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“I would be so good to you,” I vow as I cup her hips and fitforward to let her feel just how hard I aive you nonstop pleasure, devoteyour body huht”

“You’re flying ho

“I could stay the weekend, too” I lick the shell of her ear, then kiss the spot just behind it “We could coood it would be”

She turns inmine “Why? So you can scratch an itch? Because you’re horny, and I’ht?”

“No I told you, from our first conversation I was fascinated by you That’s not a lie or a come-on At first, I was pissed when you blackmailed me I admit it But I was thrilled as hell when I realized I’d be spending a ith you I’ve respected your wishes and kept the office about business You should know, though, even when you needle me, I want you When you’re prickly, I want you When you push me away…it doesn’t matter I still want you”

“Pfft Desire is easy”

“That’s not all this is I feel things for you I never thought I’d feel again”

“How do I know you’re not lying?”

Talk is frustrating me, but I have to dial back my impatience She has every reason to distrust ive in “The business is the only dirty thing between us Everything else is right I think you feel it, too Don’t you, baby?”

She doesn’t agree…but she doesn’t refute me, either

Fuck, I can’t resist her anyht there, plump and rosy and pouty

I lowerher plenty of time to object or pull away Instead, she tilts toher lips and sliding her tongue against mine with a soft moan

The instant we connect, I know ht one I have to make this woman mine

Groaning, I surge deeper into her ainst hers Sloan rises on to her tiptoes, throwing her ar herself over to the kiss—to me—entirely She’s heady, addictive I feel drunk,into honeyed quicksand, sweet and inexorable My fall into soar-spun, and totally unavoidable