Page 65 of The Daredevil
“For someone who hasn’t had a pillow fight before, you’re a quick learner!” I picked up a throw pillow that fell and flung it at him. He caught it.Damn.
“I’m just good at fighting.” His eyes sparked with amusement as he pitched a pillow at me, and it hit the side of my head. “One point for me!”
I had been too focused on his eyes and didn’t pay attention. My bad. My brain went into overdrive, and a scheme finally popped into my head, ensuring my victory.
I tripped, hit the coffee table with my leg, limped, and dropped onto the couch with the pillow on my side. “Ow.” I held my knee to my chest, wincing.
Tossing the pillows from his arms, Royce rushed over and placed a gentle hand on my knee. “Are you okay?” Concern swam in his eyes, and guilt gnawed at me, but I had a game to win here.
I yanked at the pillow and whacked him three times on his head. “I win!”
In a blink, he pounced on me, pushing me back onto the couch withhis body covering mine. He gripped my wrists and lifted them above my head. Heat spread all over my body as I sensed the bulge pressing into me.
“You cheated, and that calls for a punishment.” His eyes pinned me, while a mischievous smirk slid onto his face.
“I didn’t cheat,” I breathed as my nipples pebbled under my thin bra. “There weren’t any rules about fake injuries. I justmaneuveredaround you.”
“Youmanipulatedmy concern for you. We’re going to set hard rules for next time.” He shifted his body, pushing one of my thighs up with one hand while still gripping my wrists with the other. I was at his mercy, and there was something sexy about that.
“Not my intention—”
His hand ran over my thigh and squeezed my buttock. “Oh, it was your intention, just like this is my intention.” His free hand slipped under my ass, pushing my core into his hard cock.
I let out a moan as his cock throbbed against me, trying to punish me with need. God, I wanted him so badly. Grinding my hips against him, I studied his face.
He growled with satisfaction. Did he realize we were starting a new game?
“I should’ve known you’re a she-devil. All this wild hair and the wicked glint in your eyes should have given me a clue.” He pressed his face into my hair and inhaled. “I love the way you smell.”
The need to touch and feel him surged in me. With my legs, I squeezed his ass, making my claim. “A she-devil is the perfect match for a daredevil, don’t you think?”
“You’re driving me crazy, Michelle. What game are we playing now? How to seduce Royce?”
How had he known? A wild guess? It didn’t matter.
His eyes had darkened to a gorgeous mossy color. “Seduce away, angel. You know how to turn me on.”
Royce swallowed, and the movement of his Adam’s apple increased the need in me. I’d always considered a man’s shoulders to be the feature I couldn’t resist, but right now, his Adam’s apple became the switch that lit me up.
I pressed my lips to the masculine bump on his throat and kissed it.
He crooned. “I’ll accept this defeat.”
“Willingly? You had no choice. You lost.” My voice vibrated against his throat.
He veered back, creating a slight distance between my lips. “I love that you wanted to win so badly.”
Ineededto win because I wanted to know what he feared. That desire trumped everything else. “I like to win.”
“So do I.”His eyes flashed with heat. “Since l lost, I have to either answer a tough question or do something that frightens me.” His body shifted, opening my thighs wider, not acting like someone who had been defeated.
Pinning me under him, he posed as the clear winner. Fully aware of his hot cock pulsing against my center, I surrendered to him, wanting all the sensations he could make me feel.
“What will it be? Answer my question or be fearless, Viking?”
As he stared at me, a golden strand of hair fell across his forehead, making him appear disheveled. I wanted to brush it away, but he still clasped my wrists in his hand.
“What frightens me is how you make me feel. I want to know how else you can make me lose control.”