Chapter 5

I watchedin fascination as Duke loaded my dishwasher after dinner. “You don’t have to do that.”

“You cook. I clean.” It was such simple logic, but it still tickled me he had a fairness doctrine about something most people didn’t think twice about. He looked damn good doing it, with his charcoal Henley shirtsleeves pushed up, revealing his massive forearms that got me all hot and bothered.

When he finished and dried his hands off on a towel, I stood up to hug him. “It’s nice to know you’re great at taking care of more than just my sexual needs.”

“I take care of my people,” he said in a gruff voice, even as his arms encircled me with gentleness. “I’ll do anything for them.”

“Why don’t you come take care of the rest of my needs, then?” I tugged him down for a teasing kiss.

He effortlessly picked me up, allowing me to wrap my legs around his waist as I held on. It was an arousing display of strength as he walked us over to my bed, where he laid me on my back.

Instead of tearing off my clothes, he slowly stripped me bare. After casting off his own outfit, he covered my body with his massive one as he kissed me with a passionate need that I gladly gave myself over to.

Our lust the previous night had prevented me from enjoying his foreplay when he had been torturing me as payback for defying him. But now that he had satisfied my craving, I was free to enjoy his gentleness as he explored my body with his lips, tongue, and fingertips. He touched me all over, getting me worked up into a frenzied need.

Eventually, his slicked fingers pressed into me. I squirmed with impatience from needing his enormous dick inside me. But he took his time prepping me, and nothing I did would speed him up.

When I was about to protest, he silenced me by giving me a sinful blow job. His mouth was capable of wicked pleasures as he teased me open. Every bob of his head sent me soaring higher. I threaded my fingers through his dark hair to hold on for the ride.

His challenging blue gaze spiked my arousal as he worked my length with a teasing gleam in his eyes. I tilted my head back when his tongue did something naughty that drew a moan from me as he toyed with the tip of my cock before taking me deep into his throat. When he repeated the action while pressing on that spot inside me that made my toes curl, I came with a soft cry.

Duke swallowed my release, then wiped the corner of his mouth with his thumb in a way that sent my sex drive into a higher gear. I waited until he withdrew his fingers from within me to put on a condom before making my move.

The shocked expression on his face when he ended up flat on his back, with me on top of him, made me laugh. I slid onto his sheathed cock with a satisfied moan. “Bet you weren’t expecting that, were you?”

“Not at all.” His hands sought my ass and helped guide me to take more of him. “How’d you pull off that trick?”

“Roughhousing with two siblings who were significantly bigger than me.” I sighed when I bottomed out, enjoying the sense of fullness he gave me. “It taught me how to use their size against them.”

“You’re always full of surprises, Duchess.” He looked up at me with awe, which made my ego purr. “There’ll never be a dull moment with you, will there?”

“Never.” I punctuated my promise by moving my hips. While I had been enjoying his gentle worship, I ached for something harder. I moved with a purpose, building up to a satisfying rhythm. He met me on every downward bounce, making me moan as I rocked on top of him. Our bodies fit together so perfectly, like my smaller one was made for his. Each thrust sent fireworks shooting up my spine to explode within me.

I shifted forward, bracing myself on Duke’s firm abs. It turned me on to feel them bunching under my touch with every flex of his muscles. The angle gave me a glimmer of what I was after, so I picked up the pace as I chased the sensations. I got increasingly vocal as I rode him hard and fast, working up a sweat.

His hands caressed me everywhere as I continued going to town on him. It was good, but I wasn’t quite getting what I was after. “I need more,” I groaned as my body moved in search of ecstasy.

It came as a shock to end up on my back again, with Duke pinning me to the bed. Before I could fuss at him for stealing my agency, he began thrusting into me so hard and fast that it took my breath away as I gasped. I saw stars from the way he was targeting my pleasure points. My arousal returned tenfold as he gave me what I craved.

All I could do was wrap my arms and legs around him as I clung to him. My nails dug into his skin as all my muscles tensed. I hid my face against his neck with a whimper as my thighs squeezed him tighter. Somehow, he was giving me the pounding I was dying for, while there was still something gentle about his actions that said he cared about me.

“That’s it, Duchess. Let me hear you,” he purred, leaving me no choice but to obey.

I arched my back to press closer to him as I moaned. He drew all kinds of sounds from me as he canted my hips and hit even deeper. I couldn’t remember how to breathe or think because it felt so good. Everything narrowed down to the points of contact between us as Duke and our pleasure became my entire world.

“I’m so close,” I whimpered, knowing it wouldn’t take much more. I keened low in my throat as my muscles tightened in anticipation of the orgasm building up within me like a giant tidal wave about to crash into me. “Please, Duke!”

All it took was a few tugs on my cock for me to explode with a soft shout. My cum splattered almost halfway up to my chest from the intensity of my release.

I didn’t expect him to push in all the way before claiming my lips in a passionate kiss as he climaxed with a shudder. We’d have to get tested later so I could enjoy that sensation without the condom filtering it.

As his kiss turned tender, I realized I had already lost my heart to Duke when I experienced the first stirrings of love for him. Our relationship may have escalated quickly, but as I lost myself in his gentle affection, I knew beyond a doubt that I had chosen wisely. He was the man I’d love forever who would worship and adore me for the rest of my life. How could I ask for anything more than that?