Page 10 of Pomegranate Kiss (Charmed in Charleston #2)
Chapter Ten
A fter months of desperate kisses and touches that had Cam’s entire body vibrating, tonight was the night.
The part of her that had been avoiding the truth wanted to run screaming. For some reason, this felt far more final than a sinful club hookup, like she crossed a line she could no longer hide from. More than that, she’d be leaving all of this behind after Danny’s wedding when she went back to SCAD. The weight of the decision tugged at her heels, but she wasn’t ready for this fragile thing between her and Lex to shatter.
She twirled a strand of her hair as she strode down the walkway leading to the address Lex provided. Her bag of sketch books weighed heavy on her shoulder, but her entire body buzzed in anticipation for what was to come.
She stopped in front of the big black door of a red-bricked townhouse and knocked. She smoothed her peach skirt that she couldn’t bend over in without flashing the neighborhood. Her white tank top might as well be glued to her skin with the way it clung, and she regretted not wearing a bra. It had seemed like a good idea at the time when she’d been tearing through her closet earlier. The rejected outfits still lay piled up on her bed. Cam lifted her hand to knock again when the door swung open.
Lex stood in the frame, her black hair slicked back and the navy muscle tee she wore revealing her toned biceps and the stark lines of her tattoos. Between that, the ripped jeans, and her bare feet, Cam was already lost. Any thoughts of escaping vanished, even though she’d be crossing the line into an experience with a woman that went way beyond a wild one-night experiment. Even her epic levels of self-deception couldn’t explain away this.
Lex let out a low whistle. “Do all that dolling up for me?” Her grin widened, a predatory gleam in her eyes that caused Cam to shiver. She’d taken one step inside of this woman’s house and she was so turned on she could barely breathe. The musk of clove and campfire wrapped around her, making her want to nuzzle into Lex to get a deeper inhale.
“Had to pull out all the stops,” Cam murmured, a grin lifting her lips. “I have a hot date tonight. She’s sexy as sin, and her tattoos make me lose my mind.”
Lex’s grin deepened, and she slid her hand around her waist as she closed the door behind them. The audible click caused Cam to swallow, her throat dry.
“I’ve got it on good authority your date’s a total slut who’s three seconds from tossing your skirt on her floor.” Lex’s hand slipped beneath her tank top, and the caress of her fingertips against bare skin caused her pussy to throb.
“Thought you wanted to see some art?” Cam said, unable to help her grin as she lifted the tote bag she’d brought. Lex scanned her over with a hunger that made her want to strip down right here.
Lex skimmed her fingers along Cam’s skin, the tips skating along the waistband of her skirt. Cam sucked in a sharp breath at the touch, desperate to run her fingers through Lex’s hair, to reach out and touch and take on her own.
“Pretty sure I’m looking at a masterpiece,” Lex purred in her ear, leaning in to nip at her earlobe.
Cam squeezed her legs tight, managing to cast Lex a wry look. “That was terrible even by your standards.”
“Standards? Let’s be real sweetheart, I don’t have them.” Lex strode forward with her, leading them deeper into her house. Cam’s pace slowed as she soaked it in. The walls were steel blue, and the artwork on display was the sort she’d expect in a tattoo shop, pieces of girls tied up in rope, vintage bombshells, and gorgeous landscapes in thick black ink over canvas.
“I’ll be honest, it’s weird being in your apartment,” Cam murmured, leaning in while they walked into her kitchen and living room combo. “I thought you pretty much just sprang from a bog at the mention of chaos or danger.”
Lex snorted and tugged her by the hand to bring her over to the corduroy couch. Cam slipped her tote to the ground with an audible thump, her art books forgotten when Lex settled into the couch and sprawled her legs out in invitation.
Cam’s calves tugged with hesitation, but she had enough of Lex calling all the shots. The woman clearly wanted her, and Cam was tired of denying she wanted Lex too. Instead of coming to sit on her lap like Lex expected, Cam summoned her nerve and sank to her knees in front of her. Lex’s tongue slipped out to wet her lower lip, and fuck if that didn’t make her hotter. The intensity of the gaze bearing down made her squirm. Her panties were beyond soaked and Lex hadn’t even touched her yet.
“You’ve been teasing me for months now,” Cam murmured. “Time to pay back the favor.” Her voice sounded husky and strange in her ears, calmer than the live wire way she felt.
