Free Ruby's Fantasy by Cathleen Ross

tonight.’
    â€˜And why is that?’ he asked.
    She slapped her hands on his chest. ‘I’m not accountable to you. Just because you spent one night playing protector doesn’t mean you have rights over my body.’
    â€˜How about we get to the truth? Are you doing something tonight you don’t want me to know about?’ he asked.
    â€˜How about you put me down?’ Her hand reached for her riding crop.
    â€˜Use that thing on me and I’ll put you over my knee and spank you. I don’t care who walks into the shop.’
    â€˜You wouldn’t.’
    â€˜Try me.’
    He slapped his hand on hers and she released the crop. He picked her hand up and forced it up to his lips, kissing her palm, the inside of her wrist and up her arm.
    A sigh met his ears and her thighs clenched around his hips. ‘Surrender to me, Princess,’ he murmured as he kissed her throat.
    â€˜You want too much.’
    But he felt her press her pelvis against his. ‘I want you, Ruby. In my arms, in my bed.’ In my life.
    Her hands shoved against his chest. ‘I need to move slower. You’re crowding me.’
    â€˜I’m an all or nothing type of guy.’
    â€˜I won’t spend every night in your bed. I need time alone.’
    For a moment he was met with a look of confusion in her eyes and saw the real, vulnerable woman behind the mask of Dominatrix confidence. Ruby needed looking after whether she liked it or not.
    â€˜You make me feel special, but you’re so intense.’
    He reached around her hips again and pulled her closer so that her lower torso met his. He was so damn hard for her. ‘You just worked that out?’
    Ruby’s face broke into a smile. ‘Don’t you have a low voltage button?’
    â€˜No,’ he growled, pressing his pelvis against hers.
    â€˜What is this thing going on with us?’ she asked huskily.
    â€˜I don’t know but I can’t let it go. I can’t think of anything else except having you,’ he said, so hungry for her that he contemplated slamming the shop door shut and taking her right there on the counter. Having her, needing her made him feel whole again. Slow down, Jake. Moving back slightly, he put his hand between her legs and was met with crotchless panties. Her petals parted for his fingers. ‘You’re so wet.’
    â€˜You left me alone in bed this morning.’
    â€˜I’m trying to be a gentleman.’
    â€˜Who said I wanted one? You made me want you. I was so disappointed when I woke up and you weren’t in bed with me.’
    His brain caught fire as his fingers slid inside her. She was so tight. Ruby responded to him by clenching around his fingers pulling him further into her. He knew the sex would be wild, but he wanted more than that, had to see if there could be more. He needed to ground himself in this relationship and blot out the pain of his brother. Life was fleeting and he had no time for frivolity. Afghanistan had taught him that. ‘You’re so responsive.’
    She rolled her hips against him. ‘Oh I like it when you touch me. When you stroke me it’s like everything else disappears. I’ve never felt so turned on before.’
    He jammed himself against her then remembered Ghost. ‘You know Ghost is next door checking the camera is working.’ But he didn’t want to stop touching her. He ran his fingers up and down her warm sex. Her lips were moist and her eyes hooded, her mouth was open and she was starting to pant.
    â€˜Ghost...next door. You have to stop,’ she said shakily.
    Jake’s whole body clenched as he tried to force himself to calm down. He could smell her arousal when he put his fingers to his mouth and he desperately wanted to keep going, but he was well aware that the camera was trained on them. ‘You torture me, woman.’
    â€˜You seem to be enjoying it.’ She rubbed her hand over his crotch