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“Really.”
“Good.”She undulated her hips, and his mind reeled.Her dress rode up a little higher and the scent of her arousal hit him like a blow to the heart.
“Bethany?”
“Hmm?”
“If you want me inside you, we have to return to our suite.I’m not fucking you with people listening in, baby.Your pleasure sounds belong to my ears alone.I know you have something to prove, so have at it.But I say when to stop.”
When she stared down at him, her beautiful eyes were stormy with need.“I thought you didn’t fuck where you work.”
“I’m making an exception for you.Besides, when I’m with you, it’s not work.”
“So, heavy petting is allowed right here?”Her hands drifted down his chest and over his stomach.
“Hmm.”
She put her hand on his hard crotch and squeezed him.Intrigued by how far she would go, he watched her slowly slide down his zipper and take out his rigid cock.His eyelashes fluttered, but his eyes remained on hers, eager to see her face, watch her pleasure as she pleasured him.
She pumped him a couple of times.Zach gritted his teeth and swallowed a groan.He was unraveling, already spinning out of control from her touch alone.
Her miniscule smile told him she knew her effect on him and was pleased about it.She gripped him harder, worked him faster, her fingers warm rings of exquisite torture.Her lips parted, and her pink tongue darted out to wet her lower lip.Another groan ballooned in his chest.
Christ.
“Baby…” His gaze dropped to his cock in her hand, and he lost his train of thought.He was agonizingly hard and growing desperate by the second.
“Zach.”Her voice was thick with need.He speared a hand through her loose hair and dragged his fingers over her scalp the way he knew she loved.
“Peaches, do you crave me inside you?”
“Always,” she breathed.
“Time to return to our suite?”
She nodded eagerly.“Yes.”
He grinned at the reluctance with which she released him.Gingerly, he zipped himself up and dropped his shirt tails over his crotch.
She stood and sent him a saucy grin.“That’s not going to keep them from guessing what we’ve been doing,” she said.
He let out a frustrated growl.“Next time you decide to mark your territory, pick a quick getaway that doesn’t involve a dozen guests and two flights of stairs between us and a bed.”
She mock frowned.“Should I be worried that you think I’ll need to mark you often and consistently?”
He smiled.“I love being marked by you.Even though blue balls could become an issue if we don’t time it properly.”He grimaced at the agony tearing through his groin and pressed the button to lift the screen.
She caressed soft fingers down his cheek.“Oh, you poor baby.I promise I’ll make it better very soon.”
Her sheer enjoyment of his discomfort made his teeth grit, but he couldn’t stop the pure vein of happiness from growing in his chest as he watched her beautiful face and breathtaking smile.
This woman knocked his numb heart into kicking life.And he intended to do whatever it took to keep that life force beating.The thought of a return to his previous existence, to that soulless numbness, was unbearable.
* * *
Rome was hot and gloriously culture-filled.And it was the spot Karim chose to launch his first salvo.
Zach saw the first email from his lawyers half an hour after landing.He barely managed to contain his rage as he read the clear threat in the message.