Free Dirty Little Secrets by Erin Ashley Tanner

across his bare chest. “I’ve never met a man who made me want to submit in the bedroom.”
    His pink lips split into a grin. Without another word, Marco grabbed her and scooped her up into his arms.
    Ava’s eyes stretched wide as he carried her down the short hallway that opened up into a small living room. She barely noticed it as he moved quickly down another small hallway that lead to a large master bedroom. She had never seen anything like this on a cruise ship.The bed was set on a bronze wire frame. Intricate tangles of the frame showcased the creator’s artistic flair. Marco tossed her onto the bed.
    “Hey,” Ava protested.
    “Hush.”
    He pulled her towards the end of the bed and knelt. She lay perfectly still as he dragged her dress up over her hips. Her black lace panties were now directly in his eyesight. His fingers caressed the wet spot her treacherous body had created on the material.
    “I love a woman whose body knows what it wants.”
    Ava didn’t say a word. He chuckled and then his thumbs grasped the top of her panties. Slowly, he eased them down, his eyes never leaving hers. Ava swallowed. Goosebumps rose on her arms. With amazing dexterity Marco removed the black lace without once catching it on the heels of her shoes.
    Suddenly, shyness threatened to overwhelm her. She was lying on the bed, legs spread open letting a stranger have an up close and personal view of a place only her late husband had seen. She shuddered.
    “Cold? Don’t worry. I’ll warm you right up.”
    He smiled then. A full smile that showed his pearly white teeth, before he opened his mouth and showed her his tongue. She was sure he could see her shocked expression. Ava waited, trying to control the trembling that was threatening to seize her limbs. He’s toying with me. He knows I’m nervous already and he’s just prolonging this. He grinned as if he heard her thoughts and then with deliberate slowness he bent his head. Ava’s body tensed. Marco’s lips brushed across her wet nether lips. Again he did it, the softness of his lips teasing the bud between her legs that pulsed wantonly.
    Then his lips were kissing her there. Slowly. Tenderly. Repeatedly. Ava grew wetter and then frustrated. His soft, featherlike kisses against her felt wonderful. Joseph had never bothered to try anything like this. But she wanted more.
    “Please…”
    Marco stopped and then looked up at her. Then he ran his tongue across her clit.
    A moan escaped her lips, before she could censor her desire.
    Marco did it again. He watched her. Unnerved, Ava closed her eyes. His tongue moved against her, licking over the bud that was sending waves of aching desire through her whole body. Her nipples were tight, as if someone had pinched them into hard points. She couldn’t contain her groan when Marco spread her open wider and began licking her from front to back. She was wet now. So wet. His tongue moved against the slickness of her. Ava grabbed his hair for an anchor and she began to move against him, rubbing herself against his moving tongue.
    Marco’s hand tightened on her leg, pressing hard into her flesh, but Ava didn’t care. The friction of her grinding and his licking was setting her body on fire. She could feel it. The ember of desire that he’d stoked with his kiss rushing towards a full-fledged inferno. An orgasm. The forbidden friend she’d never been acquainted with as much as she’d liked, was finally about to make a much-needed appearance.
    “Faster, Marco.”
    Both of his hands squeezed her thighs as she rocked against him, faster and faster. Ava could feel the sweat breaking out on her forehead. So close. She moved with a fervor, the trickle of wetness running down her leg. And then it hit. Ava’s thighs shook and her back arched from the bed as the orgasm exploded between her legs, sending shockwaves all over her body. But Marco hadn’t stopped his ministrations. His mouth lapped at her with eager intent tasting everything her