Going Hard: Divemasters, Book 3

by Jayne Rylon

  Waverly and Archer were already pressed up against some contraption she couldn’t make sense of as they tore at each others’ remaining clothes.

  Holy shit.

  Kahori squeaked in surprise.

  Both of them whipped around to look at her. Surprisingly, neither seemed very upset to see her there.

  “Hey.” Archer grinned. “Did you and Tosin have the clubroom booked? I’m not going to lie, I didn’t bother to look at the schedule when Waverly propositioned me.”

  “Tosin? Clubroom?” she stammered.

  “Uh oh.” Waverly nabbed her shirt off the floor and flung it haphazardly over her nakedness.

  “Fuck.” Archer was already on the move. He hit an intercom on the wall and said, “Tosin. Clubroom. Right fucking now. Kahori is here.”

  “Don’t let her leave until I get there,” came the immediate reply.

  Not… “Hey, what’s a clubroom?”

  Or… “Why would she be in there? I hate that kind of thing.”

  Or anything else that would alleviate the betrayal and fear bubbling up within her.

  Nineteen

  Tosin didn’t dally. Neither did he run.

  More than ever before in his life, it was critical that he stay calm and handle the situation carefully. Prove to Kahori that not everyone who enjoyed structured playtime would disregard the needs of their submissive partner.

  He had to believe that, deep down, she knew that already.

  It was his job to unlock her emotions, and smother her fear, so that her brain could catch up with the rest of her.

  When he reached the clubroom’s onyx door, his hand hovered over the handle. He was surprised to see it trembling. It was too late now to pray that he hadn’t gone about this all wrong.

  Tosin drew in a deep breath, then opened the door.

  “You liar!” Kahori ripped free of Archer’s light restraint and flew at him, her fists pounding on his chest. “You’re into the same things as that guy at the club. At least he didn’t try to lure me in with pretty words and gentle sex before showing me what he really liked.”

  “I never deceived you, Kahori.” He kept her from assaulting him by braceleting her wrists with his thumbs and forefingers. He didn’t apply a lot of pressure. Didn’t need to. She responded to him beautifully as always, completely in tune with his intentions.

  “How can you say that? You listened to me confess about that club. How contrived it was, how unappealing to me. And yet this… You went to enormous lengths to have a place like this onboard so it must be important to you! Why waste your time on me or make me fall for you when you knew we’re interested in two totally different things?” She railed at him and he let her get it all out before explaining what he’d been attempting to do. “Here I was, feeling guilty about fucking you when I can’t leave my home, abandon my pāpā, and the whole time you were hiding…this!”

  Archer shook his head—probably mentally labeling Tosin an idiot for that kind of supposed gaff—then snuck out the door with Waverly, shutting it gently behind him.

  “You weren’t ready for this.” Arrogant, maybe. But it was the truth. “From what I’ve seen so far, you haven’t yet accepted that you enjoy being topped by a responsible lover. You don’t understand the subtleties of the relationship because of very valid fears. I was working on showing you the more subtle flavors first before I asked you to try something the equivalent of mainlining hot sauce.”

  “What the hell is that supposed to mean?” She propped her hands on her hips, practically daring him to enlighten her. So he did.

  “Remember in the cave, when I instructed you how to blow me? Or in the underwater lodge, how hard you came on my cock when I commanded you to?” He would never forget it. “You like letting go. Giving me complete control. But you don’t know me well enough to look beyond your history with a dumbass, reckless user who doesn’t know how to treat a prized partner to realize that with someone else, it would be a different experience entirely.”

  Kahori had gone silent.

  “A power exchange doesn’t have to be this blatant. There are lots of shades to enjoy on the spectrum of BDSM. I was simply trying to figure out what colors would be our favorites together. But if you’d like to test my theory about which hues you’ll come to love, I’m happy to try that out, too.”

  “Who are you?” She squinted, as if trying to detect some hidden marking on him that would have declared his alpha tendencies.

