Total pages in book: 120
Estimated words: 116254 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 581(@200wpm)___ 465(@250wpm)___ 388(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 116254 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 581(@200wpm)___ 465(@250wpm)___ 388(@300wpm)
Because this time he knew for sure that no other tries would be required.
Blinking, he cleared the dampness from his eyes. “If we do this,” he murmured, “If I accept you as mine… I plan to indulge in every part of your being. Your heart. Your soul. Your body. Your mind. I won’t be done with you, jeja, for hours.”
Breath left Breck in a rush. He gave a nod, his golden-browns locking on Kai’s mouth. “Don’t want you to ever be done with me.”
Kai’s heart thudded, that warmth in his stomach growing stronger. “Stand up,” he rumbled softly. Breck rose to his feet. Their gazes met. “Stay here. I’ll be right back.”
Breck watched as he strode to his shelving unit. First task: switch up the music to something more sensual and intimate. He put on a playlist with some of his favorite artists. Then he grabbed the unit’s bottom bin and took it back with him to Breck. He set it atop the coffee table. Breck regarded its contents, eyeing the bundles of rope. Lips curving, he looked back at Kai. “You’re gonna tie me up?”
Kai donned a grin. “Ah, jeja, I’m gonna do a whole lot more to you than that.” Breck’s smile widened as Kai reached for his tee. “Arms up,” he instructed, starting to lift it. “This is coming off.”
Breck obeyed, allowing him to pull it off. His gaze slid down Breck’s body, drinking in the sight of his sculpted chest. The way the candlelight flickered over his pectorals and shadows danced along his abs. The physique on this wondrous male was nothing short of magnificent.
Lifting his eyes, he met Breck’s hooded stare. And then Breck reached for his shirt too, and started lifting it with brazen intent. His body blazed as he let Breck pull it up and over his head.
Breck exhaled as he dropped Kai’s tee, his sizzling stare locked on Kai’s torso. “There,” he mumbled. “Even playing field.”
Kai grinned. “Enjoy it while it lasts.” Although, in truth, he could bask all night under the heat of those appreciative eyes.
Staying on task, he reached into the bin and pulled out a bundle.
Breck regarded it and smiled. “Jute. Your favorite.”
The fact that he remembered made Kai’s heart go all fluttery. “Yes. My rope of choice… for personal occasions.” He slid Breck a smile, then gestured toward his hands. “Give me your wrists.”
Breck lifted them, visibly swallowing again.
Kai positioned them so their palms faced, then got busy with his jute. Short moments later, he finished it off with a knot, leaving the remainder of the rope hanging free.
“Too tight?”
Breck shook his head.
“Good.”
Kai turned him to face the window.
Breck stiffened instantly, no doubt afraid that people could see them as they passed on the street.
“Don’t worry,” Kai reassured. “From this height, we’re good. I’ve checked many times. The road’s too close, and the cafe across the way is only one story high.”
“Oh… Yeah, true.” Breck visibly relaxed.
Kai moved in behind him and eased his elbows down. Which, in turn, lowered Breck’s hands and left his chest exposed. Sighing at the sight, he met Breck’s gaze in their reflection, then wound his arms around him and cupped his chiseled pecs. Slowly, he thumbed their hard little nipples. He knew from experience that Breck was sensitive there.
Breck’s lashes fluttered.
Kai grazed his neck with his lips. “My lover is beautiful,” he murmured. “My lover is whole and perfect. Without any accolades, without any fandom, without any crown.” He refused to let society influence Breck ever again. He rolled those nipples and then gave them a squeeze. “I want to hear you say it, jeja. That you’re perfect and whole.”
Breck moaned, arching into his touch. “I’m perfect… and whole.”
Kai dragged his lips to Breck’s ear. “There’s no earning your worthiness… You are such just by being you.”
Breck exhaled on a shiver.
Kai slid his hands lower, skimming over Breck’s forearms before running his fingers along the grooves of his abs. Breck’s stomach clenched, his heavy lids dipping, his heated stare smoldering as he watched Kai in the glass.
Kai brushed his lips along the shell of his ear. “You’re a free, sovereign being,” he continued, “who can choose what he wants in this life.”
Breck shivered. Kai continued south, following Breck’s happy trail down toward the front of his shorts. Breck loosed a groan as Kai palmed his bulge. Then oh so slowly, he began to stroke.
“Never give away your power... It is yours alone. The world cannot have it… no matter what they make you believe. You can be whatever you want to be.” He leveled Breck with a look in the window that said, Do you understand?
Breck nodded, his muscles twitching, his eyes both smoldering and contemplative.
Kai smiled a little, then reined in the chatter and slid Breck’s shorts down his dark chiseled legs. Bared and beautiful, his erection jutted proudly. Every masculine vein in sensuous relief amidst the candlelight.