“Right, girl,” she whispered. “Let’s get this done.” She tightened the towel around her breasts and pulled in a deep breath.

Stepping into the lounge area, she was greeted by the sight of Roper lazing on the sofa. In one hand he held a glass with the same size splash of brandy he’d given her and in the other a lit cigarette. He was watching some sport channel on the TV.

He glanced at her. “There’re clean clothes there. I reckon what you were wearing needs burning.”

“Not the jacket.” Hell, no. She needed that.

“Nah, that’ll wipe up okay.” He shrugged. “Don’t know if what’s there’ll fit, but it’s all I got to offer. Must’ve belonged to the last tenant…the one with the bath oil.”

“Thank you.” She looked at the small bundle. It appeared to be a pair of black leggings, a dove-gray sweater and a red t-shirt. Black socks sat on the top. They were big, but at least didn’t have holes in them.

“Feel better for your bath?” he asked, leaning forward and stubbing out his smoke in an overflowing ashtray. He sat back heavily and took a big slug of his drink.

“Much.” She smiled and sauntered over to him, sashaying her hips as she went.

He widened his eyes, but other than that didn’t react.

“It’s time to make you feel better,” she said, stepping between his legs.

No answer. Instead, he let his gaze drift down the towel she was hugging around herself that stopped just beneath her pussy.

She smiled, reached for a cushion and dropped it to the floor. “You’ve been very kind to me.”

Silence.

“And now I want to be kind to you.” She sank to her knees and undid the top button on his jeans.

He hitched in a breath, his chest swelling beneath his turtleneck.

Beth gave her most seductive smile and fluttered her eyelashes. She’d only had one lover in the past, a guy she knew from college, and he’d told her she was good at sucking cock. Dating a Rammada had come with more baggage than he could handle, though, and one day he’d just stopped speaking to her. She wondered which of her cousins had gotten to him, or if perhaps it had been her father.

But Roper, he was different from a college jock. He was all man, nothing boyish about him. Would she be up to standard?

She dragged at his jeans. He didn’t help, but finally she managed to free his cock.

It was semi-hard; she’d soon change that.

Giving it a firm stroke—from his black, wiry pubic hair to the deep red, flared head—she felt blood rush to his shaft, making him harder. With her other hand, she stroked over the base of his flat belly. She’d been right…he was solid muscle. Goodness only knew how many hours he spent working out.

Tipping forward, she swiped her tongue over his slit. His cock twitched and thickened further.

He cleared his throat, and she looked up at him with the tip of her tongue on his cock end.

He bit on his bottom lip, and a muscle flexed in his jaw. He clenched his fists, pressing one harder into the sofa cushions, the other gripping his glass.

She opened her mouth and sank onto him, allowing his swollen cock to slide over her tongue. He tasted rich and musky, different than her other lover, who was all fresh cologne and shower gel. Roper was bigger, too, wider as well as longer.

He slotted his fingers into her wet hair.

For a moment, she stilled, not wanting him to move the damp strands and reveal her tattoo. But then she looked up at him, mouth full, and saw that he’d rested his head back and his eyes were closed.

She bobbed up and down, setting a steady pumping rhythm.

He was quiet and still, apart from the tension on her scalp where he held her. It wasn’t what she’d expected from a man like him, but she was happy to take an easy, less frantic pace. As soon as this was over, she’d be able to sleep, and damn it, she was dog-tired. The thought of a warm bed was the biggest turn-on of all for her.

His cock grew harder still, and after a few minutes, the salty tang of pre-cum coated her palate.

He released a low moan and firmed up the grip on her head.

He was near to coming, she was sure. She clasped his root and worked that, too, picking up the pace. Her towel slipped, gathering over her knees and around her ass. She didn’t bother to move it.

She had him. In his world, at this moment, she was all that existed.