gave out. She wished she hated that as much as she should, but all she could do was think of her tingling lips after his kisses.
“So, seeing as he was still upright and breathing after daring to assist you, I thought you’d be home later.” Bella winked at her.
“You know I don’t do sex.” Sarah’s face felt a little warm.
Bella filled her glass again and topped Sarah’s up again. “Seriously? I think you should revise that plan.” She looked over at Sarah and did a double take, staring hard at her. “You’re blushing. Oh. My. God. You did it, didn’t you?”
“No. I never.”
“You did something. I can tell.” Bella sipped her wine. “Oh come on. You have to tell me. Take my mind off my broken heart.”
Sarah needed a big drink of wine to even get the words out. “We may have gotten a little carried away in the back of his limo.”
“His limo!” Bella shrieked and threw her head back laughing. “You’re evil. I love it.”
“We had a moment after a very high-stress, eventful day. That’s all.”
“Oh yeah…” Bella mover her hand flippantly in the air. “Just a bit of every day relaxation.”
“He’s my boss. He’s given me a job I thought I’d have to fight ten years to get, and he’s bedded half the women in the world. He has skills and clearly; I was just too emotionally weak to fight him off.”
“Annnd…you like him.”
“Don’t be crazy.”
“Don’t you be crazy. I’ve never in five years seen you even slightly interested in a man. Now you’re having relations in the back seat of a car. Did you fuck? Was there even room?”
“No we didn’t and yes there was room.”
“What did you do? Wait…did he go down on you? A man with a good mouth is worth more than a billion dollars.”
“Bella, please. We never got that far. I wouldn’t…”
“Did you come?”
Sarah felt the heat rise hard in her cheeks now. “Cut it out.”
“You did. Jesus. I have sex like the world’s population depends on it, and Miss Abstinence here gets a billionaire to make her come in the back of his limo. There is no God. You’re supposed to be cheering me up.”
“This coming from someone who just ran out on her perfect boyfriend and his family.”
“This isn’t about me.”
“Brock and I come from different worlds. It can’t ever be a relationship.”
“Not unless you let it be one. Seriously, Sarah. Brock Devlin must be doing something right because no man has touched you since you went to hospital all banged up. You get my amazement here, don’t you?”
“I’m as shocked as you are. But that only makes more reasons why I need to steer clear of him personally. He’s not the traditional kind, and I am.”
“You think you are; I’m not so sure.”
“Believe me, I am. I want a gentle, loving man who considers my feelings and lets me be me.”
“You want to be bored all your life?”
“I just want peace. A nice peaceful life.”
“Boring.”
Bella’s phone rang. She looked at the display and sighed. “It’s Greg. I guess I’d better face the music.”
Sarah nodded and mouthed ‘good luck.’ She turned back to the television and flicked channels only to see it all replayed again. The coverage made her feel sick. Then, the way he’d bundled her into the back of his car and drove off. That looked just great didn’t it? Her phone rang. Work number.
She grabbed her wine and hoisted her legs up on the sofa as she answered. “Sarah Beaumont.”
“Are you watching the news?”
The sound of his voice went right to where he’d been touching her not all that long ago. She tensed her body, and her breast tingled. “Brock?”
“We make a striking couple. Have you showered? I did. I was thinking of you in here with me. Almost came again. I’d like to make you come again.”
“If I’d known this was you, I wouldn’t have answered.”
“Exactly.”
“You went back to the office after you showered, just to call me?”
“I did. I also wanted to