“You know why, Maddy.” His eyes lifted to meet her dazzled gaze. “I wanted to be alone with you.”
Excitement streaked through her, clenching her pu**y with anticipation. “I didn’t think you would come.”
His lips twisted into a humorless smile. “Neither did I, but it seems I’m not as immune as I should be to your tempting…invitation.”
She ignored his hint of self-mockery, too exhilarated by the thought of fulfilling her fantasies to pay heed to the subtle warning.
“Good,” she murmured, tossing her long hair over her shoulder in an unconsciously provocative motion.
He sucked in a sharp breath. “You’re certain?”
Maddy leaned against the door, barely able to breathe. The man was making her shiver and he hadn’t even touched her yet. It had to be the heat in his gaze. It was like being branded by fire as he took a slow, thorough survey of her slender body barely covered by her short, black leather skirt and the corset top she’d borrowed from a friend.
“I’m sure.”
“Then prove it,” he rasped.
Maddy licked her dry lips. “How?”
“Take off your clothes.”
She blinked at the blunt command before a slow smile curved her lips. It was a challenge. Even as an innocent she understood he was testing the depth of her commitment to parting with her virginity.
The least hesitation and he’d walk out the door and never return.
“Like this?” she asked huskily.
She hooked her thumbs into the waistband of her leather skirt, pulling it down her h*ps and allowing it to pool at her feet. She used the toe of her three inch stilettos to kick it away, acutely aware that Luc had just realized she’d deliberately gone bare beneath the skirt.
No panties. No hose.
Just her and her fresh Brazilian wax.
Her courage nearly faltered as he drew in a deep, slow breath, his hands clenching at his side. Luc wasn’t just an overeager teenage boy hoping for a grope in the dark. He was a fully mature male with years of experience. Dark…fierce…demanding. And right now, his hunger was a tangible force in the air.
If she continued he would consume her.
Completely and utterly.
The thought should have terrified an inexperienced virgin.
Instead Maddy felt a thrill of volatile excitement.
She reached up to grasp the side of the corset top, pulling it tight to unhook it with an unconscious grace. It’d taken her years to gain control of her body that had shot up to five foot nine almost overnight. Now she stripped away the corset and tossed it aside with a smooth elegance that wrenched a low groan from the man watching her with the avid gaze of a predator.
“Keep them on,” Luc abruptly broke the silence as she lifted a foot to remove one of the stilettos. She shivered, replacing her foot on the ground. She felt oddly vulnerable wearing nothing but the leather shoes. As if sensing her unexpected flare of embarrassment, Luc held up his hand, gesturing her closer. “Come here, Maddy.”
She took an uncertain step forward. And then another. Finally, she stood just inches away.
He studied her with a brooding gaze, a visible bulge pressing against the fly of his faded denims. Reaching out, he took her hand, tugging her until she was pressed against his hard body. Her stomach clenched as he grabbed her by the nape of her neck, his breath brushing over her cheeks before he was capturing her lips in a kiss that made her heart slam against her ribs.
She’d been kissed before.
Awkward meeting of the lips that had left her cringing in distaste.
But this…
It was wondrous.