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“One day, you will.But cut yourself some slack, Leagh.Your life has been turned topsy-turvy, and now you have to dredge up feelings you’ve struggled to put behind you.It’s hard to have to dig up sad and hurtful emotions.It’s a lot for anyone to handle.”
I nodded as Tony’s cell phone buzzed.He tossed a glance toward the clock as he squirmed, fishing his phone out of his pants pocket.“Shit.I’m going to be late.”
“Go,” I urged as I rolled away and sat up in the middle of the bed.
“Hello.”Pausing, he listened, then sat up, and nodded.“I’m on my way.Thanks, Trish.Can you reschedule my four o’clock?I need to take care of some things after the lecture.Thanks.See you tomorrow.”
Tony ended the call and turned to me with a smile.“Be ready at four-thirty.We’re going out for dinner.”
“Okay,” I replied on a wary tone.“Why?”
He started to laugh.“I’m going to break your habit of asking why, Leagh, even if I have to do it over my knee.Say, okay, Sir.”
“Okay, Sir.Now why are you taking me to dinner?”I smirked.
“You know what?You’re not a brat.Not at all.You’re a minx.”He grinned.Leaning in, he brushed a whisper of a kiss across my lips.“Because I want to, that’s why.I need to run.I’ll see you this afternoon.”
“Enjoy your lecture, and try not to corrupt those young minds too horribly.”I grinned.
“The only mind I’m going to corrupt is yours, sweetheart.Only I’m not going to stop there.I intend on corrupting your body, too.”Flashing me that stunning smile, the one that made it hard for me to breathe, Tony stood and hurried out the door.
“I sure hope so,” I sighed, flopping back on the bed.
Tony had planned a romantic dinner for two, complete with candle light, champagne, and a roving violinist.It was the best night I’d had in forever.While George and I had frequented plenty of expensive restaurants, the one Tony had chosen beat the rest, hands down.He was making it damn hard to keep him from seeping into my heart.And still wearing the same suit he’d had on this morning, he looked like every woman’s fantasy.
He knew all the right words to say.And every time he pressed for me to open up, he led me through another door that erased my grief.Being away from the club, talking to him about my relationship with George was neither difficult nor painful.Tony had a way of making me feel as if I was adding another healing layer to the scars that remained.All night, the carefree way Tony cupped the small of my back, caressed my cheek, or held my hand, fanned the flames smoldering inside me.There were times I almost felt whole.
Once back at the club, Tony walked me to my room.Standing outside my door, I felt as nervous as a teenager on my first date.Filled with a sudden shyness, I didn’t know what to say or do.When he brushed his fingers through my hair, the tingles colliding inside me left no doubt; I was a woman, fully grown.
“I had a wonderful time tonight, angel.”Tony’s voice was deep and smooth, practically melting me from the inside out.
“I did, too,” I murmured shyly, wondering if he had any clue how hot he made me.
“We’ll have to do it again, sometime…soon.”His voice dipped to an even lower seductive cadence.
“I’d like that.”I nodded ever so slightly.
The tension was thick, and I found it hard to breathe, even more so when Tony leaned in and slanted his lips over mine.I’d spent weeks, days, hours dreaming of tasting his fiery passion again.But nothing prepared me for the conflagration of hunger twisting inside me.
Gliding his tongue over the seam of my lips, I opened my mouth, inviting him in.The electrifying invasion of his tongue had me gripping the sleeves of his suit coat.I held tight as Tony ate at me with devastating precision.
Pushing me up against the door, he gripped my wrists, pinning them above my head as he ground his thick erection against my belly; sucking in my mewling cries of delight.Stripping me of all inhibitions, I arched my pussy against his driving shaft, silently cursing the clothing barring him from being inside me.
And just as quickly as he’d seized my passion, Tony pulled back.A look of alarm blazed in his hungry eyes.
“Fuck,” he muttered.“I’m sorry, Leagh.I shouldn’t have done that.”
“No…it was…”
Tony shook his head and took a step back, leaving me wet and aching for his warmth.“I’m not going to make the same mistake twice, sweetheart.When you’re ready, let me know.”
Clenching his jaw, he turned and stormed down the hall.In stunned silence, I stood watching as he jammed his key into the lock of his door and disappeared into his room.
I bit back a growl of frustration, went inside my room, and crawled into bed.
Seated in Reed’s office the next morning, waiting for Hayden to arrive, all the reassurance and comfort Tony had showered upon me the night before was but a foggy memory.Attempting to calm myself, as he had taught me was like trying to piss up a rope.It was not happening.
Tense and on alert, I was desperate for Tony’s soothing magic.Why hadn’t I let him come with me when he’d all but demanded at dinner the night before?
