She's Having the Boss's Baby - By Kate Carlisle Page 0,34

was naughty sex,” she whispered, amazed that she was able to speak, let alone string words together to make a full sentence.

“No, that was office sex,” he said, then considered his words for a moment. “Which is inherently naughty, I think.”

Ellie considered their nakedness and the sight of all their clothing spread across his office carpet. She was still struggling for breath, but now she knew it wasn’t just from the activity of moments before. Had a line been crossed here? Her heart was pumping faster and her throat was all tangled up. Too many emotions were zinging through her to allow her to think straight. She’d never felt anything like this before, but there was no way she could say any of that aloud. Keep it light, she cautioned herself. “This definitely qualifies as naughty.”

He rolled over and kissed her, then reached to fondle her breasts. “Did you like it?”

“I did,” she said, trembling from his touch. “I liked it very much.”

“Good. Me, too,” he said, easing her up and over until she was lying on top of him, bringing him back to life. “So now that we’ve had naughty office sex, I say we move on to Congratulations, Partner sex.”

Six

Aidan and Ellie had been sleeping together for a week when Logan and his new bride returned from their honeymoon.

The following day was Logan’s first day back at work. He was sitting at Aidan’s desk checking the computer while Aidan riffled through the file cabinet on the far wall, when Ellie walked in.

“Welcome back, Logan,” Ellie said cheerfully, and rounded the desk to give him a hug before dropping a document on the desk. “I hope you and Grace had a wonderful honeymoon.”

“It was fantastic.”

“I’m so happy for you,” she said, then turned to Aidan. “I’m making that New York phone call in thirty minutes.”

“Thank you.”

Both men watched her walk out of the office; then Aidan said, “I know we talked about offering Ellie the partnership when you got back, but something came up while you were gone. I made her the offer last week and she accepted.”

Logan frowned at Aidan. “Did you notice that Ellie knew it was me sitting here?”

“So?” Aidan said absently as he picked up the document Ellie had delivered.

Logan glanced down at his dark navy business suit, burgundy silk tie and white shirt, then stared across at his brother, who wore the same basic outfit. “I’m sitting at your desk, dressed exactly like you. Anyone in the company would think I was you. But Ellie knew it was me.”

Aidan gave him a sideways glance. “Ellie’s smart. She’s been able to tell us apart from day one. No big deal.”

Logan stared long and hard at Aidan. “Oh, hell. You’re having sex with her! Are you out of your mind?”

Aidan scowled and told himself he never should have let his brother walk into his office. “Where the hell did you get that idea?”

“We’re twins, remember?” Logan said. “I can read you like a book. A really stupid book with a lousy plotline.”

“Get serious.” Aidan’s gaze slid from his twin’s. He never had been able to hide a damn thing from Logan. But damned if he was going to stand here and be lectured. “There’s nothing going on. How in the hell did you come up with sex?”

“Easy,” Logan said as he pulled two small bottles of sparkling water from the small refrigerator in the credenza along the wall. He popped the tops, handed one to Aidan and walked back to the desk. “And I’m right, too, so stop pretending it’s not true.”

Aidan took a long gulp of water and tried to figure out why he’d been so anxious for Logan to get home.

His brother wasn’t finished ranting. “And what was that about offering Ellie the partnership? Don’t you remember we talked about doing it together when I got back from my trip? You couldn’t wait?”

“I told you, something came up,” Aidan muttered.

“Yeah, I know exactly what came up,” Logan said with an evil smirk.

“That’s not what I mean,” he said, and grabbed a bag of chips from the supplies cupboard to munch on.

A few minutes ago, Aidan had been pleased to see Logan at his office door. He and Grace had been back on the island since the day before, but Aidan hadn’t had a chance to talk to Logan until this morning. But right now, Aidan was kind of wishing his brother would take off for another week or two.

This was the problem with being