Page 45 of Spark

KENDRICK

“ I thought they’d never leave,” I murmur as my hungry lips traverse the length of Ruby’s naked, spread thighs on my bed.

I’m the perfect kind of drunk and stoned.

Totally relaxed but also horny as hell—the kind of horny that makes me want to get adventurous and try something new with my little sex kitten.

“I don’t think everyone realizes six weeks isn’t all that long to get everything done in time,” Ruby says, running her hand through my hair. “Don’t forget, we not only need to write a song. It has to be amazing . And then, we need to?—”

I look up from between her legs. “Okay, you have to stop talking now, sweetheart. You’re hereby not allowed to think or talk about anything but what I’m doing to you.”

“One more thing, though. I’m worried I blew it by demanding that performance slot after Cooper. I thought it was a genius move at the time, but now?—”

“Babe.” I crawl up to her face and lay my forearms on either side of her head, my hard dick poking her belly. “It was a genius move, and we’ll come up with something amazing. It’s all gonna work out. ”

“You think?”

“Without a doubt.”

Her body softens underneath mine. “Okay. If you really think that, I’ll stop stressing about it.”

“I’m sure of it. When the time comes, we’re gonna kill it.”

Ruby puckers, and I lean down and kiss her.

“Get a condom,” she whispers. “I want you inside me.”

“I will, but I was thinking we’d try something new this time.”

She looks at me expectantly.

“Do you trust me, Ruby?”

Ruby narrows her eyes. “That’s a concerning question.”

I laugh. “Come on. Do you trust me?”

“You know I do. Why are you asking me this? What’s this thing you want to try?”

I grin. “A threesome.” When Ruby’s eyebrows ride up to her hairline, I add, “With Bruno.”

Ruby swats at my shoulder and giggles. “I thought you meant for real.”

I smirk. “Hell no. I’m not sharing you with anyone.”

Her chest heaves underneath me.

“So, what do you think? Can I use Bruno on you?”

“I mean, sure. But kind of the whole point of all this ‘sex therapy’ for me is that I finally don’t need him, you know? Honestly, I’m kind of enjoying?—”

“I’m not talking about using him to get you off because I can’t do it. I want to use him to help me do something I can’t do on my own, so I can give you an orgasm that makes you not only see God, but he’ll high-five you.”

Ruby giggles. “You’ve already given me orgasms like that. Multiple times.”

“Not like this, babe.”

She flashes me a side-eye, her expression suggesting she’s now got an inkling of where this is headed .

“DP, baby,” I confirm. “Double penetration.”

Ruby makes an adorable expression. One I’d caption, “You want to stick what where?”

I laugh. “Yes? No? Maybe? You have questions?”

“I’ve never done that before.”

“I figured. Are you curious, though?”

“Would it hurt?”

“Not at all, as long as I’m gentle, which I will be. And the second you want me to stop anything, you know I will. Just say the word, and it stops.”

Ruby snickers. “You mean, like, we’ll agree on a safe word?”

“If you want. I was thinking we’d keep it simple and you’d just tell me to stop, but, okay, whatever floats your boat, baby.”

She cackles. Clearly, she’s warming to the idea.

I stroke her cheek with my thumb. “No pressure. This is your sex therapy, not mine. I don’t want to talk you into anything. I want an enthusiastic yes for everything we do.”

Ruby ponders that.

“Everything we do is all about you,” I continue. “I’m happy and horny, as long as my body gets to touch yours in any way.”

“Thank you.” She puckers again, so I lean down and give her a peck. When my lips release hers, she says, “Okay, let’s do it. Double-stuff me like an Oreo, baby. I trust you completely.”

My breathing hitches with excitement. “You’re sure?”

“Fuck yes.”

Anticipation vibrates through me. “Is Bruno ready to report for duty?”

She nods. “He’s charged, clean, and ready.”

“And you’re sure you’re ready?”

“Fuck yes.”

I exhale. “Okay if I handcuff your wrists and ankles, so you’re completely at my mercy? I think it will add to the fun. ”

Ruby flushes a bright shade of crimson. But her blush doesn’t come across as a sign of hesitancy. More as a sign of pure excitement. It’s an assumption confirmed when she grabs my ass with gusto and says, “My darling, after seeing those cuffs in your nightstand, I thought you’d never ask.”

Ruby’s tied to my bed now, her spread limbs forming the shape of an “X.”

Her nipples are hard, her skin covered in goosebumps of anticipation.

I’ve got my lieutenant, Bruno, at the ready, right next to a bottle of lube.

I’m so turned on, I’m panting.

