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Chapter eight
Joar
Same Time, Different Perspective
I’m out of control with desire.
Clover tastes like sunshine and peaches. One kiss wasn’t enough. I find myself exploring every inch of her mouth. Lost in a frenzy of discovery. When I cup her face and move her where I want her, she whimpers and presses against me. My cock is weeping, straining against my jeans. It wants her as much as I do.
I’ve got to end this madness. I’m letting it go too far.
“Intense.” Her voice is faint but definitive. Her eyelids, which are half-mast, blink dreamily. “Best. Kiss. Ever.”
Whoa.
I did not expect that.
She’s sincere.
In this instant, I realize I’ve gone about this all wrong.
Maybe you’ve got her all wrong.
Although I didn’t go through with the carpenter ruse, Clover still thinks I’m someone else. A person who is me, yet a mere fraction of who I am. Or what I’m capable of.
Yeah, I’ve got to stop this. Immediately.
I may be ruthless, but I’m not a liar.
Jury’s still out on whether she deliberately took Eminence Partners’ client money, but my gut tells me I’ve misread the situation. She’s not trying to hide anything. She hasn’t lured me in like some poisonous black widow spider. Her confession about being left on her own in Hawaii as a teenager is heartbreaking.
Ditto about her cheating asshole of a husband. And best friend.
This woman is sweet. Vulnerable. Despite the fact people who were supposed to be the closest to her let her down repeatedly, there doesn’t seem to be a nefarious bone in her body.
Or are you telling yourself that?
My desire for this woman is something I’ve never felt before. Something dormant inside is now awake. Alive. Which is terrifying and also useless. By this time tomorrow, I’ll be on a plane to Singapore.
Still, I might as well admit it. There’s no chance we’re getting off this elevator without fucking. None.
Before I go there with her, I can’t be a hypocrite. I’ve got to be honest.
Don’t I?
Creating a bridge with my knees, I grip her waist and shift her back against them to move her ass away from my dick. God, she’s fucking beautiful. Her lips are puffy. Her eyes are half-mast, as if she’s drunk from our kisses. Good thing I repositioned her, I didn’t think it was possible to get harder than I already am. I was wrong. My cock is attempting to drill a hole through these fucking jeans.
I touch my thumb to the skin above her lip, which is a bit red from my stubble. Tell her the truth. “Best. Kiss. Ever.”
“You don’t have to say that, JJ.” Clover blushes all over, even her chest.
I want to pull her top down to savor her milk-chocolate nipples. Instead I slide my palms to her hips. I sit up and press my forehead to hers. “There’s nowhere I’d rather be.” Her face squinches a bit, as if she can’t believe what I said. “I never say anything I don’t mean. Trust me on that.”
This seems to placate her. “This is getting a little…”
“Heated?” I ask as I bury my face in her neck. Kiss up to her ear. Suck. Nuzzle. Bite her earlobe. Lick her until she squirms in my lap.
Her legs wrap around my waist. She squeezes her thighs against my hips. Winds her arms behind my neck and threads both hands through my hair. I continue my sensual assault on her neck and guide her hips as she writhes and grinds against me.
