Page 25 of Shape Of My Heart
“I wish.” She didn’t have money for that. She’d had her nails done before leaving New York and now they were starting to lookrough.
“Or we should go pick up some hot guys to take us ondates.”
Amy couldn’t do that either. She was testy when it came to relationships. It was most likely down to her parents’ disastrous one. Add that to the low-life jerks that had come her way. She didn’t have time to date and there was no room in her mind to contemplate iteither.
“Unless if you’re seeing someone.” Hilda’s eyesbrightened.
“No. I don’t have timeforthat.”
“Amy, are you kidding? Imagine having a really sweet guy to take care of you, especially during this time withyourmom.”
“I wouldn’t know where to find a guy like that.” She giggled. “Hilda, I just seriously need to get through the rest of this week.” What she wanted was her mom better and the designer job with Dior. That’s all she wanted. Everything else wassecondary.
“You will.” Hilda nodded positively and tucked a wayward strand of her shiny hair behind her ear. “Should we go tolunchnow?”
“How about I catch up with you. I have two emails to send and an agreement to fax over, thenI’mgood.”
“Cool, I’ll order your sandwich so it’ll be ready by the time you getthere.”
“Thanks so much.” Amy had gotten into the habit of getting a teriyaki steak and vegetable grill swaddled within hearty Italian bread. It was amazing and filling, perfect to get her throughtheday.
When Hilda left Amy returned her gaze to the bright computer screen. She was thinking about what she’d do tomorrow. Maybe she could get here at six and try everything again to wake Josh, but over a longer period of time. She was really starting to lose hope and needed to keepstrong.
She got up to find the agreement she needed to fax, and as she was sorting through the suspension files in the cabinet two strong hands gripped onto herwaist.
“I know what you want,” Josh slurred, turning her around. Before she could protest, his mouth covered hers hungrily with the strong hardness of his lips and paralyzed her with a heart-stopping kiss. Her mind became nonexistent and her brain receded into the dark, slipping into a void in the back of beyond as he ravagedherlips.
“No more games, baby,” he said betweenbreaths.
She took the chance to gasp for air, but then he reclaimed her lips and crushed her to him as he slipped his hands down to her butt to liftherup.
A shred of sanity returned to her as he moved her over to her desk and placed her on top of it, knocking all the papers and letters to the ground to make room for them. Amy placed her hand on his chest in an attempt to stop him, but the rock-hard cords of muscle mesmerized her and something ignited within her, leading her to succumb to the weakness that lured her to explore. It lured her to give in to the overwhelming power of his masculinity and strength. As the kiss intensified she kissed him back with reckless abandon, allowing her tongue to mingle with his in desperate need. Fire consumed her as he ran his hands down to her breasts andsqueezedher.
Heat escaped her as he left her lips and kissed his way down her neck and throat. He stopped at the swell of her right breast and she watched him suck her breast through the dark cotton of her blouse. She’d actually never had that done before and it felt amazing. He smiled up at her with those gorgeous eyes of his when he saw herreaction.
“You like that,” he slurred. He went to move the fabric away so that her bare breast would come through but shestoppedhim.
“Josh we have to stop.” She pressed her hands against his chest again and stole a moment to indulge in his chiseled perfection. In his boxers she saw exactly why he was getting so many requests from magazines. Ripples of muscle ran down his abs, which were only enhanced by the Chinese characters tattooed within the rigid line that ran along his happytrail.
“You can’t say you don’twantme.”
Oh, she really wished she could, but she couldn’t. “You’re drunk, and you have no idea what the hell you’re doing, or even who I am.” It was a sadtruth.
He laughed and leaned in to kiss her again. “Amy,” he whispered saucily against her lips and smiled. “Beautiful Amy, my supposed PA. Amy, I know exactly what I’mdoing.”
She found herself unable to move as he held her gaze. But her brain came back and it was waving red warning lights over her face. Something strange just happened and she wasn’t sure what it was. All she knew was something sparked within the depths of her heart as he saidhername.
Maybe she’d gone completely crazy from all he’d put her through, but lust and attraction were having a field day with her. This was the worst kind of man she’d ever met and she shouldn’t have allowed him to get as far as to touch her. He was drunk and he might remember her name, but it would benothingmore.
“I want you,” heslurred.
“Okay, let me go slip into something morecomfortable.”
He looked happy to hear that. She slid off the desk when he released her. Josh watched her until she turned the corner by the potted palm trees. Once she did, instead of going up the stairs like he thought she would she took off through the door and left the house, heeding Zelda’s warning to run like hell if he ever grabbed her ass. Too bad he did morethanthat.
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“What happened to you?The sandwich is all soggy now.” Hilda grimaced, motioning over to Amy’s poor sandwich on the plate, which did indeed look flat and sodden. It still smelled greatthough.
