when he spent a decade waiting and wanting a woman he knew he shouldn’t have.
She was even better than he’d imagined.
But there were so many fantasies he’d entertained. So many ways he’d imagined taking her, pleasuring her, having her to do with as he pleased. He’d need the whole weekend to do those fantasies justice, no doubt, and he’d need just as much time to find the truth he was looking for.
“I guess it would be tacky to not even get out of bed on Christmas Eve,” she said.
“I don’t know. I mean, as long as we’re together, it sort of goes along with the spirit of giving, right?”
“Actually, maybe we could take this back to my place. I’ve got a cat who needs to be fed.”
Thank heaven for cats.
“Sounds good to me,” he said, all casual and aloof, as though she hadn’t just invited him to snoop around in her life.
Her hand was traveling down his chest, and by the time she made it to his erection, he’d forgotten what he’d been thinking about.
“There’s no big hurry. The cat can wait a few hours, but I, on the other hand…”
She gripped him and began to massage.
Then she started kissing his chest, biting his nipples, moving lower, and lower still. Alex closed his eyes and let all coherent thought fade away.
She made it to his cock and drew him into her mouth again. Soft satin lips caressed, teased, worked him toward climax all too quickly. But then she slowed down, dragged her teeth gently along his length until he squirmed and shuddered and couldn’t take another second of not being inside her.
“Stop,” he said, gasping.
“You don’t like?”
“I like,” he whispered as he reached for another condom, opened the package and slid it on. “I definitely like.”
He liked it too damn much.
He grasped her arms and tugged her up on top of him. Gripping her ass and shifting her hips, he buried his cock between her legs and pushed himself inside her. She was hot, sweet, wet and tight, even better the morning after.
For the first time since he’d set this crazy plan into motion, he understood the biggest danger of all. It wasn’t Yasmine discovering his true identity. It was the danger of never wanting to let her go.
YASMINE COULDN’T REMEMBER the last time she’d felt so thoroughly satisfied. And if the rest of the weekend proved to be anything like the past twelve hours, she might never want to let Kyle out of bed.
But then, keeping him as her love slave definitely would be breaking some kind of law, crossing a line she’d never be able to cross. A girl could dream, anyway.
She was about to step into the shower with Kyle, who was already there, lathered up and looking even better wet than he did dry, when she heard her cell phone ringing in the next room. Only a few people had her number and knew not to call unless it was completely necessary, so she hurried to answer.
“Hello?” she said after she’d dug the phone out of her purse, gripping the towel around herself.
“It’s Cass. I need you to fix my computer, ASAP.”
“You’re calling my cell phone about your computer? Is this an actual emergency?”
“Yes!”
“Um, I’m kind of tied up right now,” she said, glancing at Kyle standing dripping wet and naked in the bathroom doorway now, threatening to make her forget how to string words into coherent sentences.
“Please help me! I’ve got that dinner party tonight, and all the recipes I want to use are on the Internet.”
“And?”
“And when I try to log on, nothing happens. No Internet!”
Any other time Yasmine would have been a little more tolerant of Cass’s computer ineptitude, but this time she expelled a noisy sigh and said, “I’m sorry I can’t help. Maybe you should buy a cookbook.”
“You’re just going to leave me hanging? On Christmas Eve? Your best friend?”
Drew popped into her head—Drew, whom she knew would be a great guy for Cass. If Cass could overlook the slightly nerdy appearance to see the nice guy beneath.
“I’ve got a friend who lives not too far from you and might be free to help you out. I could call him and ask.”
“Please, please, please?”
“On one condition.”
“Anything—you name it.”
“If he fixes your computer, you ask him out on a date.”
Silence. And then Cass said, “Okay, what’s the matter with this guy that he needs you bribing women to go out with him?”
“He’s the guy I mentioned to you. He’s nice. Give him