Page 46 of Without Regret

Emma fell into step beside me, wordless until we got into the elevator. “Well, that was fun.”

“I can only imagine if you hadn’t been there. Jesus, she was, uh—”

“Aggressive,” she supplied.

“Yeah.” We stepped off the elevator onto the eighth floor. It was the smaller of the two spaces, but I preferred it.

Wandering around for a few minutes, I felt the windows for a draft and paid attention to the craftsmanship, scanning for any signs of sloppiness. If I intended to get into commercial real estate investments someday, I wanted to be certain I paid attention to the details.

I walked towards Emma to find her studying me. “What is it?”

“Nothing.” She turned to leave.

Clearly, it wasn’t nothing. I snagged her wrist, pulling her back. “It doesn’t seem appear to be nothing. What’s going on?”

She huffed. “Are we exclusive?”

I was shocked she’d ask that question here and now. “Do you want to be?”

“Do you? Because I kind of wonder what Ms. Adorbs would’ve been like if I hadn’t been here. She probably would’ve laid herself instead of the furniture samples out on the table.”

My mind was finally catching up with what was going on. “Are you jealous?”

Wrong thing to say as she turned and walked quickly to the elevator.

“Wait.” I caught up with her inside before choosing the floor.

“It’s none of my business.” She lifted her chin up with pride.

“You do know I was doing nothing to encourage that downstairs, don’t you?”

“Yeah, because I was standing right there.”

I crowded her against the wall and took both of her hands in mine before lifting them above her head. I could tell the possessive action was turning her on by the lust that clouded her fiery eyes. “If I’d been alone with Ms. Adorbs, I would’ve done the same as I did today, which was avoid her. Because this is what I crave.” I kissed her, capturing her lips boldly. “What I think about far too many minutes of my day.” I dropped another kiss, this time behind her ear, which made her shiver. “And what I can’t wait to taste when I’m away from you.” Another kiss, this time with a slight bite. “And if you can’t believe anything else, believe me when I say I’m a man of my word. I don’t lie, Emma. And I don’t share. That goes for both of us.”

I pushed the stop button on the elevator, taking her mouth again, unapologetic in the taking, and used my one free hand to plunge under her dress, finding her hot and wet for me. Wasting no time, I circled her piercing, pressing down on her clit to make her come within minutes.

“Don’t ever say it’s none of your business when another woman hits on me. Because I want it to be your business.”

Her eyes lifted to mine as I let go of her arms and she came down from her climax. “This is insane.”

I grinned. “Insane would be pounding deep inside of you about now. As it is, I don’t have a condom. Otherwise, I’d most likely be doing just that.” I pressed the button to put the elevator into motion.

“Please tell me you have nothing scheduled after this. I kind of have a thing for motorcycles.”

“Nothing after this. And I’m glad, because I kind of have a thing for British chicks who dig them.”

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