“Lily.”

Lily held her hand up, stopping whatever he would say. She sat down calmly on the bottom of the bed, facing him. “What do you want from me, Shade?” She could tell her blunt question startled him. “Are you wanting a platonic friendship, friends who have sex, or were you wanting me to fall in love with you? Exactly what do you want?”

“I told you. I want you.”

Lily nodded her head. Standing up, she went to the dresser, pulling out her ponytail holder and then started brushing her hair while looking at herself in the mirror.

“You don’t even know who you want.” Lily reached out and briefly touched the mirror she was staring into. Her lips twisted ironically. “You want me because you think I’ll be the perfect submissive for you. That weak-minded Lily can be guided and manipulated into being exactly what you want.”

She strode angrily across the room to stand in front of him, sinking to her knees. In perfect posture, she knelt with her back straight, her head lowered, her hair falling against her face. Her hands lay palm-up on her lap.

“I could be everything you ever dreamed of having in a woman.” Lily’s impassive voice didn’t show an ounce of emotion. “You and those women downstairs play games for a few nights a month, but I have dreams and they don’t include being your little pet.”

Lily got to her feet. “I hope you enjoyed that because I will never,” she pointed her finger in his chest, “ever do that again, you big jerk.”

Lily started to gather her pajamas.

“Those blonde Barbies are more plastic than the dolls.” She turned to look at his face as she was about to go into the bathroom.

“What are you doing?”

Shade was standing with his arms across his chest, watching her as she ranted at him. “Watching your ass jiggle.”

“My ass? That’s all you can say?” Lily’s mouth opened and closed. “If I said what I really wanted to, I would have to pray for forgiveness every night for a week.” Lily went into the bathroom, pulling off her clothes and throwing them down on the floor. She turned on the shower before stepping underneath the water. She soaped her body and was rinsing off when the shower door opened and Shade came in.

“What are you doing? I’m naked.”

“I can see that.” Shade’s voice turned seductive. Lily covered her breasts with her hands, unable to keep her eyes from traveling down his lean body. His whole body was covered in tats, everywhere except his dick, which was long and hard, pointing upward toward his belly.

Shade grinned when he saw what she was staring at. “Ignore it. Come here.”

“Ignore that thing. You’re joking, right? Get out! Didn’t you understand a thing I just said to you?”

Lily was torn between keeping her breasts covered and covering her mound. Shade, on the other hand, had no trouble.

Reaching to the side, he picked up the body wash and began washing his body.

“You’re seriously not getting out?” Lily screeched.

“No. You take forever in the shower.”

“Fine, you can have the shower.” Lily tried to pass him, but he refused to move, blocking the door.

“Move your hands.” Shade’s voice deepened. Lily’s hands trembled against her wet flesh. “Eyes to me, Lily. Move your hands.” Lily couldn’t help herself; she lowered her hands to her side.

Shade crowded her closer to the shower wall, his chest brushing the pointed tips of her breasts. His mouth lowered to her breast, gently licking the drops of water away from her nipple. Lily felt the tip tauten and become a nub. Shade sucked the nipple into his mouth, and her breast was lifted with his hand squeezing the plump flesh. Lily felt her stomach clench, yearning for his touch.

She turned her head to the side and Shade lifted his. “Look at me while I suck your breast. I don’t want you to take your eyes off me.”

Lily nodded her head.

Shade’s mouth went back to her breast and Lily moaned as he teased the tip with his teeth.

“You wanted to know what I want. I want these breasts to suck.” Shade lifted his head from her breasts and then went to his knees, his face going between her thighs as he used his hand to widen her stance. “I want this pussy.” His tongue went to the cleft of her pussy, sliding between the folds, searching the moist warmth of her silky flesh.

Lily closed her eyes. A flare of pain struck between her thighs as his teeth bit down on her clit briefly before releasing the tortured flesh.

“I told you not to take your eyes off me.” He licked at the flesh, taking the sting out and filling her with a pleasure she didn’t know could possibly exist. The more he licked at her, the more she wanted.

His tongue went to her opening, entering a tiny bit then withdrawing. Shade’s hand slid up her leg, going between her thighs, parting her flesh and finding the wetness his tongue had been playing in.

“You’re nice and wet, Lily. Do you know why?”

It took Lily a moment to find her voice. “Yes.”

“Tell me why.”

“Because I want to come.”

“That’s right, baby, and I’m going to let you. Do you know why?”

“No,” Lily whimpered, her hips arching into his touch.

“Because you’re mine and I take care of what’s mine. I don’t need a pet. I want a flesh-and-blood woman, and yes, Lily, you will kneel in front of me again because it will be one of my needs, just like I plan to satisfy all of yours. Every single one.”

As his finger slid deep inside her, Lily’s legs almost gave out, but Shade stood up, bracing her body with his against the shower wall. His finger slid deeper and her hands went to his chest, her nails digging into his flesh as his finger began to pump in and out of her slick pussy. She kept her eyes on his blue gaze, seeing that he was in complete control of not only her body but his own. His cock was pressed against her belly, but Lily wasn’t frightened.

“Those other women downstairs are no comparison to you. I fucked them, made them beg for me, but they weren’t you. No matter how hard I tried to pretend they were.” Lily began beating at his chest when he started talking about his women.

His finger slid in faster. “Not one of them could give me as much pleasure as you’re giving me now with just my finger inside of you.” Lily’s heart ached at the tormented expression on his face. Her hands quit beating at his chest, rubbing the smooth flesh instead.

“It hurt so bad waiting for you, Lily. I thought I would lose my mind. No amount of liquor, women or pot drove you from my mind. I would ride on my bike all the way to your dorm and sit outside just to watch you go to classes in the morning, then drive home and start the whole fucking thing over again.

“That night you were stuck in Sex Piston’s beauty shop was the worst night of my life. I didn’t get stuck in that traffic jam because I was already on the way to your dorm when Razer called me and told me what was happening.

“I swore when you were in the hospital ER that I was done waiting. Everyone knew I was waiting for you but you. I’m still waiting,” he groaned against her neck.

Lily shuddered and cried out as her body convulsed in a series of climatic explosions that had her clinging to him while the water showered down on them.