little strength he had, Gianni lifted her up and tasted his flavor on her lips.
Then he picked her up and lowered her into the warm water, before dipping down beside her. He held her between his legs, with her back to his chest, and she reached up to touch his cheek. Gianni had thought he was in control.
He had been sure he was in control. He had been. But it had slipped from his grasp as the woman he craved had taken him. She had devoured him. The feel of her lips on his cock was a memory he wouldn’t soon forget. Nor was the way she had sucked him dry. Or how she’d looked at him afterwards.
The world had shifted, and he hadn’t seen it coming. Wasn’t that always the way? Gianni couldn’t have put it into words, and he didn’t know what to say to Leah. So he just held her, and closed his eyes. He realized she had affected him in a new way, leaving him unsure about where he was headed. And Gianni didn’t like that feeling.
The warm water lapped against them when he shifted. But he had to look into her eyes, wanted desperately to see. See what? He wasn’t sure. Gianni bent her head back, and drank in the look of desire she gave him.
Then he kissed her tenderly. There seemed to be no limit to what he wanted to do with Leah, or the pleasure he could show her. The look in her eyes had confirmed that she wanted it too, and that knowledge had stirred his arousal once again.
Chapter 11
Leah woke up the next morning to a quiet hotel room. She was exhausted from the night before, but in a good way. Her first thoughts were of Gianni, and she reached out for him. But the bed was empty.
She didn’t know what time it was. The heavy drapes were drawn and it was dark, although she knew it had to be later in the morning. Until well past midnight, Leah had been in Gianni’s arms, with him caring for her after a scene that had pushed her beyond anything she had done before.
Rolling onto her back, Leah stretched out, feeling a bit sore. It was a good feeling, and reminded her of what she’d shared with the man she craved. And she did crave him more each time she was with him. Where it would lead, she wasn’t sure.
She bent her knees and put one arm over her forehead, still trying to wake up. The evening she’d experienced was both amazing and unsettling. It had been everything she had needed for so long. But then, pretending it would happen and having the real thing were not the same.
Some of the things Gianni asked of her were shocking at first, but then she realized she’d played them out in her imagination before. Not exactly how he did it, and certainly not everything. But enough of it.
She had known for a while that she needed a man to take control, to command her sexually and possess her. There would have been no way to voice that. But Gianni seemed to know without any explaining.
There were times when inhibition threatened to take over, but he gave her the confidence to try. So far it had been good for them both. Or so she thought. There was no way to know if she gave Gianni what he wanted, so he wouldn’t feel the need to seek it elsewhere.
The sexual experiences were new to Leah. For so long, she had dreamed of experiences she had not had. And imagined scenes that had not happened. Now they were beginning to, and self-doubt crept into her consciousness.
Was she different from other women? Or did they all feel and imagine what she did? Leah couldn’t help feeling she lived on the fringes of propriety. But then, nobody would really know. She still looked like she had before, and still lived the same life.
Except when she was alone with Gianni. Then everything was different. Better. It was what she wanted. He had told her that her feelings were natural, but Leah wasn’t sure she believed him. And when he had spanked her, the deep emotion she felt had shaken her.
The fact that she wanted it so badly, and enjoyed it so thoroughly, crumbled her from the inside. It made her worry that she was getting