in favor of enjoying the sensation the connection of their flesh produced.
It was off the scale, mind-blowing. Pride, sense of self didn’t come into it. She folded into the sensation, becoming part of it.
He cupped her hips, bringing her closer as he slid into her. She wrapped her legs around him, pulling him toward her as he sank farther.
“Hard and fast?” he questioned, burying himself so deep she felt his balls against her butt cheeks.
She opened her eyes and shot him a challenging look. “Try to impress me, if you can.”
A savage light brightened his eyes. His cock twitched inside her, making her eyes close as she hummed with pleasure.
“Uggh…” he growled, pumping two hard, fast thrusts into her.
She moaned, matching him, straining toward each thrust, groaning when he penetrated all the way.
“Too hard?”
He’d caught her nape, lifting her head back up so he could see her expression. His was savage. She was mesmerized by it, by the sheer lack of boundaries. He was sweating, his jaw tight as he struggled to hold back his desire.
“Kate?”
“Harder,” she demanded, tightening her legs and lifting herself off the table to take his next thrust.
His fingers tightened on her neck. “I don’t want to…”
“Let go?” she finished for him. “Completely?” She reached out and drew her fingernails down his chest. “I want you to. I don’t want to be alone either.”
Her voice was sultry and demanding. “Harder,” she insisted, straining toward him. Her thighs ached from the way she was lifting her body off the table, but the burn mixed well with the hard motion of his hips.