Page 49 of Loving a Billionaire

“You poor man.” She stroked his trimmed beard. “You really need to get out more.”

Laughing, he gathered her closer, pulling her body onto his chest a little more. “That’s why I’m with you. I want you to show me the world.”

Her cheeks warmed from his compliment, and that wasn’t the only thing warming up. The position they were in was too darn cozy, and very personal. Yet, she didn’t want to move. Ever. She wondered why he wasn’t trying to kiss her yet. The other times she’d been with him, he was always the one starting the kiss. She really couldn’t let this intimate moment between them go to waste, could she?

“I can definitely show you my world.” Sighing, she leaned up and placed her lips on his. At first, it was almost as if he was hesitant to kiss her, but she didn’t pull away. After the confusing day she’d had, she wanted him to take her mind off everything so she could focus only on him.

Finally, he relaxed and kissed her passionately, exciting her more as the seconds passed. He held her head while their mouths moved together. This was pure magic.

She couldn’t do a lot with her hands since they were trapped between their chests, but she reached his tie and finished loosening it and slipping it off from around his neck. When her fingers moved to the third button on his shirt, she felt his hands move on her head, back to her ponytail. After a few tugs of her tie, her hair fell down around her shoulders, and around their joined faces, shrouding them from the outside world.

His hands moved again, threading through her long hair. This seemed to kick him into a higher gear because his kisses became faster, more urgent. The excitement building inside of her was almost to inferno status. Did he know how much she enjoyed kissing him like this – like there was no tomorrow, and nobody else in this world besides Austin and Talia?

But before she could do anymore, he shifted, breaking the kiss. His breath was as ragged as her own. Staring deep into her eyes, he swallowed hard.

He caressed her cheek. “You are so hard to resist.”

“Why are you resisting, then?” She couldn’t believe the husky voice that just answered was really hers. And she also couldn’t believe the words that had exited her mouth. Was she challenging him to do more? Then again, he was her Prince Charming, wasn’t he?

He took a deep breath. As he slowly released the breath, he smiled. “Because I want to talk now. We are still getting to know each other, aren’t we?”

“Yes.”

“So, let’s start now.” He breathed deeply and slowly once more. “Tell me everything you did today, everyone you talked to, everywhere you went. I want to know how a police detective works.”

“Seriously?” She, too, tried to calm her speeding heartrate, and tried to regulate her breathing, too. “You want to know what I did today?”

“Just you, sweet lady. Only you.”

“Do you really think I can remember all of that?”

“I think you can remember that and more.” He winked.

She really didn’t want to mention names, but she figured calling them by their first name wouldn’t hurt. Besides, Austin probably wouldn’t know half of these people. As she began to tell him about her day, it surprised her how interested he appeared, like he was hanging on her every word. She loved feeling that important. He definitely made her feel this way quite a bit lately.

His forehead creased a little as his wide smile slowly disappeared. “Did you talk to Ariki?”

She pulled up slightly. “Ariki? Your friend, Ariki?”

“Yes.”

She shook her head. “Why would I talk to Ariki?”

Austin shrugged. “Because he also knew Kalama.”

“Well, unless Ariki was a name on her list, or unless he was a lead, we wouldn’t have asked him any questions.”

“But, someone talked to him. He said it was you.”

She blinked with wide eyes, sitting up a little more. “If I talked to him, I didn’t know who he was. I told you everyone I had spoken with. I haven’t even met your friend. Why would you think that?”

“Because he mentioned earlier—”

Talia’s cell buzzed. Groaning, she climbed off him, and the couch, to pull it out of her pocket. “Russell here.”

Austin blew out a gush of air and sank further in the cushions as he stared up at the ceiling.

“Talia, I think we found something,” Kurt said breathlessly.