Page 18 of Seduce

One kiss and she was a goner. She was attracted to him, but her gut told her this was more than simple attraction. She glanced over at Damon. The streetlights highlighted his handsome face. She was in trouble.

“I’ll walk you to your door,” Damon said as he pulled into a parking spot.

“There’s no need.” It wasn’t like he hadn’t been to her place before.

“There is. Don’t argue with me.” He stepped out of the vehicle and grabbed the bag he’d brought from the store.

There was that voice again, and her pussy clenched. Tessa waited until Damon opened her door and helped her out. At her front door, he held his hand out.

“What?”

“Keys.”

Damn that voice. She handed him the keys. “First one opens the door lock, next one opens the dead bolt.”

“You took my advice.”

“It was on the schedule for maintenance; they did it last night.”

He nodded and opened the door. “Stay here.”

Tessa shifted from one foot to the other while she waited for Damon to return. He grinned when he saw her. “All good.” He pressed her keys into her hand. “Sleep tight.” Damon leaned over and brushed a kiss over her lips. “Go in and lock the door.”

She shut the door and leaned against it. “Lock it, Tessa.” His voice came through the wooden door. Tessa sighed and threw the dead bolt.

“Night, my lady in blue.”

Tessa’s legs went limp, and she slid down the door to sit on the floor. This was so not good. Her reaction to Damon was off the charts. Was that why she’d fought with him at the beginning? Was she afraid of the depth of her feelings?

All she knew right now was she was aroused and needed relief. Fishing her phone out of her purse, she looked at the time and groaned. Almost eleven and she had to work tomorrow. She forced her legs to function.

She would analyze her feelings about Damon later. Right now, she needed some rest, but first she had to find her vibrator and fresh batteries. Tessa made her way into her bedroom. There she saw the bag Damon had been carrying sitting on her bed.

Had he forgotten it? There was a note on the bag, so Tessa plucked it off and read.

Tessa, a little something for you. When you’re ready let me know. D.

What the heck? Curiosity aroused, Tessa opened the bag. “Oh. My. God.” It was the restraints they’d played with in the store. Heat hit her full force as she pulled them out of the bag. Nerves fluttered in her belly. How would it feel to have Damon restrain her and play with her body? To feel his hands roaming over her skin and be helpless to stop him. Tessa shook her head and put the restraints in the top drawer of her dresser, out of sight out of mind. Yeah, right. With a sigh, she pulled out her vibrator and a fresh package of batteries.

* * * *

“Someone looks a little tired,” Allie, Tessa’s co-worker said the next morning.

“Yep.” Tessa smiled and kept walking toward her office. Her dreams had been filled with Damon restraining her and teasing her to release. She’d woken hot, sweaty, and in need. Even masturbating in the shower hadn’t helped, and she’d spent ten minutes staring at the restraints in the top drawer of her dresser.

She needed to give them back to Damon. They were too dangerous for her to have in her apartment because her mind kept coming up with fun and naughty things they could do with them.

Ugh. She pushed all those thoughts into the back of her mind. Today was collection development day. She enjoyed acquiring new books, DVDs, and e-books for the library. Sure, her budget was limited, but she found ways to make it stretch. She settled down in her small office and got to work.

“Hey, Tessa,” Allie said.

“What’s up?” Tessa glanced up from her computer screen.

“There’s a gentleman who is looking for a book on industrial something or other, and I have children’s hour.”

“Okay.” Tessa stood up, and her muscles protested. “Dang it, how long was I sitting there?”

“It’s almost noon. So about three hours.”

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