Ah, hell, now I have to lie to her again
. He scrambled for an answer that would satisfy her. “Um, I guess I wanted more. I didn’t want to keep taking from the women knowing I wasn’t interested in a real relationship. It seemed so dishonest.”
She raised her eyebrows at his comment. “And this worried you?”
He nodded, but kept his mouth shut.
Don’t volunteer any extra information, dummy. Otherwise, it will come back and bite me on the butt
.
“Then why come on to me when I first arrived?”
He hung his head, trying for an innocent, pathetic look. “I didn’t want you to think I was a loser,” he mumbled.
“
Enough!
”
Jedd jerked when Mina screamed at him. The look on her face was lethal. Ah crap, surely she didn’t kn—
Ah, yeah, she did. The flash of anger that stained her cheeks with crimson and the dark glitter of her eyes told him as clearly as if she’d spoken the words.
He jumped to his feet. “Now, look, Mina I—”
She cut him off with a slash of her hand. “Did you enjoy making a fool of me, Jedd?”
“It wasn’t like that. I was just following orders.”
She snorted. “Yep, Aunt Luce’s orders, because she thinks I need lessons in how to be a woman.”
He tried to take her hand, but she slapped out at him. “Your aunt meant well. She was concerned. She wants you to be happy.”
“And I need a man to make me happy?” She held up a hand when he opened his mouth to speak. “I do very well on my own, thank you very much.”
“I’m sorry. I truly am. But when Lucifer wants something done, a smart demon learns to jump.”
She balled up one fist and let him have it, catching him on the top of his arm. “I can’t believe you went along with Aunt Luce’s crazy scheme. It’s humiliating. Why the hell didn’t you stand up to her?”
Jedd could feel his own anger rising. He tried to quash it because, damn it, she was right. He should never have agreed to do this, even if it was Lucifer, Lord of Hell, issuing the orders.
“So why didn’t you, Jedd? Why do you always do what Lucifer wants, even if you know it’s wrong? Damn it, why don’t you just grow a pair and be a man.”
Mina gasped. She couldn’t believe what had just come out of her mouth. “Oh hell, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that. It was mean and tacky.”
Jedd’s face looked like a thundercloud. His eyebrows were pulled down, his eyes hooded. His mouth, a thin slash in his face, was tightly compressed. On each cheek rode a spot of brilliant red. The clenched fists at his sides and the manner in which he held his body completed the picture of a highly incensed male.
“You want me to act like a man?” he ground out, his voice sharp enough to cut through the trepidation that filled Mina’s gut.
“Maybe I should just do what I’ve wanted to do from the moment I first saw you.” He strode over to her, grasped her by the shoulders and pulled her close. “Is this being man enough for you, Araminta?”
Without giving her a chance to react, he slammed his mouth down on hers, effectively stifling any comment she might have made. Truth was, she was incapable of saying anything. All she could do was focus on the feel of his lips against hers, the heat that invaded her body when she braced her hands on his chest.
What started in anger slipped over into a gentle caress, Jedd’s mouth softening, his tongue stroking across the dampness of her lips and probing for entrance. She gave him what he wanted—what
she
wanted—and let him in.
His tongue touched the tip of hers and drew her into the kiss. Mina moaned, the sound breathy and needy. She slid her hands up around his neck, feathering them through his hair. Silky soft. An enticing glide against her palms. Then Jedd increased the pressure. His tongue tangled with hers then retreated, only to thrust forward again. She followed, invading his mouth and tasting his heady warmth.
Mina couldn’t get enough of him, of his taste, the feel of his mouth on hers. She’d wanted this for so long. Hunger speared through her gut. Her hands trembled as she clutched him tighter. Her blood took fire and raced through her veins, torching nerve endings along the way. Pray God—or the devil!—that he didn’t stop.
She angled her head to give him greater access, whimpering when he released her lips and trailed little butterfly kisses down her throat. Slowly, so slow that she hadn’t realized it had happened, he edged her backwards until her back rested against the wall. Then he pulled her hands from around his neck and placed them down by her side. It felt like her heart stuttered, missing a beat before it started to race.
Oh no, not yet.
