Page 55 of Diamond Don

Kat lets out another content sigh, a small smile curving her lips as she stretches out her body. “Mmm. Just what the doctor ordered,” she says. “Your turn now.”

The little thief wraps her arms around my neck, rubbing her plump ass against my cock. In my current starved state, I barely manage to stifle a groan. Untangling her arms from around my neck, I lift her by the waist and set her down next to me. She’s still close enough that I can smell her delicious scent, but at least we aren’t touching anymore.

“What’s the matter?” she asks, an amused glint in her deep blue eyes.

“We should go back to work,” I say, glancing at the surveillance footage on the screen.

Kat blinks twice, her smile faltering slightly. After a brief pause, a calculating look shines in her eyes as her lips curve sensuously. She leans forward and hooks her index finger over the collar of my sweater, pulling me closer until my breath mingles with hers and her nose brushes against mine.

“We can work later. Let me take care of you now,” she says. Her soft, lush lips deliciously brush against the corner of my mouth.

Somehow, I find the strength to deny her. “I appreciate the offer, Kat, but there’s no need to trouble yourself on my account. I’m good.”

Her other hand boldly caresses the uncomfortable bulge straining against my jeans. An erratic breath escapes me, and yet, I curb the urge to moan at her touch. “Liar,” Kat says, chuckling against my mouth before running the tip of her tongue along the seam of my lips. “You want me.”

Her gaze rushes to connect with mine as if daring me to deny it.

I can’t. I don’t.

I stare back at her in silence.

“It’s okay, Nik,” she says, looking into my eyes. “You made me feel so good just now. Let me return the favor. There’s no reason to deny us what we want so badly.”

Kat slowly rubs me up and down over my jeans, right where I need her the most, while wrapping her other hand around the back of my neck. Her fingernails lightly scratch me there before she tangles her hand in my hair. A shiver runs down my spine. “There are plenty of reasons,” I mutter through gritted teeth.

“Well, no good ones,” she says.

I laugh at her humorlessly, and she narrows her eyes at me.

“I know you want me, Nik. Will you deny it?”

I sigh.

“No. But that doesn’t mean anything. It doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten who you are and what you have done. It certainly doesn’t mean I’m going to let you control me through my sexual attraction to you.”

Kat smiles prettily. “You can’t blame a girl for trying.”

“No, but I sure can wish she’d stop.”

“I don’t think you do. I think you like it when I try to seduce you. Actually, I think you love it.”

She winks at me. As fast as a whip, she lurches forward, kissing me.

A delicious sigh leaves her lips. Before it’s too late, I grab her shoulders and push her away. Unwilling to give her any other opportunities to test my self-restraint, I get up and sit as far away from her as possible, on the opposite side of the couch. I half expect her to follow me right away. She doesn’t. Instead, she laughs.

“Back to the footage,” I say in my most disapproving tone.

“All work and no play will make you a very dull boy, Nik,” she says with another laugh, leaning back on the couch.

“We have all the time in the world to play later. Once the work is done.”

Glancing at the TV, I’m reminded of why I’m in this situation in the first place. Maxim’s face flashes in my mind as he looked the last time I saw him. He looked so lifeless, his skin shaded by a faint blue tint, his neck marred by the angry ligature marks. It’s a sobering memory.

Kat opens her maddening mouth to speak, a playful, flirty light shining in her ocean-blue eyes.

“Kat—” I say, cutting her off before she can suggest anything. “I meant what I said earlier. I hope you won’t hate working for me too much, but make no mistake—this job comes first before anything else. It’s the only thing that matters to me right now. I won’t let you or anyone else keep me from seeing it through.”

Frustratingly, I feel a pang in my chest as that teasing look leaves her expression.

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