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"What's our safe word?" I asked her, her gaze flickering to mine after.

"Nightshade."

"Yes." I scooted closer so that her leg pressed against me and I leaned my chin on her knee. "I don't have a strap-on here. So, I'm going to get creative with you."

"Make me purr?" she whispered, her cheeks turning bright red when she asked.

The softness returned to her then, and the desire in her eyes turned to something deeper. My heart swelled, dragging with it a lowkey sadness that I couldn't quite place. I laughed softly, stroking her thigh now when her cuteness nearly melted me on the spot.

"I'll make you purr, kitten. Just how you like."

Nora's smile broadened though her blush remained. My heart thumped in my chest, dangerously close to melting the ice around it. I loved watching her, simply loved how pliable she was to my whims.

"Have you gone back to the club?" I asked her, my eyes trained on the way she rubbed her clit in slow circles.

"No. I don't like it there when I'm alone…" she said, and I met her gaze again. "People approach me too much."

"Because you're vulnerable there." I nudged her fingers away from her pussy and took over rubbing for her when I was unable to resist a moment longer. "They can sense it."

"Sometimes I like being vulnerable. But not there." She arched her back when I rolled her clit against my fingers in a deep, firm stroke. Her eyelashes fluttered and she tugged at the sheets.

"Caroline."

"When do you like being vulnerable?" I smiled while I watched her, pressing my lips to her knee while still leaning against her shin. I repeated the gesture in the opposite direction, and her toes dug into the mattress under her.

"God." She drew in a sharp breath. "With you."

"You like being vulnerable with me?" Again, I repeated the gesture, this time with less intensity though, holding off her release a little longer.

"Yes." She panted then, her body burning with heat beside me.

"Why?"

"Because I trust you," she said, meeting my gaze. "I don't trust anyone else."

"What about Anita and Maya?"

"Different kind of trust—Caroline." She sucked in her breath again when I let her clit roll between the knuckles of two of my fingers. I toyed with both her flesh and her wetness, which only fueled the excitement in my own pants.

"Shh. You have to be quiet here, Nor." I rubbed soft circles along her stomach, unable to wipe the smile from my face. "Our coworkers are in rooms on both sides of us."

"I know." She squeaked, holding her breath when I stopped working her. "You keep bringing me close."

"I'm aware of that, kitten." I dragged my tongue over the curve of her knee once. "That's the beauty of it."

"My God." She whispered, covering her face with her hands.

"Get on your knees for me," I said, caving to the ache in my own core. "I want you differently tonight."

Her teeth chattered when I helped her roll to all fours. I settled myself behind her, then pressed her shoulders down into the pillows.

"Car," she breathed out my name, her chest heaving in desperation.

I sat between her calves, her beautiful, exposed bits right in my face. "No shouting." I flicked my tongue over her a few times. "While I'm having a snack."

Nora grabbed the pillows, shoving her face in them when she moaned. I chuckled, my stomach flip-flopping with strokes of joy tangled with my arousal. Her perfect ass, tight and round the way I adored, called to me in this position. I grabbed handfuls of her, squeezing firmly as I shoved my tongue into her pussy, fighting the urge to devour her on the spot. Her delicious, sweet nectar forced a threatened moan to my throat, but I stopped it before it escaped.

Muffled, high-pitch sounds left her when I sucked her clit on and off in rotation. I took her flesh deep in my mouth, tugging backward before releasing her. She nearly screamed when I repeated that a few times, her legs quaking almost violently around her. I wriggled my legs under her, my knees offering her some support.