Page 193 of Under Her Skin
‘Iwant to taste you,’she said and was rewarded by hiskiss.
‘Want to try doing it at the same time?’ Theo’s eyes were excited, sultry with his desire for her. She nodded, smiling and he manoeuvred her so he could bury his face in her sex as she took him into her mouth. She heard him moan as her tongue teased the tip of his cock, could feel it jerk. God, he tasted so good, clean and salty and the silky softness of his skin belied the diamond-hard stiffness of him. She felt his tongue sweeping along her cleft, circling her sensitiveclit.
Before long,Theo was desperate to be inside of her and he shifted her so she straddled him. He slid into her velvety slickness, his fingers digging into the soft flesh of her hips as she moved on top of his, rocking her hips to take him in as far as he would go. She gazed down at him, as they moved, her long hair tumbling in damp strands across her shoulders. Theo cupped her breasts in his hands, teasing the hard nipples with his thumbs, letting his fingers drift down her stomach, stroking her belly with his thumbs. The way he looked at her in these moments was addictive, thrilling and she found herself telling him she loved him over and over andover…
The bubble burstin the morning. The paparazzi had done their job thoroughly and their photo was splashed over the morning’s tabloid – local and national. A billionaire mogul like Theo Storm having a new girlfriend was big news in the gossip columns and the businessworld.
Jess read the write-ups silently. They’d done their homework and found out who she was – lord knows how but there it was. They’d gonepublic.
‘You okay?’ Theo had presented her with the papers earlier without comment and now he studied her with a wary look in hiseyes.
Jess tried to smile, shrugging her shoulders. ‘Well, we knew it wouldn’t be long before it got out. Shame. I liked it when it was just ours toenjoy.’
She sighed and Theo took her in his arms. ‘I’m sorry but yeah, it was only a matter of time. Doesn’t change anything between us – at least not forme.’
Jess kissed him. ‘Meeither.’
He hugged her to him. ‘Still want to go back to worktoday?’
Jess nodded, smuggling into his big chest. ‘Yeah, I have to. We’ve got big projects coming up and I’ve already stretched Gerry’s goodwill. Not that it wasn’t totally worthit.’
She grinned up at him and Theosmiled.
‘Anyone tell you, you have the most beautiful little face?’ He said and she giggled,flushing.
‘No, you the pretty one,’ she singed at him and helaughed.
‘No you is a purty girl,’ he replied, mimicking her tone then kissed her. ‘How about I come pick you up after work? I could meet your boss, yourfriends.’
She considered for a moment. ‘That would be good. I’d better getgoing.’
Theo droppedher off at work – after kissing her thoroughly – and she drifted into her department with a happily dazed smile on her face. Gerry was waiting for her, his arms crossed. She knew from the look on his face he was trying to look stern but she gave him a wide, cheesy grin and hecrumpled.
‘You stood me up for dinner,’ he accused as she dumped her bag on the desk and shrugged out of her coat. She smiled at him. He looked like he’d dressed in the dark as always; bedraggled beard, smeary spectacles, food-stained clothes. Jess hugged himfondly.
‘I know. I’ll make it up to you, I promise but I did have a goodreason.’
‘I know.’ He waved a copy of the paper. ‘By my reckoning, since I asked you to go to the speech instead of me… you owe me twodinners.’
‘Fairenough.’
Gerry went back to work with a satisfied harrumph and Jess sat down to go through the work piled up on her desk. The morning passed quickly as she deftly dealt with paperwork, delivery notes andemails.
Theo called her at lunchtime.‘Hey,beautiful.’
Jess smiled down the phone. ‘I missedyou.’
‘Me too. Any trouble atwork?’
‘None. Gerry’s very easy-going and as yet I’ve not had time to see anyone else.You?’
‘Only Max’s less than subtle jokes. He wants to double-date, by the way. I think you have another admirer. I might getjealous.’
She laughed and as they said goodbye, she felt a warmth settle in her stomach. The fact Theo wanted to involve her as much as he could with their family made her feel good, that she belonged. It was an oddly newfeeling.
‘Hey…’Gerry had stuck his head out of the office. ‘You wanna grab some lunch? We’ve got a whole afternoon of restoration; the museum is sending over ‘LunaSoleil’.’
Jess smiled. ‘Wow. Yes, let’s go grab something, I’mstarving.’
