Chapter 24

Chapter Twenty-Four

Sophie

I was pissed. I understood why she left, but that didn’t mean I was happy about it. She was holding back from me and I didn’t like it. I wanted to kiss her. She wanted to kiss me. The only thing in our way was her and I guess I’d had enough with Reid pulling away.

Just knocking on her door wasn’t enough because she could ignore me. Or yell at me to go away. It was late, too, and I didn’t want to bother the neighbors, which is how I got the idea to get out my wand vibrator and make some noise that I knew she’d hear.

I wasn’t actually masturbating, but I was completely turned on and ready if she decided to ignore me. Tonight I was getting off.

With one ear pressed up against the wall, I listened for her to pound on the wall.

Nothing.

I increased the speed on the vibrator and made my moans louder. Could she tell I was faking?

Silence next door. I was about to up the ante when someone knocked on my front door. Fear and excitement exploded in my stomach and I wondered if I’d gone too far.

Being bold wasn’t my thing, but I’d gotten tired of doing nothing. Of not having what I wanted.

And I wanted Reid.

I turned off the vibrator but brought it with me to the door.

“Can I help you?” I asked, locking eyes with an irritated Reid. Her hair was damp, and she wore only a long T-shirt and a pair of shorts underneath. No bra.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” she asked as I backed into my apartment. She followed me, shutting the door behind her and locking it.

Oh. Shit .

Reid was mad. I’d never seen that look on her face.

“I’m sorry! I was just—” I stopped talking when she reached me.

“You were just making noise to get me to come over here?” she asked, her breaths coming in rapid pants.

“Yes?” I squeaked.

Reid took the vibrator from me. “You know they make quieter ones, right?”

I licked my suddenly dry lips. “I know. But I like this one.”

Reid had me trapped. I was utterly at her mercy in a way that I’d never been before. Blood pounded in my ears and my heart and my clit and I was so turned on that my legs started to shake.

Reid shut her eyes and inhaled.

“Fuck,” she said under her breath before she opened her eyes and kissed me.

She swallowed the little sound of surprise I tried to let out before I melted into her and gave myself over to the kiss. This one was different than the others. Aggressive and almost angry. Like she’d been holding back and now she’d had enough so she was giving me everything.

She could. Give it to me. I’d take it. I’d take it and hold it and cherish it and adore it.

Reid thought she was damaged and mean and bitter, and she was all those things, but she wasn’t only those things. She was so much more than that.

I whimpered and felt her smile in satisfaction.

“You are a tease,” she said, pulling back just a little. I followed her mouth, trying to pull it back so we could keep kissing.

Reid clamped her teeth down on my bottom lip and stroked her tongue along it, making me dizzy and hot and fluttery.

The vibrator had clattered to the floor when she’d kissed me, so she leaned down to pick it up.

She held it out to me, and I took it.

“Show me,” she said.

“Show you?” I asked, blinking.

“Show me how you use this,” she said, and I couldn’t stop the loud moan that came out of me when I understood what she was asking.

“You want me to show you?” My voice was so unsteady I was barely coherent.

“I shouldn’t,” Reid said, shaking her head. “I shouldn’t cross this line with you.”

Instead of arguing with her, I reached out to take her hand and tugged her in the direction of my bedroom. She resisted for a second and then she followed me.

What the fuck was I doing, holy shit. Reid was in my bedroom and I had my vibrator in my hand, and she was going to watch me use it.

Was I really doing this?

Reid paused in the doorway and looked around my room.

“Get on the bed,” she said, and I gasped.

Holy shit. That tone in her voice? That tone could get me to do anything.

She stepped closer as I scrambled onto my bed.

“Do you want to get under the covers?” she asked, and it took a second to process what she was saying.

If I wanted to do this, but keep covered up, that was okay.

Oh.

I’d never been naked with someone before. I definitely wasn’t ready for that, but before I could second-guess myself, I pulled my shirt over my head. I wasn’t wearing a bra underneath.

Reid’s pupils dilated as she stared at me.

“Fuck,” she said on an exhale. “You’re absolutely perfect.”

