“I …” Careful, Lilith. God, this was tricky. Because as confused as she was, as much as she might regret all of this, Lilith did want him. She wanted to feel him inside of her again, to have his lips on hers, taking everything, breathing for her. Lilith wanted all of this and none of it — without even really knowing what it was — and she felt like she was going to be torn apart."You don’t understand what this can be,” Enzo said, his voice soft and deadly. He was close — too close — and she didn’t have any more room to back up. “I can do things for you — and to you — that you could never even imagine.”God. He was right. Lilith couldn’t imagine it. Couldn’t fathom it. Wanted it bad and hated this entire situation.“The concert starts at 8 p.m.,” She whispered, terrified and electrified.“Excellent.” Enzo turned away. “Your dress will be delivered shortly. Alexei and I will be there at 7:30 sharp.”"What was I doing?" Lilith muttered under her breath.It was hard to discern what Enzo e
“My brother thinks he’s a comedian,” Enzo said loudly enough for Alexei to hear as he sauntered away to find their box. Alexei chuckled and waved at enzo over his shoulder. Enzo lowered his voice and turned back to Lilith. These words were only for her. “But he’s a fool if he thinks that you’re anyone’s but mine.”Lilith shuddered, gooseflesh prickling the smooth skin of her shoulders and back. she could tell. he was touching that expanse of skin, enjoying the effect he had on her.“How do you like the dress?”“I love it,” she gasped as Enzo kissed her jaw line as gently as he could. “Do I know where I’ll wear it next? No. But it’s beautiful.”“You’ll wear it into this performance with me,” he reasoned, following his brother’s path through the chaos of the lobby. Lilith kept pace, and Enzo had to turn his head to hide his smile. This entire event was a godsend — something to keep his brother occupied and hopefully snap him out of his funk, and another opportunity to continue to make L
Below, the orchestra shifted into a new movement, and this one they both did know. Enzo timed his strokes with the rhythm, using her own slickness to ease his fingers’ passage. It wasn’t hard. She was obviously turned on, and it made him, if possible, even harder. Those little sounds she made, the mewls she tried to smother with his own tongue, kissing him, made his cock rock hard, presses against his pants, twitching, throbbing and begging for relief.He took one of her hands, scrabbling at the armrest between our chairs, and placed it in his lap. She deserved to know what she was doing to him.The music swelled, and Ruth bucked against him. Enzo was certain she couldn’t take much more of his teasing. He slipped hid fingers inside her and beckoned, hitting that secret place he knew would deepen her pleasure. Enzo wasn’t disappointed — Lilith bit down on his lower lip at the unexpected sensation and he extended his hand so hid thumb could still reach that other spot that was going to
Lilith wasn’t running away. She just wanted some space to restore her dignity — and of course to cheer on Lora, Almost as soon as she left the bathroom, her roommate emerged from the tunnel leading backstage, jogging toward her.“You were amazing,” Lilith gushed, throwing her arms around Lora's neck and squeezing her tightly. “What was all that worrying for?”“I thought I could’ve done better,” Lora confessed. “I was just so nervous.”“Uh-huh,” Lilith said, not convinced at all. She had been phenomenal during her solo. Lilith couldn’t attest for the rest of the performance. Enzo had kept her awfully occupied. “And what did the conductor say?”Lora looked cowed. “He said I did all right.”“Just all right?”Lora laughed, hiding her face. “Okay, he said I did very well.”“Then take the compliment,” Lilith said, shaking her a little. She was always so self-assured until it came to her performances.“Thanks, Lilith” Lora said, elated, her face on fire. “I’m so glad you could come.”“Listen
“I’m fine.”“Jealous about the flowers?”“Don’t be ridiculous.”“I didn’t forget you, zolotse,” Enzo murmured as Alexei and Lora talked animatedly. He had a single red rose, held back from the bouquets, and he dusted it down her overexposed back, neck to hip, before letting Lilith hold it. She inhaled its sweet fragrance on reflex, feeling the velvet petal against her lips.“You know, you never told me what zlotse meant,” Lilith said softly, now that Lora and Alexei were distracted with each other.Enzo hesitated in the same way he had in the back of his car. “My gold.”“What?”“Zolotse means ‘my gold,’” he said, looking away from her briefly. Like he was embarrassed that he’d been caught.“Gold, like—”“You all should come to Spin,” Lora said, interrupting the charged moment Enzo and Lilith had shared. “A few of us members of the orchestra agreed to meet up there after the performance.”“I don’t know, Lora,” Lilith said immediately. “Spin is kind of …”“Exclusive?” Alexei asked, perk
“Two pitchers of beer,” Lilith yelled over the music, then looked at Enzo.“And a bottle of vodka,” he shouted.So it was going to be like that.***Enzo awoke with a dry mouth and a shitty headache that reminded him of his younger years. He hadn’t had a night like that for a long time. Nowadays, he had a better handle on his limits — and a surer understanding of what he could and couldn’t do.Lilith Rumero was robbing him of his sense of moderation.After a hearty breakfast with just the right amount of grease from his sympathetic chef — and perhaps two too many espressos — Enzo felt marginally better. The edge of his hangover wasn’t nearly as sharp by the time he arrived at the office, and he already knew exactly what was going to get him all the way back to normal.His cure walked through the door fifteen minutes early, and nearly recoiled from the grin he gave her.“What’s wrong?” Lilith demanded. “Why are you looking at me like that?”“Because I haven’t forgotten the promise I m
Right on the edge, she warbled a warning. “I’m going to come, Enzo"“No.” he backed away, smiling and licking her wetness from his lips. “You’re not. You’re going to come on my cock or not at all.”Enzo flipped her over and bent her across the surface of his desk, pens and papers scattering to the floor. The computer rocked back and forth, unsteady, as he nudged her legs apart, grinding his erection into her hip. Lilith panted, a high whine in the back of her throat, and he grinned. She wanted this just as badly as he did.“Talk to me,” he growled at her. “Tell me what’s going to happen.”“I’m going to come,” she said.“On what?”“You. Your cock.”He groaned at her filthy fucking mouth before reaching into his desk drawer for a condom. Nothing. What the fuck was this? Enzo scowled as he rifled through the items in there, but still came up short. “Goddammit,” he muttered.“What?”“No condoms.”I’m on birth control,” she said.He hesitated. “We’re just going to have to wait for anothe
Oh, hell, no. “Enzo, I didn’t ask for any of that. You gave it to me. And even when I told you it was too much, that I didn’t want it, you insisted on continuing to give me things. That’s on you.”“So you want me to take it all back.”“Are we really doing this?” Lilith asked, feeling sick to the stomach and more emotional than she should have. “I’ve always been afraid that you gave me all these things just so you could dangle them over my head and make me do whatever you want. You want to kick Lora and me out of the place you gave us to live? Fine. Screw you.”She was weeping before she even knew what was happening, and suddenly Enzo's arms were around her."Enough of this,” he said, his voice awkward and rough. “Zolotse? What is going on?”“Don’t call me that,” she said, trying unsuccessfully to get out of the hug. “You don’t care about me unless we’re having sex.” The thought made her cry harder, and enzo tightened his hold on her.“That’s not true, Lilith. What has come over you?”