Page 23 of Cooper’s Passion

The woman looked at her with pity. “Why don’t we give you a half hour? My husband and I will wait outside.”

Anita forced a smile. “Thank you. You’re very kind. And I’m sorry I pointed my gun at you.”

The couple left the apartment and pulled the door shut behind them.

Alone with Cooper, she inhaled a shaky breath. “Where am I gonna stay now? Can you recommend any hotels that aren’t too expensive? I can’t just go home now. I need to see this through. It’s gonna take forever to get my money back. Damn crook! No wonder the place was available on short notice. I should have seen it. I should have realized that if it’s too good to be true, it’s not true. I don’t—”

“Shhh.” Cooper pulled her into his arms and pressed a kiss to her forehead. “Don’t worry about that right now. Just pack, and I’ll take care of the rest.”

“How? And don’t say you’re gonna lend me the money for a hotel room, because I can’t accept that. You don’t owe me anything.”

“I’m not gonna give you any money, but what I would like to offer you is to stay with me.”

She stared at him. “But your condo is uninhabitable right now.”

“I’m not talking about my condo. You can stay with me at my uncle’s house in Buena Vista.”

She was floored by his generosity, but she couldn’t accept this either. “But what about your uncle? You can’t just bring another guest with you. I can’t impose on him like that. And you don’t know me.”

He put a finger over her lips. “I know enough about you to know that my uncle and his wife will have no problems with you staying at their house with me. It’s a huge place. And I would love to spend more time with you.” Cooper brushed his finger over her lips.

“I don’t know what to say.”

“Say yes.”

“Yes.”

Anita tilted her face up, and Cooper followed her invitation for a kiss. His lips were warm and inviting, the kiss just as passionate as the night before. What should have been a simple thank you for his kind offer turned into a smoldering fire in seconds. She found herself crushed against his chest, while Cooper delved deep into her mouth, his tongue demanding and experienced, his hands possessive as he yanked her pelvis to his. She could already feel the hard outline of his cock underneath his pants and wished she could undress him now and take his hard-on into her mouth to suck him until he came. But there was no time for that now. They both knew it.

When she peeled herself out of his embrace, she met his heated gaze.

“We have twenty-five minutes to get out of here. If we had more time, I’d toss you on that table…” He didn’t complete his sentence, but he didn’t have to. She knew exactly what he wanted.

“And I would get on my knees and suck you until—”

“Fuck, Baby, not another word, or we’ll never get out of here.”