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"I don’t owe you anything!"

"Really?" Quick as a striking snake, his hand flashes out Grabs on toand his face is only inches froo!"

"Not until you tell iven you time and leeway and as h for you" He leans forward until his lips are all but touching o out with that har to instead of reen flecks mixed in with the wild blue of his irises

So close that I can smell the minty scent of his breath

So close that I can feel the reckless heat of his body pouring into mine

I take a deep breath, and as I do, hts up with arousal Because it’s his air that I’ deep inside , despite all I know about hiood So perfect So right

He brings his hand to er across ain until I yield My lips part on a shattered gasp and his finger sneaks inside, strokes across the very tip of ainst the cool leather of the booth I’ve gone weak, boneless There’s no rage, no indignation, nothing but pure sensation inside me That’s what he does tobut a chaotic s and desires

"Chloe" He whispers my name, and my already splintered resolve breaks wide open

I close er, suck it deep into the recesses ofover and around it Top to bottoain even as I pull hiroans, low and tortured, and I see it happen See the last thread of control snap as he rips his finger froes his hands into my hair and yanks isters where we are Yes, it’s a secluded booth in the back corner of the patio Yes, we’re alone out here Yes, we’re pressed against the back of the booth, so you have to be close to see e’re doing But we’re still at work, still in thethis, and we certainly shouldn’t be doing this here

And yet I don’t give a da to stop hiht up in the taste and scent and feel of hiht up in the pleasure to do anything but grab on to his shoulders and ht his other kisses were intense, powerful, drugging, but those stolenon this kiss There’s an urgency here, a desperation that was lacking in those earlier moments with him It should probably scare ht now all I can think about is

My hands co Ethan bites at asp at the darkly seductive edge of pain that tangles with the pleasure He takes instant advantage, strokes his tongue across my own Over the top, then underneath to the slick, sensitive bottoly good, so good that I findhiain, a dark, devastating sound that rips right through led in the wildness his hair, tugging him closer and closer as I yield coive hi

Ethan takes it Of course he does And I revel in his possession, in the strong, sure way his ar, muscular torso

I love the way he tastes, like mint and blueberries and tart, sweet lehts in bed Like my darkest fantasies and deepest fears all er and desire, all rolled into one explosive package I should be wary Hell, I should be terrified, but in these precious, stolen hted And aroused--definitely aroused

I nip at his lower lip, slide ue inside his mouth Explore him as he has explored ainst the other edge of the booth Then pullshis lap, ainst the hardness of his erection

His hands are onme in time to the slow, sexy thrust of his hips Need claws at , desperate to be filled Ihim closer, to take him inside me

He steadies me with his hands, his body, his mouth Eases the ache even as he stokes it Calher Hisand enticing, teasing and tantalizing, until I’asp "Please!"

"I’ve got you, Chloe" His hands clutch at ainst hihts up at the contact "I’ve got you, baby"

And then he closes his teeth over h tosensations inside e Pleasure explodes inside otevery last drop of pleasure from my own

When it’s over, when I can breathe and ed eyes to Ethan’s

"That’s twice you haven’t gotten to come"

He smiles at me, strokes a tender hand down my cheek "I can wait"

Just then the whoosh of the auto the fact that someone else has joined us on the patio Ethan immediately lifts me off his lap and onto the seat beside hi down ot it," I say, reaching intoout four hair sticks As Ethan watches, a surprisingly gentle look on his face considering the fact that he’s still very obviously aroused, I twist and gather my hair into a bun at the nape of my neck Once it’s as controlled as I can make it, I reach for the hair sticks, but he beats athers them up, then pushes thereat pains not to scratch or jab me

When he’s done, I shake oing to fall out They stay put, and while it’s not perfect, at least er screa his hands through it That’s soht"

I stiffen at his words, identical to those he said last night The last vestiges of orgass I’ve spent the last fewabout find their way back into ry anymore Nor am I determined to tell him off I’m just sad Sad that the only person I’ve been really attracted to in years--maybe forever--has an outlook so different froood he makes me feel and howelse between us Whichbetween us at all

I may want him, he may feel the same way, but there’s no way I can be with a man ould do what Ethan did in that conference room today Not when I know firsthand the misery such ruthlessness can cause

"I can’t," I tell hi plans with that kid fro"