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Aera’s eyebrows raised, flattening the paper against her stomach. “What a good idea. We’ve been getting more male customers, and it would be great to have you tell us your experiences.”
Her hair was pulled back in a French braid, pearl earrings popped from the side of her face. Her neatly groomed brows framed her almond eyes tinged with taupe eyeshadow. Nude lipstick colored her lips, which allowed her eyes to shine. Instead of her signature pantsuit today, Aera wore a gorgeous heather green puff-sleeved dress and dazzled.
Noticing Nick, Aera lit up. “Nick, right?”
The man merely nodded, and Rick gave him a peculiar look. It struck Charlie that perhaps Nick wasn’t usually a nervous guy.
“We have a men’s skincare line, and I think you have a great look. How do you feel about modeling for our brand?”
“Really?” Nick asked.
“Hey, wait a minute. Wasn’t I your model?” Rick chimed in. “I was here for multiple photoshoots and now you’re just going to use someone else?”
“Oh, of course, Rick. That’s just for one of our products. We have others. I think Nick could be the face of our exfoliating tonic.”
“Wow, I don’t even know what an exfoliating tonic is,” Nick commented, to which Rick rolled his eyes. “But I am cool to help. What would you like me to do?”
“Wonderful!” Aera clapped her hands together. “Let’s get you cleaned up and we can go from there. Come with me.”
Like a puppy, Nick followed Aera as they walked out of the room, leaving Charlie and Rick alone. Charlie saw the look of annoyance on Rick.
“What’s wrong?” she asked.
He crossed his arms. “Is he really going to be modeling for you? I thoughtIwas the face of your product. You wouldn’t stop bugging me about it and now you’re going to replace me?”
Her mouth slackened as she blinked at him, realizing he was actually irritated. Unable to hold in, she burst out laughing.
“My love, are you jealous?” she pressed her face onto his chest.
“It’s not jealousy. It was a lot of work getting those photos right. I stayed for ten hours at a time because they had a problem with how I was blinking!” Rick said incredulously. “Tookfourhours just to get one pose ‘picture-perfect’. And now that’s all going to waste?”
“No!” she giggled, then patted him gently. “You’re still our main man. Aera’s just seeing what else we can do for marketing. We have been getting a lot of guys coming in thanks to your pictures, so maybe Nick could help boost up sales.”
“Whatever,” he grumbled, not fully satisfied. “You won’t attract as much as you will with my raw masculinity.”
Her laughing went to her stomach, constricting the muscles. “Richard Min, the face of raw masculinity. A man who eats his food fresh and bloody as soon as it’s hunted. A man who walks through fire with a straight face, and chops wood with a prehistoric tool.”
Rick frowned. “You’re making fun of me.”
“You’re fun without me having to do anything,” she whispered, and pulled him down to continue the kiss that was rudely interrupted. He accepted the attack of her mouth, and she explored with her tongue, showing him how much she appreciated his presence and support.
He groaned between her mouth. “Charlie, you’re working me up. You don’t want to get me into trouble when I strip you naked here.”
She felt the results of his desire when a hard section of his shorts pushed against her pelvis. Sighing ruefully, she only calmedher enthusiasm, but continued to suck on his lower lip. She hadn’t seen him the night before, and the night before that because of work, and she missed sleeping next to him.
“You’re extra needy when we skip a night or two,” he whispered. “I call it orgasm withdrawal.”
“Goodness,” she laughed again. “Orgasm withdrawal?”
“Okay, it’s me with the withdrawal. I crave for you every single second.” He lowered to nibble softly on her earlobe. “If I don’t see pink, I start raging. And I get a little irritable because I need the pink, Charlie.”
“Pink?”
Nodding, he brushed a hand over the neckline of her rose-colored cami dress, skimmed the rise of her breasts, and dropped to her stomach before stopping.
“Before I get kicked out of here for workplace sexual harassment—when can I have you again?” he asked. “And I don’t just mean for sex.”
“Tonight. I should wrap up before six today.”
