“And if its not?”
“The face will more than make up for it.”
Penny blushed, a hot sweep of color all the way up her body. He was so damn gorgeous. Hadn’t she been thinking that for so long just based on his picture? But his presence impacted her in a way she hadn’t expected. Commanding, imposing, everything about him screamed alpha male. Maybe it was that screwing with her thought processes, making her ignore the danger she was so clearly in? Or maybe it was just him.
Whatever it takes, she thought again but wasn’t it just a damn lie to suggest that this was just a way of getting her freedom. It was so much more than that already. You want him so much, her mind whispered. And you can have him. You can! So ignore everything else right now. Just ignore it and take him!
“What are you waiting for then?” The words slipped from her lips and satisfaction filled her as his eyes narrowed, and if anything it looked as though his erection grew harder. “Come get it.”
Demetrious nodded slowly and reached up to tug the tie from his neck. He reached but didn't actually remove it. “You are beautiful,” he said. "Stunning.”
Penny had been told those same words more times than she could count but in his accent, with that look in his eyes...she shivered.
“And devious.”
Huh?
“Calculating. Lying. You're a thief.”
Her head spun from the rapid stunning to calculating. And thief? Hadn't they just established that? “Yes....”
“Nobody has ever breached my security before,” he continued. “Only you.”
The conversation was not going in the way she'd anticipated. Hell she hadn't thought they'd even be talking anymore! Had he changed his mind? Penny frowned and tilted her head. His cock was as stiff as ever. He was breathing rapidly—though that might be because he carried her, fireman style, up a flight of stairs—but.... Her stomach dropped and automatically she clenched her fists. The langorous, slighty dazed look she'd seen in his eyes as she stroked his cock was gone, replaced now by something she could only describe as a steely sort of determination.
Oh shit. “Sebastian,” she began, but he cut her off, slashing a hand through the air.
“It's interesting that you know my full name. You have done your research.”
Penny shrugged, trying to look relaxed, to project the right air to him, an unrepentant thief and a slightly slutty one at that. It was what he expected after all and she'd long since learned that in their world it was easier, and safer, not to fly against the norm—not outwardly at least. “Of course I have. I always like to be prepared. Let me see....” She scooted to the very top of the bed—ignoring the ache between her legs and the racing of her heart as she did so—crossed her legs, and lifted a finger. “Sebastian Nicolaides Demetrious. Billionaire finance guru.” Another finger. “This is only one of your five houses, though why you need five....” And another finger. “And tonight you should have been at Lady Felicity Mainwright Williams' party.”
He scowled. “The perfect time for your heist.”
“Yes. But let's not talk about that right now...you were about to undo your tie?”
The scowl deepened. “Fucking you right now....” He shook his head. “Is far from a good idea.”
Her stomach quivered, dissapointment chasing through her swiftly followed by a surge of adrenaline. “Then you're letting me go. No hard feelings?”
“Hardly.”
The police. She swallowed and lifted herself onto her knees. What was more worrying, being arrested or watching her fantasy fade away? Arrested, her mind screamed, remember the mission. Her pussy had another idea entirely.
“Sebastian.” She prowled to the edge of the bed, doing her very best to look alluring. The situation could still be salvaged. Seduction and if not...she eyed the large lamp on the bedside cabinet.
“Kleftisa.” He smiled, though it held that same hint of steel, reached up again, and finally undid the tie.
Excitement returned accompanied by relief. Whatever it takes.
He leaned forward, pushing her back onto the bed so that she lay flat. His big body hovered over her, his musky scent teasing her nostrils. Arousal swamped her and her nipples hardened all over again.
“Only you,” he whispered again and then before Penny could even think to sigh he lifted her arms, just as he had in the hall, right above her head. She allowed it, arching her back until...something was wrapping around them. The fucking tie!
Chapter Eight
She shrieked and bucked, just as he knew she would, her fantastic legs scrambling on the bed, around him, over him, her back arching and flattening. It did her no good. Knowing full well how sly she could probably be Sebastian held her in place, securing the silk to the the iron bed frame.