Lex leaned into her couch, legs sprawled out and spread wide for her. Something dark, deep, and dangerous lurked in Lex’s gaze, a wildness she wanted to harness, if only for tonight. Even the way she lay there was cocky, like a lion surveying her pride. Cam’s throat dried, and the panic set in. When Lex took the reins, Cam found it so easy to succumb to the pleasure she offered, but tonight was different.
She reached for Lex’s pants, flicking the button open. Lex watched her the entire time, the tension between them stretching taut like elastic ready to snap. The sound of the zipper sliding down echoed in the room, but Lex shimmied out of her jeans, kicking them to the floor. Cam almost swore. Lex had gone commando, and the sight of her bare pussy jolted Cam with enough lust her mind spun.
She wanted to taste her so badly. Cam reached forward, sliding her hands up those smooth legs. She lowered her lips to press a kiss along her calf, to trail up the inside of her thigh, which was covered in a stunning tattoo detailing the city of the dead, pale souls floating along a darkened sea. Lex reached down to weave her fingers through Cam’s strands, giving a light tug.
Cam’s core ached as she bit and sucked at the insides of Lex’s thighs, closer and closer to that gorgeous pussy. She cherished every sharp, ragged breath from Lex, even though the woman hadn’t looked away from her once. Her hazel eyes blazed with lust, but they gleamed with something a little more vulnerable too, something that made Cam want to keep her.
She trailed her tongue in teasing arcs closer and closer to Lex’s glistening folds, enjoying the way the woman’s grip on her hair tightened, how her breath hitched. Lex was mesmerizing, with a raw beauty that made her heart hurt. Cam sank between her legs and glanced up to meet her gaze. Lex nodded, tilting her hips.
She swallowed. No turning back now.
The moment her tongue slipped between Lex’s folds, the husky moan from her lips was so hot Cam could barely think straight. She began to lap at her clit, slow, firm strokes at first as she savored the taste of this woman. Cam wrapped her hands around Lex’s thighs as she sank in deeper, intoxicated by the honeyed heat. Lex hooked her legs around Cam’s shoulders, and when she lapped at her faster, Lex’s heels dug into her back.
She alternated between firm and light as she sucked and licked at Lex’s swollen clit. The silken feel of her folds, the molten heat of her core, all of it dosed Cam with so much desire she could barely take a breath. Her knees pressed into the grain of the hardwood as she lost herself in the rhythm, watching the way Lex unraveled.
Lex’s breath quickened, her pulse a butterfly’s wings. Her moans sliced through the hush of the room, the sweetest music imaginable. The flush on her cheeks and the coiled muscle of her thighs, calves, how her fingers tightened in Cam’s strands—all of it drove Cam wild. Her panties were embarrassingly soaked. The throb between her legs intensified into an ache so exquisite she couldn’t focus on anything beyond the thrust of Lex’s hips and her taste on Cam’s lips.
Cam drove her tongue inside, eliciting a razor breath from Lex as she increased the momentum, faster and faster. When Cam switched back to her clit, she sucked at it until Lex let out a ragged moan.
“God, babe, that’s so good,” Lex’s hoarse voice urged her on, as did the tilt of her hips. Cam’s nails dug into Lex’s thighs, tighter as she nipped and sucked at the tender spot. Lex’s entire body tensed up, coiling like a spring. Bliss radiated through her, from the gleam in her eyes to the slight part of her lips. Cam didn’t pull away, continuing to lap at her clit, gentler strokes, until Lex sank into the couch again, coming down from her orgasm.
“Holy hell, gorgeous,” Lex breathed, slipping her legs off Cam’s shoulders. “You really know how to work that smart mouth.”
Cam pulled back as Lex slipped her fingers out of her hair. She wanted—so much so she couldn’t form a coherent thought right now. She’d never been this turned on in her life, and if she were being honest, she could spend hours between Lex’s legs.
“It’s got a few uses,” Cam murmured.
“Believe me, I’m planning on tapping them,” Lex said, reaching forward to tug her up from kneeling. She directed her forward to sit on her lap. Cam’s throat dried, and she licked her lips. The second her ass rested against the curve of Lex’s bare pussy, she couldn’t restrain the moan from slipping out. Her skirt hiked up high around her thighs, and the skin to skin contact set her veins on fire.
