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Her eyes skate away from mine and she licks her lips. I watch her pink tongue skitter over her mouth and my body tightens like I’m being held in a fiery clamp.
Damn, I can almosttasteher tongue on mine.
It’s like my fantasies are tiptoeing into reality and the line between professional and unprofessional is getting blurred by the minute. There’s a gravity between us that pulls my very soul closer to Nova’s, stealing my oxygen before it hits my lungs.
“Tell. Me.” My tone is dark. Darker than I’ve ever used with her and it’s only because I’m trying hard not to thrust her body against the wall and stick my hand up her skirt.
Scorching brown eyes shoot to mine, hot in their defiance. I meet her stare unflinchingly, not bothering to hide my frustration or my desire.
Her angry look begins to crumble. She falters, either from the intensity of my gaze or from pure shock. Her eyebrows jump just a bit and her fingers are quivering.
The silence is its own song, coiling around us, binding us together like a physical rope.
Nova holds my stare, keeping still and speechless.
She feels this too.
I can tell.
It makes me bold.
Lifting my hand, I skim calloused fingertips over the rim of her top lip, barely grazing the flesh of her mouth, dipping between the alluring cupid’s bow and stopping at the fullness of her luscious bottom lip.
My touch is the barest dance of fingers on skin.
But I feel the heat as if I’d kissed her, a fire shooting through my body, spreading out from my chest to every inch of me.
I’m a freakinginfernoinside.
I lean my forehead against hers, closing my eyes, my breath skittering as I fight for control of myself. I know I’m losing this battle. That light floral scent coming from her hair teases my senses. Her curls are like catnip. I want to bury my face in them.
I want to bury myself in her.
My hands are greedy for Nova, already anticipating how soft she’d be if I could just grip her.
Damn. If I could just kiss her.
Just once.
But I know that once won’t be enough.
Not with Nova.
The air gets hot and sticky. Each labored breath from my mouth sounds like a gunshot in the hallway. I push my hands harder into the wall to keep from touching her. Restraint was never my strong suit, but I’ve had to grow a hell of a lot in that area. Especially when my assistant walks into view.
“W-what are you doing?” Nova croaks.
“You’re driving me insane.” I flatten my hands against the wall. My eyes rising to hers again, I whisper, “Is that intentional?”
Her fingers dig into her skirt. Her plump mouth falls open.
“Oh shoot. Sorry.” Dejonae’s voice is like a bucket of cold water.
Nova shoves me away with the force of someone twice her size. I go crashing into the wall and see stars.
“Didn’t mean to interrupt,” Dejonae says sheepishly. “I was just looking for the bathroom.”
“You didn’t interrupt anything,” I lie, massaging the back of my head.
