But he hears the click of the door shutting.
He jerks upright, catching my reflection in the mirror just as I lean back against the door, leaving it unlocked behind me.
“Meeting a little harder than you anticipated, bug?” I ask, smirking as I take a step forward.
His eyes narrow. The heat flares.
“What do you want?” he snaps.
I huff out a laugh. “You’re the one watching me like a dying man in a desert. Don’t act surprised when I come offer you water.”
His jaw works like he’s chewing down a dozen things he doesn’t want to say. But he doesn’t move. Doesn’t deny it. Doesn’t even try to hide the fact that he’s still fucking hard.
I tilt my head. “How much longer are you going to keep pretending?”
“I’m not pretending anything.”
“No?” I arch a brow. “So, you weren’t thinking about the hospital room?”
His mouth opens—closes.
I keep going, taking a step closer.
“You weren’t thinking about the way you said my name? The way your hand moved on me?”
His shoulders stiffen.
“I’m curious.” I step closer.
He backs into the cold stone wall behind him.
“Would you have sucked me off, Grant? If the nurse hadn’t walked in?”
He glares at me, voice tight. “I wasn’t thinking about the hospital.”
“Hmm.” I drag my eyes over him slowly, lingering on the hard line pressing against the front of his tailored slacks. “So, if I grab your dick right now, it won’t be hard as stone?”
He doesn’t have to answer because I reach for him anyway.
And fuck me—he’s hard.
Rock-fucking-hard.
“Mmm.” My fingers flex over the thick ridge of him, stroking through the fine silk of his pants. He gasps—sharp and involuntary—and grabs for my wrist with one hand.
But I move before he can do anything else.
My free hand snatches his, slamming it up against the marble wall above his head. I hold it there, pressing my body into his, crowding him while my other hand keeps stroking.
“Because I confess,Lucciolina,I would have let you.”
He curses under his breath, chest rising like he’s trying to find enough air to push me back.
“Fuck.”
But he doesn’t move. He can’t.
Because he doesn’t want to.
