Page 27 of Pleasure Payback

‘We wrap upRaider’s Denfilming next Wednesday. We can be in France by Thursday to inspect the second set-up.’

She froze. ‘You want me to go to France with you?’

‘Why not? I’m coming to Westport tomorrow. As majority partner in this deal, I thought you’d welcome the opportunity to see more than one. I’ve already spoken to Sam and Tyler. They’re on board with the schedule.’

‘You made plans with my partners without me?’ Hell, even her prickly tone was sexy. I suspected very little detracted from Neve’s allure.

‘We had a conversation. As a consultant, I believe I’m allowed to do that. If you object to any part of it, feel free to speak up when we meet tomorrow.’

‘I have a business to run. I can’t just fly off to France.’

‘You’re looking to expand into Europe. This could be the perfect opportunity to do some on-the-ground scouting.’

Her lips compressed, drawing my attention to them. Reminding me how it felt to slide my length between them, how enthusiastically she’d sucked me off. My balls hardened to stone.

Fucking hell.

‘I don’t need to. I know exactly where my expansion vision will take me.’

Her bristling demeanour told me she didn’t intend to share it with me.

I sighed. ‘Look, I know you don’t want me anywhere near this deal but I have no intention of walking away so it’ll benefit us both if we’re on the same page when it comes to dealing with Sam and Tyler.’

‘Whatwillit take to get you to walk away?’

For one dirty little second I was tempted to give in to my basest instinct. Tell her another night in her bed. Another mind-blowing night fucking her every which way she allowed me, just so I could be cured of this insatiable craving.

But that knotted need in my gut stopped me. That need that had nothing to do with sex and everything to do with...something else.

Jesus.

‘Right now, in this moment? Nothing, darling. But feel free to ask again in a month’s time.’

Her eyes darkened with quiet fury. ‘Don’t call medarling.’

‘Why? Does it remind you of Boston?’ I dared because one of us had to acknowledge thisentitythreatening to consume me alive. And as much as she’d pretended otherwise, I’d seen her checking me out all week when she thought I wasn’t looking. ‘Does it remind you of when you begged me to make you come,darling? Make that tight, wet pussy even wetter with my tongue before I pounded you into a screaming orgasm?’

A deep blush stained her cheeks and her fork clattered to the table. With adorably uncoordinated movements, she called over the waiter, snapped open her purse and handed over her credit card. ‘I think I’ve lost my appetite.’

‘All yourappetites? Or just for food?’

She surged to her feet and I got a control-shredding view of the way her dress clung to every mouth-watering curve. Curves I wanted to plunder in every decadent way available.

‘This meeting was clearly a waste of time.’

I dragged my gaze to her stunning face. ‘I disagree. I’d say we’ve both learned a few things about each other.’

Her chin lifted. ‘Like what?’

‘Like the fact that this insane chemistry between us isn’t going away. The fact that I want to pin you up against the nearest wall and taste every delicious inch of you, starting with your pussy, which I’m willing to bet is wet right now. If you stop bristling long enough to take a breath, you’ll admit you want that too.’

The charged step she took towards my chair granted me an even better view of her spectacular legs. And the hard bullets of her nipples outlined clearly against her dress.

Fuck.

My breath knotted in my lungs as she bent forward, placed her hand on my chest and brought her lips to my ear. ‘Here’s the thing,darling. You’re right. I won’t deny that something about you makes my pussy ache. Something about you makes me want to rip your clothes off and ride you until one of us stops breathing. But tell me, Damian, why would I lower myself into fucking an asshole who will only turn around and stab me in the back again come morning?’

It was a testament of my shoddy state of mind that she was halfway out of the restaurant before her words registered.

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