Splendor(78)
After an hour, both of them were sweaty and fatigued. Ian took a long swig from a bottle of water before handing it to Tessa.
“Had enough for today?” he asked.
She nodded, swallowing a gulp of water. “I’m good. This is so awesome that you have your very own gym. You must work out here a lot.”
“I try to get in a workout at least five days a week, but I don’t actually use this room very often. The club I belong to is much larger and I like to use their pool and other facilities.”
She ran her palm up his arm under the sleeve of his workout shirt. “Is that where you box?” she asked in a husky voice, her big eyes seeming bluer than usual.
Ian stifled a groan as Tessa stepped closer, her breasts brushing up against his chest. “Yes, that’s the place.”
She gave his bicep a squeeze while her other hand slid up his chest. “Would you let me – that is, could I watch you sometime? Go through your workout? I’ve love to do that.”
“Of course you may,” he replied, pleased at her interest. “But we might need to wait on that a bit, love. Several of my executives belong to the same club and work out there frequently, so I’d have a bit of a tough time smuggling you in.”
Tessa rubbed her cheek against his throat. “Hmm, extra motivation for me to leave the company that much sooner, I suppose.”
His hands gripped her hips, pulling her close against him, and letting her feel his rapidly hardening erection. “When it’s time, I’ll get you a membership there so we can work out together. They have classes you might like, too – kickboxing, spinning, yoga.”
Tessa ground her pelvis invitingly against his cock, severely testing his already fragile self-control. “I love yoga,” she told him, sliding her arms up his chest to clasp around his neck. “Julia has brought me to her studio as a guest a couple of times and her teacher is amazing.”
Ian grit his teeth as she pushed her breasts into his chest. “I – ah, didn’t realize you saw Julia outside of the office.”
“Is that all right?” she asked anxiously. “I mean, she’s always been so nice to me and I don’t have many friends so - ”
“Hush.” He kissed her softly. “Of course it’s all right. I’d much rather see you going out with Julia than with one of the girls from the office. She’s far more grounded and sensible than any of them, not to mention engaged to Nathan.”
Tessa regarded him curiously. “What does that have to do with it?”
His hand splayed over the band of bare skin between her exercise bra and shorts. “She’s already spoken for, darling, which means she won’t be talking you into trolling singles bars looking for men.”
She tunneled her hands up beneath his shirt, exploring the muscles of his back. “And why would I want to do something like that anyway?”
He hissed as one of her hands slipped beneath the waistband of his athletic shorts, not stopping until it reached his buttocks. “So that you could find someone closer to your age, perhaps.” He shrugged, feigning a nonchalance he damned sure didn’t feel. “A hot, gorgeous girl like yourself would only have to walk inside a bar or a club, and you’d be swarmed with interested young men.”
Tessa swiftly slid her palms to either side of his face, gazing at him with fire in her blue eyes. “If I was in a room surrounded by a thousand different men, you’re still the only one I’d want – the only one I’d see. I don’t care about the age difference, Ian. My God, you’ve got the most beautiful body of any man alive. Why would I ever want anyone else?”
Her passionately spoken words not only touched him profoundly, but aroused him fiercely. “I’m a damned lucky bastard,” he muttered. “Though I’ll have my work cut out for me keeping up with you, my sweet. Extra workouts, more vitamins, increasing my intake of red meat. I’ll need to do all of that and more in order to have enough energy to keep you satisfied.”
He yelped as she very unexpectedly gave him a smack on the ass.
“You’re making me feel like some sort of sex fiend,” she pouted prettily. “I can’t help it if you turn me on.”
“Are you turned on now, Tessa?” he breathed in her ear. “Tell me, love, are you wet?”
She groaned as he cupped her buttocks and ground himself against her cleft. “God, yes!”
His tongue traced around the dainty shell of her ear. “And are your nipples hard?”
The little laugh she gave was positively wicked, and he was rather shocked at how quickly she’d shed her inhibitions. “Why don’t you find out for yourself?” she challenged in a naughty voice.