Conflicting emotions passed through her eyes as she wet her bottom lip and continued. “I never had such a great time in an elevator before.”
Kale wasn’t about to push the subject. Soon enough he’d discover all her secrets. “The pleasure was all mine,” he assured her and meant every word of it.
One floor.
The elevator light clicked off. Erin straightened and glanced at the bulge in his crotch. Her eyes went wide. “What about you? What about your pleasure?” Her chest heaved as she struggled to regulate her breathing.
Warmth encompassed him as his heart turned over in his chest. She was so damn adorable. Her consideration of his needs and desires proved what he already knew. Unlike all the other women he’d dated, Erin Shay did not take without giving in return.
“Erin, it gives me pleasure just to watch you.”
Her eyes opened wide, surprised. “Oh.”
Kale pushed her bangs from her moist forehead and rained kisses over her cheek, her nose, and her jaw. Her soft skin felt like satin beneath his hungry mouth. He licked her earlobe, savoring the taste of her sweet flesh.
“I want more of you, Erin,” he whispered into her ear. “I want to lick you and suck you and taste your sweet juices. I want you naked and writhing beneath me while I watch you come over and over again. Tonight. We’ll finish this. Your place.”
The doors began opening as they reached their destination. Erin pulled back, shook her head from side to side, smoothed her palms over her skirt, and stepped off the lift.
Kale’s stomach took a nosedive as he watched her retreating back. He stepped from the elevator, grabbed her elbow, and turned her back around to face him. He slanted his head and met her glance. “No?”
Her eyes flashed with dark passion. “No, not my place, Kale.” Standing on her tippy toes, she positioned her lips inches from his mouth. She ran her fingertips over his cheeks and smiled.
“Yours.”
Chapter 5
Erin worked hard to keep her rubbery knees steady as she made her way down the narrow hall to the lab with Kale tight on her heels. Knowing she was going to have an encore performance tonight made her heart race and her mind whirl. Except tonight she was going to strip away Kale’s clothes so she could touch and taste his gorgeous, athletic body. Her mouth began watering just imagining it now. She swallowed the saliva pooling on her tongue and tried to shake away the haze of arousal fogging her usually sharp mind.
She took a mental inventory of her wardrobe. Nothing quite seemed suitable for a night of hot, unadulterated, casual sex with a playboy who set her loins on fire.
She bit down on her bottom lip and gave further consideration to the situation. What on earth did one wear to such an event? Perhaps she’d skip out of work a bit early and stop by the mall and pick up a new dress. After that she’d grab a quick bite to eat and have a hot bubble bath before heading over to Laura and Jay’s new house, Kale’s home away from home during his month-long sabbatical. A mischievous grin curled her lips. Perhaps tonight she’d get a chance to try out the new hot tub Laura and Jay had installed before they left for their honeymoon.
She knew she had been quick to shut down Kale’s suggestion to meet at her place. Since Dwayne, she had never invited a man into her territory. It was too personal. This was all about sex. Nothing more. She didn’t want to risk the possibility that she might develop more than casual feelings for Kale. It would be much less complicated to go to his place and leave when the time came. No awkward sleepovers. No awkward good-byes.
This was just about the sex.
Nothing could ever come of it anyway. Besides the fact that Kale would be leaving in a month’s time, neither of them wanted a relationship.
Kale was walking so close behind her, she could practically feel his warm breath on the back of her neck. His mere nearness turned her knees to pudding.
Cripes, she could hardly believe she just had sex in an elevator. Great sex! Fantastic sex! Actually, what she found even harder to believe was that she’d waited so long to have sex in an elevator. She should have tried this bad-girl act sooner.
Hell, if she had known how stimulating, how erotic it was, she would have been playing sex games every morning before work. Then again, she somehow doubted it would be that great with just anyone. Kale had a way of making her feel bold, and of unleashing her inner vixen.
Just knowing that the elevator doors could have opened at any second and she could have been caught with her pants down, or rather her skirt up, only added to the excitement, which really surprised her. She wasn’t inclined to take risks with her career, but there was something undeniably enticing about Kale that had her acting completely out of character.
Suddenly, all kinds of other wicked fantasies that she’d suppressed began cropping up in her mind.
She slowed her footsteps as she approached the lab. Her liquid arousal made her panties damp and cold. She squeezed her thighs together and flinched. Kale gave her a curious glance.
“Everything okay down there,” he whispered into her ear. The sexy rumble of his voice as it tumbled over her brought on a new wave of moisture.
Erin slipped her identification card into the electronic lock and punched in the code to her lab. “My panties are soaked. It’s making me cold,” she whispered even though they were the only two in the hallway.
At the sound of the buzzer, Kale pulled the door open and gestured for her to enter. “Take them off,” he said as she breezed past him.
Erin stopped and turned back around. Cocking her head, she lifted one brow and met
