She shrugged, her cat eyes narrowing. “Not yet, but I’m willing to be flexible.”
“You need the money that badly?”
“Of course. This isn’t a hobby for me you know. I don’t just rob people for the fun of it. I do it because I need the cash.”
“Well yes, but—”
“You wouldn’t get that though,” she continued, and he saw the truth in her eyes. “You’re so rich you’ve never had to worry about such things, but I need that cash and if that means I have to sell myself to you to get it so be it.”
“Sell yourself.” Sebastian stood up abruptly, unable to remain still. He was angry and edgy and he had no idea what the hell he was doing. He could have any woman he wanted for fucks sake. He did not have to stoop to paying a woman to share his bed! And yet here he was contemplating doing just that.
“I’m a realistic woman, Sebastian,” she continued. “I do what needs to be done. So here is my plan. You give me that two hundred grand and promise me that you will not call the police. In return I’ll remain here with you for as long as you require. I’ll tell you how I got round your security systems and fuck you senseless whenever you require, however you require.”
“Kleftisa….”
“And you’ll love every moment of it, and being the honest sort of woman I am I can agree that I will, too.”
The snare wound itself around him and Sebastian floundered. Everything she said was true. He wanted her so much and two hundred grand? Well it was nothing really, was it? He could easily let it go. But you’re paying her for her body, her time. He shuddered. Was he already too far gone to care?
She stood up and sauntered—yes sauntered toward him—a seductive smile curving her perfect lips. She halted bare inches from him and dropped the robe. It pooled at her feet, leaving her naked before him. Her nipples were already hard, thrusting out, their pink tips begging him to nibble them. Her skin was flushed and he could see the marks of their passion liberally spread across her chest and belly. His gaze travelled lower down to her black curls, which were already glistening. How he wanted her. Mania.
“So tell me,” she whispered, reaching out to his zipper. “What would you like to do with me first?”
Chapter Thirteen
What would he do with her first? Penny watched as Sebastian clenched and unclenched his fists—possibly trying to draw at the control which seemed to be sadly lacking for both of them. She stood still, waiting for him to make a decision which was going to affect both their lives in a way neither of them could have expected a handful of hours ago. Madness. There was nothing else to explain the passion and the situation which had exploded between them. She the thief and he the billionaire, caught up in a maelstrom of hormones. Madness.
When he reached out and spanned her waist with his hands, Penny breathed a silent sigh of relief. Because now she knew the course and so did he, and this was what they were going to do. She would have her two hundred grand and her sisters would be able to complete their missions. All would be well and in a week, maybe two, when Sebastian tired of her—sated his desires—she would go home and wait for her sisters to return. And they would all have what they wanted. What they’d planned for so long.
More than that though she’d have these memories, something to make her smile many years from now remembering the time she tangled with a billionaire. It was win-win in every way.
He bent forward and placed a kiss on her neck, then another, working his way up until he met the shell of her ear. Penny shivered, little tingles chasing down her back. He licked up and around and she moaned. Her most sensitive spot and Sebastian knew it already. Knew how to make her wet with a simple lick.
Prostitute.
The word chased through her brain as he moved back to her neck, but it did not hurt. Why would it? She knew what she was and what she needed to do and the fact of the matter was she wanted him. The man now pulling her towards him excited her in a way that was completely unfamiliar. She’d never felt anything like it and probably never would again. So why not enjoy it? Why not just take it and feel it and wait for it all to end? What else was there to do?
“Any way I want?” Sebastian whispered in her ear, his tongue making her shiver again.
Penny nodded. “Any way.”
“And anything?”
“Yes.”
“You’ll tell me if you don’t like it?” he asked and there was an odd note in his voice…almost like he wanted to reassure her. “I don’t want to hurt you or make you do anything that disgusts you. I want to pleasure you as much as you pleasure me.”