Tempting the CEO(20)
“Come after me for what?”
“To say I was sorry for being high-handed.”
“You could have called to say that.”
“There wasn’t a working group list for the deal. I didn’t have your number.”
“You had my client’s, though. And my address, I guess.”
“I can be pretty resourceful when I need to.”
“I can see that.”
I put the cell down, fighting the absolute—okay, I admit it—thrill that he had come after me.
“I know you said it was just a hookup, and I guess if you really meant that, I have to, er…” He seemed to be struggling for the concept.
“Back off?”
“Well, I was thinking more like try to talk you out of it. But I don’t know, that might be cutting it a little close to that high-handed thing again.”
“I guess you’re used to it.”
“Kind of.”
“The Suzys of the world have come to expect it from you.”
He smiled. “I did like Suzy. Or I guess I mean I like the Suzy in you. And after meeting your mother, who I’m sure is a lovely woman inside and out—“
“My God, she gave me an earful after you left.”
“You deserved it. And don’t even think of mentioning hooking up with me to my mother. That will not go over big. I think she thinks I’m still a virgin.”#p#分页标题#e#
That got a smile out of me. “If she does, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I could sell her.”
“Seriously, what I was going to say is after meeting your mother I understand why you might be so focused on making sure a guy understands you’re more than a Suzy. I get that. I do. But I didn’t really get a chance to meet Angelina. Other than when she was kicking Bob’s ass, of course, which, fun as it was, wasn’t really a full introduction.”
I laughed.
“So I came to ask her, you, out to dinner. After the deal closes, of course.”
“Which you managed to accomplish in record time, by the way.”
“Yep. I guess I did. Your client is so lucky he hired the right lawyer.”
“I’m going to ignore the double entendre in that.”
“I wish you would. Because I’m being on my best behavior here.”
I closed the distance between us and wrapped my arms around his neck. “You are. Although it is sort of high-handed to do all that closing-without-the-lawyers thing too, by the way.”
“It’s the way of the future, Angie.”
“Ouch! Now you’re just pissing me off.”
His sexy blue eyes dipped and I realized my nipples were hardening with him holding me this way. “Is that what I’m doing to you?”
I was still charged up from all that great sex with him. I’m surprised I hadn’t emitted pheromones through the airport that had wild dogs following me or something.
His hands circled my waist and then slid a little lower. With the leggings, there wasn’t much of a barrier between what he wanted to get at and, well, what I wanted him to get at. He cupped my ass and nuzzled my neck.
“It was very sweet of you to come here,” I admitted.
“I was looking for you outside the hotel earlier, too. I wasn’t just hailing a cab. But I had to wait at least ten minutes before I went after you—I didn’t want it to look like I was running after you, which I was of course—and then I was afraid I’d missed you.”
I smiled. “And then you saw my mom.”
“Yeah, it didn’t go quite how I planned. But this is better anyway.” He walked me back into the bedroom, sort of magically knowing the way, and urged me down onto the bed, continuing to kiss me. I ignored the indignant hiss of my kitty as she scurried away.
He’d win her over too eventually, I was sure.
“You have a nice place,” he whispered, pulling my T-shirt over my head.
“Yep. Lots of good places to go to dinner around here, too,” I got in between kisses.
His hand wandered along my stomach, causing it to jump in excitement. “I’m sure. We’ll have to check them out. Later.”
Oh, I wanted to. Well, when didn’t I want to with this guy?
But there was still that body odor thing from traveling all day. I pulled away from his kisses, laughing and trying to sit up. “Wait. Let me clean up first. I haven’t even taken a shower yet and I’ve traveled six hundred miles. And not on a private plane.”
He grinned. “You know I like it dirty.”
“That is so cheesy!”
“Don’t knock it. I almost had you out of your towel with that line.”
“Please! You did not!”
He rolled over on top of me, stretching my arms above my head and coming up a bit on his knees so I didn’t take his full weight. Our fingers twined together. And though I felt the hard-to-ignore evidence of how much fun we were going to have, his erection heavy in the cradle of my thighs, there was no urgency now. As if we both finally realized we had as much time with each other as we wanted.#p#分页标题#e#