Page 24 of Operation Heartbeat

He fastened his lips on her earlobe and sucked it lightly. Liquid heat soaked her panties, and her nipples pinched into pebbles.

“Sophie…god, you’redelicious.” He spattered kisses up her throat to her jaw and around to her mouth.

She twisted into the kiss, deepening it by stroking her tongue over his. The growl rumbling through his broad chest was the best response she’d ever received.

Running her hands down his back, she drank in the hard planes of muscle riding under his shirt. What would he feel like naked? Against her?

Inside her?

With a gasp and some supreme willpower, she broke the kiss. She cast a glance around for any form of distraction that would keep her from ripping off her clothes and riding him into the beautiful Turkish sunset.

Her gaze landed on the pool, shimmering beneath the bright blue sky.

“Maybe we should…cool off. Take a swim.”

“Great idea.” He promptly whipped off his shirt and tossed it toward the lounge chairs. It slid to the ground with a careless whisper.

Wow. Tattoos.

Her insides clutched at the new view before her eyes. Ryan Constantine.

Her first thought was he was bigger than she thought. The second was that all those beautiful tattoos were just begging for her tongue.

They were doing this.

Were they doing this?

Not to be outdone by any man, she gripped her hem and pulled off her top too.

The brush of her hair cascading around her bare shoulders and tumbling down to the tops of her breasts made her even more aware of how long she’d gone without being touched by aman. If they went through with this, her Friday night special of a toy and some lube werenevergoing to be enough.

His eyes were hooded but didn’t mask the dark depths glittering with desire. “I don’t know when I’ve wanted a woman this bad.”

Her breath caught. “I know I’ve never wanted a man this bad.”

The corner of his mouth hitched into a bad-boy smile that sent her reeling. Her hands lifted like someone else held puppet strings attached to them. When her palms stretched over the warm, velvet steel of his pecs, she let out a mewl of need.

He yanked her flush against him and kissed her until she was dizzy. Until she’d never be able to think straight again. Forget the cryptogram—she didn’t know her own name, and she’d never be able to read it on her destroyed ID anyway.

She kissed him back with a fervor she’d only heard existed until now. When he cupped her breast and swiped his thumb over the stiff point, she knew she was a goner. Swim or not, she’d never cool down.

Reaching for his belt buckle, she began to navigate the very foreign territory of undressing a man she hardly knew. But Con had no trouble unhooking her bra or divesting her of her loose pants.

She kicked off her shoes and stepped out of her clothes, leaving her standing in her underwear. Thank god she never bought cheap, ugly undergarments and preferred the beautiful French brands. Surviving in a man’s world and knowing what she wore underneath her suits and stuffy blouses gave her a small thrill that few would understand.

She dug her fingers into Con’s shoulders and grazed her teeth across his jaw, which yanked a growl from him. Hedropped a hand between them and finished with his fly that she’d forgotten to unzip the minute her clothes fell off.

“Sophie. Christ. I need you.” He took her hand and pressed it over the open V of his jeans. Over his long…thick…hard… Did she say long and thick? She did. Her mind looped as she learned his size and shape.

Would all that fit inside her? She was going to find out—to hell with coworker boundaries. He was different from her colleagues. After this was over, she’d never see him again.

She slid her palm down his length, feeling his cock stretch as though trying to fit her hand.

He ducked his head to her throat again and kissed and sucked until she shook with desire.

When he released her to remove his boots and shuck off his jeans, her mouth started to water at just how good he looked. This couldn’t be happening—not to her. She was a nerd. She didn’t get guys like Con.

I’m about to.

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