The Prince’s Forbidden Lover(24)

When his finger slid inside of her heat, he moved lower, his mouth nibbling along her neck, teasing her ear and collar bone. Almost immediately, he started to feel her tighten around his finger. He added another one, moving in and out, feeling her body respond to his unspoken commands. She was so ready, so hot and tight, her body clenching and hovering at the cliff, he flicked his thumb against that sensitive bud, over and over again, feeling her body and when she finally convulsed around his fingers, he kissed her, absorbing her cry of passion into his own as he felt her climax in his arms. He thought it was the headiest experience of his life.

Ever so gently, he brought her back to reality, his finger smoothing out the lace as he stood up, still holding her tightly in his arms as he felt her body’s trembling slow down.

“You okay?” he asked while rubbing her back, feeling her body tremble less and less.

“I don’t know,” she whispered, awed and amazed by that experience. Joline wasn’t really sure what she was feeling. There was embarrassment at how completely she’d come apart in his arms, not to mention shame at what she’d let him do to her body. But there was also an amazing exhilaration as well. She’d never felt this…astonished, invigorated, wonderful! She wanted to laugh and cry, to jump into his arms and kiss him or maybe even dance around in her office. She doubted he would appreciate being slobbered by kisses and she wasn’t brave enough to dance around with giddiness. So instead, she buried her face in his chest, not sure what to do or say. She’d never experienced something like this and so she was unsure of the protocol afterwards.

Rais laughed softly, hugging her as she tried to hide from him. “You’re beautiful,” he told her again. “And I loved the way you came apart at my touch.”

“Stop!” she whispered, pressing closer to his chest, so embarrassed that she wished there was a way to disappear into a puff of smoke. “Let’s not talk about it. I don’t want to talk about it.”

His hands moved to her hair, trying hard not to mess it up, but the strands were silky soft against his fingers. He couldn’t wait to feel her hair against his chest when she curled up against him after they’d fully made love.

“We’re going to talk about it, Joline,” he argued but he kissed the top of her head. “And we’re going to talk about doing much more.” Not only were they going to talk about what had just happened, he thought with relish, he was going to ask her what other types of activities she liked, how she wanted to be touched and all the various positions they were going to try. Ah, this woman was in for a storm of passion.

If he could just get her alone and in a bedroom instead of a place where someone could walk in on them!

Joline pulled out of his arms, pretending that her face wasn’t red with her embarrassment. “No. I have to work.” She looked around and gasped, suddenly realizing that… “You just…we’re in my office!” she said with a hiss as she jumped off of her desk. “Anyone could have walked in here!”

He looked around and then down at her pink cheeks, enchanted with her surprise. He’d never been with a woman who so completely lost track of herself like Joline had a moment ago. “Yes, and I’m sorry for that. I didn’t mean for things to get so out of control.” He pulled her right back into his arms, ignoring the slight resistance. “So I’ll pick you up tonight for dinner. Seven o’clock.” And with that, he kissed her very lightly and stepped away from her. “Seven o’clock, Joline,” he said with a tone that implied a warning.

Joline watched as he walked out of her office, shivering at the memories of how she’d felt in his arms. She couldn’t believe she’d let him do such intimate things to her! And in her office! Just a few feet away, there could be a dozen people walking around, looking at clothing, just on the other side of that wall! Any of the employees working the floor might have walked in with a question! Good grief, she thought, covering her still-red cheeks with her hands.

She couldn’t go back out there. Not with the way she was feeling right now. She walked around her desk and sat down, trying to sift through the paperwork that needed her attention but she couldn’t focus. Not on the papers or on the questions her assistants asked when they walked into the office during the rest of the day. No matter how hard she tried to pull herself together, she felt flustered and confused by her actions.

Her mood vacillated between fury that he’d done something so intimate – and in her office! And embarrassment that he’d done something so intimate – in her office! Well, it wouldn’t matter if it had been in her office or in her apartment, she still would be embarrassed. And the way she’d reacted! Goodness, her eyes practically rolled into the back of her head as she remembered the incredible feelings that raced throughout her body. Never had she felt anything so…incredible!