Cam leaned against Lex who pulled her flush against her. She could feel Lex’s breasts pressed to her back, and she was tempted to turn around and explore more of that stunning body. Except, then Lex slipped a hand into her panties, wrapped the other one around her bare breast, and Cam forgot her own name.
Lex circled two fingers around her clit with a precision she sank into, and the muscular body bracing her, wrapped around her, was the stuff of her dirtiest daydreams. Her bare thighs pressed against Lex’s, and she squirmed at the sinful shudder that rippled through her when Lex increased the pressure.
“You keep grinding against me like that and I’m going to come again,” Lex breathed in her ear. She began to kiss along her neck, the sensations rolling throughout Cam’s entire body. When Lex’s teeth sank into her shoulder, Cam couldn’t keep back a guttural moan. Lex didn’t just caress, she possessed with every bite, every suck, every stroke.
Lex’s thumb grazed over her nipple at the same time Lex’s fingers wove lazy circles around her clit again and again and again. The sensations pushed her close to overload, and her legs draped over Lex’s as she thrust her ass back to grind harder against this gorgeous woman. Her core ached, and the memory of the fierce thrusts of Lex’s fingers the last time they’d fucked intensified the throb of her clit.
“I want to taste you when you come,” Lex purred in her ear, the husky voice ringing with a confidence and command that was uniquely her. “So that means this is gone,” she said, tugging Cam’s skirt and panties down her legs.
Cam lifted her hips with the motion, and the fabric hit the floor. When she rested onto Lex’s lap again, the woman sucked at her earlobe, causing her to shiver. Her soaked pussy rested on those bare thighs. “And we’ll do away with this, because you’ve got stunning tits.”
Cam had never been into dirty talk until she met Lex, because the moment that woman spoke, she wanted to spread her legs. Before she could blink, her shirt slipped up and over her head, joining the rest of her clothes on the floor. Lex grabbed her by the waist with a strength she couldn’t help but lose herself in, her nipples grazing her back. In a quick pivot, Lex flipped her onto her back. Cam lay pressed into the couch, and Lex hovered overtop of her, arms bracing on either side.
This was nothing like the under-the-clothes fuck they’d first had. She lay here bare to this woman, not only in skin. The time they’d spent together peeled back layer after layer until they’d gotten past each other’s defenses. This woman knew her like a timeworn melody, like the tick-tick-tick of a favorite music box.
When Lex leaned down to kiss her, each and every moment knit together into something stronger than she could’ve ever anticipated. Their lips brushed together, sinking into the familiar rhythm of their thousand and one make out sessions since this had begun. She smelled like clove, sweat, and smoke, and Cam was far gone, lost in a haze of lust, of want, of yearning.
Lex traveled down Cam’s body, lips whispering over neck and collarbone, until she reached her breasts. Her nipples formed stiff, sensitive peaks, tightening as Lex’s hot breath puffed against them. The moment her tongue darted out to lick the tips, Cam’s hips bucked up against Lex’s. The woman prowled over her, that muscular body keeping her pinned against the couch with a coiled strength she wanted to surrender to.
Her core throbbed to the point it drowned out her own heartbeat, a need that rolled through her like thunder. Lex continued to bite, suck, and caress her way down, squeezing her breasts even as she brought her kisses lower. Once Lex neared her hips, each touch warmed her skin like cinnamon. Lex’s hands, those clever fingers, glided along her curves until they settled around her thighs.
Cam’s legs spread on reflex, so desperate for the sensuous caress of Lex’s cruel lips, for the salvation her tongue would bring. Her throat bobbed, but her shoulders dug into the cushions as she lifted her hips in an offering.
Lex didn’t just take, she claimed.
Her fingers dug into the couch on either side of her as Lex’s hands slid around her ass to grip tight, and her mouth descended. Cam’s moans ripped out as Lex’s talented tongue slipped between her seam and flicked at her clit. Lex’s tight grip, the way she held her body like she owned it, had Cam surrendering. One glimpse of those hazel eyes glazed with desire, the sensuous lips that Cam had touched herself thinking about, and the sharp line of Lex’s jaw had her falling.
Lex’s tongue flicked at the swollen bud of her clit until the pleasure coursed through her veins, spreading all the way to her toes. Her mouth was precise and punishing, delivering a fury of sensation that caused a system restart on her brain. In Lex’s capable hands, she became mindless with pleasure, starved for the woman’s touch, for the electricity that flicker-flashed through her body.