  “The same man you claimed to love.” He held his hand out to her. “We’ve hardly met. You can’t think you know all of me yet. I’m certain I’ve only scratched your surface. But if you like, I’ll introduce you to another side of me.”

  “Why do you keep speaking in riddles?” She wasn’t saying no. She also wasn’t leaving despite the clear path to the exit. He took that as a good sign, both that she was interested, and that she wasn’t freaking out.

  Deep down, she knew he would never hurt her. She trusted him enough to hear him out.

  That had to be a good sign.

  Tosin wanted nothing more than to reward her bravery and be the man she didn’t even know she so desperately needed. He smiled at her, hoping she could see that enjoying what went on in this room didn’t detract from the genuine devoted exchanges they’d had outside of it. “Sometimes sweet is sexy. But sometimes I like going hard. I think you’ll like it a hell of a lot too if you give it a chance. You were interested enough to check it out on your own. But I think you might not have understood that any sex can be good sex with the right person or a disaster if you don’t have a true partner.”

  Kahori wrung her hands in front of her. She took a tiny step closer to him.

  So he held out his hand to her and asked, “Will you let me show you?”

  “Will you stop if I realize it’s honestly not for me?” Her eyes begged him so prettily as she asked, though she must already know the answer.

  “Of course. Would you like a safe word?” He rubbed his palms up and down her arms, chasing away the goose bumps there as she proved yet again how spectacular she was and how strong their bond had grown in a matter of a few intense days. “If you say it, at any time, everything stops. I’ll take you out of here and we don’t ever have to mention it again. Believe it or not, with you, I don’t need this. We have something harder to find. This is a means to an end, a shortcut where everyone understands the rules. What you and I were building was something more intricate, more subtle, and…well, just more in every way.”

  Kahori squeezed her eyes shut as she considered what he was offering. Then she opened them and stared directly at him as she nodded.

  “Thank you for trusting me.” He held his arms open and she flew into them. How hard could he push her? “Your safe word will be glowworm.”

  She smiled softly at that, as he’d intended.

  So he decided to trust his instincts, though the scheme swirling around his brain was either the best or worst idea he’d ever had. A smarter man would start slow and gradually introduce her to elements of his lifestyle. He leaned toward the ultimate test right off the bat. If she couldn’t handle it, there was no sense in torturing them both with further outings to the clubroom.

  “Help me, Tosin. What should I do? I don’t like feeling clueless.” She waited for him to take the reins. So he did.

  “I’m only suggesting this because I think you’re strong enough to handle it…” He hesitated. Once the words were out of his mouth, he wouldn’t be able to reclaim them.

  She looked up at him expectantly.

  “Let me conduct a little experiment. I want to fuck you on that.” He pointed to the spanking bench.

  At first she recoiled. “How could you? I told you—”

  He shushed her then, wishing they were far enough along in their explorations for him to have been able to gag her, blindfold her, prove his point without letting her work herself into a darker place first. If he did this right, he could mitigate those memories.

  Replaci
ng them with something decidedly not terrifying or horrible.

  He hoped.

  “Exactly, Kahori. What better way to show you how different I am and how much pleasure you can take from this place if you let go of the past?” He nuzzled her temple. “I know what I’m asking of you is difficult. Feel free to use your safe word, now or at any time. It won’t change how I feel for you.”

  But this could destroy the budding love she had for him. Might have already done the damage like a late spring frost.

  “May I see it first?” Kahori asked, a natural.

  He led her to the apparatus and let her explore. Though she seemed wary at first, by the time she ran her hands over the custom-built frame and the deeply padded surface covered in the softest leather, she nodded.

  “This seems much more comfortable than the one they had at the place I went to.” She surprised him then with her bravery and daring. “Would you tie me to it? So that I don’t freak out and fall?”

  She couldn’t know that bondage was his favorite aspect of BDSM.

