Kate paused mid-drink, surprised by both his candid answer and the seriousness of it. “I’m so sorry.”
He shrugged, continuing his story. “I worked from the ground up in a shipping yard, eventually getting my shot at a corporate job. I excelled. By the time I was nineteen, I began my own business. It was small, but profitable. And its success gave me the chance to join Blaine Enterprises.”
“Back when it was still James Incorporated?” Kate added.
Lucas gave her a surprised look. “Yes. Done a little research?”
Kate froze. She had slipped up and she was worried that he might get suspicious. “I, uh, might have looked you up when I started working for you.”
“I’m flattered.”
Hiding her relief, Kate finished her glass. Lucas poured her a little more and, having finished cooking, took the food to the table. They ate in silence, sharing heated looks across the table. The food was delicious and Kate added it to the mental list she’d been keeping of his skills.
When they had finished, Kate began to gather the dishes. “Leave them,” Lucas insisted and they went together into the living room to finish their wine.
Lucas motioned for her to have a seat on a plush looking couch, while he sat across from her on a large easy chair.
They talked casually, mostly about the paintings hanging around his house. Kate carefully avoided discussion of both their earlier topics of family and of his office, mostly because she was worried it would remind him of catching her earlier.
Her efforts failed, however, and he brought up the inevitable.
“What were you really doing in my office that night?” he asked her, amusement in his eyes.
She didn’t want to bring up what had happened in his office—not the heavy petting session, that she no longer had a problem bringing up. But the interrogation? That was going to be difficult to explain, and he just seemed determined to bring her attention back to that evening.
She tried to remain calm and answered as smoothly as she could, “Just what I said. I was dropping off a document for you to—”
“Sign, yes, I remember. But why wait until I was gone?”
Kate tried to come up with a good reason. She decided keeping it simple was her best option. “You had already left and I’d just realized it was sitting on my desk. I thought you’d want it as soon as you got in.”
This only made him smile, slowly, revealing those attractive dimples she liked so much. “And you didn’t want to just drop it off first thing in the morning? No need for you to stay late...”
“Guess I hadn’t thought of that,” she said dismissively.
“I think you had. I think you were also thinking of the day before, when you spilled coffee on me.”
Kate winced. “I am so sorry about that.”
But Lucas ignored her apology and continued as though she hadn’t spoken. “I know you felt it, too. The electricity.”
She had felt electricity. She had felt a spark threatening to ignite between them the first time they met—and every time they met after that.
He leaned forward on his knees, blue eyes staring straight into hers with such focus and intensity that she was swallowed up until she had to look away. “And I think you were scared of what would happen if we were left alone in a room again together.”
“Guess I faced that fear,” she murmured, a glint in her eye.
Lucas laughed. “Yes, you did.” A sly smile lingering on his face, he added, “Speaking of...” He reached his hand into his pocket and pulled out something red and lacy. “You left these behind.”
He let her panties hang off of his middle finger.
Kate felt a jolt of heat rush through her, but she tried to keep herself compose. Leaning forward, she replied, “I think you’ve got a bra, too, if I’m not mistaken.”
He raised an eyebrow. “I do. Did you need it?”
Her grin widened. “As a matter of fact I do. I left mine at home tonight.”
His blue eyes flickered down to her chest, noting her dip of cleavage and the hard peaks of her nipples visible through the thin fabric. He sucked in a harsh breath, “I see.”
She rose up from the couch and walked over to him, feeling brazen thanks to his gaze. She leaned over him, laying her hands on either side of him on the armrests. Her cleavage was slipping out of her tight red dress, she knew, and directly in his line of sight.
“Did you want to give it to me?” she asked, letting him interpret the words as he saw fit.
His gaze flickered up to her face, lingering on her lips. “I would love to.” His hands reached out to graze along the sides of her thighs, her hips, and up along her waist until finally reaching her soft breasts. He gave them a hard squeeze. “But I think we’ll have to take this off first.”
Kate grinned at him, enjoying the feel of his hot hands on her body. She leaned down farther so that her lips were just an inch from his. “Then take it off.”
Heated gaze searing through her, he closed the gap, crushing his lips to hers. His hands squeezed her breasts again, before slipping down lower over her body again. When he reached the hem of her short dress, his hands wandered up beneath it, cupping her rear.
She parted her lips, letting his tongue slip inside her mouth.
His hands made followed their earlier trail upwards again, this time taking her silky dress with them. He revealed her panties, black, lacy and so tiny they barely covered her shaved mound. His hands stopped at the swell of her breasts, before forcing her to straighten up so that he could stand. When he did, there was so little space between their bodies that she could feel the hardness in his pants pressing against her core.
He broke the kiss and she silently lifted her arms so that he could take her dress the rest of the way off of her. Her bare breasts were exposed to the cool air.
He threw her dress to the side, then his hands went to the elastic of her panties. She placed her hands over his before he could take them off.
“Nu-uh,” she whispered. “I think you need to lose something first. It’s only fair.”
