Neither of them said a word as Matt drove to her apartment. Which was fine with Savannah. The last thing she wanted was to have any kind of conversation with him. The earlier she got away from him the better. She was glad she accepted the ride home though. She felt tired and emotionally drained, but she wasn't going to tell him that. As soon as he parked the car in front of her apartment she got out and slammed the door shut. Then she proceeded to go into the apartment."You are welcome" Matt said sarcastically as he got out too. Wondering how her getting fired was his fault. He hadn't even seen her for two weeks. He couldn't bring himself to leave though, so he followed her into the apartment.It annoyed him that her door wasn’t locked. Anyone could just walk in. He pushed it open to find her on her hands and knees, peering under the rickety recliner. She made a sound of frustration and then pushed hers

Surprised by the aggressive tone in her friend’s voice, Tess said, “Yes. He’s a business associate of my father's.” “He looks more like a don in the Mafia to me.” David replied.  “Well, he is not,” she teased, “he’s a tycoon, not a loan shark.” “Is there a difference?” David asked. She didn’t get a chance to reply because Dash had started walking toward them the moment David stopped and he arrived at her side just as David finished speaking. Regardless of her wish to never see the man again, her eyes hungrily took in every detail of his face, the strong squarish jaw, the enigmatic expression in his dark brown eyes and the straight line of his sensual lips. “I have come to take you to dinner,” he said without preamble or indeed even the semblance of having aske

She allowed his tongue inside her mouth after the first gentle pressure applied to the seam of her lips. He tasted like she remembered. Hot. Spicy. Masculine. When he pulled away, she was too lost in her own sensual reaction to his kiss to even notice he was leading her anywhere. It wasn’t until he stopped at the waiting limo and rapped out instructions to the ever-present security team, that she once again became aware of her surroundings. Mary, mother of Joseph, it was just like at the party. He could have done anything to her and she would have let him. She was also aware that while she’d been completely lost to reality, he had been in absolute control. She tried to tell herself she was letting him hand her into the car because she didn’t relish riding public transport alone at night. But she knew the truth. If she didn’t sit down soon, she’d fall

That she did not yet realize she belonged to him now was the only reason he had not flattened that David, but soon both she and he would know it. And then let the blond man touch her at his peril.  Her father obviously hadn't told her about this, so it was better to keep it that way. The elevator stopped and Tess looked up for the first time. “Where are we?” she asked.  The doors slid open and he stood back for her exit first. “This is my headquarters.”he replied.  They stepped through one of the two doors on the landing. She looked around them. “It looks more like a home to me, or are you trying to tell me that a tycoon does his business in the living room rather than the boardroom?” He felt his lips quirk at her sassiness. This unexpected side to her nature was not altogether unpleasing. A wife without spirit would not suit him

“Are you trying to say that if you had, you would have stayed? That you would not have rejected me so publicly and treated me like the kiss meant nothing to you?” Tess asked.  His face was tight with frustration, but he did not answer. Probably because a truthful answer would put him even further in the wrong. “I didn’t think so,” she said, sounding every bit as cynical as the women who had mocked her at the party. In a move that shocked her, he reached out and pulled her to him. “That is in the past. This is now. We begin from here, Tess.” Begin what exactly? She thought, not that she had enough time to think. She hated her treacherous body that longed to melt against him. “I’m not up to your speed.” She said. Miserably aware that it was too true, she tried to pull away. “I belong with someone like David.”