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Then she frowned. Because that smile looked entirely at her expense. ‘Am I missing something, Mr Valente?’
‘I dare say you are,pequeña,’ he said cryptically.
Which rattled her cage even further. ‘I don’t like mysteries.’
‘You don’t? Isn’t chasing mystery what fuels your work?’
She shook her head. ‘You’re confusing drive with mysterious.’
‘At the risk of sounding simplistic, your brain has informed you that you’re attracted to me. Your body is merely catching up.’
She blinked. ‘By giving me indigestion?’
‘When you get used to it, you’ll be able to differentiate it from indigestion.’
‘You’re assuming that this feeling will last longer than I wish it to.’
‘While it’s your choice whether to act on it or not, some things are beyond your body’s control. This is one of them.’
‘I disagree,’ she snapped immediately. This felt like something she needed to defend herself from.
This time the movement of his lips was more pronounced, redirecting her attention from his eyes to his mouth. To the near perfect symmetry of the thinner upper and the fuller bottom. To the divot dissecting the top lip in a riveting V-shape and—
‘First lesson in this new realm you find yourself in, Genie. Don’t stare at a man’s mouth like that unless you wish to provoke a specific reaction.’
‘What sort of reaction?’
A sound emitted from his throat, one she couldn’t quite decipher immediately because it was animalistic in nature. ‘That of the carnal kind. You stare at my mouth and all I can think about is how much I want to taste yours.’
A pulse of heat surged from the very place she was experiencing the sensation. No, not quite accurate. It was lower. In her pelvis. Between her thighs. She crossed her legs but the hot tingle didn’t dissipate. So she dragged her gaze upward. But then she was confronted with eyes that didn’t look quite the same as they had a few moments ago. They were heated, narrowed. Laser focused on her in a way that made her thighs clench tighter.
‘Understood. I will endeavour to not stare at your mouth, Mr Valente.’
Another sound surged from his throat again, more animalistic than before. It sounded like...a growl. It was primitive enough to make her grimace inwardly. But not enough to stop another intensely physical reaction.
Wetness between her legs.
Stiffening and pinching of her nipples.
Slow drag of heat through her pelvis.
Reactions of the carnal kind.
Inconvenient while it lasted but perhaps advantageous where it counted.
Setting her fork down, she linked her fingers once more. ‘I’ve come to a decision, Mr Valente.’
That fierce light she was beginning to attribute to heightened emotion lit his eyes before he penned it once more. ‘I’m eager to hear it.’
Unexpected emotion clogged her throat, demanding she clear it before she could speak. It was perfectly rational. This was everything she’d been working towards. A lifelong wish guarded and nurtured through her solitary and neglected childhood. It was right she gave it due gravity.
So she took another breath. ‘I’ll consider selling you my algorithm on one condition.’
‘Which is?’ he prodded.
‘Which is that you impregnate me.’
CHAPTER TWO
