“You’re a special man.”
“Am I?”
“Of course you are.”
“Then why did you say we needed to take it slow if I’m so special?”
“Because you’re commitment-phobic. And I’ve been in those kinds of relationships before. You need to work through that before it’s full steam ahead.”
Ronny placed his hands on the sides of her face. “Women also believe I’m moody.”
“You are.”
Ronny wasn’t certain if he was pleased to hear her confirm it. “I promise you I’ll work on it.”
Brina considered him. “What about Governor Grisham’s daughter? And this talk of you becoming President?”
Ronny shook his head. “Just talk. Nothing to it.”
“But you want to be President someday?”
“Not at all. It’s a business play. I am planning a takeover of Grisham Refineries, a great company he’s running in theground with his mismanagement. But I need him looking over here, in the politics realm, while I make my move over there, in the business realm. The only realm I’m interested in.”
Brina smiled. “That sounds ruthless.”
Ronny was smiling. “That’s me, Sabrina. I am ruthless in business. But not in the heart.”
A look of apprehension appeared in Brina’s big, hazel eyes. Ronny rubbed her soft hair. “I am a risk, Sabrina. No question about it. And this love thing? It’ll be my first time down this particular road. But I see in you what I need most: honesty and virtue and a woman of great character. I always want to be a better man after being around you.”
Brina smiled. “That’s so sweet.”
“But?” He could still see her apprehension.
“But we’re still going to take it slow. Then we’ll know if it’s a good fit or not.”
Ronny smiled. “You’ll never know how wonderful that sounds to me.”
That didn’t sound wonderful to Brina. “Why? Because it gives you a way out?”
“Because it makes it clear to me that you aren’t a gold digger looking for a way up.”
Brina grinned. “You thought I was a gold digger?Really?”
“I think everybody is. But you’re proving me wrong. And I love that.”
Brina smiled. He simply adored her smile. And he kissed her.
But that kiss only reminded them of their closeness. So Ronny began kissing her again. The passion rose in both of them and he lifted her slightly and untied his robe, revealing his naked body. And he continued to kiss her hard.
Then he untied her robe, revealing her naked body, and as they lay skin to skin their kissing increased. And it was Brina who moved down his body, kissing him as she went, until she began to slowly lick and then go down on his manhood. He groaned and arched as she did him. It was exactly what he needed in that moment.
But before he came in her mouth, he pulled out, pulled her back up on top of him, and entered her with a hard thrust.
And thus began their long, loving, lustful retreat into each other.
They made passionate love.
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE