Temptation(24)

“Wow, this is amazing.” I had my head arched all the way back and performed a pirouette.

“You have seen nothing yet, here, take my hand.” He helped me onto a step ladder which led to an enormous telescope, there were only a few rungs on the ladder but he felt he needed to stand right behind me. His body was hard against my back, my breathing quickened. You shouldn’t have agreed to this Alexis, this is what gets you in trouble.

“Look in here.” I leant down to look into the eye piece Bryce was pointing too, he basically hugged me in order to reach a few knobs on the telescope to adjust.

“What can you see?”

“It’s the moon, a big ginormous Moon. I feel like I can just reach out and touch it.” Stupid me does in fact reach out, derrr Alexis.

“This is great, I can see why you like this hobby, I twisted around to see his expression. Our faces were again only inches away from each other. Oh shit not again. I was about to object,

“Don’t worry Alexis; I’m not going to kiss you again.” Phew that’s a relief, or was it?

“Every single entire ounce of me wants to grab you and kiss you until our mouths are dry, then I want to rip your dress from you, take your underwear off with my teeth and kiss every inch of your fabulous body, paying a lot of attention to your sexy arse, gorgeous tits and moist….” I swear my heart stopped beating, I was panting and well and truly lubricated in the very underwear he wanted to tear off me.

“But, I’m not going to Alexis, not until you tell me you want me too. I will never cross the line and kiss you again without your permission. It doesn’t mean I don’t want to though. That will not change.”





CHAPTER NINE



I was speechless and utterly craving what he had just declared, he was ‘smirking’ at me, which I would normally find completely irritating but also endearing. This time though it made me mad, extremely pissed off more to the point, I placed both my hands on his chest and shoved him. He stumbled back and nearly fell on his arse.

“You can’t just say that and smirk at me, what am I supposed to do with that confession? What do you want me to do?” I stepped off the ladder and stomped like a child to the elevator. He followed and stood with his back against the wall facing me, he had his hands in his trouser pockets and was completely relaxed and casual.

“I know you feel it Alexis, you want me between your legs just as badly as I want to be there.”

“Bryce stop it, you are so far out of line it’s not funny.” He started to laugh, I turned to face him. Is he for real? He is so infuriating yet adorable, yet maddening, yet delectable. Oh my God he is turning me into a freakin Yo-Yo. I slapped him across the face, he rubbed his cheek and smiled at me impressively. I tried to keep my furious expression but I was very slowly losing the battle with the muscles in my face. He laughed again and I followed suit.

“I hate you right now.” I was beyond being polite and stepping on eggshells where our employer/employee relationship was concerned, he had overstepped that mark well and truly.

“No you don’t.”

“Yes I do.” It dawned on me we weren’t going anywhere.

“Bryce, I need to go home before I punch you, press the bloody button.” He laughed but this time he was mocking me.

“Oh, you don’t think I can?” I shot him a challenging look, he shook his head.

“Kiss me again, I dare you.” He was on me like a flash. He ravaged my mouth and I his hair, he lifted me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist. No, No, No, stop it Alexis, what did you say that for and where was this punch you so boldly threatened? I released my legs and punched him in the arm, he broke away. I tried to get a in second blow but he caught my fist, then brought my arm down, he spun me around and had me cross armed across my chest and perfectly secured to his abdomen, he whispered softly into my ear, his breath was hot and paralysing.

“You gave me permission, Alexis. You can’t then attack me, not that I’d call that an attack, in fact you need a lot of instruction on attack and Self-Defence. So on Monday morning you are coming to my Self-Defence class, wear your gym clothes.”

“Let me go, I need to go home to my husband.” He released me and hit the button to his apartment, the doors opened and I stepped out. I grabbed my bag and turned to meet his face, he was leaning up against the entryway wall where we had first kissed earlier . It felt like days ago but I guess that was because so much had happened today and I hadn’t really let it settle in yet. Thank god it was Saturday tomorrow, I would have the entire weekend to recover from the head fuck that this day had been, I began to talk and he cut me off.