Dark Perception: The Corde Noire Series (26 page)

Nathan tilted forward in his chair.
“But then you wouldn’t be with me.”

She pushed her chair back from the
table, grinning. “No, I wouldn’t. Maybe we were meant to be.”
Melinda picked up her plate and reached across the table for
Nathan’s.

He grabbed her wrist. “What are you
doing?”

“
Clearing away the dirty
dishes.”

“
Leave it.” He stood from
his chair. “The restaurant people will be by in the morning to take
everything away.” He came around to her side and removed her plate
from her hand. “Our evening isn’t over,” he announced, placing the
plate on the table.

When his ravenous eyes turned to her,
Melinda’s insides caught fire. Never before had a man turned her on
with simply a look.

He picked up the bottle of champagne
from the silver ice bucket on the side of the table and clasped her
hand. “Come with me.”

Nathan led Melinda to his bedroom and
set the champagne bottle on the nightstand by his bed. “I thought
we could continue the fun in here.” His arm went around her slim
waist.

As she fumbled with the knot on his
tie, she skimmed her lips temptingly over his chin. “I like the
sound of that.”

Nathan slipped his hand into the front
pocket of his black suit trousers. “I have a surprise for you.” He
pulled out a ball of red ribbon and held it up to her. “This is for
you.”

Melinda eyed the wad of silk ribbons
and dropped his necktie to the floor. “It’s lovely, thank you. What
am I supposed to do with it?”

“
Unwrap it and find the
surprise inside.”

Melinda took the ball from his hand
and began unraveling the ribbon. Several minutes later, when she
finally came to the center, she discovered a sapphire and diamond
cocktail ring twinkling back at her. She picked up the ring as the
last of the ribbon fell to the floor.

“
Nathan.” She admired the
round-cut diamonds and sapphires arranged in an oval design. “It’s
beautiful.”

“
I wanted to get you
something to show you how special you are to me.” He kissed her
forehead.

She slid the ring over her middle
finger on her right hand and was amazed that it fit.

“
I had to guess your size,
but we can take it back to Adler’s to get it sized for whatever
finger you want to wear it on.”

She stood on her toes and kissed his
lips. “You’re too good to me.”

“
I could say the same about
you, darling.” He stooped down and gathered up some of the long red
ribbon in his hand. When he stood, he held up the ribbon to her. “I
thought we might find another use for this.”

Melinda gave him a puzzled frown.
“Like what?”

Nathan gently wrapped a long piece of
ribbon around her right wrist. “We could play with it,” he replied,
tying the ribbon securely. He raised his eyes to her and
seductively smiled. “Wanna try?”

Melinda gazed down at her bound wrist
and knew what he wanted. A sinking uncertainty entered her belly.
She wasn’t sure if she was ready for this kind of play.

He must have sensed her trepidation
because he leaned over and kissed her cheek ever so softly. “You
said you trusted me, Melinda. Do you still trust me?”

She raised her green eyes to him,
debating the question. Did she trust him?

“
Yes, Nathan,” floated from
her lips after a brief hesitation.

He motioned to the bed. “Lie
down.”

Melinda gave him one last worried
glance and then mumbled, “Yes, Sir.”

After she reclined on the bed, Nathan
took the ribbon in his hand and tied it to the post closest to him.
He quickly retrieved the rest of the ribbon from the floor and went
around to the other side of the bed. He secured her other wrist and
then tied the ribbon to the opposite bedpost. After he was done, he
sat on the bed and teased the skin along her inner thigh with his
fingertips.

Melinda closed her eyes when his hands
became more aggressive, kneading the muscles in her thighs. The bed
dipped as he climbed onto it and reached underneath her butt,
lifting her hips in the air.

She uttered a loud sigh when his lips
kissed her inner right thigh. His teeth nipped their way to her
folds. When his mouth closed over her, Melinda lurched against the
restraints. His tongue mercilessly swirled over her delicate flesh
and she called out his name. Nathan’s assault was ruthless and
before she knew it, he had her spiraling toward a powerful climax.
Her body tensed as her hands tugged against the ribbons.

“
That’s it. You have my
permission to let go, Melinda,” he mumbled against her
thigh.

His tongue flicked against her clit,
sending the final release blazing through her.

After an ear-splitting scream, Melinda
fell back against the bed and looked up at him. He was staring down
at her, smiling.

“
Did you like
that?”

“
That was amazing,
Nathan.”

Nathan lifted her hips and roughly
flipped her over. Still tied to the bedposts, her arms were twisted
painfully above her head as he sat on her thighs. Contorted into an
uncomfortable position, she wasn’t that surprised when he slapped
her right butt cheek.

“
It’s Sir,
baby.”

“
Yes, Sir,” she said into
the white comforter squished against her face.

He smacked her left butt cheek until
she whimpered and writhed beneath him. After the spanking, Nathan
lightly caressed her ass, first massaging it, then raking his nails
over her skin. He slipped his arm underneath her stomach and raised
her up on her knees.

Taking in a deep gulp of air, Melinda
watched as he stood from the bed and went to the nightstand. He
picked up the champagne bottle and took a long sip, letting the
liquid dribble carelessly down his chin. After setting the bottle
back on the nightstand, he undid the buttons on his dress shirt.
She waited as he lowered his pants and briefs. When he opened the
drawer of his nightstand, she figured he was getting a
condom.

“
We’re going to try
something different tonight. Something I know you will love.”
Melinda opened her mouth to speak and his hand came down hard on
her ass. “No. You’re my willing captive and you can’t say a word.
You must take everything I choose to do to you.”

Melinda jerked against her tethers,
suddenly afraid of his game.

