that?”
“Feel what?” she asked in a breathless tone.
“How much I want you. It doesn’t make sense. I just met you today and I don’t want to fucking leave. My only thought is to strip every bit of clothing from your body and explore it, find out what makes you moan, what makes you scream.” Tilting her head to and fro, he leaned down and placed a light kiss on her neck, just below her ear.
“Conall,” she whimpered.
“Yes, Tatiana?”
She’d lost the ability to speak. Her response to him made no sense. The reasonable thing to do was run in the other direction and never look back. Somehow, she couldn’t look away from him. She wanted his lips on her skin. Her body ached to feel him press against her. Wide eyes gazed up at him and she hoped he understood the pleading look she gave him. There was no way she could say the words. How could she? That would be admitting defeat if she was willing to spread her legs for a man she’d just met. And while she may have wanted him with every fiber in her being, something held her back. Could she do it? Was she willing to just let go with this man whom she’d just met?
Tatiana watched as he stared at her, looking into her eyes as if waiting for her to speak. When she didn’t, he leaned his head down closer to her, his lips just a breath away from hers. With bated breath, she waited. And prayed that he would kiss her and take the choice out of her hands. For a split second, she thought he was going to move in and press his lips to hers. Her traitorous body began to respond accordingly, her head lifted as if to meet him halfway, her lips parting in anticipation, as if welcoming the touch of his lips on hers.
Snaking his other arm around her waist, he pulled her flush against him, her unbound breasts pressed flat against his chest. “Tell me you don’t want to go out with me. Tell me you don’t feel the heat flowing between us at this moment. If I wanted to fuck you right now, your legs would widen in supplication and you would let me do whatever the fuck I wanted to you. Wouldn’t you?” he demanded.
Nothing. Her brain couldn’t summon one word. All she could see was a visual picture of his words and she went weak in the knees.
“Can you feel how much my cock is straining to get inside you right now? You want me, Tatiana, just as much as I want you. And I will have you,” he declared.
Mouth dry, the words she thought she should say, needed to say, simply would not come. He was right and they both knew it. From the moment she stepped into his office earlier today, she’d wanted him. Had felt the inexplicable pull of desire for a man that was so far out of her league that she should be ashamed of herself. Say something , her mind screamed. But what was she going to say in response to his panty-melting words? He had her and they both knew it.
“Cat got your tongue?” he asked as he licked his lips, his eyes dropping down to her own.
Another low whimper escaped from her and she wanted to do everything he’d just said. Her clothes felt restrictive and her body was heating from the inside out. Wetness filled her panties as her channel slicked with need, with desire to have him inside of her, claiming her body.
“Friday at seven. Be ready,” Conall said as he suddenly released her. Losing her balance, she stumbled slightly as he walked past her. Picking up his coat as he made his way to the front door, she could do nothing but stare at his retreating form. Never looking back at her, he opened her front door and exited her apartment.
Looking over at the clock on the wall near the kitchen, she noticed that it had only been twenty minutes since he’d first walked through her door. How could one man turn her inside out in such a short time? Closing her eyes, she could still feel the contours of his body as it had pressed against hers. The driving need to feel the touch of his lips on hers still lingered. She took several deep breaths to calm her