“Driskell’s not going to give us access.”
“Well,that’sridiculous. Doesn’t he know we need to test the system?”
“Says he’s going on vacation. Isn’t comfortable with someone at his place while he’s gone.”
He ran his fingers through his hair again, a gesture she was beginning to find both familiar and endearing. “Hang on a sec.”
He picked up the phone and dialed, then frowned. “It’s me. Where the hell are you? Call me back as soon as you get this message.”
“Brent?”
“Third message I’ve left today. Son of a bitch is supposed to be working at home.”
“He’s probably just too preoccupied to answer the phone.” She scooted back onto the desk so that she could maneuver her foot onto his leg and press her toes against his inner thigh. “Want me to make you too preoccupied to worry about it?”
He closed his eyes and drew in a noisy breath as his hand closed over her toes. “Don’t start something you’re not willing to finish, Melissa. Right here. Hard desks. Hard floor. Personally, I’d planned on round three being on a mattress with sheets and pillows.”
She urged her toes up higher, and was rewardedwith the hard length of him underneath her foot. “Don’t be silly,” she said. “We’ve already proved that a hard table works great. Why mess with perfection?”
She wasn’t entirely sure how he managed it, but somehow now he was up and she was leaning back, her hands balanced on his desk. He was standing between her legs, and she locked her ankles behind him, then gave him a vixenlike grin. “All work and no play…”
He cupped the back of her neck, then kissed her, hard and demanding. Almost angry. She knew the anger wasn’t at her, though. He was ticked at Driskell and he wanted her. Passion and need. A potent recipe.
She couldn’t wait.
“Kyle. Please.”
“Please, what?” But he didn’t really need an answer. He knew. He stroked her thigh, his fingers sliding higher and higher. She drew in a breath and spread her legs just a little, silently urging him on. He took the hint, his fingers dancing around the edge of her panties.
“Wet,” he said.
She nodded, unable to speak. Her entire body was throbbing, her nipples rock hard. She was already wet and ready, and she wanted him again.
“I like that.” His hand cupped her sex, and she moaned, her hips gyrating as she tried to increase the contact between them, tried to get him to touch her just so, justthere.
He slipped a finger underneath the elastic, then dipped inside her. She moaned, her body tightening around him, wanting him. “These keep getting in our way.”
She nodded, wordless, as he knelt in front of her, his hands tugging her panties down as she lifted her hips, silently helping him. He stayed on his knees then, and pressed a kiss to the side of her knee. He had a hint of five-o’clock shadow, and the graze of his whiskers on her sensitive skin drove her wild.
He tugged up her skirt until his hands were at her hips and she was half-naked, exposed for him. It was wild and decadent and just like before. And, like before, she wanted his touch so badly she thought she would scream.
He seemed to know what she wanted, and his lips traveled up her leg, higher and higher as his hands held her hips still, keeping her instinctual writhing in check.
“Kyle.” Her voice sounded hot and needy to her ears.
“Hush,” he murmured, and she gasped as histongue slipped inside, finding her core and laving her, teasing her, bringing her right to the edge.
Oh, Lord.
She was close, so close, and he pressed further, his mouth working a magic on her as she arched her back, her body silently begging for him. The storm inside her grew and grew until she couldn’t take it any longer. Then it burst, and she cried out, her body trembling from pure sensual satisfaction.
He stood and kissed her lips, and she collapsed against him, exhausted.
“Oh, Kyle.”
He gathered her in his arms, pulling her onto his lap, holding her close. They stayed that way for an eternity, her body flowing back to normal, her need fading to the background until, finally, she could think again.
She was falling for him. Falling hard. So hard that she was having fantasies of happily ever after.
