She shakes her head. “No.”
One minute.
She bites her lip, body straining not to fall apart.
Thirty seconds.
Her head tips back, a fine sheen of sweat at her temple. “Fuck, I need to come so bad.”
The chime goes off.
She collapses sideways onto the bed as she catches her breath.
I let out a slow exhale and glance at the wet patch clinging to the front of my sweats. “You okay?”
Frankie’s brows knit together as she stares at the ceiling. “I’m not sure.”
I lean in and brush a kiss against her neck. “You didn’t come. You did well.”
Her arm flops over her face. “Don’t remind me.”
The next round, I stand to take off my sweats, and she ends up naked.
I hold up the deck. “Want to keep going?”
Frankie nods. “Hell yes. This is fun. I say we get the expansion pack. The others will like this, too.”
Pulling the next card, I have to do a double take and my dick nearly pops free of my briefs as it jerks. I’ve been waiting for one of these cards. I turn it so she can see. “Have your partner lie on their back. Cuff and tie your partner’s arms above their head.”
I raise a brow. “You okay with that?”
Please, God, have her say yes.
Frankie smirks. She lies back toward the headboard and lifts her arms above her, wrists crossed.
If I wasn’t better at controlling myself, the sight of her willing to trust me explicitly would’ve sent me over the edge.
The rules have shifted. My mind knows this isn’t playing a game anymore. This is real trust and I can’t fuck up.
I pull the cuffs from the box and straddle her hips. “We’re going to follow a system. Red means hard stop, Green means you’re good to continue, and yellow tells me you need a break, okay?”
She nods. “Red stop, green go. Easy enough to remember.”
Fuck, I can’t believe this is happening, and she’s willing to try something like this.
I guide her wrists into the cuffs. They’re padded mint with metal loops. I thread a black silk rope for each arm through them and secure to the mounted anchors on the headboard, spreading her arms out. Giving her some slack so she can still bend her elbows a little.
She tests the tension, laughing when it holds. “I was wondering what those were for. Fun.”
I lower my hands to the bed on either side of her ribs, holding myself above her. “You sure you want to keep going?”
Her gaze doesn’t falter. “Yes.”
I kiss her forehead. “Better if you respond in colors from now on, unless I say otherwise.”
Her eyes dilate, and her thighs rub together under me. “Green.”
My hand slides to her belly. “It’s important to let me know if your arms start to tingle.” I lower my mouth beside her ear. “For now, I’m in control.”
