me.” Julianna stopped the slow unzip of her dress. “Trust me, it’ll be better in the bedroom, where the light is lower.”
Something turned over in his heart, like a hand squeezing him. Didn’t she know how beautiful she was?
He stepped around the table and took her hand. Her jaw dropped again, but she didn’t resist when he pulled her to her feet. The air between them sang with magick and his pulse quickened.
Alex’s fingers covered hers and finished unzipping her dress. He peeled it off her and let it drop to the floor. The creamy white of the corset stood out beautifully against her peachy skin.
“I don’t want lower light,” he whispered, tracing the lacey top of her corset. “You’re gorgeous, and I want to see you.”
She inhaled sharply when his fingers dipped between her breasts, and he could feel the blood rushing to his cock. He wanted to be inside her. But he was going to have to wait.
“This corset top is intricate,” she argued. “I usually don’t take it off.”
He stepped back and took in the whole of her body—all the gentle curves of her hips and stomach, the lush, long beauty of her. His breath caught in his throat. “Take it off.” Alex reached for his belt again and unbuckled it.
Her eyes averted, landing on the hallway that led to the bedroom.
“No.” He reached for her chin and turned her to face him. “No bedroom, Julianna. You want the seduction. This is what it feels like to be seduced.” His fingers fumbled with the ties on the back of her corset, unlacing and pulling, until he had each one loose enough that he could peel the thick material off her body. Her breasts tumbled into his view and he couldn’t help the smile that spread its way across his face.
Alex palmed one of them, enjoying the tiny inhale she made when he pinched her nipple between his fingers.
Her hands clutched at her abdomen, but he pulled them away and walked backward until he could look at all of her.
“Dammit, woman, just let me look at you.”
Julianna bit her lip and sighed, almost in resignation.
Alex dropped her hands and unzipped his pants, letting them fall onto the floor. He glanced down at his visible erection and raised his eyebrows.
“See what you do to me? What the sight of your body does to me?” He hooked his fingers around the edges of his boxers and dropped them. His skin was so warm, and the air so cool, he wanted to seek out the warmth of her body.
His erection bobbed and her eyes fixed there. Her tongue darted out between her lips and his breath caught again. Alex was having a hard time keeping his composure. His dick wanted to be buried inside her, and the magick was practically pushing him in her direction.
But he needed to savor this. He wasn’t sure how many more orgasms he had in him, and he didn’t want to waste the opportunity for a little sweet torture.
Alex stepped toward her and reached for her panties. He pulled them down over her hips, and her arousal swirled around him. He let the lacy white fabric slip down her hips, taking the clipped garters with them.
He knelt in front of her, rolling the stockings down her legs. Picking up one of her feet, he slipped off the high-heeled shoe, then the stocking, and kissed the inside of her thigh, just above her knee.
The scent of her was so strong, it was all he could do not to bend her over the plates of mouthwatering steak and fuck her right there. But he was going to make this one last. The first one had been too quick.
Julianna’s other shoe and stocking came off with another kiss to her thigh and he gazed up at her, across the plane of her stomach, past the gorgeous breasts, and up to her shocked face.
Fuck her now .
His hands slid up the inside of her thighs, opening her to him. He backed her up against the gold leather couch. “Hold on to the couch. I’m going to have dessert.”
She squealed when he dove for her pussy, and he smiled against her, spreading her, pushing his fingers inside her,