  It was just another way they were ultimately compatible.

  “Of course.” He kissed her gently. “But why stop there? I think I’ll spank your perfect ass before we get to the good stuff.” Kahori shuffled before him. He smirked. “Something wrong?”

  She shook her head.

  “Getting horny thinking of me having my way with you, and bringing you even more pleasure than last night while I do it?” He leaned in closer, whispering the suggestion so that she had to concentrate only on him and what he was doing to her.

  Kahori nodded.

  Tosin’s hand flashed out, burying in her hair. She didn’t flinch, not even when he fisted the strands then used them to tip her head back slightly. Instead, her lips parted and her cheeks flushed.

  There was no doubt—she was made for this.

  “I want to hear you answer me. Say, ‘yes, sir,’” he commanded.

  When the words rolled off her tongue, they were the sweetest thing he’d ever heard.

  Tosin rewarded her appropriately. He kissed her until neither one of them could breathe. At the same time he unwound her fresh pareu from her body and dropped it to the floor. It was handy for quick disrobing. His new favorite garment. If she wasn’t strutting around this place naked while they were at sea, he hoped she’d always wear one of those.

  He froze. She’d never said she was coming with them. They hadn’t discussed it since the disastrous end of their cave sex.

  “Did I do something wrong?” she asked.

  “No.” Tosin rubbed the tip of his nose against hers. “You’re perfect.”

  Refocusing, he lifted her onto the spanking bench then withdrew a set of silk ties from the drawer at the base. It didn’t take long to have her secured to the equipment.

  Kahori tested her bonds, unable to budge, never mind break free.

  To be absolutely sure she wouldn’t get carried away and injure herself later, he landed a single stinging swat on her ass.

  She yelped and jerked but didn’t budge. So he ran his finger down her crack then slipped a single finger into her pussy. It didn’t surprise him in the least to find her soaked.

  It did relieve him, though. He licked her slickness from his hand after he withdrew.

  Perfect.

  Though ordinarily he would take pride in teasing her for hours, today he planned to lean toward simple and to the point. The one where she couldn’t deny how hard she came for him in these conditions. That was all he needed to show her today. The rest could follow later.

  Tosin ran his hands all over her body, making sure there were no uncomfortable contact points, especially considering her lingering bruises. Another reason to keep things short and sweet.

  He spoke to her the entire time he admired her body, assessed the right way to make his point. And when he was satisfied, he ripped off his bathing trunks then mounted the table and her.

  His cock was painfully hard. It rested between her cheeks, making him long to claim her ass as well as her pussy. Some other time.

  Tapping the head against her clit, he realized he’d nearly forgotten a condom.

  Kahori groaned when he retrieved one from a fishbowl on a table nearby. “Tosin?”

  “Yes?” He caressed the length of her back as he repositioned himself.

  “When you come, will you…”

  “Ask for anything you want, Kahori. I’m here to make your dreams come true.” He kissed her shoulder blade as he notched his cock in her hungry pussy.

  “Will you pull out and come on me instead of in that rubber?” She couldn’t move much, but she squirmed within her confines. “I want to feel your passion for me.”

  “Fuck yes.” He couldn’t stop himself then from pressing into her, though he tried to go as slowly as his libido would allow. “See how much deeper it feels this way?”

  “Mmmm…” She didn’t object.

  “You’re okay, right?” He reached forward and cupped her neck in his palm, getting her attention. He should have put a mirror in front of her so he could monitor her expression. Based on her moan, this would work just fine for now, though.

  “Yes, sir.”

  “Good girl.” He beamed as he began to ride her, making sure to grind his pelvis into hers so that her clit stroked the ridge of the spanking bench just so.

  Tosin withdrew his cock completely then reintroduced it to her, sliding deeper until his balls tucked tight against her ass. He did this repeatedly, fucking her with the entire length of his dick. It didn’t take long before she was rocking back against him and calling out his name.

