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God, I hoped no one had heard us. Everyone should be at lunch, but you never knew when an enterprising assistant chose to stay in and catch up on work (and catch her boss having sex in the process).
“You can put it any way you want, Luna, but it’s the truth.” Xavier’s lips touched mine. “For the record, you look beautiful when you’re freshly fucked.”
“How charming.” I should pick up the phone and reschedule my two-o’clock meeting, but I wanted to stay in his arms a while longer. “They should create a makeup tutorial for it.”
“I’m sure one already exists.” He drew back, examining me. “How are you feeling?”
“Good. A little sore, but…good.” I couldn’t find a better term to describe the weightlessness I felt.Goodwasn’t adequate, but unlike other words, saying it didn’t freak me out.
“Good,” Xavier repeated.
His palms braced the desk on either side of me, and as we smiled at each other, the silence soft with contentment while we savored our last moments before reality intruded, another word surfaced in my mind.
Happy.
Simple, basic, but no less true.
CHAPTER28
Sloane
By some miracle, no one said a word when Xavier and I emerged from my office after our, uh, session yesterday. People were still trickling in from lunch, and the staff members whowerethere were too busy oohing and aahing over pictures of Princess Camilla to pay us any mind.
Thank the Lord for small favors.
I’d rescheduled my meeting and forgot about Xavier’s Vuk plan until we met up for dinner the next night. He hadn’t mentioned it beyond his initial text about it.
“Two questions,” I said as we meandered through downtown. “One, what’s the plan for Vuk? And two, where are we going for dinner? I’m starving.”
“Oh, now you’re hungry,” Xavier teased, wrapping his arm around my shoulders. The warm weight sent a swarm of butterflies diving and whirling in my stomach. “Yet you kicked me out when I tried to take you to lunch.”
“Because I remember what happenedyesterdayduring lunch. I got zero work done.” I attempted a haughty look but ended up blushing at the sly glance he sent my way.
I did that a lot more these days, blushing. It was enough to drive a blush hater like me mad.
“I’m aware.” Xavier’s drawl went molten with desire. “You look good bent over your desk, Luna. Especially when your pussy is dripping with my—”
“Xavier.” The flush escalated to a five-alarm fire.
I glanced around us, convinced every other person on the sidewalk could hear his filthy words. I wasn’t a prude, but I didn’t want all the random Janes and Joes to know about my sex life either.
He laughed. “Fine. I’ll save the dirty talk for the hotel.”
The hotel?“Where exactly are we going?” I asked, my voice rife with suspicion.
“You’ll see. Ask me another question.”
“I hate your evasiveness.”
“You love it because you love surprises.”
“I’m a Virgo. I hate surprises.” Except for the Sunday meetup with Pen, but that didn’t count.
“Ask me another question, Luna,” Xavier said, ignoring my perfectly serviceable astrology argument. I was a firm supporter of hard science, but astrology was too fun to give up.
“Fine,” I grumbled. Iwasintrigued by what he had planned, but I’d never admit it. I didn’t need him springing surprises on me left and right. “The one you skipped. What was the Vuk plan you came up with?”
“The Vuk plan. Right.” We turned left onto a quiet street. “What are the driving forces behind every successful businessman? Why do they do what they do?”
