Page 36 of Unbuttoning Her Brooding Boss

‘It’s not a very long list,’ she admitted.

She loved the feel of her wet, naked body pressing against his. She’d no doubt ruined his suit, but she didn’t care.

Somehow his feet had found the floor again and he pulled away from her. ‘Not yet,’ he said.

‘You’re kidding?’

He knelt beside the bath, his fingers trailing in the water, making ripples around her. ‘Shall I help you with the soap?’

‘Oh...’ Anticipation trickled through her. ‘If you’d like.’

‘Oh...’ he echoed with a mocking inflection. ‘I’dlike.’

He started with her shoulders, her back, but it wasn’t long before he sought out curves and secret spaces. It wasn’t long before she was hot and eager.

‘So responsive,’ he muttered, leaning further into the bath to press kisses to her wet skin, to delve deeper below the surface.

‘I’ve never... I don’t usually...’ She gulped for air.

‘Physical attraction happens,’ he soothed. ‘Plus, you make me laugh.’

‘I’ve discovered my life’s meaning,’ she drawled, to cover her embarrassment.

He chuckled. ‘Exactly. And I’ve discovered mine.’

‘What’s that?’

‘Making you hot. Making you want it so much you can’t speak.’

‘Making me want what?’

‘Me.’ His eyes glittered. ‘Just... me.’

And he proceeded to do it. With only fingers, mouth and his full attention he had her wanting so much she could no longer stay still. No longer evenfloat.

The water lapped over the edge of the bath, soaking him. He laughed softly as she whispered to him, begging him not to stop, begging him to join her. Begging him to take her. But he didn’t. He just kept up the torture, wringing another orgasm from her.

She sank under the water to escape him for a second—to escape the intensity, to rally so she could fight back.

She might not be all that experienced, but she knew two-nil was not a good tally on the scoresheet. It was time to even things up a bit.

‘Ireallythink it’s time you got naked,’ she breathed. Though he did the wet shirt look really,reallywell.

‘In time.’

‘No.’ She stood up in the bath and stepped out of it with as much dignity as she could muster. ‘Now.’

She walked out of the bathroom without a backward glance. But her heart was beating crazily, and she was hoping that he’d let her take the lead this once and follow her.

She walked into the bedroom. That huge bed was magnificent.

She couldn’t believe she was in such a place, with such a man.

Pure fantasy.

She suddenly froze and whirled to face him. ‘Shouldn’t you be staying back in Melbourne tonight? At the Raeburn?’

He nodded, smiling wryly. ‘I was booked to stay heretomorrownight.’

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