I crawl between Ruby’s spread legs and begin licking and lapping at her hard bud, fucking her with my fingers, worshiping every inch of her with my lips, tongue, and hands; when I spend some focused time on her most intimate nerve endings, her moans and gyrations quickly make it clear she’s more than ready for her first double date.

My cock covered and hard as a rock, I slather my wingman with lube and bring it to her ass crack, at which point she shudders and moans. It’s a good sign. That wasn’t a sound of fear or anxiety. That was a sound of extreme arousal.

“Breathe, baby,” I whisper softly. “Take a nice, deep breath for me.” This thing won’t fit all the way inside her.

No way. Not without some slow and steady prep over time.

But that doesn’t matter. As long as she feels the sensation of penetration in a place that makes her feel naughty and wild, like she’s doing something forbidden or taboo, that dildo in her ass, no matter how far it goes, will take her somewhere supernatural once I get inside her, too.

After guiding Ruby through three deep, slow breaths, I slide the tip of the toy inside her, gently, provoking a moan and shudder that sends electrical impulses down my cock and into my balls.

“All good?” I choke out.

“Yes.”

“I’m gonna take it a touch deeper. Yes?”

“Yes.”

“Breathe for me again.”

Ruby complies, and I slide the toy deeper inside her, enough to make her purr with excitement.

I put some lube on my free hand and touch her clit, and she strains against all four restraints at once.

“Still good?” I ask, as I work her clit slowly, in languid circles.

“Oh god, I think I’m gonna come like this.”

“That’s good. Don’t hold back. Come, if you want. There’s more where that came from.”

Ruby whimpers and bucks again, and I stay the course, loving every minute of her obvious excitement.

“I’m gonna turn it on low now,” I say softly. “Yes?”

“Yes,” she chokes out. “Yes, yes.”

I flip the switch, provoking a guttural groan from Ruby that makes my cock jolt in reply, and not ten seconds later, Ruby moans and releases an orgasm that makes her entire body shake and shudder against the cuffs.

Holy shit. That seemed like a good one. Bruno is doing his part beyond my wildest expectations.

“Training wheels off,” I say with a smile. “You’re riding like a big girl now, baby.”

“Oh my god, Kendrick,” she gasps out. “Do it now. Fuck me hard. Double-fuck me. Do whatever you want to me. I trust you.”

Practically quaking with all the adrenaline and excitement coursing through me, I push on the vibrating dildo a touch more, ever so gently, and Ruby turns into a feral animal on me.

“More vibration? Yes?”

“Yesss,” she hisses. “Give me all the vibration.”

“Baby steps, baby.” I love calling her baby. It’s my favorite thing. During sex itself is the only time the word feels casual enough for a supposed fling, though, so I force myself not to slip up and use it any other time.

“I want you inside me,” Ruby rasps out. “I want to feel completely filled up.”

“Patience.” I honestly don’t know where I’m getting this shit. I’ve never done this before, either. But Ruby doesn’t need to know that.

I continue working her clit with my thumb, round and round, while working her G-spot with my fingers inside her and keeping Bruno in place with my free hand.

All I’m trying to do is get her to the bitter edge, so she comes when I fuck her.

But to my thrill, she comes again. And this time, holy shit, she squirts all over my hand inside her.

“Kendrick,” she gasps out. “Help me. Fuck me. Save me.”

I laugh. She’s sweaty. Glistening with it. Flushed, too. And it’s plain to see she’s no longer here, in her usual form. Her brain is off; her body is now in complete control. And by God, her body wants one thing, like her lungs need air to breathe.

I slide my fingers into my mouth to taste the liquid sweetness that squirted out of Ruby a moment ago, but when that taste of pure heaven shoves me dangerously close to the edge, I force myself to ignore my trophy for now so I won’t let her down again like I did in Reed’s laundry room.

After taking several deep breaths to get myself under control, I push the dildo in again, if only slightly.

And I’ll be damned, Ruby’s turned-on body receives Bruno’s latest entreaty like welcoming an old friend.

The vibrating toy is now in position to stay put inside her while I fuck her. And now that we’ve reached this milestone, I can’t wait another second, another breath, another heartbeat.

“I’m gonna fuck you now,” I gasp out, my voice strained and desperate. “Yes?”

“Yes. Fuck yes. Yes, yes, yes.”

Shaking, spasming, trembling with anticipation and greed, I crawl on top of her splayed body, find my target with my fingers, and slowly sink myself inside her extra-tight wetness.

Thanks to Bruno, she’s throttling me as I enter her, practically strangling my dick, the deeper I get. And it feels so fucking good.

