Heidi bit her lip again and swerved her gaze away from mine. "Um, once. Back when I was trying to steal Ollie away from Mara. Her ex-husband showed up, and he took me on a date strictly to make Mara jealous. It didn't work. I thought it was a real date, though. Stupid, right?"

"No, that's not stupid. Ollie told me about Nico the Numbskull, and I'm sure he did a bang-up job of sweet-talking you into going out with him."

"He did that all right."

I moved my hands up to her back and tugged her closer. "You're a smart cookie, but everybody gets duped once in a while. Now, let's stop talking about other people and focus on tonight." I bent my head to murmur in her ear, "No underwear, please."

"Not even a bra?"

"Wear one if you'll feel more comfortable that way, but definitely no panties."

"Yes, sir." She caught my earlobe between her teeth, tickling it with her tongue. "No underwear for you either."

"I never bother with those, you know that."

"Just making double sure."

Since I still had my mouth almost touching her ear, I flicked my tongue out to tease the skin under the lobe, loving the way she sucked in a breath. "I never got to use that silk scarf I bought for you. Tonight, I'm going to strip you naked and drag that silk over you so slowly, skimming it across your skin over and over until you beg me to fuck you."

"Oh God, I can't wait for that. I want to go down on you in the restaurant."

I froze as the meaning of what she'd said filtered through my lust-drunk brain. "Are you just saying that, or would you actually do that sometime? Have you done something like it before?"

"No, never. But yes, I want to do that to you." She skated her tongue up my throat. "Tonight."

Damn, and I thought I was the master of dirty talk. My dick jerked the second she spoke the word "tonight" in her sultry voice.

"I, uh, better get back to work," I said, taking a step backward. "But we're on for tonight, and I'm game for anything you want to try."

Mara emerged from the guest house, heading this way. She waved to Heidi.

"See you tonight," I said.

Heidi lunged forward to kiss me. "I'll put my mouth on a different part of you at dinner."

She grinned and trotted toward Mara.

I watched the two girls get into Mara's car, then I waved as they drove off. I went back to work, but it took all my willpower to focus on my job instead of fantasizing about tonight with Heidi. Still, I behaved like a diligent employee and got things done. Sure, I might've locked the office door for five minutes while I jerked off to a fantasy of Heidi going down on me in the restaurant, but that happened during my lunch break. No shirking of duties involved.

At precisely eight o'clock, I approached the door to Heidi's room and knocked.

The door swung open half a second later.

She started to smile, froze, and then went slack-jawed. "Holy cow, Damian, you look like James Bond. You own that color, like the universe invented black just for you."

I'd worn a black suit with a pale-blue shirt and a black tie. I even had shiny black shoes. But I couldn't have guessed she would love my outfit this much. I loved hers too. Like, jaw-droppingly loved it. "You look absolutely incredible, Heidi."

Fuckable, actually, but I was trying to be a gentleman.

Heidi wore a cherry-red dress that clung to her body like a second skin. It featured a halter top that tied behind her neck and a peekaboo cutout that let me glimpse the slopes of her gorgeous breasts. When she twirled so I could see all of her, I discovered the dress was backless. Her red stilettos gave her ankles a sexy curve and made me want to fall to my knees at her feet so I could unhook the slender straps with my teeth and lick my way up her calf.

"Glad you like it," she said. "I bought this dress today for our date. Didn't want to wear something any of those jerks I used to date had seen."

She bought a dress for me. A hot dress.

"I didn't buy this suit for you," I said, "but none of the girls I've dated ever saw it."

Heidi fingered the lapels of my suit jacket. "I like being the first one to see you looking like James Bond."