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.Excitement danced over her nerveendings.Her muscles softened and grew weak.Her breasts swelled and ached, rising tomeet him.His thumbs grazed the tips, and a low groan rose from deep in her throat.Hemade a low murmur of satisfaction as he continued the stroking, teasing motions.She felthim harden, rise and press against the sensitive apex between her thighs.Liquid warmthrushed through her. Maybe I should give you what you need so badly. He thrust his hips against hers togive her a taste, and she shook in response.His hands slipped under her dress, under herbra, and met warm, willing flesh. Maybe if I took you now, you wouldn t need to gorunning to Conte. Her tummy plunged as those talented fingers plucked at her nipplesand stroked her, his motions gentle and tender even as his words stung.She trembled before him, a bundling mass of emotion and sensation, but her mindstayed icy clear.The truth of his actions forced her to play out her hand to win.Lettinghim win this battle would weaken her.He was going to kiss her.Right here, right now.He d give her so much pleasure she d beg for more, and leave her pride and sanityshredded.He wanted to kiss her for one reason his power and manhood had beenthreatened, and he wanted it back.He didn t want her.The wild call of mating and maledominance beckoned him, and she was stuck in his path.So, Alexa gathered up the scattered threads of her control and played her trump card.She moved even closer and let her lips rest a bare inch from his.His breath rushed overher mouth. No, thank you, she whispered.She pulled his hands off of her. I prefer we stick tobusiness.Good night.She turned her back on him and disappeared up the stairs.&Nick s hands hung at his sides, empty.For one moment, he d been filled with her: hercurves, her scent, her heat.Now he stood in the middle of the room, alone, just like hehad on their wedding night.A married man with a hard-on and no relief in sight.Amazedat his ridiculous predicament, he tried to go over the events of the evening and seewhere he d gone wrong.The moment he caught her with Conte, a slow, steaming anger had risen up within him.The heat started at his feet, traveled to his stomach, his chest, and finally settled like ahot band around his head.If he was a horse, he would have snorted out smoke andstamped his hooves.If he was a wolf, he would have howled at the moon.Her hand had rested on the count s arm.He must ve been quite amusing, because shethrew her head back and laughed, her cheeks flushed and rosy.Her full lips had gleamedunder the chandelier light.They d acted like they were long-time friends instead of peoplewho had just met.But the worst was when she smiled at him.It was a dazzling, bewitching, come-hither smile that told the man on the receiving endhe was everything she was looking for, everything she wanted.A smile that gave a mannasty dreams at night and haunted his waking hours.Nick had never seen that smiledirected at him and something crazy exploded inside him.His plan had misfired.He d expected her to be mildly entertaining to the count and gaina few tidbits of knowledge to help close the deal.Not actually enjoy the man so openly.Nick cursed and picked up his tie, ready to go to bed.As he climbed the stairs, hethought about what Alexa had said.If Conte did separate business and pleasure, he dplayed the scene all wrong.Maybe when he requested a business meeting he dconcentrate on the rational logistics of the building rather than paint an emotionallandscape for the sale.Maybe Conte was only passionate when it came to women.Maybehe wanted a cool-headed executive to head the architectural team.Nick stopped at her door.The light was off.He paused for a moment and listened forher breathing.He wondered what she wore to bed.Images of scanty black lace wreakedhavoc with his mind, but even the thought of her in flannel pants and a cropped T-shirtdid things to him no other woman had ever accomplished.Was she lying awake in bed,dreaming of Conte? Or was she thinking about their last kiss and wanting more?He walked to his own room.She d rejected him.Her own damn husband.And he wasstuck with the one thing he d been horrified of.A wife he was attracted to [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]