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The lustrous sunlight spilling in through theshades stirred Ehts of sleep she had experienced inlazy stretch and a sled blankets tight around her chest, sat up, and leaned against the headboard Her eyes scanned the expansive roo in the bathrooh her ears as her senses soaked in just how incredibly awesome her body felt

Normally, she was never one to worry about the way she looked upon rising; however, thisthat her hair must’ve looked like a rat’s nest and her face was edthe blankets along with her, in an attempt to study her reflection in the mirror When her bare feet hit the colddown, she found a large box with a red bow tied around it Picking it up, she sat back down on the bed It was addressed to her - well, not her, but Molly

"Such a wiseass," she laughed

Shaking her head, she started to open it, only to see aze to its source, she was rewarded by the sight of Gavin co out of the bathroo hard, Eainst the headboard Running his hand over his dampened hair, Gavin s in his abdo back, Enificent to say the least She couldn’t help but let her eyes roam over him; it was si stature but also his face That strong angular jaw that coht stubble on his chin only added to his masculinity - and further added to her quickened breath

And God Bless That Tattoo

"You found your gift," he said, s

Eift for Molly But yes, I found a gift"

Chuckling, he padded over to the bed and took a seat next to her "If I recall correctly, you’re the one who said I’d never let you live that one down, so I’ her head, she playfully shed and slowly tucked her hair behind her ear "M her lip, noticeably eaze away from his

Mesmerized by the look in her eyes, Gavin felt captivated by the fact that she clearly didn’t realize how beautiful she was Her lips, the hue of a deep ruddy wine, alluring green eyes, and the subtle curves of her body - all tantalized his senses Staring at her, his heart beat as her devotee while his eyes mapped out every inch of her face It wasn’t just her physical beauty It was everything about her, right down to the ss he would do just to obtain her scent She brought hiht like an autu he wasn’t willing to sacrifice in order to keep her for hihts and daydreams of this very s and she would do the sa as only lovers could - unfolded with such vibrancy as she brought her gaze back to his

High

Gavin felt coh No a, and he knew it

Placing his hand under her chin, he stared into her eyes "You look beautiful," he whispered, gently coaxing her face toward his

Slowly, he brushed his lips over hers - gentle, passionate, and soft E just hard enough toout like two teenagers on a date - both content in just thatnothing

After a fewin the minty taste of his lips, Emily pulled back Gavin looked at her, his eyes essentiallylove to her in the process

"What’s wrong?" he asked, a boyish grin tipping the corners of his mouth

"I, uhneed to brushthe blankets to her chest

Letting out a light laugh, he reached for the unopened gift and handed it to her He placed another luscious kiss on her lips "You taste delicious to me, but here Open it"

She s box for a toothbrush"

He laughed and stroked his knuckles along her jaw "It is, isn’t it?"

With furrowed brows and a smile, she stared at him suspiciously

"What?" he asked

"When did you have ti?"

"Well, sleepy head, it’s not that early," he said,that it was nearly eleven in the"But, to answer your question, I had s for you froave her"

"Ah, your assistant"

"Yes,to replace her for this stunning brunette who’s sitting in ht now"

"Oh, you’d hire me as your assistant, huh?"

"Without hesitation," he whispered, the words spoken into the crease of her neck as he grazed his teeth down her shoulder Eh, I’ back, he sift"

With one hand holding the blankets against her chest, Ehed, realizing she was trying to keep her naked body covered This he found insanely cute and sexy at the sa a word, he s it, she found two rin on his face, Gavin opened one of theup a hooded New York Yankees sweatshirt and sweatpants outfit

"You’ve co it froive hi tooto turn her into a fan "If you think I’"

He arched a perfect brow "Who said we’re leaving my place today?"

"Hmm, we’re not?"

"No, we’re not I’e here," he replied, his voice low, as he leaned in to kiss her "The outfit’s purely for my own personal entertain," she replied and kissed him back "And what do you have planned for us today?"

Nipping at her bottoured we’d order in all day"

"Uh huh, food is a necessity," she half host his mouth over hers

"Sleep a little since ere up so late"

"Yes, we do need to keep our strength up" She ran her hand across the back of his neck

Still kissing her, he lifted her other ar from her chest "Curl up on my couch and watch scary ing her fingers into his hair while sexual heat pulsed through her syste her bottom lip between his teeth, he slowly smoothed his hands across her now exposed breasts He s the way she responded to hi, I’d like to reenact last night’s events play by play" He pulled her onto his lap, her hair cascading over his shoulders as their kiss deepened "Overand overand over again," he added

Right about the sa barrier of the torapped around his waist, his cell phone rang Gavin showed no intentions of retrieving the call

With quickened breathing, Emily pulled back and looked at him "You really should answer that, Mr Blake"

He threaded his fingers in her hair and guided her back down to his ainst the headboard, his kiss beco harder "Whoever it is can wait"

"Uh, uh, uh" She pulled back again with a teasing sured she’d play a little gaht he was the "

He ran his palroan His lips curled into a sensual sin the fact that she couldoff hi now?"

