The devil

He freezes and my heart bottoms out. I don’t want to ruin everything like I did last time.

“Don’t stop,” I choke out. “I can take it, I swear.”

As if trying to prove my point, I clamp around him, trying to keep him inside me.

It doesn’t work though because he removes them. The loss guts me. Me and my stupid virginity have blown it for the second time.

Pretty ironic for someone an entire town refers to as a whore.

A tear falls down my cheek and that only makes everything worse. I am completely mortified. I just want to get through this barrier between us, but it seems like it’s never going to happen.

“I’m sor—”

The words stall in my throat when he gathers the hem of my dress and maneuvers it out of his way.

Then he drops to his knees.

My brows knit in confusion. I thought he was upset like last time. “What—”

He works his finger inside me again, much slower than before. A breath shudders out of me. This angle is deeper, and the new position steals my breath.

“Oh, God.” I’m so wet I can feel it pooling between my thighs. He pushes me forward, causing the fabric to bite into my wrists, but I don’t care, the pain only adds to my desire.

Red-hot pleasure slams into me when he parts my lips and spears me with his tongue.

“Cain—”

I yelp when he nips me before removing his mouth completely.

Tears prickle my eyes. I feel punished. Like he brought me to the highest of cliffs…only to push me off it.

“I’m sorry,” I croak.  My emotions have gone haywire and I don’t know which end is up anymore. He’s controlling every aspect of me. I’m starting to feel like a pet who is trying but failing miserably to please her owner. “I’m so sorry.”

Nerves bunch in my stomach when he spreads me wider. I’ve never felt so vulnerable before.

“Shhh,” he soothes, collecting my wetness on his thumb.

And just like that, my heart feels lighter. I’m basking in his warmth once more.

Until his thumb moves several inches and he presses a pearl to my puckered hole. I squirm, unsure what to make of the sensation. It feels amazing and scary at the same time.

My breathing hitches when he plants a kiss where the pearl is and his other hand comes around to cup my pussy.

Blood whooshes in my ears when he blows on the pearl and kisses me again.

And then he pauses.

I grow hot, my body sensing what he’s about to do next. It’s illicit and dirty and…

A guttural moan rips from my throat when his tongue replaces the pearl and his finger pumps inside my pussy. It’s so unexpected, so enjoyable, my brain scrambles. Unlike his slow torture from before, this is carnal. He’s eating me like the closet is the Sahara Desert and I’m the last drop of water that will ever touch his lips.

He groans, pushing his tongue in farther. God. He’s like a ravenous, filthy caveman with no limits or restrictions. Every part of my body is his for the taking and I love it.

With a snarl, he pinches my clit between two fingers and swirls the tip of his tongue inside my ass, causing little floaty things to form in front of my eyes.

There’s no way I’m going to last another minute with him doing this to me. My legs shake like trees in a hurricane. I can’t hold on. This is too much. It feels too good.

“Cain.” It’s the first and only word to leave my lips before a tremble starts from my toes and transcends, picking up speed along the way, like a boulder rolling downhill.

I’ve had orgasms before, but this one rocks my entire body from the inside out. It’s so extreme it’s almost frightening. It pulls me in fifty different directions, chipping away at my foundation until I finally shatter.

It’s so strong, it knocks the wind out of me. I don’t have the strength to stand on my own, it literally wipes me off my feet.

I go slack against the restraints, but Cain wraps his arm around my waist and holds me steady, like he has for the last four years.

“I love you.” I draw in a shaky breath. “I know that scares you and I know you don’t feel things the same way I do—but I need you to know my feelings for you are real. It’s not a crush, it’s not misplaced affection, and it’s not wrong.”

He stands, but I continue. I need him to know how serious I am.

“Talking to you on the temptation app is the best part of my day,” I whisper as he unties my wrists. “I’ve never been able to tell anyone the things I tell you and I never will.” I grab the bar when my hands are free, remembering what he said about not moving until I had his permission. “I know you’re worried about the election and you don’t think I have what it takes to do this, but I do. I’ll do anything in the world for you, Cain. I love—”

The sound of the door opening and closing cuts me off and I feel like a fool.

My heart twists when my phone vibrates a moment later. I pick it up with shaky fingers, petrified of what it will say.

Devil: Meet me on the dancefloor in five minutes.

And just like that, the organ in my chest takes flight. Cain was right…everything I wanted was here all along. All I had to do was reach out and take it.