His blue eyes flashed and he pulled his hands away. She was bereft, but watched with hungry eyes as his hands went to the black button down he wore. His thick fingers undid the first few, but Kate couldn’t help reaching out and finishing the job with her own hands.
She pulled his shirt open, revealing his smooth, muscled chest. Her hands roamed his heated skin, then dropped down to his belt. She began to undo that, too, but this time his hands stayed hers.
He reached around her and grabbed her ass again, pulling her hips against his, letting her know how much he needed her. Her hands threaded into his hair and she kissed him, their tongues dancing again.
He began to back her up, heading towards the stairs. They continued to kiss, her bare breasts pressing against his hard chest and their hips bumping together as they walked. Her heels clicked on the hardwood floors, the backs of them hitting the first step. She lost her balance and they half fell, Lucas using his hands to brace them before they tumbled too hard.
They laughed. “Maybe we should take those off, too.”
Kate nodded, kicking off one heel. Lucas trailed his hand down her leg to remove the other. Kate took the opportunity to finish undoing his belt, and pulled it off, throwing it down by her heels.
Lucas, staring into her eyes, gathered her up into his arms, and carried her up the rest of the stairs. At the top of them, he pressed her back into the wall using his hands on her butt to keep her up and started kissing down her neck and shoulders.
She hummed with pleasure.
Massaging her backside, he pulled her away from the wall. She crossed her ankles around his back and held onto his shoulders. Together, they stumbled into his bed room. Lucas threw her onto the king sized bed and she landed with her legs spread wide, inviting him to come to her.
Grabbing a small foil from his back pocket, he raised his eyebrow in question. She nodded.
He stood before her and undid t
he button of his slacks, pulling down the zipper, and letting them fall to the floor. Her eyes hungrily devoured what she had been dying to see for a while now, she realized.
His hard length jutted out and there was no question how much he wanted her.
His breathing labored, he said to her, “Are you ready, Kate?”
Biting her lower lip, she could only nod.
Chapter 6
Kate’s breathing was heavy. Part of her couldn’t believe she was doing this, but that part was quickly fading, replaced only by the knowledge that she wanted Lucas.
He stood naked before her at the foot of the bed, gazing down at her with those hungry blue eyes that told her he had been waiting for this moment. Slowly, he leaned over the edge of the bed, placing a knee between her legs and placing his hands at either of her hips.
His touch was like fire, making her body pulse with desire.
Curling his fingers, he gripped the edge of her panties. “Can I keep these, too?” he purred teasingly.
She tried to laugh, but it mostly came out as a shuddering breath. “Keep this up and I’ll run out soon.”
His eyes glinted mischievously. “Then stop wearing them.”
With that said, he began to pull them down her legs, taking his sweet time, because he must have known how impatient she was to have him. It took every ounce of will to remain still and let him drag the little scrap of material off her body, his hands grazing her thighs, calves, and ankles. Finally, they were off and he dropped them to the floor by his slacks.
She felt a moment of relief at the thought that he would finally come to her, but she quickly realized she would have to wait for that, too. His hot kisses began at her ankles. His lips were soft and tender as he began to leave a trail of those hot kisses up her legs, reaching her inner thighs and using his hands to pull her legs farther apart.
When he placed a kiss just beside her wet lips, she shuddered. “Please,” she murmured.
Thighs around his head, he glanced up the length of her body. “Please what?” he whispered against her opening.
“Please touch me.”
Kate didn’t beg. Not for anything. But for this? She would make an exception.
“Like this?” he asked, gliding the fingers of his right hand around her opening, teasing her.
“More,” she breathed.
One finger slid between her lips, rubbing along the inside of them. “Like this?” he asked, knowing she clearly wanted more from his touches.
“Please, Lucas,” she asked again, her voice pleading.
He slipped one thick finger inside her. “This?” his voice had grown deep and husky, coming from somewhere deep in his throat and chest.
Kate let out a moan and bucked up towards his hand. “Yes!”
Lucas slid another finger into her wet folds, massaging her walls. She moaned and tried to buck again, desperate for him to give her more, and deeper. He obligingly added a third finger, feeling her stretch around him, and began moving his fingers in and out.
“Is this what you want, Kate?” he asked her in what was nearly a growl.
“More,” she got out. “Not just your fingers. Please... I need you.”
Her words were enough to dissolve whatever restraint and patience he had been clinging to. He pulled his fingers out of her—she whimpered just a little—and crawled up her body so that his hips were above hers. His length placed just outside her entrance, the head just touching her slick nether lips. His arms held him up above her and he took a long moment to look into her eyes.
“I’ve needed you for a long time,” he murmured to her.
With lust filled eyes, Kate nodded, reaching a hand out to lay against his muscled chest. Taking her touch as the signal to truly begin, Lucas began to slowly push himself inside her. The head of him slipped in, and Kate groaned loudly.
It took all his self-control not to thrust into her immediately, as hard and deep as he could go. He didn’t want to hurt her, and that was the only thing that kept him moving slowly, inch by inch, deeper into her. His body trembled with the strain, desperate to thrust all the way inside her, but also indulging in the slow torture of her body swallowing him slowly.