Shaking his head, he swung his legs over the side of bed and laughed "Oh, you will pay for that one, I promise"

As she listened to him speak hoever was on the other end, she s he would ood on his threat

"Can’t it wait?" he asked the caller

E his shoulders

Loving the way she felt, Gavin rolled his neck to the side, inviting her into his mouth She sain

"Alright, givehis hand over it, he turned to face her "It’s Colton I have a few things I need to go over with hiht be a while"

Emily nodded

He touched her cheek with the back of his hand, stroking the curve of her chin Settling his lips over hers, he kissed her tenderly "Open the rest of your gifts, go take a shower, and I’llwith hi hi to taoing through the rest of the iteray Nike Shox sneakers, she also found the necessities needed for her to take a shower From shampoo to an array of body wash and razors, he seemed to have covered all the bases There was also a bottle of Jiured he must have spoken with Olivia because that was her favorite kind Opening the thinnest box, she smiled when she found a pair of black lace panties and a ether, Emily slipped froed in a hot, soothing shower Though her body felt physically at ease in co but Overwhelmed would have been an understatement She had a lot that she knew she had to face when Dillon got back Frankly, it terrified her right down to her bones She ran over the things she would tell hi that soo up in fla out frorabbed a towel off the rack and tried to push away the festering negative thoughts that were taking residence in her head

Once dressed in her less-than-appealing Yankees attire, sheover Gavin’s collage of black-and-white photos; most were massive in size Unlike the time before when she was there, this time she actually studied the on the as a building or fanized one as the Pantheon located in Rome Another was a French portrait of the Palace of Versailles Her eyes scanned over the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, and the Gateway Arch She wondered if these were places Gavin already visited or if they were on his list of places to see

With that thought, she followed the voice of the man she wanted to know e any desk with Manhattan’s skyline just beyond the floor-to-ceilingbehind hih the structures of the most powerful city in the world towered over his fra seated on his throne

And now that king was hers

With his eyes downcast, staring at his laptop, still in business mode with his Bluetooth receiver in his ear, Gavin didn’t notice her observing hiainst the doorfraotten himself dressed However - as casual and relaxed as he appeared in a pair of black sweatpants, a white V-neck T-shirt, and reading glasses - in that moment, she felt drawn to hi their distance It wasn’t until she ithin an arious ser up, signaling her another minute - but she didn’t want to wait No Instead, she found herself slowly sliding the sweatpants off her body, her gaze intent on his

Today, she was the huntressand Gavin was her prey

She watched hi, as he leaned back in his leather chair, crossing his arms His smile widened further He kept his voice cool andhis conversation as if unaffected by her striptease - but his physical reaction rising up through his sweatpants told another story

Positioning herself directly in front of his A salacious grin tipped the corners of hisher body on top of his desk With his head at even height with her sto her waist as he looked up to her Sucking in his botto her of the wonderful things to coood move," he said Then he paused aEripped tighter around her waist while the pads of his thuainst her sensitive stomach

She showed no ly pulled her sweatshirt off, her bare foot gently sliding against his crotch

The coht there

If Eroan rumbled in the back of his throat, and she swore that it was the most erotic sound she’d ever heard Her awareness of hi physically painful as the flesh between her legs tightened viciously With that, she tipped her head back and seductively ran her hands over the black lace of her bra, kneading her fingers against her breasts, in hopes of shortening his conversation

"Right, I understand, but that account isI’htly "Look, I have to go I’ll talk to you about this later," he finished, yanking off the earpiece and tossing it on his desk

Bingo

He went to pull off his glasses, but E hisover his face "You look sexy in therin, he tilted his head to the side and studied her "I look sexy in glasses?" he asked, his hands spreading her thighs wide open

Nodding, she let out a breath as her palainst the cool surface of the desk

"Mmm, I don’t know about that," he remarked, his voice low He eased her panties to the side and slipped one finger inside her He pulled it out, licked her juices froently pushed two back in

"Gavin, yesplease don’t stop," sheunder his assault as her hips circled shaers of his one hand worked inside her, the other tore and snapped the panties away from her body

"Fuck, you’re so wet," he hissed through gritted teeth as he quickly rose fro while his other continued to push in and out of her His rhythm was steady and unhurried as his thuerly around his stroking fingers, her grip white-knuckling the sides of the desk "I do this to you, Eet like this"

Aher hand up its length froh her saturated folds, and when he was finally snug inside her, she sucked in as he deliciously stretched her out After lifting his shirt off over his head, she unhooked her bra and tossed it to the side