Ruby’s been moaning and groaning since my tip entered her.

But once I’m all the way in, and she feels the sensation of her body being completely filled up in a whole new way, her body language makes it clear she’s in downright ecstasy.

Euphoric. Enraptured. And that’s even before I’ve started fucking her.

When I start moving in and out of her, carefully, while concentrating hard on not coming through every stroke, Ruby lets out a growl that’s so unhinged and hot, so utterly wild and untethered, my aching balls tighten against my body in response, preparing to unleash their load.

“ Kendrick ,” Ruby gasps out. “Kendrick. Kendrick .” At least ten times, Ruby says my name, with each pronunciation becoming more and more ragged and frantic, until finally, she groans one final, frenzied time and comes so hard, warm fluid gushes out of her and around my cock.

She came like this earlier, yes, but this time, she’s a dam breaking.

A rushing river carving a new path. Emotionally.

Physically. Metaphorically. In every way, she’s breaking free, like she’s crossed into some new dimension of pleasure.

Either that, or that was some amazing weed, and I’m going to buy only that particular strain for the rest of my goddamned life.

Not surprisingly, I can’t hang on through her cataclysmic orgasm.

Frankly, it’s a miracle I’ve lasted this long.

As I release, my entire body jolts and flops; my vision blurs and fills with stars.

I’ve done to myself what I promised to Ruby earlier: I’ve taken myself to a whole new place.

One where I’m not only seeing God, I’m getting a high-five from him.

No, a kiss. A medal of honor. The answers to all the mysteries of the universe.

But since all good things must come to an end, my ecstasy doesn’t last forever, and neither does Ruby’s.

When we’re both finally still and quiet, other than our ragged, fitful breathing, I pull myself and Bruno out of her, crawl between her legs, and lick and suckle every drop of sweet fluid off her while she hums and coos and rambles incoherently about how amazing that felt. How supernatural and glorious.

“You’re a superhero, Kendrick,” she purrs, as I move from limb to limb, untying her. “A magician. A wizard. No, a god .”

Once she’s free, I lie down next to her, chuckling at her effusiveness, and pull her to me. For a long moment, I hold her without speaking, and she nuzzles into me like a kitten kneading a blanket.

“I had no idea any of that was possible for me,” she finally whispers. “Thank you, Kendrick. Thank you for taking me there and showing me what I can do. I’ll never be the same again.”

Neither will I, I think. But for different reasons. For me, this experience was transformative, too. But not necessarily in a good way, if this plan of mine to make Ruby fall in love with me doesn’t pan out in the end. Before now, my love for her was undeniable. My lust for her, too.

But now I know a startling truth: if Ruby doesn’t catch feelings for me by the end of this fling, if Ruby decides she meant every word she said about going back to normal, or, worse, if she gives a relationship with me a whirl, like she did with Cooper, and quickly decides that was a huge mistake, that we’re better off as friends, I’ll never recover.

Never be able to enjoy sex with anyone else, ever again.

Never fall in love. Never get married. Never have babies.

Because she’s ruined me. Without Ruby, I might as well be a eunuch.

I close my eyes, banishing my worst-case scenario thoughts.

If Savage were here, he’d slap me. Well, right after high-fiving me for what I just did to Ruby.

But then, yes, he’d slap me and tell me to stop spiraling and stop making failure an option.

“There’s only one option now,” he’d say.

“You’re going to do whatever the fuck it takes to get her, KC.

And that’s that. Nothing’s off-limits now.

No holds barred. You’re gonna go after this woman, without her realizing it, like your very life depends on it. ”

Ever since my football injury, I’ve been prone to worst-case scenario thinking.

To imagining what I’d do if this or that dream doesn’t come true.

And Savage is always the one who shakes me out of it and keeps the dream alive.

Kai, too, actually. But this time, I don’t need them to shake off the ghosts of my past. This time, in the blink of an eye, I’m able to shake them off myself and get laser-focused and battle-ready.

“Kendrick?” Ruby whispers. “Are you okay?”

I swallow hard. “Yeah, I’m great. I think that melted my brain.”

Ruby giggles. “Mine, too. Also, my ovaries.”

I tip her face up by her chin and peck her gently. “I’m sorry your place is taking so long to get fixed. But I’m not sorry it means you’re staying with me longer than originally planned. I’m having so much fun with you.”

Her face lights up. “I’m having so much fun with you, too.”

I love you, Ruby. I love you, I love you, I love you. The words are on the tip of my tongue. Bursting to be set free. But the plan is going too well to blow it now. So, I simply smile, kiss her again, and pull her close.