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I pulled her forward, letting her weight settle against me.

“I understand you assigned additional security to my team,” she charged, her voice sugary.

“Guilty.” I shrugged, enjoying the way she pouted, her bottom lip pink and tremulous. “Does that upset you?”

She cocked her head, trying to look stern, but her lips curved. “Not at all. If it makes you feel better, go ahead.”

“That’s good,” I said. “I would have asked you first, but then I realized I’d do it anyway—even if you said no.”

Reaching up, she cupped my face in her hands, shaking her head.

“You are so very pretty and so very fuckable, do you know that, Leon?”

Her words caught me off guard. Pretty and fuckable?

She saw me that way?

“And you and I need to have a serious conversation. Eventually.”

Before I could ask what she meant, she crushed her lips to mine, pressing hard enough to take my breath away.

My cock grew thick and ready for action in my jeans, my body instantly aroused and hungry for hers.

Fuck, she was intoxicated, and this was not the ideal time to want to fuck her.

I couldn’t tell how much she had drunk, but thisnewfound confidence was out of character for her, suggesting she was feeling tipsy. I turned my attention to the open office door when I noticed the staff moving about the house, cleaning up.

Cali’s fingers dove under my shirt, but I caught her wrists and held her at arm’s length. “Babe, as much as I want to flip you onto this desk and lose myself in you, I don’t think the staff needs a front-row show.”

She pouted at first, but she perked right up once she saw me heading to the bedroom. Looked as if she was in a mood.

And that mood seemed to match what I’d been feeling most of the day. The urge to get her naked skin rubbing against mine was overwhelming me. I wanted to be gentle with her, but the lust ricocheting through my veins felt anything but gentle.

Clearly, she trusted me.

Otherwise, she’d never have come to me being so open and nakedly assertive. I loved it, I did. But the line between being gentle and unleashing the full impact of the desire I felt for Cali was quickly blurring.

As soon as the door shut behind us, she attacked me again, as lust and unquenched need rolled off her in waves.

Her fingers fumbled with the buttons of my shirt.

“I want you to fuck me, Leon,” she hissed.

Well, fuck. I wasn’t expecting that to come out of her mouth. But I sure liked it. And so did my cock. It swelled painfully.

“Aren’t you drunk, darling?” I asked, my voice thick with lust.

“Yes,” she admitted. “And that’s exactly why I want to do this.”

She crashed her lips onto mine, but I gripped her shoulders and pulled back until I could see her face. “Please explain.”

She pressed both palms into my chest, her nails cool through the fabric. “I want to have drunken sex with my husband. Is that so bad?”

“We’re not married yet,” I reminded her.

“Oh, who cares?” she exclaimed before pushing my shirt from my shoulders, allowing it to drop to the floor.

I stood still. “Wait—what did you want to talk about?” I asked. “Let’s talk first.”