Lex’s arms wrapped around her thighs, and she dragged Cam’s pussy to her mouth. Cam tilted her head back, digging into the couch. Her ragged breaths were shrapnel in the loaded air, and then Lex thrust her tongue inside her. Her thighs tightened at the force driving into her, and her heels burrowed into the cushion. She was one lit firework away from explosion, and Lex knew every last way to spark her fuse.
Lex rubbed at her clit even as she fucked her with her tongue, the stimulation bringing her closer and closer. Sweat beaded on her forehead, and her breath hitched in her throat. The bliss grew hotter, brighter, until she combusted. She tightened like a wrung towel only to spiral out so dizzyingly fast she closed her eyes and coasted out on the pulses.
Before she even came down from her orgasm, Lex’s mouth left her folds, and the woman glided up her body with a serpentine grace. Lex’s lips crushed over hers, stealing Cam’s ragged breaths in their wake. She let out a low moan, muffled by the insistent press of Lex’s lips as she devoured her.
Lex slipped two fingers between her soaked folds and glided them up with a smooth, liquidity Cam had never been able to forget. There was nothing awkward or fumbling about this woman. She had a sanguine strength to her, and the way she moved screamed precise control. Lex kissed her with a bruising strength, but Cam wanted it harder.
She wanted to feel that kiss for years after this ended, wanted it to imprint on her body, her mind, her soul. Cam wanted the connection this kiss offered more than her next breath.
Lex’s fingers glided in and out of her, filling up the ache inside and making her scorch. A drop of sweat tickled as it rolled down her neck, but Lex leaned in to lap it up before biting her shoulder again. Cam lifted her hips to greet Lex’s thrusts, needing to feel, feel, feel. This was more than a simple screw in a bathroom stall, this had become a damn awakening.
Lex’s thumb swirled around her sensitized clit, the needy bitch begging for another dose. Cam’s eyes rolled back in her head as her moans grew louder and louder.
“You feel so fucking perfect, babe,” Lex purred in her ear.
“Don’t stop,” she begged, unable to form a coherent sentence. “I need…”
“I know, sweetheart. I’ve got you,” Lex murmured against her mouth before she dove in for another kiss.
Cam’s lips were swollen, and her clit was ready to explode, but Lex continued driving her fingers inside her harder and harder until she felt like she floated. The tightness coiled in her core to the point of pain, and her breath snagged in her throat. She tasted copper on her lips from the fierce way they clashed together, and she felt Lex deep inside, imprinting on her in a way she’d never be able to forget.
The pressure mounted in her, building, building, building until she reached the precipice. Yet this wasn’t anything as tame as fireworks. Her orgasm crested over her with the raw force of a crack of lightning, the sensations blinding her senses, her entire body trembling with the bliss that soared through her. Cam took a shaky exhale even as her eyes remained closed a moment longer. Her pussy pulsed around Lex’s fingers, and the tremors radiated across her skin.
Lex’s kisses gentled, lips brushing against her cheeks and then her forehead with a sweetness that made Cam’s eyes prick with heat. Her eyes flickered open to see Lex looming over her like some wicked, sensual goddess. Her lips were fuller, a biteable pink from their fevered kisses, and her eyes glowed with a depth of emotion that reached right inside Cam’s chest and tugged.
“You’re breathtaking,” she murmured, her voice quieted in the wake of the furious storm of emotions and sensations raging through her. All this time she’d spent with Lex was the closest she’d come to feeling complete in a long, long while. She reached up and swiped her thumb across Lex’s cheek, enjoying how the woman nuzzled into the touch.
Lex glanced away, the air growing a little tenser. “I want you to stay,” she murmured, the deepening of her voice stroking across her heart like fingers to guitar strings. “Tonight,” she clarified, biting her lip. Cam’s chest clenched a little tighter at the addition, a reminder that this was temporary. That their candle would burn down until it extinguished. Lex’s gaze turned wicked. “Besides, I only made you come twice. I need at least three more from you before I’m satiated.”
“You’re ridiculous,” she responded. “I’m pretty sure if we try for a hat trick, I’ll die.”
Lex bumped her nose against Cam’s. “Okay, drama queen. Let’s test the theory.”
Lex’s lips caressed down her neck again, and she tilted her head back in surrender. If this sentenced her to damnation, then she’d lean back and enjoy the ride.