It’s not just chemistry anymore.
It’s need.
Desire.
A want that’s bigger than both of us.
When we finally pull apart, we’re both breathing hard.
Her lips are red. Her cheeks flushed.
She stares at me like I flipped her world upside down.
“So much for business only,” she whispers, voice unsteady.
I shake my head slowly, still too close. “Yeah. Screw business.”
And then I kiss her again.
Harder this time.
Because now there’s no going back.
CHAPTER TEN
Josie
The second hislips brush mine, it’s like my heart detonates. A quiet fuse that’s been hissing under the surface all day, finally surrendering to the spark.
It’s not a kiss. Not right away.
It’s a promise. A threat. A tease of the chaos he’s about to unleash.
And then…
Itisa kiss.
Fierce and hungry. Tongue sliding against mine, lips claiming like he owns the air I breathe. Nothing soft. Nothing careful.
I gasp into it, but he doesn't give me a second to catch up. His mouth slams down over mine again, rough and insistent, stealing every thought I have left. My knees buckle. My spine arches into him like my body already knows he’s the only thing holding me upright.
His hands are everywhere, gripping my waist, palming my ass, sliding under the hem of my shirt to find bare skin. He drags one hand up my back, the other burying in my hair and fisting tight like he's afraid I might vanish if he lets go.
“Knox.” I pant his name like a prayer I forgot I knew.
He groans low in his throat, pure need vibrating out of him. One hand grips my jaw, tilting my face to kiss me deeper, harder, while the other grabs my hip, dragging me flush against him.
Anddamn,he’s already hard. Thick and straining against his jeans, pressing right where I need him.
The prep kitchen disappears, just stainless steel and spice, and the heat of his body pressed to mine.
“Tell me to stop,” he growls into my mouth, voice shredded with restraint.
But I don’t.
I won’t.
Instead, I grab the front of his shirt and yank, frustrated that it’s still between us. He strips it off in one fluid motion, and I stare, shameless and starving.
