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“Good girl. Keep going.” He said, his voice deep and husky as he pumped his length slowly with his hand.

I bit my lip, hooking my thumbs under the waistband of my jogging pants, lifted my hips, and slowly slid them down my thighs. Leighton growled in frustration when I laid back in nothing but my panties, and I smirked at him before I started to slide my hands down my stomach. My fingers played with the elastic band, taunting him as his eyes focused on my hands.

“Get them off,Ma petit.” He growled, releasing himself before he moved to the nightstand and pulled out a pocket knife. “If I have to do it, they won’t be left in one piece.”

The need lacing his tone was intoxicating, and I was helpless to his command. I shimmied out of my panties, tossing them on the floor beside the bed, and then looked up at himthrough hooded eyes. He fisted his cock again, his forearm flexing as he stroked himself.

“Spread your legs,” He ordered. “I want to see you touch yourself.”

“Fuck,” I breathed, letting my legs fall open as I laid back and obeyed.

I slid one hand between my legs, gently circling my clit with my fingers and drawing out a soft moan as my other hand slid up my body to squeeze my breast. My hips jerked as I worked myself over, my fingers gliding through the gathering wetness. Leighton groaned as my eyes closed, my legs trembling with my growing pleasure. I felt the bed shift under him, and then his hands were on me, pulling my hands away as he positioned us so that I was straddling his hips. The head of his cock slid through my folds and notched at my entrance just before he pulled me down, filling me in a single thrust as I cried out.

My eyes flew open as he rocked into me, his pants mingling with my soft moans.

“Mark me,” He barked, opening the pocket knife and placing the handle in my hand. “I want you to carve yourself so deep into my skin that nobody will ever question who I belong to.” He wrapped one hand around mine, the other on my hip, as he positioned the tip of the blade against his chest. “Make me fuckingbleed.”

I stilled, looking down at him and taking in his face. “I–”

“Do it.Please.” The hint of desperation in his voice sent my objections scattering to the wind, and I carefully drew the blade across his chest in a ‘V.’ “Deeper. I need… Fuck, I need you to make sure it’s permanent. Scar me. Fucking,please.”

He didn’t give me a chance to respond, his hand wrapping tighter around mine and forcing me to press the blade deeper into his skin. Blood tailed behind it, bubbling up as he guidedme to carve the letter deeper. The look of sheer, unadulterated pleasure and soft sigh that left his lips was unexpected.

“Yes, fuck.Yes.” He groaned, stilling my hand and flipping us so that I was beneath him, the blade still piercing his chest as he rolled his hips.

Blood dripped down my hand and wrist as he drove into me. The wild look in his eye left me yearning to feel the same. Jerking our hands from his chest, I turned the blade to mine as I wrapped my legs around his waist and used my heels to drive him deeper into me.

“Wha–” he started

“Mark me,” I panted, rolling my hips to meet his. “I want... I want to feel what you feel.” my moans punctuated my words.

Leighton blinked, his hips stuttering to a stop. “Fuck... Fuckingred.”

My heels pressed into his ass, and I rolled my hips as I whined.

“Pumpernickel! Red! God fucking damn it! STOP!” His voice raised with each word until he finally raised up and pulled out of me, sitting back on his heels as he all but yelled the last word. Shock and confusion painted his expression, but I couldn’t understand why.

“Don’t you… want to mark me too?” I said, confusion furrowing my brow as I spoke.

Leighton sighed, his shoulders slumping forward and his head hanging down. “Fuck, more than anything, but...” his hands moved to his thighs and curled into fists. “Victoria, you will never feel what I feel. I wouldn’twantyou to. It’s… Ugh, shit. It’s just not good things, okay?”

I sat up on my elbows, searching his face. He had pain written all over his face and tension set in his jaw. It was like someone dumped cold water on the way I’d been feelingmoments ago. I sighed heavily, sitting up the rest of the way and smoothing the worry lines from his forehead.

“If anyone else said that to me, I’d probably take it some kind of way.” I said softly, running my fingers up through his hair.

His gaze snapped to mine. “What? No, I didn’t mean it like that.” his fingers moved to his chest, running through the still bleeding mark he’d helped me make. “I fuckinglovedthis, but–”

“Iknow, I was there. I saw how you reacted to it. I’m not taking you wrong, I know you’re trying to tell me that what I asked for wasn’t me, and you don’t want me to do something I would have regretted.” I said softly, pulling him toward me so I could touch his forehead to mine.

“I don’t know how to do this. I’m usually the one doing the cutting. That’s my thing. I’ve never let anyone cut me before, and I’ve never said no to someone asking for it. I’d love to see you bleed, fuck, Idreamabout it. It makes my dick weep just at the fucking thought, but… Fuck, I don’t know. Maybe I should get Craig, he’s better at this talking shit than me.”

“You’re doing just fine, Leighton. I get it. This,” I made a motion between myself and him, “is a good thing. You don’t have to talk to me like Craig, you’ll learn to talk to me likeyou.”

His sad expression was heartbreaking. He looked so lost. “What if I can’t?” he whispered. “What if one day, holding myself back like I did just now becomes too much, and I just…"

“Leighton, you aren’t giving yourself enough credit. What if you can’t? You are. Right now, you are. And it’ll only get easier for you, if not with everyone, then with me.” I kissed the corner of his mouth and smirked when I pulled back to look at him again. “Besides, I’ve learned quite a few things from you and Az, I’m pretty sure I could kick your ass if I needed to.”

He barked out a surprised laugh and wrapped his arms around me. “Yeah, okay. If you say soMa Petit.If you’re ever able to kick my ass, I will let you walk my ass naked through our home on a fucking leash.”