He tugged her close to him in a quick movement, with his hands on her hips, bringing her off the ground. With a gasp, she clutched his shirt, bunching the crisp fabric in her fingers.
His erection rubbed against her belly. It felt hard, and so unbearably, unbelievably good that she moaned loud. Arrows of pleasure sparked off every inch of her.
Her gaze flew to his, her skin on fire. “Nikos...”
“Yes, Lexi.”
He was smiling, a wicked, buckle-your-knees smile. She was on fire and he was smiling. “This, you and I...I can’t...this feels like...” She swallowed, barely catching the whimper of pleasure in her throat.
His hands spanning her tiny waist, he pressed an openmouthed kiss, wet and hot against the pulse in her neck. Nerve endings she hadn’t known existed thundered into life. Her arms around his neck, she held on tight, every drag of her muscles against his sending a spasm through her.
His hands moved from her waist to capture her face, forcing her to look at him. Her mouth dried at the naked hunger dancing across those arresting features. There was a black, molten fire in his eyes and it was all for her. “What you do to me, it isn’t amusing in the least.”
The open, toe-curling want in his words set a low, pulsing ache in her lower belly. She closed her eyes and struggled to pull in air.
Nikos Demakis, the most gorgeous man she had ever seen, wanted her. That in itself had her shivering, and the storm of hunger he was holding back in his powerful body...it was as if every decadent fantasy of hers had come to life. And she...she was still just her...plain Lexi Nelson.
How was she supposed to say no to him?
Too tight in her own skin, she rubbed herself against him. Their mingled groans rent the air, the rasp of his body fully clothed against hers, pure torture. A shudder racked his powerful body, a string of Greek, curses she was sure, pervading the air.
She did it again, and he pushed her back against the wall, his hands spanning her tiny waist.
Lust stamped his features. “Don’t do that, thee mou. Unless you want me to take you against the wall. Not that I won’t oblige you if that’s what you want.”
“Wait.” Panic bloomed in her stomach at the raw tingle that swept through her. She had to put a stop to this, now. While she still could. “Please, Nikos. Let me go.”
He let her go instantly, his gaze devouring her. His silence screamed at her, his face a feral mask of control.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to lead... The fact that you want me, it’s dangerous, it’s gone to my head....” She took a deep breath. This was not fair, to him or to her. “I don’t think there’s a woman alive who could say no to you. But I...”
“Every time you look at me with those blue eyes, you’re wondering how it would feel to kiss me. Your body, whether you don’t know it, or you know it and don’t want to accept it, is crying for my touch.”
She wrapped her hands around herself. “It is, but I have control over it. I won’t have sex with just anyone, without involving my heart.”
His mouth curled into a sneer. “No, you will only have sex with a friend, for whom you’re an emotional crutch and nothing else, to stop him from leaving you, even if you don’t really want it, no? You’re prepared to go to any lengths, give up anything to keep him in your life. Who’s using sex now?”