Still, they weren’t in New York to enjoy themselves. She needed to get clarification about something, and he would be the best person to give it to her. After all, he was Masters Unlimited’s Chief Operating Officer. Second in command to the CEO.
“Before I answer your question, I need you to think about something, Colton.”
“What?”
“How will it look if we have an affair while working so closely together. We’re here to do an important job for your company.”
He took a step closer, and she could feel the thickness of his erection brush against her midsection. “We’ll take care of business in a very professional manner, Kelly. But how we spend our downtime, and with whom, is nobody’s business.”
Kelly nodded. The COO had spoken. She didn’t want to think about the past or the future; only the present. “Okay, then, Colton. This is what’s next.”
When she reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck, he swept her up into big, strong arms and carried her from the sitting area of the suite to the bedroom.
**
Colton placed Kelly on the bed and stood back, gazing down at her, wondering if she fully understood what this moment meantfor them. If she didn’t know now, she would eventually. He’d taken the first step in his plan—to convince her to love him as much as he already loved her.
“You aren’t having second thoughts about this, are you, Colton?”
He heard the apprehension in her voice. Who could blame her, after last time? “No second thoughts, Kelly,” he said, easing down on the edge of the bed to remove his shoes and socks. Standing, he began unbuttoning his shirt and then tossing it aside. His gaze held hers the entire time. In minutes, there was nothing left for him to take off but his pants and briefs.
Before removing them, he took his wallet from his pocket to retrieve a condom packet, and placed it on the nightstand. He recalled that night in Atlanta she had told him that although she wasn’t sexually active, she took periodic injections. He would let her be the one to decide when making love without a condom would be okay with her. He would not assume anything.
When he reached for her, she asked, “Aren’t you going to take off your pants?”
He smiled as he drew her up toward him. “I want the pleasure of undressing you, first. Then you can finish undressing me.”
She tilted her head, then a sexy smile curved her lips. “I’ve never undressed a man before.”
Colton couldn’t help returning her smile. “When the time comes, I will gladly show you how it’s done. In the meantime…”
With as much control as he could muster, he painstakingly unbuttoned her blouse, wishing he could just rip it from her body instead. He was just that eager to see her naked. He couldn’t help thinking of the outfit she’d worn that night two years ago to seduce him. Did she still have it? Had she worn it for someone else? He pushed that thought from his mind. A part ofhim wanted to believe she hadn’t taken anyone else to her bed, the same way he hadn’t since he’d met her.
Finally, with all the buttons undone, he gently pushed the blouse from her shoulders, completely exposing her bra. It was black lace and he thought he’d never seen anything sexier. But once he undid the front latch of her bra, freeing her breasts, he had to amend his statement. He’d never seen anything sexier thanthis.
Her breasts were beautifully formed, lush-looking, and bountiful. The darkened tips seemed to harden before his eyes, indicating her arousal. Unable to control himself, he reached out and cupped both of them in his hands.Mouthwatering.
Yielding to temptation, he leaned forward and captured one nipple in his mouth and began devouring it. Her moans urged him on, and he moved from one breast to the other. He felt her hand at the back of his head, holding him to her, and an image popped into his head of her doing the same thing one day with their baby.
Their baby?
The thought that she might one day be the mother to his child filled him with happiness. Now all he had to do was convince her. Because he was suddenly overwhelmed by how much he wanted that to happen.
He’d known for a long time that Kelly was the woman destined to get into his soul. Now the real challenge would be for him to get into hers.
CHAPTER 11
Kelly was convinced Colton was trying to drive her insane. The way his mouth was torturing her breasts had her burning up with need. Yet, she’d pulled his head to her breast, hoping he wouldn’t stop. This was what had been missing in her life. And she was feeling the lack all the way to her toes.
Suddenly, he removed his mouth from her breasts and brought it to her lips to greedily feast on her tongue. She couldn’t help the hungry cries coming from her, and when she felt his hands at her waist, easing her skirt down her hips, she lifted them to aid in the process, ready to bare herself to him. She heard his sharp intake of breath when he saw her black lace panties. Obviously, he was a black lace man.
“Your scent is getting to me, Kelly,” he said in a throaty voice as his fingers gently traced the skin of her inner thigh. “Do you know what I want to do?”
She had an idea but wanted him to tell her anyway. “No, what?” she asked, barely getting the words past her trembling lips.
“Devour you,” he said, closing his hand over her feminine mound through her black lace panties. Panties now drenched with her arousal. “Do you think you can handle it?”
She had news for him. At the moment she couldn’t think at all. All her body was capable of doing was feeling, and every single thing he was doing made her feel as if she could jump out of her skin. “Co…Colton, I…I need…” Her words trailed off when she felt a finger slide inside her panties.
