I stopped, hovering over his face, our noses nearly touching, my hair falling around us like a curtain. “No. I think if you say yes, then it means you’re going to score this morning, Monaghan.”
His gaze washed over my face. If only I could have read his expression, but I couldn’t. I just knew how it made me feel—somewhere between tipsy and complete nostalgia.
On a sudden jerk, he sat up with me straddling his lap, his hands cupping my waist. “I need you to hear this.” A wrinkle of concern lined his forehead.
“O… K…” My eyes narrowed a bit.
“I can’t define this—us—but you need to know that this means something. Okay?”
I nodded slowly, keeping my gaze locked to his as I raised my arms above my head. He took forever to remove my shirt, inching it up my body so slowly I thought I might orgasm from how damn sexy he made something as simple as taking off my shirt feel. His confidence was rivaled only by his sexiness.
As my shirt fell to the floor and my hair cascaded down my back and chest, I sucked in a shaky breath. Cage didn’t move, except for his eyes. They swallowed up every inch of my naked skin.
“Focus, Monaghan… don’t fumble.”
The heat in his eyes seared mine, but he still gave up a cocky smile that I’d never seen before. Damn, I was more than ready to eat him alive. Abstinence had made meveryhungry.
“I’ve got this.”
Aaaannd he claimed my orgasm. Three simple words, said with complete confidence, soaked my panties.
His eyes returned to my bared breasts, no touching, no licking, just… staring. Complete torture. I squirmed a bit on his lap. The grip he had on my hips tightened. Apparently rubbing myself against his cock wasn’t allowed. Just… staring.
Gah! Killing me!
Cage wet his lips. “Tell me, Lake… what part ofmybody should giveyouyour first orgasm this morning?”
Gulp.
How embarrassing was it that he was well on his way to giving me one with nothing more than his words? Very. That’s how embarrassing it was.
He waited.
Oh God… he really expected me to answer that question.
Just as I opened my mouth to declare my request, a loud rap at the door shattered our moment like a sledge hammer.
“Worst. Timing. Ever!” I yelled loud enough for Thaddeus and the rest of the fifteenth floor to hear.
Hopping off Cage’s lap, I retrieved my shirt, slipped it over my head, and threw on my leg before stomping to the door like an errant child being sent to their room.
“Good morning to you too, love.” Thad grabbed a white cup with a black lid from a beverage tray. “Tea. Now you have to forgive me for whatever I’ve done, which of course I have no idea what that is.” He stepped inside. “There’s our sports star.” He held up another cup. “Please tell me you’re a coffee man.”
I turned and to my disappointment Cage had his shirt back on.
“Yes. Thank you.” He took the cup from Thad.
“Why are you not ready to go, love?”
Because I was just about ready to have some really overdue sex with the man of my dreams.
“Twenty minutes. I’ll meet you in the lobby.”
“And your friend? Is he joining us today?”
It was a reasonable question given my unreasonable reaction to Thad making the offer to Cage the previous night. Some days my job infused me with confidence, some days Ifreaked out in the pool. It was impossible to predict which Lake Cage would witness that day. The night before I didn’t know how I felt about Cage seeing me stumble. However, that morning…? I just wanted him to see me. Both men looked at me, but I only looked at Cage.
“Yes. I’d love for him to join us today.”