"Ah, Christ, you’re so fucking tight," he bit out, his blazing blue eyes intense as he watched her "I love the way you feel aroundher waist, Gavin’s head fell back, letting out a deep guttural groan His pace was fast and hard - and Emily loved it Her face flushed, her skin misted with sweat, and her body shook as he pounded into her, driving theonto his neck, she pulled him down to kiss hi?" she asked, panting as he thrust inside her again - this time slower but withhimself out a fraction of the way, he stared at her, hisyou kissinto his shoulders, she leaned forward again in an atte the curve of her neck He brushed his thu her back Her body felt like it was about to combust into flames

"Why won’t you let lasses fro pleasure tore through her

He sroaned "I want to see your beautiful face the entire time See what you look like when I’m inside you - when you come for me" He jerked his hips forward, harder, and deeper as his hands gripped the sides of her thighs Her folds sheathed every stiff inch of hioing to lethis dely carnal, her ive him what he wanted Her entire body shuddered, and within a ash every cell in her body It radiated outward until she was tre from head to toe, mindless in her ecstasy

As soon as she did, Gavin caught her by the nape of her neck, slarowled and Eue across the side of her jaw

Still battering into her, E She felt his hot liquid warroaned into her neck, his body shaking with his own climax

As the scent of sex filled the air and a seductive h every nerve ending in their bodies, Gavin picked her up fro her doith him, they collapsed onto the couch With ecstatic spash each of their muscles, Gavin reached for a blanket, tossed it over their naked skin, and pulled E," he whispered, kissing her forehead

She let out a satisfied sigh and smiled at hi the aftershocks as their breathing slowed and evened out Gavin brushed the daertips gliding across her lips and down the curve of her jaw Ars, and bodies intertwined, they both drifted off into a glorious haze of sleep, neither wanting to wake fro below the horizon, the only sound in the penthouse that Gavin could hear was Eainst his bare chest Stroking her hair from her shoulder, he was all too aware that thehis eyes, Gavin breathed her in, trying to hold onto thehe wasn’t used to

Fear

Gavin feared nothing, and now he felt overtaken by it Though Dillon wouldn’t be back until Tuesday, Gavin knew that when he returned things could possibly change for him and Emily Gavin had no doubt in his heart that she loved hi that However, he couldn’t ignore that there was still a possibility sheat her sleeping forainst him, he kissed her forehead Inwardly, he prayed that the woman who delivered more than she’ll ever knoho filled his empty life with herdeerly slid from the couch and moved to the kitchen where he pulled out a menu to order them dinner Since he so clearly recalled their encounter in front of the sushi restaurant, he figured that it was a safe bet After the order was placed, Gavin padded into his office to retrieve his and Eot dressed, and when he returned to the living roo in his direction She s ar with her Gavin watched the woman who noned his heartinstantly the closer she got With the blanket wrapped tightly around her body, Emily shoved up on her tiptoes, draped one ar, Gavin slipped his arly reciprocated - soaking her sweetness into his mouth, her scent into his nose, and her touch into his skin

"It’s al back, her eyes lazy with sleep "I can’t believe I slept that long"

A smart-ass smirk crossed his features "Well, you’ve kept us veryactive since last night"

"And you partook in every"And, if I’m not mistaken, you enjoyed every second of it as well"

"Mht me I enjoyed every hed, and he brought his hand up to cup her jaw, his thu her cheek "I just woke uphis di we slept through breakfast and lunch, you must be"

"I’m starved"

"I ordered sushi Good?"

"Perfect," she answered, placing a kiss upon his cheek "I’ll be right back I’et myself dressed in the wonderful Yankees attire you’ve forced ainst the counter, he chuckled and watched as she slipped into the bathroo the door

Eh at her colanced at herself in the hts of ecstasy over the last few hours, her disheveled appearance said otherwise With her hairlack of sleep froht before, she decided a quick shoas in order

After finishing up, she realized she had forgotten to bring that fashionable Yankees outfit into the bathroo a towel around her wet body, she opened the door, only to find Gavin standing there with her clothing in his hands He poked his head in, dangling the attire in front of her Every tirab it fro it froain reaching for the clothing

"Do you have any idea the self-control I’ht now?" She cocked her head to the side and smiled "However, you’ve lucked out The food’s already here, and I don’t want you to starve any hed and handed her the clothing "But I h"

"Sounds like fun"

He leaned in to kiss her and went to walk away, but stopped in the hall and turned around "Eet," he said, s mischievously "My impatient hands ripped the panties from that pretty body of yours earlier, so it looks like you’re going co smile

"Emily"

"I enjoyed everythose panties from my body"

As Gavin tried to walk back into the bathroom, Emily closed the door in his face and locked it

"The food will get cold," she yelled out, trying to stifle a laugh