  “What would you like, Kahori?” he asked, though he already knew the answer.

  “I want to come. Then feel you coming on me. I want to know you feel this too,” she admitted.

  “I do.” He leaned forward, blanketing her even as he began to drive into her body faster and harder. If he’d thought she was responsive the night before, it was nothing compared to the way she unraveled then.

  Her pussy milked his cock, tugging on it even as she prepared to shatter.

  When he realized she couldn’t hold out a moment longer, he murmured, “Go ahead, come for me. Come on me, Kahori. Prove to us both that when we’re together, that’s all that matters. Feel how much better it is when you come like this. Give everything to me. And know that you have all of me in return.”

  Kahori screamed his name as she came. Spasms racked her for so long he thought she might pass out. Instead, she shouted, “Please, Tosin, now! I want to feel it!”

  How could he resist an invitation like that?

  He couldn’t.

  Tosin pulled out of her pussy, mourning the loss of juicy pressure on his shaft. Then he stripped off the condom. It only took a couple of powerful tugs before come rushed from his balls out the tip of his shaft. He painted Kahori with his release, making sure every last drop splashed onto her back and ass.

  And when he’d emptied his balls, he used his trunks to dry her off before untying her and wrapping her in her pareu. She floated, not quite seeing anything clearly, it seemed. So he let her enjoy the high while he took care of business.

  He’d already lifted her into his arms and looked down into her rosy face when she smiled up at him and tipped her face toward him for a kiss. He obliged her request.

  “What did you think?” he asked softly. He knew how her body voted on the experience, but what about her mind?

  “I think I want to do it again. Soon.” She smiled sheepishly. “Can we do that?”

  He laughed. “Give me ten minutes, then I’ll be happy to show you around.”

  As it turned out, they didn’t leave until Kahori’s stomach growled and he realized he needed to take care of all her needs, not just the sexual ones.

  Tosin threw on his shorts and wrapped her up again before carrying her toward his room. Their room. Whether she stayed or not, it would never belong to anyone else. “I love you, Kahori.”

  “I love you too
, Tosin,” she murmured groggily.

  Of course, on the way to his quarters, they seemed to pass everyone else. What were they all doing in their cabins in the middle of the day anyway?

  Waverly and Archer gave them a thumbs-up as they headed toward the lunch buffet. Sabine and Miguel teased him about the hickey Kahori had marked him with at some point. He didn’t care. He wore the thing like a medal of honor.

  And when Marta slipped out of Banks’s room, she tossed Kahori a wink.

  “I’m surprised the whole ship isn’t rocking by now!” Tosin shouted with a laugh.

  At that, Dr. Kleveno poked her head out of Captain Alex’s room and said, “We’re working on it. Now shut up and go away, would you, loudmouth?”

  Kahori and Tosin cracked up as they fell into his bed and ordered room service. He didn’t want to let her out of his sight even long enough to inhale a meal upstairs. He’d much rather eat her while they waited for the main course.

  She had no objections.

  Twenty

  A few days later Kahori paced the lobby of her uncle’s resort. Even the gorgeous views of the overwater cabins and the lagoon beyond couldn’t calm her any longer. Behind her Miguel and Sabine were signing the contracts that would establish one of the grow domes for their priceless cancer-fighting algae right here on Uncle Kimo’s motu. After meeting the guys and seeing how they looked out for her, he’d changed his mind about getting involved in their project. And that was even before he’d seen Sabine’s demonstration of how her developing formula destroyed cancer cells.

  While it should have been a day of celebrations, shared prosperity, and pride that her often overlooked country could become such an important part of bettering the entire world, her father’s absence was even more pronounced than it had been as she’d passed the time hoping for his return while on the Divemaster.

  Steadying hands came to rest on her shoulders, keeping her from making another circuit of the open-air gathering place. Tosin asked, “How can I help?”

  Those four simple words, so full of empathy and kindness, nearly had her bawling.