Since we stopped going to the club because of Giles, I’ve wondered whether she was getting everything she needed from me, or if she still needs that dark edge of the voyeurism that brought us together.
When I pull into the garage, she’s out of the car before I can open her door.
“Eager?”
She nods. “Give me twenty minutes before you come up, though. I promise it’ll be worth the wait.”
“I’d wait forever for you.”
Her face softens, and I lean in for a kiss before she heads upstairs to no doubt blow my mind with whatever she has planned.
40
Temperance
When Kane walks upstairs after waiting like I asked, I hear him check the bedroom first. But he won’t find me there. No, I’m down the hall in an office that I don’t think he’s ever used based on the completely clear state of the desk.
Which works perfectly for my purposes.
Regardless of how our lives are going to change in the near future, whether from the suspicions I now have or because of the mess my brother dragged us into, I need one night to not worry about any of it.
I need one night of justusand what originally brought us together.
Kane’s not slow, so it doesn’t take him long to find me in the office, leaning against the edge of the desk in my brand-new purchase—which shows more than it conceals.
I don’t need to hide anything from him. I just want to continue to tempt him.
“I didn’t realize we had a meeting planned for this evening,” Kane says, his icy gaze sweeping over me with approval.
“Your seat,sir.” I nod to the armchair in the corner that has the only dim light in the room above it.
Kane sits, his legs spread and his hands resting on his knees, and he watches me where I stand in black stilettos.
The things I want to do to that man ... or let him do to me.
“What’s on the agenda for tonight’s meeting?”
“Just a little temptation.”
“I think you’ve miscalculated.”
I tilt my head, swinging my hair to the side. “How’s that?”
“You’re no little temptation. You’re the ultimate.” His gaze starts at my feet and caresses my body as it rises. “Those black stilettos. Sexy as fuck. Those stockings? I want to peel them down with my teeth before I push those tiny red-and-gold panties aside and taste the sweet pussy you’re hiding.”
In the beginning, it was watching someone else that unleashed the fire within me. But now, I realize that was just the catalyst to make me go after the real prize—a man who could give me everything I needed, in bed and out. Who could help me shed my inhibitions. Forget everything except how he makes me feel.
“I want that. I want everything from you. Everything you’ve promised me.”
His gaze reaches my face. “I sure as hell hope so, because it’s already yours.”
He’s speaking in generalities, and I’m thinking in specifics, but he’ll understand soon enough.Like in ten seconds.My core pulses at the thought of what’s coming.
“Do you want to see the rest?” I ask, a hint of tease in my voice.
“Always.”
I push off the desk and slowly turn in a circle, and I know the moment he sees the lackof material in a very specific place in my lingerie choice.