Risk moved to walk away from Ivory as she turned in confusion at his sudden exit.
“Where are you going,” she asked.
“To think,” he answered. “Or did you have something more exciting in mind for me,” he joked. “I would think, with your lack of experience, that you also would want to rest, but I’m always up for some action.”
Risk laughed at her expression of dismay at the thought of more of the same love play that they had enjoyed for the past hour. Giving ones self to a stranger was a very tiring business indeed, Ivory thought to herself. Following Risk into the bedroom, Ivory curled into his arms and promptly fell asleep.
Risk stayed awake, continuing to think of the situation he had landed himself in this time. While not an unpleasant situation to be in, it was certainly one of his wilder ideas. He never bought female company and he didn’t intend to start now. Risk didn’t want Ivory in his bed under duress or out of a sense of honoring a deal. He wanted her there because she enjoyed what he could make her feel and wanted more of the same.
Ivory had proved herself to be a wild woman despite her inexperience and Risk wanted more of her enchanting sighs to fill his ears. A month would surely not be long enough with Ivory being so innocent and willing to learn.
Risk gently shook Ivory awake. She protested for a few moments before realizing where she was and why. He couldn’t want a repeat performance already, Ivory thought uncharitably. It’s not as though you would really mind, a smaller voice inside answered.
“How much,” Risk bluntly asked.
“How much what,” Ivory returned, hoping he wasn’t thinking of paying her to leave and forget that they ever shared each others bodies. No one wanted to be shushed out the back door like a dark secret.
“How much do your debts total,” Risk answered impatiently.
It didn’t take Ivory any time to answer. She had pondered and crunched the numbers on a thousand separate occasions trying to get them to add up right, but they never seemed to. “$1.5 million dollars.”
“I see,” Risk acknowledged.
It was quiet for a long while as Risk continued to think, leaving Ivory no option but to stare at him waiting for some sort of response.
“What do you see,” she finally asked out of exasperation at his refusal to comment further.
Risk turned and looked at Ivory. Her nipples had pebbled at the slight draft in the room, but he knew it would take very little provocation on his part to make them harden further for him alone.
“I see that you are an insatiable wench and it will take all my strength to keep you satisfied,” he joked, not yet ready to deal with the issue of finances until he had more time to think about the situation.
Risk gently pulled Ivory from the bed and into the bathroom where he proceeded to turn the shower on.
Ivory tried to pull away, realizing that Risk intended them to share the shower.
“No,” she protested.
“Yes,” he insisted. Risk picked Ivory up and carried her into the showering, ignoring her protests, knowing they wouldn’t last long.
Risk eased Ivory down until her feet touched the shower floor. He then proceeded to soap his hands and run them over her body. Starting with gentle circular motions on Ivory’s back, Risk began to wash her, careful not to alarm her . . . yet.
Ivory sighed and relaxed into Risk’s warm and knowing caress. As his hands became more bold, brushing the underside of her breasts and stroking high on her thighs, Ivory tried to move away.
Risk chuckled to himself. It was a dangerous game he played, closing in on her erogenous zones and then backing away before she could take offense. Again and again he repeated the motions until her attempts to get away became more like undulations against him, an invitation in itself.
Risk slowly eased his hand down her flat stomach and in between her thighs. Ivory moved restlessly against his hand, trying not to moan her pleasure and satisfaction at his motions. Risk picked up the pace, knowing what she needed and what she liked.
Just as Ivory thought she would drown in the pleasure once again, Risk stopped and turned off the shower. “Do you wish that I should taste you again,” he asked.
Ivory fought a silent battle within herself. Not wishing to appear a whore, but wanting the pleasure he offered her with a recklessness that had become characteristic of her lately. For an answer, Ivory threaded her fingers through his hair and moved his face close to the area that demanded his attention.
Risk licked his tongue up and down Ivory’s crease, enjoying that she was so wet, partly from the shower and partly her own sweet juices in answer to the desire that she felt for him alone. Risk continued to lick non-threateningly up and down until he could feel Ivory moving against his face, silently begging for more.
“I’m not sure I understand what you want. Perhaps you should spell it out for me,” he challenged, continuing to deliver unsatisfying light flicks of his tongue.