Chapter 32: She Was Mesmerized

One of the stranger’s hands, fingers calloused from time and travel, ran through her hair and clenched down to hold her in place. There would be no escape. As they kissed, his other hand lowered the blankets from her body, and knee by knee he allowed them to pass beneath him until they only covered her calves. Moonlight Jade kicked them the rest of the way off, the cool air of her room even colder after so long spent touching herself beneath the blankets. Goosebumps raised across her skin. The kiss broke, and the stranger’s hand hardened its grip on her hair, holding her head firmly in place. “I can smell you beautiful,” he uttered. There was a rasping quality to his voice that had been there at the bar and Moonlight Jade knew she had drawn it out of him. “You’ve been touching yourself, you filthy lady. No man has ever had you because you’ve been too busy playing all alone. But all that’s about to change.”

Every word he said struck her hard and left her desperate for more. Jade gaspe