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“You did good,” I tell her. “Your clients must be thrilled.”
“They were.” She smiles. “My God, that was so intense.”
“Very.” I’m trying my best not to grab her and push her up against the wall. I need my mouth on her. I need to feel her. I want her excitement to radiate all over me.
“And you! You dark horse.” She laughs.
I tilt my head to the side. “Who, me?” I fake innocence for a moment, but we both know I’m far from that.
“Yeah. I think there’s something in your strategy.”
I shrug. “I think you did pretty good all on your own.”
“You definitely helped to pep me up a little.”
“You should have seen Phil’s face,” I muse. “He left pretty quick, too. He doesn’t like being outwitted very much, does he?”
“Not at all.” She shakes her head. “I thought he was honestly going to keep driving up the bids. My clients said they would go up another fifty thousand, but that would have been it.”
“It was exhilarating,” I say as we exit the auction house. We’re almost the last to leave, though a few people still linger around.
She unexpectedly grabs my hand at the corner between the auction house and a restaurant preparing for the afternoon service. Pulling me by the wrist, she rounds the corner, ducks into the alley, and pulls me close to her. One hand grabs my shirt, while the other snakes around my waist. I back her up to the wall and reach down to plant my lips on hers. I’ve been wanting to kiss her from the time we exited the conference room and ran into Tess. I want to kiss every single inch of her body. She’s so fucking cute.
As her mouth finds mine, I have to bend down a lot to reach her, she makes a sweet moan in the back of her throat that shoots straight to my groin.
I’m pent up from watching her go for gold in a bidding war while I openly flirt with her in front of her boss and Phil Davie’s. That’ll fucking teach him to sniff around where he doesn’t belong.
I also love her taking charge like this, even if I’m all for the chase. This could be my new favorite thing.
“It was so freaking hot you being here,” she pants between kisses, not caring that we’re out in the open. I couldn’t give a hoot either. When we’re like this, she’s the only thing that matters.
“You were amazing,” I tell her, brushing a loose curl from her face.
“It was even better with you there,” she breathes as I rest my hands on her hips.
“Your suit is driving me crazy,” I confess. “And don’t even get me started on those glasses.”
She took them off to walk out here, but now all I can picture is her naked with just her glasses on.
She giggles upon hearing that. “Yeah, you like them?”
“Oh, very much.” I glide my tongue over hers, pressing my body into her.
“Ash…”
“I know.” I pull back, flustered. “We’ve had quite a day so far.”
“I think I like hanging out with you,” she breathes. Her face is hot, and her eyes are burning. I could grab her right now and find the nearest restroom. But again, I don’t want that for her. While I love the outdoors, and the idea of getting caught thrills me, I still envision her in a large bed with me for our first time.
“I think I like hanging out with you, too.”
“We need to celebrate,” she decides.
“Sounds good to me.”
She pulls back, and I love the way her cheeks flush.
I take her hand and we walk to the nearest wine bar, a few doors up from the auction house.
