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Authors: Rhian Cahill
groaned. Her body thrummed with arousal. She felt achy and needy and empty. Sensations she hadn’t experienced in a long, long time. The last man to pique her interest had made it more than clear he didn’t want to date a workaholic, and Cassie couldn’t blame him. When she’d first started Are You Game?, her whole existence had revolved around making her business a success. And obviously Jared hadn’t been enough of a draw for her to put that aside and satisfy his demands for more of her time. There was no doubt in her mind that Lucas was enough incentive to test her all-work-no-play schedule.
He’d already made her forget the job. Twice. Hell, she was pretty sure it would have taken her minutes to remember her own name if someone had asked after he’d kissed her. With another groan, Cassie rolled over and stared at the ceiling. He was in the room next to hers and he’d made it perfectly clear he’d welcome her in his bed. Only he wanted more than one night tangling the sheets and she wasn’t sure how she felt about that. Until Lucas had spoken his intentions she hadn’t thought beyond the overwhelming desire he provoked, but now she was forced to examine what she wanted. And Cassie had the uncomfortable feeling she wouldn’t like what she uncovered.
Lucas Wilhelm was trouble with a capital T. He’d managed to do what no other man had. Distract her from the most important thing in her life. Nothing and no one had been able to pull her focus from Are You Game? since the day she’d overseen her first event. She couldn’t afford to be sidetracked. Not now that she was launching the adults-only line of parties. Tonight had been a resounding success, but that didn’t mean she could relax. Far from it. If anything, she had to be even more vigilant. She’d taken a huge risk in diversifying in a direction that might offend future customers, especially those who booked children’s parties or her corporate team-building packages.
Cassie sighed and brought one arm up to cover her eyes. Worrying wouldn’t do her—or the situation—any good, and she’d never fall asleep if she didn’t shut down her racing mind. She needed a shower. Needed to wash away the day’s grime and hopefully the negative ions would clear her head as well. Sighing, she rolled off the bed and padded over to her dresser to grab some PJs. The idea of running into Lucas in the hall had her pausing at the door. Like a thief, she stuck her ear to the timber and listened before venturing out of her room. All was quiet, so she cracked the door an inch to see if he was using the bathroom. No light showed beneath the closed door and she wasted no time sprinting the two metres to the bathroom and safely shutting herself inside.
Although tempted to linger beneath the hot spray, Cassie made quick work of cleaning up and pulling her PJs on. Using the same caution as before, she snuck back to her room and closed the door behind her. Breathing a sigh of relief, she switched off the light and climbed into bed. The house was warm, the residual heat of the day remained trapped inside, but it wasn’t hot enough to turn on the central air. It would be a waste anyway, she’d be leaving for work in a few hours and she wouldn’t be home all day, plus she figured Lucas would expect her to stay at his place tomorrow night. She shivered. Staying with him would be dangerous. He was already hard to resist, but Cassie got the impression spending the day with him would make it next to impossible.
The floorboards in the hall creaked a second before the bathroom door closed. Vivid images of Lucas standing beneath her shower, his body wet and slick as water cascaded down every ridge of muscle in his magnificent physique played through Cassie’s mind like an X-rated movie. Her pussy fluttered and moisture seeped out to soak her panties. She clenched her thighs, but the action brought no relief from the ache burning in her sex. Cassie couldn’t remember any guy
He’d already made her forget the job. Twice. Hell, she was pretty sure it would have taken her minutes to remember her own name if someone had asked after he’d kissed her. With another groan, Cassie rolled over and stared at the ceiling. He was in the room next to hers and he’d made it perfectly clear he’d welcome her in his bed. Only he wanted more than one night tangling the sheets and she wasn’t sure how she felt about that. Until Lucas had spoken his intentions she hadn’t thought beyond the overwhelming desire he provoked, but now she was forced to examine what she wanted. And Cassie had the uncomfortable feeling she wouldn’t like what she uncovered.
Lucas Wilhelm was trouble with a capital T. He’d managed to do what no other man had. Distract her from the most important thing in her life. Nothing and no one had been able to pull her focus from Are You Game? since the day she’d overseen her first event. She couldn’t afford to be sidetracked. Not now that she was launching the adults-only line of parties. Tonight had been a resounding success, but that didn’t mean she could relax. Far from it. If anything, she had to be even more vigilant. She’d taken a huge risk in diversifying in a direction that might offend future customers, especially those who booked children’s parties or her corporate team-building packages.
Cassie sighed and brought one arm up to cover her eyes. Worrying wouldn’t do her—or the situation—any good, and she’d never fall asleep if she didn’t shut down her racing mind. She needed a shower. Needed to wash away the day’s grime and hopefully the negative ions would clear her head as well. Sighing, she rolled off the bed and padded over to her dresser to grab some PJs. The idea of running into Lucas in the hall had her pausing at the door. Like a thief, she stuck her ear to the timber and listened before venturing out of her room. All was quiet, so she cracked the door an inch to see if he was using the bathroom. No light showed beneath the closed door and she wasted no time sprinting the two metres to the bathroom and safely shutting herself inside.
Although tempted to linger beneath the hot spray, Cassie made quick work of cleaning up and pulling her PJs on. Using the same caution as before, she snuck back to her room and closed the door behind her. Breathing a sigh of relief, she switched off the light and climbed into bed. The house was warm, the residual heat of the day remained trapped inside, but it wasn’t hot enough to turn on the central air. It would be a waste anyway, she’d be leaving for work in a few hours and she wouldn’t be home all day, plus she figured Lucas would expect her to stay at his place tomorrow night. She shivered. Staying with him would be dangerous. He was already hard to resist, but Cassie got the impression spending the day with him would make it next to impossible.
The floorboards in the hall creaked a second before the bathroom door closed. Vivid images of Lucas standing beneath her shower, his body wet and slick as water cascaded down every ridge of muscle in his magnificent physique played through Cassie’s mind like an X-rated movie. Her pussy fluttered and moisture seeped out to soak her panties. She clenched her thighs, but the action brought no relief from the ache burning in her sex. Cassie couldn’t remember any guy