Chapter 49

It enhanced her own release, much to her shame and helplessness, drawing out her pleasure-pain. It was like they were linked together because her violent contractions didn’t stop until his were fully over. He collapsed on top of her, his breathing as ragged as hers. She felt him everywhere. He surrounded her. She saw darkness. She breathed him in. 

Finally, he rolled to the side. Danika heard a rustle of clothes; some moments later, he pulled the blindfold from her eyes.

She swiveled her face and stared at him. He was dressed again in a flimsy night cloth and lying beside her. She curled into a tight ball, her body throbbing. Her heart was in her throat because he would order her to get out. She wasn’t sure she could move.

His eyes were watching hers, and hers watched his face in return. Her dazed eyes were filled with overwhelming exhaustion for the first time.

Danika realised he looked tired, too, even as sleepy as she was. She swallowed tightly, think