Page 43 of Passion and Deception

He leaned his head towards her fingers, wanting more of her touch. When he shifted his hips, she gasped and tugged at his hair

“Damn Maggie, I love it when you do that!”

He shifted again and she tugged harder. He groaned as she lifted her hips, needing more!

Both of them scrambled, writhing together on the bed as they tried to give each other pleasure while taking it for themselves. In the end, their climax washed over them at the same time.

When he collapsed on top of her, their breathing was hard, fast. For a long time, Maggie was content to simply stroke his hair as she stared up at the ceiling, shocked at how good it still was.

But then, Ramit rolled over, causing Maggie to gasp.

“Don’t move!” she whispered, still straining to catch her breath.

He laughed, then swatted her bottom. “You’re the one that’s moving.”

She laughed back then shivered, her body still shimmering from the insanity of her climax. It had been so intense. So overwhelming. So beautiful that she didn’t have words to describe her happiness at this moment.

For several minutes, they stayed intertwined, trying to catch their breath and to reconcile what had just happened.

Finally, Ramit said, “I know that you don’t completely trust me yet. I didn’t mean for this to happen so soon, Maggie.”

She lifted her head from his chest and looked at him, a small smile curving her lips. “Neither did I.” She stroked his cheek, enjoying the roughness from his beard. “It happened just like this the first time too.” She kissed him. “At least this time, we remembered protection.”

He chuckled, sliding his hands over her back. “It feels good, holding you like this.”

“I agree,” she sighed, kissing his chest.

“Any chance we could get to know each other while also doing this again?”

She laughed and slid off him. Maggie looked around for her clothes, but they were on the far side of the room. “How about if we take it one moment at a time?” she offered, smiling at him over her shoulder.

“That’s not a no, so I’ll take it.”

Maggie laughed and stood up, then hurried to the bathroom where she knew the cleaning staff stored her robe. Instead of getting dressed, she slipped into the shower, feeling Ramit step in behind her. As they showered, Maggie asked him, “How do you have so much time off?”

He explained about his morning meetings and how he’d ordered his assistant to ease up on his schedule for the next few weeks. “I don’t normally have this much free time during the day,” he admitted, his hands resting on her hips. “But I wanted to get to know you and Nadia.”

Maggie tipped her head. “Why aren’t you mad at me for not telling you about Nadia?”

He sighed, rubbing a hand over the back of his neck. “I was, at first. Livid, actually.”

“What changed?”

He stared at her for a long moment, then said, “My security team doesn’t know where Mathis is.”

She considered that for a moment, then gasped, understanding coming to her in a flash. “That’s why you wanted me to come here so badly! Your comments about someone trying to get to me…that wasn’t just talk, that was a real threat!”

“Yes.”

She didn’t say anything for a long time, the only sounds were the water splashing over both of them. Finally, Maggie nodded. “Thank you!” she whispered, then wrapped her arms around his waist, resting her cheek against his chest.

“Thank you for coming with me. For trusting me.”

Chapter 27

“Where the hell is she?” Humphrey demanded, pouring himself a full glass of scotch. “I want revenge on her for humiliating us!” He stomped back and forth across the worn carpet. “After our idea with the naked pictures being discovered as fakes, everything blew up on us and it’s all Maggie’s fault!”

He paced back and forth over the cheap carpeting, disgusted with the substandard, tacky décor that he had to endure these days.

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