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“And this left me without a safety net for my kids, and with a huge debt that I’ve recently finished paying off. With the terms of my contract with Kyle, if this entertainment complex hits projection, my bonus will be more than enough for me to leave and open my own consulting firm.”
A surge of pride traveled through her. She could see he was an ambitious man, but this made sense. He was putting his family first, a trait she wasn’t used to from a parent, but admired. She often wondered, would her mom have been different if she didn’t have an ongoing commitment to alcohol? “Won’t that be harder as you open a business though?” she asked, mentally rooting herself back to the moment.
“I’ll make my own hours and won’t have to take every project.”
She bit back a smile. “You’re a resourceful man.”
“Well, I don’t spill drinks on assistants, but I get by.”
She chuckled, loving the easy energy bouncing between them. “My methods are impulsive but effective 50% of the time. Still, I give you credit, you think of everything.”
His gaze perused over her face, lasering in on her eyes. She sucked in a breath, her stomach curling. “I do think of everything… including you,” he said, and delivered every word with the weight of heavy, undeniable desire.
Her heart leaped from her chest. “Why?”
“Ever since we’ve had sex, I keep playing it in my head over and over again. You know what the sad thing is?”
Don’t ask him,she told herself. Behave. “What?” she asked, her voice low. She could feel her pulse jumping at the base of her throat.
He didn’t move closer to her, which in a way, infuriated and confused her in equal measures. He was giving her the option, the choice to shut this down. No doubt he knew if he inched closer, they’d move toward each other in a wild collision that would not come to an end until they both came. Thrills of excitement coursed through her. Behaving became more and more difficult…
“I fucked you and I saw you naked in two different times,” he said.
She played with the water, splashing it around her, hoping the neutrality of her actions would help hide the havoc inside her body. “Was I so bad at sex… or bad naked that I traumatized you?” she asked, injecting a pang of amusement in her voice.
“You know what I mean. I want to do both again, at the same time.”
So do I.She drew in a breath. Fuck. He was now being very clear. “What if I disagree?”
The lines of his face hardened, the muscle in his jaw jumped. “Then I’ll never bring up the subject again.”
She believed him. Didn’t make her decision any easier. Well, at this point, agreeing to sleep with him again was just a formality. She doubted as much as she’d tried, she could hide the anticipation in her eyes. In her voice. “And if I agree?”
A small smile broke his sexy lips apart. “Then the possibilities are endless.”
“No they are not. In two months, we part ways. I don’t want the kids to suspect anything,” she said. She didn’t have a mom who always put her first, but damn it, the kids already experienced that problem. She’d hate to add an ounce of stress to their lives.
“Neither do I.”
“Good.”
His gaze traveled down her body. “This isn’t the same swimsuit you had on earlier.”
Instinctively, she touched the fabric on her top. “My cousin bought it for me and sneaked it into my bag. In case I wanted to feel like a goddess.”
“I can make you feel like a goddess, if you let me.”
“Do it.” She backed away from him, and with trembling legs, stepped out of the tub. She didn’t want to risk anyone seeing them.
Adrenaline rushed inside her with the urgency of an ambulance siren. Hell, she may need an ambulance if he didn’t take her soon enough.
Taking it to the bedroom was about the safest choice she’d make tonight. Everything else would be crazy. Intense. Exhilarating.
She grabbed the robe and wrapped it around her body. “I’m going to my bedroom. If you want to join me.”
The sexy look he offered turned her bones into soft serve ice cream. “Thought you’d never ask.”
Poppy fluffed the pillows, then patted the bedspread she’d just put over her bed. He’d given her a few minutes as he dried himself and turned off the tub, and she dashed to her bedroom, and took advantage of it to set the mood—also, to let the idea of sleeping with him again settle in her brain.