“Thank you,” I said. “I’m not… I don’t think I can take off everything.”

She met my eyes and nodded. “Whatever you’re comfortable with, Sophie.”

Those words soothed me as I got under the blankets and pulled down my shorts.

Just knowing I was naked with her in the room was making me so ready and so wet even if there were blankets between us.

Reid took another step closer until she was right beside the bed.

“Sit with me,” I said.

“You sure?” she asked.

I nodded.

Settling on the bed, she moved until she was between my spread feet. Close, but not too close.

“Show me,” she said again when I hesitated.

Her nipples poked through her shirt and I could see that she was turned on too.

This was one of the most erotic moments of my entire life and I hadn’t even done much beyond taking off my clothes.

“Sophie,” she said. “Show me what you do with that. Show me what you do to make those sounds.”

Oh hell.

I bit my lip and started stroking my nipples with one hand as the other reached for the vibrator.

“Turn it on, Sophie.” Her voice was low and had that edge of command that hit at something deep inside me. Like I was an instrument and she’d plucked a string I’d been unaware of.

I turned the wand onto the lowest setting, the sound muffled a little bit by the blankets.

It wasn’t easy to do this with her watching. I had to remember my normal routine of teasing before I went in for more contact.

“Ohhhh,” I moaned when I floated the vibrator down my stomach. It wasn’t going to take much to get me there. I was already so close.

“When you get close, I want you to tell me, if you can.”

I nodded even though I didn’t know if that was something I could do. This was an entirely new experience for me, and I didn’t know the rules.

But that made it exciting. Kicked my desire up a notch to where I was almost losing my mind.

Moving the vibrator, I had to be careful to not detonate my orgasm too quickly. It wouldn’t take much.

“I’m close,” I told her as I pressed the vibrator on the side of my clit with light pressure. The wand was cumbersome to maneuver, but I was doing my best. I’d had many hours of practice.

“How close?” Reid asked, her eyes never leaving my face.

“Oh god, so close,” I said, making another pass on the other side of my clit, my climax sparkling just barely out of reach.

“Turn it off,” she said, and my eyes flew wide. “Turn it off, Sophie.”

My mouth popped open, but I complied, letting out a whimper of frustration.

“Why?” I asked.

Reid treated me to a wicked smile. “You teased me. Now I’m going to tease you back. You going to back out?”

If I wanted to, I could turn the wand back on and get myself off. Or I could tell her to get the fuck out of my bedroom.

I didn’t want to do either of those things. I wanted her to watch me. I wanted her to talk me through this. To tell me what to do.

“No. I’m not going to back out,” I said.

Reid nodded, still smiling. “Good girl.”

Another breathy noise left my mouth. Oh, that was something I liked hearing.

“I haven’t been hearing you use that thing lately,” she said to me as I shook with need and wondered if I should start begging her to let me turn the vibrator back on.

“I’ve been using it when you were at work,” I admitted. “I didn’t want you to hear me.”

Reid closed her eyes and groaned.

“I didn’t want to ruin things between us. And I was embarrassed.”

Her eyes opened and she met my eyes. Hers were warm and golden.

“You shouldn’t have been embarrassed. And I’ve been listening for you. Couldn’t stop thinking about those sounds you’d made. I’d barely been able to hear them over the sound of that thing, but still.”

I giggled and bit my bottom lip.

“What have I told you about doing that?” she asked. I let go of my lip.

“Sorry.”

“Next time you want to bite that lip, you tell me, and I’ll do it for you.”

“That’s one of the sexiest things I’ve ever heard,” I said.

Reid chuckled. “You can turn the wand back on and use it. But put it on the next highest setting and tell me when you’re close.”

I hesitated. “Are you going to let me come this time?” How was I naked and laying in my bed and discussing getting myself off with Reid Hayward? How was any of this happening?

“I’m going to let you come. Don’t worry about that. Just consider this another lesson.”

That sounded ominous.

“What kind of lesson?”

Reid gently stroked my foot and I felt it even though the layers of blankets and sheets.

“Giving up a little bit of control and then getting rewarded.”

Oh .