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“Oh, really?”
“Really. So can we go to your room to continue this letting me take control?” she asked, recalling her naughty imaginings then forgetting momentarily as he did something marvelous with his hand. “Oh, you do not play fair. And really, I’ve got to take these pants off so you have better access.”
Brennan chuckled. “I was getting a cramp. And guess what?”
“What?”
“I’ve had my own fantasies,” he said, dropping a kiss onto her shoulder. “Ever been tied up before?”
She shook her head, her eyes popping a little. The wolfish look he gave her she felt all the way to her freshly painted toenails, and it made her laugh with anticipation.
Yeah, having sex with Scrooge was going to be lots of fun.
* * *
TENMINUTESLATER,they sprawled naked on Brennan’s bed. All the pillows had been tossed on the floor and there hadn’t been time to tie anyone up or to leisurely explore the boundaries of desire. Once they’d hit the bed and managed to get her stubborn boots off, passion had ignited, inflamed, and exploded. Kinda fast.
“Whoa,” Mary Paige said, panting as she stared at his ceiling fan, which wasn’t moving.
He picked up a strand of her hair and looped it around his finger. Her hair was so soft…just like her body. He loved the silky texture of both. “I hadn’t intended to go so fast. Sorry. You drive me crazy, lady.”
She turned her head and met his gaze. She smiled, slow, sweet, and very Mary Paige-ish. “From the very beginning, right?”
“From the moment I saw your Spanx and you tried to leave the boardroom. Why do you have to wear those anyhow? Your ass is spectacular.”
He couldn’t really tell if she blushed or not because night had fallen. But enough light from the street spilled in to show him how beautiful she was splayed naked on his bed.
“It’s asmoother.” She sniffed. “Almost all women wear them.”
Brennan laughed softly, pulling her to him. “A smoother. Gah, you women do nutty things.”
“All in the name of attracting a man. I almost waxed my hoo-ha yesterday in anticipation of tonight. Can you imagine? That has to be so painful.”
He laughed, a full-on belly laugh—which probably wasn’t the least bit attractive while naked—but he couldn’t help himself. She was so funny and made his heart sing.
The last thought hit him between the eyes, and he stilled. “Want to go eat our food? It’s probably still warm.”
Mary Paige lifted herself onto an elbow, which did wonderful things for her breasts.
He felt himself stir and saw Mary Paige look down.
“Oh,” she said.
Moving quick as a cat, he rose above her and flipped her over.
“Hey,” she said.
“I’m seeing what needs smoothing out,” he said, running his hands over her quite marvelous bottom. “Nope, I see nothing that needs smoothing. It’s perfect.”
“You’re insane.” She giggled into the goose-down comforter. “Now I know why I like you.”
She liked him? Hmm…something about those words wiggled inside him, multiplying in his heart. This woman who fought him, who saw him as an asshole extraordinaire, who looked down her goody-two-shoes nose at him liked him. When had things changed so much between them? When had it become so important to please her, to love her?
The thought was too much for him to contemplate at the moment. Not when this woman lay before him looking like a sea siren luring him with her rose-colored glasses and long legs. What power did he had against her?
So he surrendered, raining kisses down her spine, stopping at the small of her back. “Admit it. You want me for my sexual prowess.”
“Meh,” she said.
