Her expression shifted, the seductive look vanishing from her eyes, her smile fading.“He wouldn’t have appreciated it in the same way.”
Did that mean she’d never told him?Knox wanted to hear that story too.It struck him then that he wanted to know everything about her.
She glanced up and down the path.They were alone.And she smiled.“Now I think you better go home and take care of that.”She reached out, patted his lap.His cock leaped against her touch.
Standing, she grabbed her phone and walked away, waving it in the air.“Call me if you need any help.”
He couldn’t move for another ten minutes, just as she hadn’t been able to move while she watched her stepbrother.
But Christ, how he wanted her in every way possible.
7
She shouldn’t have touched him.She shouldn’t have let herself feel how hard he was, how big he was.She shouldn’t have sat down on the bench and talked to him.She should have stuck to the phone.
And she should never have told him about her stepbrother.
Some of her stories were tall tales, some extensively embellished with just a core of truth.But what happened with her stepbrother didn’t need any embellishment.She remembered it so well; all the times they’d sneaked into each other’s rooms.She hadn’t been in love with Aiden.He hadn’t been in love with her.It was just teenage hormones.Experimentation.Sex lessons.He taught her how to come hard, how to come by herself, how to come when he was licking her, how to give a blow job, how to swallow and love it.
She’d never told her husband, not even when he made her suck him off while he watched a porn flick.She justknewthere’d be a double standard, that he’d somehow use it against her.Some things were fine for a man, but not for a woman.He’dnever touchedherwhile they watched porn.Never even tried.But she’d still gotten off even if she had to put her finger to herself while she was riding him.
She’d never told anyone about Aiden, not even Lee, never even used it as a fantasy with Paul.Yet she’d told Knox Turner.And he’d enjoyed it.He’d have loved if she’d told him she’d gone all the way with Aiden too.But she’d decided this story should be the truth.She wouldn’t exaggerate to make it better.It was so damn good on its own.
God, how she’d wanted Knox to touch her.But he hadn’t.She’d been the one to do the touching.She’d been the one to turn the phone sex into something physical.
And she was the one sitting here all alone on a sunny Saturday afternoon in her townhouse waiting for him to call so he could jerk off to her voice.
But Knox didn’t call.She wondered if, in hindsight, her story about her stepbrother had horrified him.
She could tell him she made it up, that she’d searched for something that might get him going.But would he believe her?
What she absolutely could not do was sit here and ruminate, imagining the worst.So she called Lee.“How about a run or a hike or just a coffee?”
They skipped the workout and decided on coffee, meeting in their favorite café where the tables were far apart and the conversation was muted.And Summer told her everything about her walk in the park with Knox.
“That’s crazy.”Lee pressed a hand over her mouth to stifle a gasp.
“I know.”Summer had related the whole story—from the phone calls to the walk in the park, everything except her stepbrother.As much as she loved and trusted Lee, Summer had never told her about Aiden.“I’ve never felt more alive, never felt sexier or more desirable.”
Lee gave her a long, assessing look.“I thought we’d already decided he’s a dangerous man.”
Summer sighed, conceding the point.“But it’s not like I’m considering a relationship with him.”
“I’m not talking about that.”Lee leaned in, her voice low.“You work with him on this joint venture.He’s a VP.And you’re a—” She stopped herself.
“A lowly manager.I know.”
“I didn’t mean it like that,” Lee insisted.“You’re not a lowly anything.But there is a power dynamic in play here that isn’t in your favor.”
She was well aware.“And I’m just starting at a new company too.”Summer waved her hand, as if she were swiping the slate clean.“But we’re purely professional at work.No one ever has to know.”
Summer sipped her chai latte.The café hummed with background noise—the chatter of people in line at the counter, the clatter of cups, the rush of steam from the espresso machine, the occasional burst of laughter—but most of the tables sat empty.Outside, sunshine drew people into the streets, walking dogs, shopping, shepherding kids to the park.
The park.Just the thought of it sent a little buzz through her veins.
“I’m just saying you should be careful with this guy.You have a lot more to lose than he does.”
“I know you’re right.”Summer nodded.“But it won’t come to anything like that.He wants to keep it on the down-low just as much as I do.”