He tilted his lips in a slight smile. He rested his hands on her shoulders and oh-so slowly slid down the thin straps of her dress, all the while keeping his gaze fixed on her face. When she didn’t object, he moved the straps down farther until the dress caught on her breasts, her nipples the only thing keeping the garment in place. Then he lowered his head and ran the tip of his tongue across her chest, nudging at the fabric.
She shrugged and her breasts gave up their gift and the material slithered down her arms to settle about her hips. Jedd took her hands and, clasping them both in one large palm, raised them above her head, pressing them against the wall. The he swooped, his mouth covering her hard nipple. Mina gasped as he flicked his tongue over the pebbled tip before drawing her nipple deeper into his mouth and sucking.
Mina’s breath was a series of harsh pants. Her heart pounded so hard it was a wonder it didn’t jump out of her chest. Any minute now and she’d explode into flames. Jedd worked her nipple and she felt the pull deep inside her. Her clit throbbed and moisture drenched her core. She moved her hips, jerking and thrusting forward, but he denied her contact, sliding across to her other nipple. Hell, she couldn’t stand much more of this if it didn’t go any further.
“Do something,” she managed to yelp.
He lifted his head and chuckled. “Oh? Something like this?”
He released her hands and her nipple, then slid down her torso. Pain-pleasure nips on the skin under her breasts had her whimpering. He licked across every love bite, letting her feel the roughness of his tongue as he trailed lower. When he reached her hips, he nudged the dress out of the way, watching as it pooled around her feet.
One ankle at a time, he lifted her feet until she was free of it. Then he tossed it over his shoulder and went to work on her panties. He took the lace waistband in his teeth and pulled them down, dealing with them in the same method he had her only other piece of clothing.
“Ah, pretty pussy,” he purred slanting a glance up at her. “That is the most erotic thing I’ve seen for a long like. Long slender legs clad in fuck-me high heels and above that, those sexy lips just waiting for me to part them.”
Mina’s legs shook so badly she thought she’d end up in a heap on the floor in front of Jedd. He nudged her legs farther apart, leaned forward and blew a warm gust of air across her throbbing pussy. Goosebumps broke out on her arms and tension tightened the muscles of her stomach. Her breath sobbed out in harsh pants that echoed throughout the room.
“I’m going to eat you out. Make you come until you scream out my name until I taste your cream on my tongue. Then I’m going to start all over again. You ready, Mina?” He grasped her hips and lowered his head, taking one long swipe with his tongue along the length of her core.
He put action to words and spread her lips, fitting his mouth over her pussy. He flicked his tongue at her clit and Mina yelped in reaction. The warmth inside burst into a conflagration and wildfire raced through her blood. With the tip of his tongue, he probed at her entrance—inserted his tongue inside then retreated, forcing Mina to follow with a thrust of her hips.
She panted. She squirmed. She cried out every time he withdrew. She rolled her head from side to side on the wall behind her as the tension inside wound tighter. And when he thrust his tongue deep and swept it along the inner surface of her pussy, she buried her hands in his hair and held his head close, jerking her hips in concert with the movement of his mouth.
The muscles in her belly clenched, her thighs quivered. Breath erupted from her lips in harsh sobs. Tension escalated, coiling tight like an overwound spring. Then she lost the ability to breathe at all when Jedd withdrew his tongue from her pussy and took her clit between his teeth. A gentle pressure and a hard sucking and Mina shattered.
Spasms ripped through her, radiating out from her core until her whole body became caught up in the emotional storm. Sensation overrode normal thinking. She shook. She cried. She screamed Jedd’s name, an erotic benediction of completion to accompany her climax.
Jedd continued to work on her pussy, lapping and sucking, bathing her in warmth, until the convulsions in her core gentled and Mina sagged against the wall. Then, after pressing a kiss on her lower stomach, he stood and leaned into her. Chest to breast, his weight kept her from melting into a satisfied puddle on the carpet.
“Lucifer’s balls,” she managed to whisper.
Jedd chuckled. “Let Lucifer look after her own balls. I’m more worried about
my
balls.”
He kissed her and Mina tasted herself on his lips. The physical evidence of her total capitulation on her tongue was erotic and fed something inside her. She’d thought she was satiated, but suddenly her libido roared to life again. Wrapping her arms around Jedd’s neck, she took over the kiss, increasing the pressure and thrusting her tongue into his mouth in a dance designed to tempt him.
