Emma couldn't help her smile. "Oh, are you?" she asked
"Hell yeah" he replied. He was smiling too
She didn’t want him to make her smile. but he did.
"You know..." she began. "Last night was kinda stressful, I think we would have been better off if we had just decided to spend the day in bed and resume work tomorrow."
He stared at her, an eyebrow lifted.
She knew what she had been trying to say and he knew what she had been trying to say, but somehow her perfectly innocent statement took on a double meaning as soon as it was delivered. She saw the light in his eyes, his eyes scorching hers as she rued every thoughtless word.
And suddenly they were staring at each other and thinking only about one thing.
"I’d better go…". She attempted a smile and tried to walk rather than run for the door, biting on her bottom lip.
<“Exactly. Your problem is, you’re afraid of everything, and I know you. You want to be with someone but the fear won't just let you go”“That’s crazy. What am I afraid of?”“You might think you’re Miss Thing with your rebel-without-a-cause posture, but you’re not fooling me.”Emma's lips parted, but no words came out. She wanted to argue with Karen, tell her how wrong she was, but deep down a little nagging voice said her friend might be right.“You are afraid that if you fall in love, you’ll be the one who gets hurt later. You’re afraid to put yourself out there.” Karen continued.“So what’s wrong with not wanting to get hurt?” Emma asked. "I'm just protecting myself".“You’re not living! You have decided to keep yourself locked up in a prison of your own making. You are my best friend and I hate that”.“No, I mean, it’s not true.” Emma said.She c
"You know how to fix cars?" she asked."Why are you smiling while asking me that?" he asked."You should answer my question first" Emma said."Fine" Daniel said. I don't know the first thing about fixing cars " he admitted." Now you answer my question.""Well... I didn't need anyone to tell me that you don't"."So you are calling me spoilt.... Again" he said feigning annoyance."Fine... Sorry" Emma said."We should push it out of the way though" he said."Good idea". Emma said. With a flash of her extravagantly gorgeous legs, she got in the driver's side. "You push her back and I will steer".Daniel took off his suit coat and swung it over the passenger side window."Move it over there" he said, gesturing.Emma nodded."Okay, I'm ready" she called out the window.Se
She stopped when she realized she wasn't the only who had that idea...There he was. Almost like she had summoned him by just thinking about him. He turned around and saw her."Sorry I didn't know anyone was out here" she said as she turned to go."it's alright. You don't have to leave Emma" he said."Oh alright... Hi" she said."Hello Emma" he replied."I was kinda tired of being in there so I decided to wander around a bit" she said."Yeah me too". He said. "It's really beautiful here don't you think?" he added."Yeah it is"."So how have you been?" Emma asked because the silence and the intense way he was staring at her made her really uncomfortable."I'm okay" came the reply."I'm sure you're okay. She said." I mean you look okay. Not that I have been watching you or stalking you. I'm just sayin
Daniel held her tighter than he should. Kissed her as if it was his last kiss.Reluctantly, he broke the kiss, looked deeply into her dark, lovely eyes. "Dance with me," he whispered. "One last dance before we head home."Emma nodded, and then she put her head on his shoulder while he circled her with his arms. They moved slowly, weaving together, him rubbing her back, wallowing in the softness of her skin. When she sighed, he let himself relax a bit. Damn, but she felt good.He touched the back of Emma's neck, once again drowning in her warm, soft skin. She looked up at him, smiling, then snuggled back to the crook of his shoulder.Was it possible he deserved her? Dammit, he hoped so. But not because he had money or power. Because he liked her. A lot. More than he'd counted on, that's for sure. She'd done something no other woman had. She had made him open up again. What she didn't know was that she wasn't the only
“Kiss me,” he ordered in a low rumble. “Take what you want—what you need from me. And, babe?”He lowered his head, pushing his thumb past the seam of her lips and into her mouth. Moist heat bathed the tip. “Don’t be gentle,” he growled.Emma studied him, and as he watched her in turn, desire eclipsed the vulnerability that lingered in her gaze. He felt her teeth first, and the tiny sting arrowed straight to his lower body.“Don’t be gentle,” he repeated.Her eyes still on him, she moved the hand on his neck so her fingers encircled the front. She squeezed just as her lips closed around his thumb, and she bit him.“Fuck,” he groaned, the sting arcing through him like a sizzling bolt of electricity. “Baby.”Her gaze darted to the side, toward the front of the car and his driver. “The divide is soundproof,” he assured her, pulling his thumb free and rubbing the dampness over her bottom
Hands grasping his shoulders, Emma eased down his length, and though the drugging pleasure had his eyes nearly closing to savor the tight, smooth fit of her sex, he kept his attention on her.Because nothing—not the rippling clasp of her body, the quiver of her thighs, the sight of her taking him—could compare with the slight widening and darkening of those beautiful eyes.Those eyes conveyed how much she craved him, needed him.Those eyes gave him all of her. And he wanted it all.Except for the very fine tremble of his tautly controlled muscles, he held completely still. Allowing her to claim him at her own pace. Even if each second she took to inch down threatened to send him careening into insanity or orgasm—whichever came first.Finally, she sat on his thighs, and he was fully embedded inside her. And still he wouldn’t free her from his gaze. Not when, in this moment, sur-rounded by her sweet f
"Actually, I came to talk to you." he said."About?""I think I would like to open the wine first. In fact, I think I would like to finish at least one glass before I begin."Emma went to the cupboard and pulled out two cut crystal wineglasses. "Pour away." she said.He found the opener on the first try, and removed the cork with the grace of a sommelier. Before she could truly start to panic, he poured them each a glass."To … possibilities," he said, holding his up."All rightie then," she said, finishing the toast with a clink of crystal. She took a sip. Her tongue did the happy dance, which led to the second and third sips."My God, this is fabulous." she said."Yeah it is."She blinked at him. Wondering what he wanted to say."Don't look at me that way." he said."I'm not looking at you any way
"Talk to me, baby" he said, his voice gentle and coaxing."I don't pretend to understand why you want it this way," she said, "If we are not hiding, we are basically in a relationship. I'm not insulted or anything, I know this is a personal thing for you, I understand that""But?" he asked."But I don't know if this is something I can deal with.""I don't, either. That's why I want you to think about it for as long as it takes. I don't want either of us to get hurt.""I vote for that." Emma said.He smiled again. Touched her cheek with the back of his hand. "I hope the answer is yes, but I will understand a no."She opened her mouth, but she couldn't think of what to say. He had taken her by surprise, and a hundred thoughts tumbled in her head.Daniel took care of the problem neatly by standing up. So he would leave,