He swirled the contents in his glass. “We also own a chain of hotels around the world.”
“Should anyone be that rich?” The sheer magnitude of it scared her, especially sitting across the table from him like it was nothing. “I understand, though, on some level, although it’s hard to fathom. If I was threatened to lose all of that, I guess I would fight for it and do what I could to keep it.” She shook her head, thinking. “All the lives I could change…”
“You’re different than any woman I’ve ever met.”
“What do you mean?”
“Nothing.” He stood. “Come, we’ll get started.”
She rose and began piling their dirty plates. “Dishes first.”
He stilled her hand. “I’ll get someone to come in and take care of that. My brother just moved back into the mansion, so there’s staff there. It won’t be Janet.”
The mansion.
She moved away from the table. “What you do with Janet isn’t my business. I think you need to be sure of how faithful you’ll be to your wife, and if you won’t be, you and she should probably discuss that. It has nothing to do with me.”
He caught her before she reached the couch and whipped her around to face him. “And if I want to make it your business?”
Her mouth fell open for the second time that night. “I’m not a candidate, Easton. I told you that.”
“You want me.”
Her breath hitched in her throat.
“Don’t deny it.” He drew her closer, until her breasts brushed his chest. Her traitorous nipples pebbled beneath the touch.
“I’m not denying you’re attractive.”
His eyes narrowed, and her mouth went dry.
“Say it.”
“Excuse me?”
“Say you want me.”
She wrenched free and turned her back. “I’m not playing your little game, Easton. I came over here to help you sift through the millions of women you’ve obviously been—”
“So you’re jealous.”
“Good night!” She strode past him and stomped toward the elevator. Before she could press the button, he caught up and slammed a hand against the doors, beside her head. Her heart pounded, threatening to jump to her throat, but when she looked up at him, lust and not anger reflected back. He moved in closer until his full length brushed along hers. She faced the elevator and shut her eyes. Breathing deep did not lower her temperature or control her racing heart.
His hand came around her middle, and his long fingers splayed over her belly. The lips at her neck had her fighting her own desires and trying not to arch to push her ass into his leg. His erection pressed at her lower back. His hand glided up from her stomach, skimmed between her breasts, and curved around her throat to force her chin higher. Her head tilted back on his shoulder, she dared not move with his lips less than an inch from hers. This was his way, she decided, the thing he used to get women to do what he wanted. He didn’t need fancy words. What woman wouldn’t bow to a hot man who demanded she surrender to both their desires?
“D-Don’t,” she croaked.
“You don’t want that.”
“We’re here—”
“While we’re searching and narrowing down, it doesn’t mean you and I can’t have a little fun.”
Her eyes widened. “You’re suggesting we…”
“We fuck.”
He couldn’t have said it any plainer. Kenzie’s body ignited at the words, and she was pretty sure her panties were soaked. Was it wrong that she considered his proposal? What about the women he was thinking of marrying, or the specific one who would get him for life? Maybe she herself would regret not taking this opportunity. He wasn’t committed to anyone yet. None of the ten they had narrowed down even knew they were in the running. She wouldn’t be betraying anyone.
On and on, she argued the merits of taking him up on his offer. Easton might do things to her body she had only fantasized about, and she’d been lamenting not having a man because she had needs. She should say yes, but he didn’t deserve her on top of all the others. She would be nothing more than another body in a long line, and if none of these women agreed to be his wife for whatever reason, there would be many more for his bed behind her.#p#分页标题#e#
“Kenzie.”
She gasped and lost her train of thought.
“Say yes, and I will make you feel like you’ve never felt before.”
“You’re arrogant.”
“Or confident in my ability to pleasure your body.”
She inhaled to tell him about himself, but he bent and covered her lips with his. The pleasure spread from her mouth to her nipples, to her pussy, even down to her toes. He worked her lips apart with his tongue and dove inside her mouth. A moan rose in her throat, but she tamped it down just before letting it go. He didn’t need to know how much she liked what he was doing and how much more she craved.