Page 86 of Fire and Ice

Maia had set her red hair in huge come-hither curls and had painted on dramatic smoky eye makeup. She finished up her lips in a red glossy lipstick which she had no doubt would need re-application once Lee arrived. Her dress was a sultry bronze number which flowed loosely in a plunging neckline that emphasized her ample breast (and necessitated foregoing a bra), before draping flatteringly around her butt, the hem ending teasingly at mid-thigh. Her ensemble straddled the fine line between elegance and sleazy. She was so sexy as to be intimidating; only men of remarkable confidence would deign to approach her.

A knock rapped on her door. If that was Lee, he was fifteen minutes early. Maia still had to pull out her shoes. The knock sounded again.

"Maia?" Lee's voice came through the door.

"Just a minute."Damn him. He had done it on purpose so she would have to invite him into her room. Jack was going to go ballistic.

Maia opened the door. Lee's reaction was exactly what she was aiming for—but not in the confines of her room. His jaw dropped and his eyes heated up as they devoured her body hungrily.

"Not ready yet, you're early. Don't you know that's rude?"

"Being early?" Lee drawled. "Can I come in?"

Maia acted nonchalant, turned away and left Lee at the door so he could make his own move. He did, walking through the door and closing it behind him. At least she could claim that she really hadn't invited him in. Wait a minute: why was she so worried about what Jack might do? Hell yes, she should be worried about what Jack might do.

"I'll just be a minute," Maia hollered as she disappeared into her bedroom.If I can find my shoes, she thought. They were in her suitcase. Dragging them out she turned and found Lee leaning against the doorframe to her bedroom.

"Found it. Let's go," Maia said breathlessly as she hopped on one foot, and then the other, to slip her stilettos on.

She had to turn sideways to past Lee but he caught her arm and whispered, "What's the rush?"

Oh hell, Maia thought, as Lee scuttled her backwards into the bedroom until the back of her legs hit the bed and she tumbled on the mattress with an obviously aroused male falling on top of her.

"Maia, god Maia," Lee groaned as he feverishly rained open-mouth kisses down her neck and into the gentle swell of the soft mound on her chest. One hand slipped the low neckline aside to cup her breast to make it more accessible to his marauding lips. His other hand slipped inside her skirt and tugged at her miniscule underwear. "I want you. Please I need to be inside you. Let me."

"Lee. You stop it right ..." Maia hissed as she tried to stop the roaming hand under her skirt, the hand on her breast went to her jaw to hold her face steady as Lee silenced her with a bruising kiss.

Okay, maybe she had overdone the seductive outfit.Maia was starting to become alarmed as she felt her panties rip and Lee's hand moved to unbutton his jeans and pull his zipper down. The men in her life were costing her a fortune in underwear.

She knew she would have to do defensive maneuver because Lee was determined to fuck her. She managed to cock her knees up to wedge them between their bodies and pushed off, catapulting Lee off her and having him land on his ass beside the bed.

"What the fuck?" Lee yelled.

"What the fuck is right," Maia fired back. "If you insist on behaving this way you can leave."

"What happened to you, Maia?" Lee sneered. "You couldn't wait to fuck the first night we met on the beach. Don't tell me you've suddenly become a prude." His eyes raked her appearance. "Although the way you're dressed it's obvious you have no problem being a cock-tease."

"That's it!" Maia snapped angrily. "Get out."

Before Lee could reply, a rapid knock sounded on the door. Shit.

Maia opened the door to reveal a livid Jack McCord. Her man took in her disheveled appearance and her smeared lipstick and looked ready to explode.

"Craig, what are you doing here?" Maia fibbed Jack's name.

"I was wondering if you wanted to meet up at Addison later," Jack's voice sounded calm but the rapid ticking at his jaw revealed his barely controlled anger.

"She's with me," Lee spoke up behind her. Maia's eyes pleaded with Jack to calm down and not blow everything out of proportion especially when his eyes narrowed as he took in Lee's bulging erection. Not that she blamed Jack, Lee had gone little too far and there was that wee fact that she was, at that moment, commando.

"Well, gorgeous," Jack's voice dripped with carnal familiarity. "Maybe I'll see you around later." Jack looked at Lee with undisguised contempt before turning around and heading down the hallway.

Maia closed the door with a relieved sigh.

"Who the heck was that?"

"Someone I work with. He's also in the conference."

"Have you fucked him?"

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