Someone Unexpected(14)

I turned around and his fingers slid along my bare skin all the way to  the bottom of the zipper, once again causing it to tingle. His teasing  was driving me crazy, in a good way, and I found myself feeling more  turned on than I had ever been in my life.



I had to get my feelings under control because this was just the  beginning of the trip. I was going to be with him for quite a few days  so I had to push any attraction I had for him out of my mind, especially  since it was clear to me that he was playing games. I mean, what was  that? Touching me like that, making my skin tingle? But acting so cold  toward me? It was almost like the date the week before never happened.



As I went to change back into my casual clothes, my mind wandered to his  touch. I was weak. Instead of telling myself to avoid letting that  happen again, I was telling myself that I couldn't wait until it  happened again.



I returned to my seat and Sebastian was watching my every move, his eyes  never leaving mine. I had to say something because his intensity nearly  made me unable to think straight. I had never had such an intense  reaction to a guy before and while I was usually the one I control  because guys always fawned all over me, this time everything was  different. Sebastian Blu was getting to me and I didn't know how to stop  it, or if I even wanted to. But this whole staring thing and making me  want to drop my panties for him, had to stop.



"Sebastian, I find it very hard to concentrate when you look at me like that."



"When I look at you like what, exactly? I've missed you." I couldn't  tell if he was being sincere or just playing with my emotions.



"You have a very seductive look on your face. You've missed me? Why have  you been acting so cold toward me?" I could barely look at him as I  said it.



He suddenly became very serious as his eyes searched mine. "Elena, I'm  sorry if it seems that way. Paris was a lot more difficult than I  anticipated and I have issues there that I need to resolve, but it will  take a while. I hope you know that I had a wonderful time with you last  week and I am looking forward to another date. I'm just a little  pre-occupied with personal things right now. I didn't expect to meet you  and I wish I had met you after all of this was resolved." His words  trailed off as he looked out the window and he had a definite pained  expression on his face.         

     



 



What was going on in Paris that made him so upset?



He looked back at me and gave me a small smile. "Just know that when you  see me looking at you like this, what you are seeing is very simple, a  man admiring a beautiful woman. You say this is a seductive look, but  Elena, when I decide to seduce you, you'll know."



I was completely tongue-tied when he said that. What could I say to  that? A wave of giddiness washed over me and I felt like a teenager. He  still likes me! This was so not part of my plan. Here I was falling head  over heels super fast for this guy and I wanted to let all self-control  fly out the window. While my head was trying to protest, my body was  betraying me. My core began to gently throb as I thought about what it  would feel like to have him kiss every inch of my body. He was so sexy  and masculine, I just knew that he knew how to devour a woman's body and  I couldn't wait to let him devour mine.



"Did your mind wander off somewhere, Elena?" A sly smirk turned up the  corner of his mouth and I was completely mortified at the thought of him  being able to tell what I was thinking.



I was totally embarrassed and prayed that my flushed cheeks didn't give  away my thoughts. What is wrong with you, Elena? He is your boss! I  stretched my lips across my teeth in what I can only assume was a  pathetic attempt at a smile and tried to appear unfazed by his question.



"What? Oh, just thinking about work." And you running your tongue all over my … stop it!



"Work? Is that what they're calling it these days?" That smirk was infuriating.



I looked him square in the eye and tried not to waver. "Yes, work.  Speaking of which, I am going to take a look at some files. Did you need  anything else?"



He seemed totally amused as the smirk had turned into a full blown grin. "Not right now. I'll let you now when it's time."



Time? "Time for what?"



His eyes smoldered as they fell to my lips. "Time for us."



Now my cheeks were burning and I averted my eyes so that he could not  see into my soul and know that I wanted him. I had to keep that to  myself for a little while longer, I couldn't let him complete control,  not yet.



I immersed myself in the files for an hour and then it was time for  lunch. The flight attendant served us a meal that could have rivaled a  five star restaurant. The rich really do have it good. When we were done  eating Sebastian told me a bit more about what we were going to do  while in São Paulo.



"Sophia Hudson, the global chair of creative strategy in our in-house  public relations firm will be joining us. I would really like for you  two to work together this week and come up with some sort of joint  strategy to get the word out, and clients in, Blu Sierra São Paulo. She  will join us on Friday so you should spend the majority of the day with  her."



"Okay, I'm sure that we can come up with quite a few ideas."



He went back to checking email on his iPad and I jotted down ideas to  share with Sophia when I met her on Friday. We were about an hour away  from São Paulo when my mind wandered to Sebastian's touch and I  remembered that he had a date for the gala and she clearly did not  appreciate the attention he gave me. Was he the type who liked to cheat?  I wanted to know who she was.



"Sebastian?"



He stopped what he was doing and looked up at me. "Yes?"



"Who was the woman that you were with the night of the gala?"



He seemed completely caught off guard by my question and I could see in his eyes that he did not really want to answer me.



"That was Sophia."



"Sophia, the PR exec?"



"Yes."



So he did like to mix business with pleasure, well that sucks. Now I had  to work with the woman who was staring daggers at me that night.



"Why are you asking me out if you have a girlfriend Sebastian? I am not the type of person who goes after other women's men."



He raised his eyebrows. "Oh, are you coming after me?" There was that sexy smirk again.



I shifted in my seat completely flustered that I had let the words come out of my mouth the way that they did.         

     



 



"I didn't mean it that way. Look, if you want to cheat on your  girlfriend you're going to have to look elsewhere. I have no interest in  being a part of that."



A deep sigh escaped his lips as he peered at me over the top of his glasses and then removed them.



"Elena." His voice was pure seduction. "Sophia is not my girlfriend, she  was at my table because she's the global head of PR. We were not there  together."



I narrowed my eyes at him trying to decide if I should believe him. "She  looked awfully upset when I came over to introduce myself."



"That is probably because she knows that I like beautiful women and you  are exquisite." His sexy, little smile wasn't going to derail my  questions.



"No, there was something more there Sebastian. If I'm supposed to work  with her please tell me if there is anything I should know."



He has hesitated once again and then told me something that I did not  want to hear. "Sophia is protective of me and can sometimes go  overboard, but it comes from a good place."



I was not stupid, I knew that there had to be something else. A woman is  not possessive of a man for no reason so I raised my eyebrows at him,  crossed my arms and waited for the rest.



"Sophia is my ex, it was over three years ago and it took time for her  to accept that the relationship was over. But she finally did and she  has been dating someone for nearly 2 years."



"Where was her date that night?"



"He was in Los Angeles on business. Is there anything else you would like to know?"



"Yes, did you start dating her before or after she joined the company?"



"She has been working for us for nearly 10 years, so it was well after she started with the company."



"I'm assuming the hotel doesn't have a policy forbidding co-workers to date each other?"



He looked directly at me, his eyes holding mine. "No, we don't."



I was really uneasy with the way that I found out this information about  Sophia and, at first, I thought he should have told me from the  beginning that I would be working with his ex-girlfriend. But the more I  thought about it, the more I realized that this wealthy billionaire did  not owe me anything. I didn't want to make a huge issue out of it,  especially because I felt like I had nearly crossed the line with my  questions so I decided to just drop it.