Diamond (Rare Gems #2)(45)

The small whip was made of the softest leather he could find. It was made for only pleasure and not pain, but it would be painful for her and him if he denied her pleasure for very long. As soon as he stepped back to bring it down on her lovely ass, he had to pause to look at her.

Her legs were strapped to the lower half of the cross at the thighs and at her ankles. There were steps for her to stand on, and they tilted so she wouldn’t cramp up. Her waist also had a wide strap around it, and it, too, was tied to the cross. The way her legs were spread out, he could move up behind her and enter her without touching her.

Her arms were over her head, and like her feet, her wrists were able to tilt for the blood circulation as well. Her wrists where strapped down, as were her upper arms. There was a wide leather strap around her neck as well, but it was purely for looks, as it wasn’t attached to anything. A blindfold covered her eyes, and he knew from experience that she was going to be more excited about that than anything he actually did to her. The not knowing what he was going to do to her next was a major part of this.

Moving up behind her again, he rubbed the soft leather over her body. “I’m going to spank you with this. I’m going to beat you in places that will have you begging me to let you come. But you won’t say a word.” He brought it down over her ass and watched the muscle ripple from her tensing up. “Then when I’ve made your pretty ass ready for me, I’m going to beat you here.”

This time he brought the little whip over her *. She cried out, but he didn’t say anything. Christ, she was going to make him come all over her before he got to play. The next three times he brought it over her flesh, she didn’t make a sound. When two more slapped over her * again, Thad started to admire her. When he brought it down over her calves, then her shoulder, he had to grip his cock or chance injuring himself. For ten minutes he moved over her body with the whip until he couldn’t take it any longer.

He knew he should let her go, but the thought of taking her this way was overwhelming. Lowering her to the floor by the hydraulics, he leaned her over slightly and moved up behind her. Without a word, he slammed his cock into her wet * and stilled.

“You come and I’ll beat you.” She nodded, but didn’t speak. “You’re so tight and wet. I could stay here all day and never move. The thought of filling you with my cum and leaving you like this has my balls so tight against my body that I don’t think I’ll last much more than a few strokes.”

He moved slowly, painfully as he held her hips. When he was buried deep again, he opened her ass up and looked at the pretty rosette. Next time, he promised himself, he was going to come deep in the hot tight hole and cry out her name.

“You want to come, slave?” He pumped into her twice, then a third time as sweat dripped from his forehead to her back. “Would you like to release the buildup and scream out my name?”

“Yes, master, I want that. Please.” He leaned over her as she begged more. “I would like to come, master. I would love for you to allow me to come, please.”

Thad’s balls tightened up, and the tingle down his spine was all the warning he got before his climax roared through him. Throwing back his head, he felt a primal scream, a roar really, erupt from his lips and tear throughout the room. When he leaned over her, he sank his teeth into her shoulder and reached to her mind.

Come for me. Come now. She stiffened for about two seconds before she screamed as well. Even as he filled her body with his, she milked him, rippled around his cock until he was sure she was going to hurt him. When she came a second time, Thad licked the wound closed and stroked her through another climax that had her go lax over the cross.

Thad decided that if he died right now, he’d go knowing that he had found the love of his life. Thad Galloway hadn’t just fallen in love with his mate, but he’d love her for all eternity and then some.

“I love you, Diamond.” He heard her say something but wasn’t sure what it was. “I have loved you all my life.”

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Ward stood outside the big building for five minutes before he opened the door. Flair Marketing wasn’t his usual place to go, but he wanted answers and the guard at his brother’s house wasn’t giving him any. So, he decided to go a different route.

“Hello, may I help you?” The woman at the front desk smiled at him, and Ward decided that if nothing else, this Henson person had a good head on his shoulders for hiring. This woman looked good enough to eat.

“I’m going to need for you to let me go up and speak to Blair Henson.” He glanced at the man who got off the elevator before continuing. “You have to escort me? Or do I get a badge?”

“Neither.” He stared at her for several seconds until the phone on her desk rang. He waited for her to hang up. Ward was going to give her the benefit of the doubt because she more than likely didn’t understand who he was.

“I think you misunderstood me,” he started as soon as she hung up. “I’m Ward Galloway, and I’m going to need to get up there to Blair’s office. I’m trying to be nice about it. You’ll either make me a badge to get there or I’ll simply tell Blair how you treated me and you’ll be out on the f*cking streets.”

When she stood up, the man who had come off the elevator took a step toward them. When she rose her hand up, he stopped moving toward them, but he didn’t move back. Ward was ready to tell her to forget it and he’d simply go up when she grabbed him by the tie and pulled him nearly over the counter.