Denys, Jennifer - Just Good Friends [Friends and Acquaintances 1] (Siren Publishing Classic) Read Online Free

foolish enough to make a second joke. Instead, he eased her final garments to the floor.
    She stood naked before him, less nervous than before, following the teasing and his lovely comment about her breasts. He lifted a hand to trail his knuckles down her body over her nipple, which pebbled in reaction. She bit her lip again. He reached up and stoked it with his thumb, smiled, and said gently, “Come on, onto the bed with you.”
    While she lay on the bed, she watched as Sam started undoing his shirt and toeing off his shoes. He lifted a knee to the bed then she saw him realize he was on the stockings. “I’d forgotten for the moment why we’re doing this,” he said. Lifting his knee off them, he hoisted them in one hand. “So, my lady fair, are we ready?” Not waiting for a reply, he took one stocking and moved toward the bottom of the bed to tie an ankle.
    “Whoa—Klingon, Klingon. No, shit, I’m Romulan.”
    Sam stopped in midbend. “Hell, Jess, that was short and sweet! I haven’t even touched you yet.”
    She sat up hurriedly, pulling her legs toward her. “Sorry, I just never thought you were going to tie my legs as well. I thought it would just be hands.”
    “Ahh, I didn’t think that one through. You’re right, and you only actually gave me two stockings.” He banged a hand against his head. Jessie grinned and very slowly lay down again. She wasn’t quite ready to trust yet.
    Sam took a deep breath and moved up the bed, gently taking her left wrist and laying it over her head on the pillow. She saw him looking down to see if she was okay. She smiled, so he continued to tie that hand to the spindles in the headboard. “It’s lucky you’ve got a headboard like this. Otherwise this plan would have failed at the first hurdle,” he chuckled.
    She giggled, watching him cross to the other side of the bed. “You have no headboards at all in your place, so I guess you’ve never tied a girl up before.”
    “Now, that would be telling,” he responded with a smile, taking hold of Jessie’s other arm. She had a moment of panic and resisted. “We don’t have to do this. You can Romulan me again, or we can leave it at one arm,” he said softly.
    Taking a couple of deep breaths, Jessie tried to calm herself. “No, go for it.” Then she let her arm go limp. Sam placed her wrist in position and tied it very loosely, watching her the whole time. She tugged experimentally then grinned when she realized she could get her hand out very easily. “Some Boy Scout you are.”
    He put his hand on his heart. “I was an excellent Boy Scout. However, it’s my Dom badge that needs work at the moment.”
    She laughed. “So now what? You have got me naked, tied me up, I’m not panicking—well, much. What comes next?”
    Sam lay down on the bed next to her, his elbow on the pillow next to her head, his cheek on his palm. “Well, if I’m being your book buddy and we’re just discussing the merits of being tied up, we could leave it here.” He paused. She knew he was trying to assess her reaction. “Or I could continue working on the Dom badge—and it needs serious work, mind you—and assert myself.”
    He laid a finger on her lips as she went to speak. “In fact, I am going for the latter, and I am asserting that you are not allowed to speak. Close your eyes. Go on.” He laughed as she glared at him first, then felt him caress her face with his fingers, running them down her throat toward her breast. “I’ve been dying to touch this further.” Her eyes flew open. “Uh-uh. Keep them closed, or I’ll have to resort to a blindfold.”
    “You wouldn’t dare.”
    He grinned at her and waited until she closed her eyes again, his hand still on the curve of her breast. She felt him enfold her breast, hefting the weight in his palm and rubbing his thumb over a dusky pink nipple. She bucked off the bed. “Jesus Christ, Sam.”
    He chuckled, continuing his exploration. His hand stroked down her waist to her