Tara looked away, embarrassed.
“Uh-uh.” Alex turned her face back. “That’s one. No looking away, remember.”
Tara blew out a deep breath. “Sorry, Sir. This is just hard for me.”
“Why? I’ve never noticed you being shy before.”
“That’s different.” How to explain this without exposing all of herself? “I don’t really have a hang-up with being naked during sex or a scene. It’s just…”
“This is more intimate,” he guessed. “You’re more exposed.”
She nodded.
Alex reached around and traced a finger over her cheekbones, down her nose, over her lips. “You’re so lovely, so sweet. I could just eat you.”
She grinned. “Promises, promises.”
He barked out a laugh. “Maybe later.”
She shivered at the thought.
“But stop distracting me.” He ran his fingers over her shoulders and down her arms, leaving goosebumps of desire in his wake. “Hands behind your head,” he commanded.
Tara slipped her hands behind her head, leaving her even more exposed.
“Don’t move.”
She relaxed a little with that order.
“Good girl,” Alex said, watching her closely. Damn, she wouldn’t be able to hide much from him. He moved away and grabbed something from a drawer.
Tara strained to watch him in the mirror.
“Hands at the small of your back.”
Tara quickly moved to obey him. A silken rope was wrapped around her wrists and he tied them expertly. Almost instantly her muscles relaxed and she calmed, her mind clearing of worries.
“Yes, you definitely like that,” Alex murmured. He cupped her shoulders then ran his hands around to cup her breasts, holding them up.
His eyes held hers for a long moment as he pinched her nipples lightly. Tara gasped as heat raced through her, pooling in her clit.
“A little bit of pain is good, isn’t it, sweetheart?”
She nodded, closing her eyes in ecstasy as he applied just a bit more pressure to her nipples.
“That’s two,” Alex said and her eyes shot open.
“Sorry, Sir,” she said. “It just felt so good.”
He smiled. “I’m glad. But I want you to watch.”
Alex ran his fingers down her sides. She shuddered.
“Ticklish?”
“Yes, Sir,” she said with a giggle as he brushed his fingers against her side again.
“Good to know.”