Page 23 of Business Casual

“I know.”

“This could be trouble,” he breathed against my lips.

I kissed him. “I know.”

His eyes opened and the look he gave me weakened me. My heart was drumming in my chest, and something deep in my gut tightened.

“The things I would do to you if you were mine,” he said, his voice rasped over the words sexily.

“I know.”

We held each other’s gaze for what felt like a solid minute as the sexual tension between us became palpable.

“And I want you,” he told me with absolute certainty.

I stared up at him. “Then have me.”

Our mouths met with an urgent intensity that consumed me. I reached behind me to open my door. He took the opportunity to wrap an arm around my waist and walk me across the threshold. We didn’t break the kiss as we maneuvered into my dimly lit home. I let out a little disappointed groan as I forced myself to pull out of the kiss.

“Welcome to my home,” I said as I reached behind him and locked the door.

“Thank you for having me,” Tre replied, taking a few steps forward. “This reminds me of you already.”

“How?”

“It looks good. It smells good.” His gaze dipped to my hardened nipples as they screamed against the fabric of my dress. “And I’m looking forward to you showing me every inch of it.”

Grinning, I grabbed him and pulled him close. “You are such a flirt,” I told him, trying to ignore the bulge I felt against my belly.

He slipped his arms around my middle and held me tight. “I can’t help it. I can’t help myself around you. You do something to me.”

“Every time you say that… every time you look at me like that… every time you touch me, it does something to me,” my truth spilled out as a rush of air. “Youdo something to me.”

His brown eyes burned into mine. “So, what are we going to do about it?”

I bit my lip. “I think maybe if we get this attraction out of our systems, it won’t be so intense.”

He leaned down, bringing his mouth within an inch of mine. “You think so?”

“It’s a risk.” Shifting my body, I pressed myself against his hardness. “But I think it’s worth a try.”

His hands leisurely traveled over the roundness of my ass. “It’s a risk I’m willing to take.”

The breath left my body before I fully registered how I was shaking. I swallowed hard. “Good.”

“But I need you to be very clear…” Searching my eyes, his hands stilled on my ass. “What do you want to do right now?”

My stomach knotted as I stared at him. “Everything.”

He sucked in a sharp breath. “Everything,” he repeated faintly.

My heart thumped loudly against my chest. I moved my hands over his chest before unbuttoning his shirt. “If we’re doing this just once, I want to make it count.” I let my fingertips dance over his exposed pectoral muscles before I shifted downward and rubbed the length of his erection. “It’ll be sixlongmonths before you’re not my boss anymore.”

“I want you, Imani. And if it can only be for tonight, then let’s make it count.” His lips came down so close to mine that if I moved fractionally, we’d kiss. “But I need you to tell me exactly what you want.”

The air instantly became thick.

My mouth opened but words didn’t come out. With him so close and my hand pressing against the bulge in his pants, I couldn’t speak.

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