He rubbed her back. “You have to trust
me, remember?”

Climbing back on the bed, his hand
came around to her left breast, and then he pinched her
nipple.

Melinda recoiled from the
pain.

He kissed her back. “Relax, baby. I’m
not going to hurt you.”

Nathan’s lips drifted down her back to
the curve of her ass. While he nipped her ass, his hands spread her
cheeks apart.

Melinda arched her back, her heart
beating wildly. She was terrified of what he was going to do
next.

His tongue slid between her butt
cheeks. Melinda groaned as his tongue rimmed the edges of her anus.
When she felt his finger gently penetrate her, she clenched her
fists.

“
Easy, go with it. Don’t
tighten up,” he instructed.

Melinda tried to obey, but the thought
of what he might do frightened her. She knew a lot of women were
having anal sex, but could she?

His finger was moving slowly in and
out. It felt odd, but then again as she relaxed and went with it,
the strange feeling slowly grew into something much more
powerful.

Just as she was getting used to his
motion, a small whirring filled the room. Before she could register
the noise, Nathan removed his finger and inserted a vibrator into
her ass.

Melinda struggled against her ties,
but Nathan held her to him. “Ease into it. Relax and it will be
easier.”

She was overwhelmed and wanted to
scream as her mind roared with protest. Just when she began to give
in to the vibrator, allowing him to push it in deeper, she felt
Nathan’s fingers at her folds.

“
You’re so wet. I know you
want this.”

His fingers rammed into her,
intensifying the sensations caused by the vibrator. His
penetrations were hard and rough, but it felt wonderful to Melinda.
She pushed against him as the tension grew exponentially in her
body. Her hips were grinding frantically. Nothing had ever felt
like this. As Nathan skillfully carried her closer to her climax,
she broke out in a light sweat and her body trembled, teetering on
the edge.

When he thrust his fingers deep inside
her, he breathed, “Time to come.”

Melinda lost all control. She bucked
and screamed, pulling hard against the ribbons.

When she finally collapsed on the
white bedspread, Nathan was chuckling behind her.

“
See, I know what you
like.”

He removed the vibrator and eased her
over to her back, careful to untwist her arms. She opened her eyes
and saw him hovering above her.

“
It’s my turn,” Nathan
whispered, and climbed on top of her.
He reached for the champagne bottle next to the bed and took
another swallow. After he returned the bottle to the nightstand, he
lifted her legs and wrapped them around his waist. Melinda grabbed
on to the ribbons, readying herself.

Nathan spread her folds apart. “You
want me, don’t you?” he murmured, fingering her wetness.

He slammed his hips into hers,
entering her with such force, Melinda grunted with
discomfort.

“
Yes, Sir,” she cried out.
“Harder.”

Nathan let loose an eerie,
malicious-sounding chuckle as he pulled out of her. “I knew you’d
like it rough.”

He pounded into her again and Melinda
arched her back, crying out, “Again.”

Nathan grunted and slapped his hips
against her, going deep. Melinda shuddered with relief. She loved
having him inside her, especially like this.

When he thrust into her flesh once
more, Melinda’s body began to tense.

“
That’s it. You’re getting
close.” He squeezed her butt cheeks together. “Let’s see how many
times I can make you come.” Then Nathan mercilessly buried his cock
in her wet flesh.

She pulled at her ribbons, screaming
when the powerful orgasm rushed through her. Her arms were aching,
her hands were going numb, but she didn’t care. She wanted
more.

Nathan tasted her right nipple as he
stilled within her. He waited for her breathing to calm and then he
pulled out and entered her again.

Melinda yanked against her restraints
when he plunged into her deepest reaches. He bit hard into her neck
as he cruelly sank into her again and again. Her orgasm was coming
even faster than before. Soon she was screaming a guttural, almost
animal-like cry.

She throbbed momentarily with relief,
but before she could catch her breath, he entered her again. His
brutal penetration was just as hard and as fast as before. Melinda
screamed as he pounded into her, swept up with the wild fervor of
his lovemaking. When he brought her even faster to another heaving
climax, she lost all ability to call out. Too exasperated to resist
him, she gave herself over to him completely. She was so sensitive,
so raw that his every thrust was torture. When Nathan groaned and
grabbed at her hips, she was amazed he had lasted so
long.

Gasping, he lowered her legs from his
waist and collapsed on top of her. “That was fun.”

“
Your definition of fun is
beginning to worry me.”

He reached for her left wrist and
began undoing the ribbons, but struggled with the knot. “You pulled
the knot so tight I can’t get it off.” After a few choice curse
words, he rose from the bed and went to the living area. He came
back with a steak knife and cut the ribbon away. “Next time, I’ll
use something easier to get you out of.”

Melinda sat up in the bed and worked
her numb hands. She noted how the welts where the ribbon had cut
into her wrists were growing darker.

“
You’re going to bruise,”
he remarked, running his fingers over her wrists.

“
I bruise
easily.”

He brushed her red hair aside and
kissed her neck. “I’ll have to remember that.”

She caressed his muscular chest. “So
you like to tie women up and torture them.”

“
I just like to keep the
game interesting.”

“
What else do you like to
do?”

He sat back from her, appearing
confused. “Are you interested in finding out?”

Melinda glanced down at her wrists,
catching the sparkle of the sapphire ring on her hand. “I never
thought I would like this sort of stuff, but with you … does that
make me a bad person for liking what you do to me?”

He shook his head. “No. It means
you’re enjoying it, and I want you to enjoy it. I want to please
you in every way.”

She kissed him, parting her lips. He
wrapped her in his arms and darted his tongue into her mouth. Her
hands traveled down his firm chest and washboard abs to his
cock.