It didn’t take much. Jedd angled his hips, the hard ridge of his erection pressing against her. Mina moaned and went up on tiptoe, desperate to have his cock between her thighs. Dear hell, she wanted him so badly—needed him to fill her, make her feel whole. It seemed as if she’d waited for this moment the whole of her life.
Jedd broke off the kiss, throwing his head back and dragging in a hoarse breath. “Put your legs about my hips,” he ground out.
She did so, trusting Jedd to take her weight. He didn’t let her down. He slid his hands beneath her ass, cupping the curve of her cheeks. Mina hooked her heels together in the small of his back. When he grunted, she suddenly remembered she still had her shoes on and made a determined effort not to spike him on the stiletto heels.
Wrapped around him like this, her pussy—still damp from her own orgasm and Jedd’s talented mouth—nestled against his stomach. Instead of feeling embarrassed, Mina felt as horny as hell. She squirmed, dragging her moisture across Jedd’s heated skin. He groaned, dropping his head to rest his forehead against hers for a moment.
“Woman, do you know how erotic that feels? You’re so wet. I feel ten feet tall.
I
made that happen.” He jerked his hips, pressing more of his weight against her.
She chuckled. “Cocky much? Why don’t you stop mucking around and fuck me already? I want you inside me and my pussy’s getting lonely down there.”
He let out a bark of laughter. “Can’t have that happening, can we?”
Still balancing her weight, he eased her back a little. “You want it, baby? Go for it. My hands are rather full at the moment so you’ll have to position my dick where you want it.”
She reached down between their bodies and wrapped her hand around his rock-hard cock, tempered like steel, but so silky to the touch. She slipped her hand up until she could rub her thumb over the head. Her heart beat hard at the bead of pre-cum that seeped from the tiny slit on the top. He wanted her as much as she wanted him.
She gulped. “I want to take you into my mouth. Wrap my lips around the flared head of your cock and slide my mouth down until I reach the base. I want to follow the movement of your hips, moving up and down, until you lose it. And when you come, I’ll taste the very essence of you.”
Jedd growled, his hips thrusting forward, pushing his cock through the circle of Mina’s fingers. “Lady, keep that up and I won’t last long. I’ll come all over your hand.”
“And I’d love it,” she whispered.
Teasing time was over. Hunger rode her, biting deep and making her sob with need. Using his shoulders to give her leverage, she pulled herself up a fraction, creating enough space between their bodies to position the head of Jedd’s hard cock at the entrance to her core. She pushed downwards and his cock slid home with an easy glide. She threw her head back and moaned. The feel of him seated deep inside her pussy was incredible.
“So good,” she whispered and raised herself up then slid down again.
“Ah, hell, wait,” Jedd demanded, using his large hands to stop Mina’s movements. “I can’t believe I was irresponsible enough to forget all about them.”
“What?” Mina all but screeched. “Don’t you dare tell me you’ve changed your mind.”
“Condom.” He grimaced. “Birth control. Disease prevention.”
“Lucifer help us, what a way to kill the moment.” Mina wiggled, trying to drive Jedd’s cock deeper. Her inner muscles twitched, ready and waiting for the next move. Her clit throbbed, momentarily robbed of the friction it needed to reach the ultimate.
She looked him straight in the eye. “Jedd, for a smart man, you’re being really dumb right now. Now listen to me. You are an incubus. A demon.
You don’t get diseases.
”
“Hell, I know what I am, but what about you. You’re almost human.”
“Never thought I’d be happy about that one-eighth demon blood I carry.” She grinned at him. “That little drop of succubus DNA affords me almost all of the benefits it does you, and one of them is that I don’t catch diseases either. I’m risk-free.”
Jedd released a sigh. “And what about birth control? Not that I wouldn’t mind a little succubus who looked just like you running around after me, but not right now.”
Mina’s eyes opened wide at his words. This whole scenario had developed out of a thoughtless comment she’d thrown at him. Now he almost sounded like he wouldn’t mind if this were more permanent. Dare she hope?
“I won’t get pregnant either, not unless I want to. I’m on birth control, the human kind.”
“Thank all the demons of hell for that, because I don’t want to stop,” he whispered. “Feeling you, skin to skin, is incredible. Unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before.”