Kate’s body quivered as her walls stretched to accommodate his considerable size. When he had only an inch left of his cock and Kate wasn’t sure there was any room left, he couldn’t hold back anymore. He thrust the rest of the way inside her, filling her up so completely that she cried out.
“Oh god!”
Lucas groaned in pleasure, leaving himself inside her for several long moments, enjoying the feel of her tight walls covering his length. Then Kate rocked her hips and it urged him to move. Slowly, he pulled back out of her, leaving only the tip of himself inside, before pushing in again.
He started out slowly, letting her feel every inch of his length as he pushed in and pulled out of her tight core. She moaned as he moved, whimpering every time he filled her up completely. She rocked against him, trying to get him to move faster, making him tisk at her. His hands moved down to her hips, staying their jerking motions, and keeping her right where he wanted her.
She struggled against their hold, but found that not only was he too strong for her, but she found it incredibly hot. It was slow torture, but she found it incredibly erotic.
When Lucas’ length was again pushed all the way inside her, he leaned down over her to nip at her soft, round breasts. His hands were mostly occupied with her hips, keeping her squirming body in place while he controlled the pace and angle of his penetration, but his mouth couldn’t resist her tempting flesh.
Kate’s hands clawed at his back, desperate for him to thrust into her faster, but unable to move her hips with his strong grip keeping her in place.
Lucas’ tongue licked along her pale flesh, coming up to catch a nipple in his mouth. He pulled his cock out of her slowly once more, but when he left just the head in this time, he bit down on her nipple and thrust back into her all the way as hard and fast as he could, making her scream his name in pleasure.
“LUCAS!”
This was finally his breaking point. He couldn’t keep his slow, steady pace anymore. Desire consumed him and her hot, tight walls were too much for him to resist. He began to thrust quickly, his hips crashing into hers over and over again as he drove into her up to the hilt.
Kate’s body had been flooded with pleasure for so long now, she thought it would spill out at any second. So when he began to pound into her fast and hard, she knew she was going to get the chance to come around him. He was bent over her at an angle that allowed for clit to rub against body, making her climb higher and higher towards release.
When he released her breast and lay flat across her so that he could press their bodies closer, she finally lost herself around him. Her walls clenched, while her vision once again went black as she screamed in pleasure.
The feel of her losing herself, was enough to push Lucas over, too. “Oh, Kate,” he whispered into her ear, thrusting only twice more before erupting inside her. He lay exhausted over her, just barely balancing on his trembling arms. He began to roll over and she thought he was pulling out, but he just scooped her up around the waist, switching so that she lay on top of him.
She lay against his chest as he slowly softened inside her.
Luke stroked her hair absently. “Thank you, Kate,” he told her in a sleepy, sated voice that she could feel fill his chest.
“Anytime,” she murmured as she drifted off into a blissful sleep.
Chapter 7
Kate awoke to soft sunlight streaming through a window. It took her a minute to realize where she was—and what she had done the night before. She was lying in a plush bed, her sexy boss curled up behind her, his arm slung across her middle. They were both naked and there was a small throbbing between her legs.
Her eyes widened and she momentarily fought panic. What had she just done? Slept with her boss, was the answer, and worse, she was still trying to take down his company f
or the sake of furthering her own career.
Briefly, Kate considered trying to slip out from beneath his arm, grab her dress—it was somewhere on the first floor, she thought—and hightail it out of there before Lucas ever even woke up. Then she remembered coming to his door to find him cooking her dinner. His candid conversation about his family.
And, of course, the sex.
It stalled her long enough for Lucas’ breathing to change. He stirred next to her, cuddling up closer to her body and whispering into her ear, “Good morning.”
She couldn’t help but smile. “Good morning.”
“Shower?” he asked.
She nodded and they rolled out of bed together, a tangle of naked limbs. They kissed all the way to the shower, and made love there again.
* * *
Kate had to go downstairs to retrieve her dress from last night. Lucas watched mildly amused as she searched around in the nude for the scrap of material, cursing when it wasn’t where she thought it was. After a bit more searching, she found it and managed to slip it over her head.
It stopped just beneath the swell of her breasts however, because Lucas’ hands hand slid around her ribcage.
“In a hurry?” he asked from behind her.
Kate rolled her eyes good-naturedly. “Hurry? We just spent the last forty-five minutes taking a shower.”
Lucas grinned. “Sorry about that. The shower isn’t my strong suit.”
Kate glanced over her shoulder at him, eyebrow raised. He said nothing, but she took the hint. She would remember that a quick roll in the hay with him was actually a quick wash in the shower. Her hands went up to cover his, urging them to travel lower, down over her waist and hips, so that the red material of her dress could cover her body.
“I need to go,” she told him.
His hands moved around to her backside and gave it a squeeze. He rubbed his cheek along her neck, giving it and her collarbone soft kisses. Apparently, he was determined to ignore her statement entirely.
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