“Not always. Sometimes slow can be incredibly intoxicating.”

His throat went dry as he listened to her talk about such things. He realized he wouldn’t be able to walk away from her without trying everything she said. “Then I’ll see what feels good.”

Her lips spread in a gorgeous smile as her gaze met his. “Yes, that is always the best plan. Now move. Please,” she added sweetly.

He leaned over her until her breasts grazed his chest. Gasping softly, he brushed her hair back from her cheek and kissed her there. She turned her head and claimed his mouth in a searing kiss. Then she wrapped her legs around him, and he nearly spent himself.

Grasping hold of what little control he possessed, he thrust into her, slowly at first. She moved with him, her hips rocking into his. He braced his hand beside her head and had to stop kissing her to catch his breath.

He began to stroke faster as their bodies became slick with perspiration. Her hands moved over his back and down to his backside, where she squeezed his flesh.

“Faster, Gregory,” she whispered near his ear, her tongue sweeping over his lobe. “Harder. Make me yours.”

“You are mine.” He lifted his head and looked into her face, but her eyes were closed. “Look at me, Evie.” She opened her eyes. “You are mine. For now, and for as long as we agreed. Mine.”

He’d never felt such a stark sense of possession, of absolute dominion.

Her eyes narrowed and she put one of her hands on his cheek. “Yes. And you are mine. For now.” She lifted her hips and urged him to set a wilder pace. “Take me.”

He kissed her again, pouring all the apparently repressed lust he had into her. Into them and this moment. He let go of his control and plunged into her with relentless strokes. She cried out, her fingernails lightly scoring his back. “Yes, Gregory. Come now!” She shuddered beneath him, her muscles squeezing his cock.

Shouting her name, he surrendered to his orgasm. That first time with her had been a revelation and this was no different. He felt as though he were seeing the world and breathing its air for the very first time.

He collapsed over her, panting and hearing her do the same. “That was astonishing. But then, so was last time.”

“I must agree,” she said softly.

There was something in her tone that made him lift his head and look at her face. She looked rather blissful, her eyes closed and her mouth spread in a closed but beatific smile. He was so glad he could please her as much as she pleased him.

He kissed her cheek before pulling from her body and rolling to his side. “Now we should sleep.”