Chapter 9: Edged, Denied, and Left Wanting
The shower filled with the sound of his breathing. Ragged. Desperate. Water hammered the marble, but it couldn't drown out the way Victor whimpered when her thumb pressed just behind his balls, that spot where nerves clustered like live wires.
"You're shaking," she said.
He didn't answer. Couldn't. His forehead was pressed to the glass, his hands splayed wide, fingers curling and uncurling against the slick surface. Every muscle in his back was taut, defined, trembling with the effort of holding still.
Melissa stroked him slow. Root to tip. Root to tip. Her grip was loose—just tight enough to keep him hard, nowhere near enough to get him off.
"Those girls you fucked," she murmured, lips brushing the shell of his ear. "The ones from the gym. The ones who text you at two in the morning."
A shudder ran through him.
"Did any of them ever touch you like this?"
He shook his head. Water flew from his hair, splattered against the glass.
"No?" She circled the head of his cock with her thumb, spreading slick precum down his shaft. "What about your mouth? Did they let you use that mouth the way you used it on me?"
"Never." The word cracked. "Never like that."
"So you've been holding back."
He didn't deny it.
She smiled. Pressed a kiss to his shoulder blade—soft, almost tender—then bit down.
He jerked. His cock twitched in her hand.
"Melissa—"
"That's not my name right now."
Silence. Steam. The endless drum of water.
"Mommy," he whispered.
"Good boy."
She rewarded him with a firmer stroke. One. Two. Three pumps, twisting her wrist on the upstroke, and his whole body arched like a bow.
"Oh fuck—"
"Shh." She released his cock. Slid her hand between his legs instead. Cupped his balls, rolled them gently, then reached further back.
His breath hitched.
Her finger found his asshole. Circled it. Pressed just enough to make him gasp.
"Tell me no," she said. "Tell me you don't want this, and I'll stop."
He said nothing.
"That's what I thought."
She pressed harder. Just the tip of her finger, slick with soap and water, easing past the ring of muscle. He cried out—high, broken, almost surprised.
"Have you ever done this before?"
"No."
"Do you want me to stop?"
"No."
She pushed deeper. One knuckle. Then two.
His legs buckled. She caught him with her free hand, palm flat against his stomach, holding him upright.
"Easy," she said. "I've got you."
But she didn't ease up. While her finger worked him slow and careful, her other hand wrapped around his cock again. Started pumping. Fast this time. Hard.
The sounds he made weren't human. Weren't words. Just raw, animal noise—gasping and groaning and something that might have been her name, mangled by pleasure.
"Please," he gasped. "Please, I can't—"
"You can."
"I can't, I'm going to—"
She stopped.
Pulled her hands away. Stepped back.
Victor sagged against the glass. His cock bobbed in the air, purple and slick, leaking like a broken faucet. His asshole clenched around nothing, still wet from her finger.
"What—" He turned his head, cheek pressed to the marble, eyes wild. "Why did you—"
"You'll come when I say you can come."
"I was close. I was so close."
"I know."
She watched him struggle to breathe. Watched the water bead on his back, on his shoulders, on the perfect curve of his ass. He was a mess. A beautiful, desperate mess.
And she wasn't done with him yet.
"Turn around."
He did. Slower this time, legs unsteady. When his back hit the glass, he slid down a few inches before catching himself.
She stepped between his thighs. Pressed her palm flat to his chest. Leaned in close enough to feel the heat radiating off him.
"You taste like me," she said.
He blinked. Confused.
"Your mouth." She dragged her thumb across his lower lip. "You still taste like my pussy."
His cock jumped.
She kissed him. Hard. Filthy. Tongue and teeth and the salt of her own come on his lips. He moaned into her mouth, hands coming up to grab her hips—
"No." She caught his wrists. Pinned them to the glass above his head. "You don't touch me. Not until I say."
"You're killing me."
"Am I?"
"You know you are."
She smiled. Kissed the corner of his mouth. Then his jaw. Then his throat, where his pulse hammered like a trapped bird.
"Good," she whispered. "You should suffer a little."
She knelt.
The tile bit into her knees again, but she ignored it. Her focus was on him—the way his cock jutted toward her, thick and angry and wet. The way his balls drew up tight against his body. The way his breath stuttered when she licked her lips.
"You want my mouth?"
"God, yes."
"Beg."
"Please. Please, Melissa, please put your mouth on me, I'll do anything, I'll—"
She took him deep.
His cry echoed off the marble. His hips bucked—instinct, not intention—and she pulled back just enough to avoid choking.
"Stay still," she said, lips brushing the head of his cock. "Or I stop."
"Okay. Okay, I'm sorry. I'll be good."
"You'd better be."
She swallowed him down again. Slower this time. Let her tongue flatten along the underside, trace the thick vein that pulsed with every heartbeat. Let her throat relax, take him deeper, until her nose pressed against his stomach and he was gasping her name like a prayer.
She worked him like that—mouth and hand moving together, one twisting up while the other slid down. It was brutal and methodical and she knew exactly what she was doing. She'd had years to learn. Years with David, who never appreciated it. Years of boredom and dissatisfaction and quiet, aching loneliness.
But Victor appreciated it.
Victor was shaking apart under her mouth.
"Please," he gasped. "Please, I need to—I can't hold it—"
She pulled off. Looked up at him. Her lips were slick, her chin wet, her hair plastered to her face.
"Then come."
His face contorted. "Now?"
"Now."
She didn't touch him. Just knelt there, watching, as his hips jerked forward and his cock pulsed and thick white streaks painted the glass behind her.
He came forever. Or maybe it just felt that way. Rope after rope of it, splattering the marble, dripping down the glass, landing on her shoulder and her cheek and the swell of her breast.
