Bedding the Billionaire (Book 3) (Legacy Collection) (12 page)

He stood above her, sending her hormones into ove
rdrive. Her body wasn’t concerned with why they were there
, it tensed and tingled.
His eyes dilated and his breathing changed to match
her own
.
Without touching, they synchronized on a level that was foreign to both of them.
In that moment, there
was
no yesterday, no tomorrow
–
j
ust two people fighting off an attraction that defied
what either of them thought they wanted
.

He
groaned and slid a hand beneath her hair, cupping her head, and pulling her to him.
He kissed her
with an unexpected
flood of passion; a passion her body leapt to match.

It was not the timid kiss of one who was testing a new flavor, but rather the bold claiming of a man who had tasted and returned with a hunger.
Lil closed her eyes and lost herself in a wave of pleasure. Hi
s other hand
slid
across her backside,
lifting her against him. Her skirt bunched
beneath the strong hand that
held her,
kneading
her
ass
through the
cotton material
.

He pulled back slightly
.
“
We can’t do this
,
”
h
e said
,
his hot breath warming her lips
.

She looked up at him,
d
esire impairing
her ability to provide a witty comeback.
Her body was sending wild sensations from every area their bodies touched.
She wanted, needed, to feel more of him.

“I meant what I said about anythi
ng between us being a bad idea,” he said huskily.

His words doused the heat within her. She tore herself out of his embrace
and adjusted her skirt
. “Then you seriously have to stop kissing me,” she said angrily.

He ran a frustrated hand through his hair, mussing it the way she would have
gladly done
had he not been such a jackass.

He said,
“Obviously, there is a certain amount of att
raction between the two of us.”

“
But
you think Dominic won’t approve?”
she goaded.
She wanted to hurt him as he was hurting her.

“I don’t care what Dominic thinks, but o
ne of us has to stay focused on
–
” He stopped himself.

“On?” S
he put a hand on her hip and waited.

“Business.
Just business.
Listen
–
” he started.

She cut him off.
“
No, you listen.
Why are you
messing around with my
head
today
?
T
his whole forced move has done enough of that, thank you.
I’ve got an exam tomorrow morning that I’m probably going to fail because
I should have been studying today, but I already blew that. If I can figure out how to get my hands on my books, I might be able to use this time while Colby is napping
–
not that I’ll be able to concentrate after this
.
” When he looked like he was about to say something Lil held up a hand and said, “
Please
don’t
explain again why we can’t be together.
I’ve heard just about enough of that.
Just leave.”

Jake
paced restlessly before her and ran his
hand
through his hair again.
“You’re hurt.”

Lil snorted.
“You’re delusional.
Sure, you’re sexy and rich and women
probably
fall at your feet all the time
,
but t
o hurt me, I would have to c
are about you,
which I don’t.
Whatever attraction you feel
–
i
g
nore it.
That’s what I’m doing.
”

He looked
a bit bemused.

She stopped and shook her head. “You stopped listening at sexy, didn’t you?”

A slight
flush spread across his cheeks.
“I’ve tried
to ignore it
,” he said softly.

She folded her arms protectively across her chest.

He moved closer and ran his hands
from her tense shoulders, down her arms and pulled her gently toward him. “You’re not my type,” he said almost to himself.

She stubbornly kept her arms folded, even as his hands slid lower and encircled her waist.

“You’re definitely not mine, either,” she replied. “You’re way too uptight.”

He eased her against him
again
and said, “You’re
far
too
unpredictable
.”

Her body tightened and quivered.
She
met his eyes boldly.
“You never listen.”

A half smile curled the corner of his mouth, “You never shut up.”

Time stood still and the air around them sizzled.
She bit her bottom lip as the tension mounted and she gave in the temptation to feel him against her.
Sliding her arms up and around his neck,
she fit
perfectly against him and his mounting excitement. “
So, we agree.”

With one
strong move, he lifted her
at her waist
, rubbing her deliciously against him.
“
Yes.” He swung her higher, forcing her to wrap her legs around him to steady hers
elf.
With one step,
she was partially seated on the table behind the couch
. He tossed a decorative bowl onto the cushions below and rested her more fully there, exploring her mouth with his while his hands slid beneath her skirt and followed her long legs down to remove her shoes with a flip.

Strong hands
ran up and down the length of her legs as if he could not get enough of her, as if he were memorizing ever
y
curve and corner of her.
His kisses moved from her mouth to her neck.
Exploring.
Tasting.
His hot breath licking at her.
She steadied herself with her hands on his shoulders.

He spread her
legs further apart and
s
lid a finger beneath the silk of her panties and between her eager folds. With painstaking thoroughness, he explored and caressed.
When he found the
spot that made her shudder against him, he lavished it with attention.
Each stroke increased the building heat within her.
She wanted to feel him inside her, claiming her.

She squirmed against his hand, leaning back as
her excitement
replaced coherent thought.
He filled her center first with one finger and then as she welcomed that with a moan, he
inserted another and moved back and forth within her. Lil cried out as the pleasure
became
more than she could contain.

She nearly
wept
in protest when his kisses and his hands stopped simultaneously.

He eased her further back and slid her panties out from beneath her.
With another deft move, her skirt was bunched around her waist, her bare ass exposed to the cold of the table and
her warm center
on
c
e again
opened to his attentive fingers.

In her growing desperation to feel him, she pulled his shirt out from his pants
and slid her hands up his rock-
hard abdomen, enjoying the feel of his muscles clenching beneath her touch.
One of his hands held her head firmly in place while his lips plundered
, his tongue circling
a
nd teasing
hers, while his
other hand tickled her outer folds until she was spreading her legs wider for him, begging him to
once again use his thumb and magical fingers on her.
He did and she was soon jutting against his hand, writhing in pleasure.

She slumped a bit when he removed both hands for a moment and almost came when he tore the front of her shirt open with one powerful move.
He pushed one cup of her bra aside
and
licked her puckered nipple, l
apping and nipping at it softly until Lil
was moaning and yanking off
what was left of
her shirt, tossing
her bra onto the floor silently begging him to give her other breast equal attention.

Which he did.

She leaned back onto her hands while he continued to worship her with his lips, his tongue,
and
those
wildly kn
owledgeable fingers.
He pushed her gently back until
she was fully
reclined against the back cushion of the couch and
stood above her for a moment.

Then he
bent to taste
her and she closed her eyes and rode the explosion of heat that rushed through her body. He licked the exposed area of her stomach, the sensitive flesh of her inner thighs and then his tongue followed the path hi
s fingers had. She
dug her hands into the fabric
on either side of her head,
unsure if she could
stop herself from
begging him to enter her.

She heard the crisp sound of his zipper opening quickly followed by the tear of a condom package and her excitement heightened tenfold.

Take me
, she
thought feverishly
.
Take me now.