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toe-to-toe naked, Alex swore he felt some hesitation on her end. “Areyou sure?”

No matter how much he wanted to fuck her, there was no way hewas doing this without her wanting him just as badly.

Sofia stepped away to lay down on the bed. She was beautiful,absolutely stunning. “Afraid, are you?”

There she was, full of confidence. He loved the way her blue eyessparkled. He leaned over her and whispered, “No, but you should be.”

He kissed her and once his tongue stroked hers, it immediatelyturned passionate. Damn, he wanted to give her more, to go down andtaste her, but as soon as her legs went around his waist, his cock slidover her. She was so wet and ready for him; he was losing his mind.Her hands were on his back, pushing him closer and her hips groundagainst him.

Forget foreplay, they could do that later. As quick as Alex could,he put a condom on. He pushed inside of her without any gentlenessand froze as she gasped.

There was no way. No fucking way.

He thrust into her again, her tightness wrapped around him sofirmly it almost hurt.

This couldn’t be happening. He jumped off her, pissed off at everything, but mainly himself.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

He glared at her. “Why didn’t you fucking tell me you were avirgin?”

Chapter 17

WALKING BACK TO his apartment after grocery shopping, Alexcalled Sofia. He had training for his work assignment he leaves fornext week and it was a complete shitshow. These meetings prior toassignment normally get him amped for the travel and the purposeof his photography. This time, it felt constraining. One journalistwas pissed about the time line, the production crew demanded tostay at a nicer hotel, and the camera guy fell asleep. They were goingto one of the most dangerous cities in the world, and they wastedan hour talking about what hotel to stay in.

Finally, in the last thirty minutes, they were able to tentativelyoutline their plans for Venezuela. After the call, he needed to keephimself busy because the questions of his career were relentless inhis mind. Right now, he needed to talk to Sofia. Hear her voice.

“Only old people call,” she teased when she answered. “Mostpeople text.”

His firecracker, even when joked with him or even at him, shemade him smile.

“Say what you want, but I know you prefer hearing my voice.”

“I will never admit it.”

She acted tough, but he could hear her smile through thephone. Fuck, he missed her and it had only been a week since theylast saw each other when they were in New York. They talked allthe time, but with her damn rule about keeping their relationshipa secret, it was difficult to get more time together. Anytime theywere with a mutual friend, she basically gave him the cold shoulder.

It was a pain in the ass.

“Where are you?” he needed to see her.

He heard her typing stop. “Finishing up some last-minute sitechanges. How did the call go for your next assignment?”

He filled her in on the crap call. It was something he wasn’tinterested in talking about.

“You seem beyond happy about this project.” She called outwith his lack of interest.

“That obvious?”

“You need to find something with this new assignment thatwill make you actually smile at the thought of being away for threeweeks.” He heard her open a cabinet. “There better be a reason tonot have fantastic sex with me for almost a month.”

“I have a bargain for you,” Alex said while he hopped up thesteps to her floor.

“I’m not doing the candle wax again. I had red marks all overme for days,” Sofia answered him.

This made him laugh. When they tried dripping wax from acandle, it wasn’t nearly as sexy as they thought. But cleaning up inthe shower afterward was one of the best nights of his life.

“How about you make dinner for me now.” He knocked lightlyon her door. “And as soon as we finish, I will make sure you haveenough memories of our fantastic sex life to get you through thethree weeks I’m gone.”