When he finally stopped, his legs gave out.
He hit the floor with a wet thud—knees first, then palms, then cheek against the tile. His chest heaved. His eyes were closed. He looked like a man who'd drowned and come out the other side.
Melissa stood.
She stepped over him. Paused. Looked down at the crumpled, gasping mess at her feet.
"Looks like you couldn't handle it, baby," she said.
He didn't move.
She reached up. Squeezed the water from her hair. Let it fall in a dark curtain down her back.
"I guess you didn't earn Mommy's pussy tonight."
She stepped out of the shower. Grabbed a towel from the rack. Wrapped it around herself. The glass was so fogged she couldn't see him anymore—just a silhouette, curled on the floor.
"Better luck next time."
The door clicked shut behind her.
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Karen's coffee was cold.
She'd been holding the cup for twenty minutes, listening to Melissa talk, and she hadn't taken a single sip.
"That's it?" Karen said. "That's all?"
"That's all."
"You left him on the floor."
"He was fine."
"He was fine?"
Melissa shrugged. Stirred her latte with a little wooden stick, watching the foam swirl.
"He's a big boy. He can handle himself."
Karen set her cup down. Leaned back in her chair. The café was crowded—some downtown place with exposed brick and Edison bulbs and baristas who looked like they'd rather be anywhere else—but Karen didn't care who heard.
"So let me get this straight," she said. "You've been flirting with your stepson for months. Months. You've been dancing around him in tight little workout clothes, bending over in front of him, letting him watch you do squats like it's some kind of fucking mating ritual."
"I wasn't—"
"You were. And then last night—"
"This morning."
"This morning, you finally let him eat you out in the shower, you let him finger you, you squirted all over his face, you jerked him off, you licked his asshole—"
"Karen."
"—and then you just... left him there? Like a used tissue?"
Melissa set her spoon down. Met Karen's eyes. Something flickered in them—uncertainty, maybe. Or guilt.
"I didn't let him fuck me," she said. "That's good, right?"
Karen stared at her.
"Right?" Melissa repeated.
"Are you serious right now?"
"I'm just saying—"
"No." Karen held up a hand. "Stop. Listen to yourself. You're trying to justify this like you're a teenager who got to third base and wants credit for not going all the way."
"It's not—"
"It is." Karen leaned forward. Her voice dropped, sharp and low. "You didn't stop anything, Melissa. You just drew a line that makes you feel better. But that boy—"
"He's not a boy."
"He's twenty-two. He's a baby."
"He's older than I was when I met David."
Karen opened her mouth. Closed it. Took a breath.
"Fine. He's not a boy. He's a grown man. But he's your stepson, and you've had him on a leash for months, and last night you finally slipped him a taste and then yanked it away."
"I didn't yank anything."
"You came on his face and then left him in the shower alone."
Melissa didn't answer.
Karen picked up her coffee. Drank. Winced at the cold.
"Don't come crying to me," she said, "when that boy snaps."
Melissa frowned. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means exactly what it sounds like." Karen set the cup down. Hard. "You've been teasing him, edging him, dominating him. You think that's sustainable? You think he's just going to keep following you around like a puppy while you dangle your pussy over his head and never let him touch it?"
"He touched it."
"You know what I mean."
Melissa looked away. Out the window, where the street was wet and gray and full of people who didn't have these problems.
"He's already snapping," Karen continued. "Or he will. You can't just—you can't just do that to someone and expect them to stay in the little box you built for them."
"I'm not—"
"You're playing with fire, and you're not even pretending it's not going to burn you."
Melissa's jaw tightened.
"I know what I'm doing."
"Do you?"
"Yes."
Karen sighed. Rubbed her temples.
"Okay. Fine. You know what you're doing." She picked up her phone. Scrolled. "Then I'll just say this one thing, and then I'll shut up about it."
"Please do."
"When it happens—and it will happen—don't come to me surprised. Don't come to me crying about how you didn't see it coming. Because I'm telling you right now, Melissa. That boy is going to snap. And when he does, he's not going to ask permission. He's not going to kneel on the floor and call you Mommy."
Melissa's breath caught.
"He's going to pin you down and fuck you until you can't remember your own name."
The words hung in the air. Heavy. Inevitable.
"And when that happens," Karen said, "I will see you waddling like your hips are jelly, and I will yell at you for not getting it on video."
Melissa's face flushed. With anger, or embarrassment, or something else entirely.
"That's not—"
"I'm serious. Send me a link. I want to watch."
"Karen."
"What? You think I'm joking?"
Melissa shook her head. But she was smiling. Just a little.
"You're awful."
"I'm honest. There's a difference."
They sat in silence for a minute. The café buzzed around them—orders being called, beans being ground, someone laughing at a table by the window.
Then Melissa's phone buzzed.
She looked down.
Victor: Did you mean it
Victor: That I didn't earn it
Victor: Or was that just part of the game
Karen watched her face. Didn't say anything.
Melissa typed back.
Melissa: What do you think
Three dots appeared. Disappeared. Appeared again.
Victor: I think you wanted me to stop you
Victor: And you're mad that I didn't
Melissa stared at the screen.
Her heart was beating too fast. Her palm was sweaty. She could still feel his mouth on her—wet and hot and desperate—and she could still hear the sound he made when he came, that broken little cry that had echoed off the marble.
She didn't respond.
She just put the phone face-down on the table and picked up her cold latte, and when Karen raised an eyebrow, she shrugged and said, "He's fine."
But she didn't believe it.
And somewhere across town, in a bedroom that still smelled like her perfume, Victor was staring at the ceiling and thinking the exact same thing.