Page 76 of The Prince's Game
“Damn.” I climbed off his lap and admired his ass as he sauntered over to the foyer. He came back with a guy holding a thick pizza box and another pushing a cart with a sundae bar. “Holy crap, Mershano.” The logo on the box was from a local Chicago vendor I knew was closed at this hour.
“Hey, when in Chicago, one must eat pizza. This is the number one chain here, right?”
I licked my lips. “Oh yeah.”
“Good.” He tipped the delivery boys and told them we could take it from here. I eyed the box of cheesy deliciousness.
“You realize this is the kind of pizza you have, like, one slice of and are full all day afterward, right?”
“Yep.”
“Then why did you get a large?”
He grabbed a plate from the cart, put a slice on it, and handed it to me. Then he fixed one for himself and collapsed onto the couch beside me. “I figure this should feed us for at least two days while we figure out what the hell is going on between us. Because neither of us is walking out that door until we come to a mutual agreement.”
I choked on the bite of pizza I’d just shoved in my mouth. “Excuse me?”
“You heard me.” He flashed those sinful dimples and dug into his slice. It was smothered in pepperoni, cheese, and sauce, in that order. Good Chicago pizza had the sauce on top.
“What about work?”
He shrugged. “I took the week off.”
“Okay, what aboutmywork?”
“That’ll be part of our negotiation, Miss Summers.” He took another bite while I gaped at him. “I suggest you eat that, sweetheart. You’re going to need your energy in thirty minutes when I take you to bed.”
My heart skipped a beat. His gaze was filled with intent as he said those last few words. I took a bite of my pizza in response, because what else was there to say? I couldn’t deny the man any more than he could deny himself.
“I haven’t been with anyone else,” he added, warming me inside. I loved when his voice dropped to that low murmur. It was sexy and filled with dark promise. “In case you were wondering.”
“I haven’t either.” Sex with anyone other than him hadn’t crossed my mind. Evan was all I thought about. I set my half-eaten slice down. “I don’t need energy.” I needed him. I crawled into his lap as he set his plate aside, and trailed kisses up to his ear. “I love you, Evan Mershano.” Butterflies fluttered through my lower abdomen. I couldn’t believe I was here, in his arms, and saying those three famous words. And he didn’t run away.
“I love you too, Sarah Summers.” I smiled against his neck and luxuriated in the heat his words inspired. He picked me up and carried me down the hallway into a bedroom with an oversized bed. A marble bathroom, with a shower built for five and a Jacuzzi tub, was adjacent to it. I eyed both with interest, and he noticed. “Hmm, yes, I’ve missed seeing you wet and glistening.”
My body slid against his as he set me down in front of him. His hands went to my hips and then to the hem of my tank top to pull it over my head. My lacy red bra winked up at him, making him grin. “I’ve missed these as well.”
“Yeah?” I returned the favor by removing his shirt and dragging my nails down his muscular abdomen. “Well, I missed this. Because . . . abs.”
He chuckled, his eyes glinting with wicked intent. He popped open the button on my jeans and slid the zipper down to reveal my matching panties. He ran his thumb over the lacy top. “Hmm, I approve.”
I toyed with his belt buckle and unfastened his jeans.Black boxer briefs. “I approve, too.” I pushed them down to expose the well-endowed part of him and palmed his cock. His resulting hiss heightened my lust, making my thighs clench. “Definitelyapprove.”
He tore off my jeans and kicked off his own, leaving me in lingerie and him gloriously naked. The city’s lights poured in from the floor-to-ceiling windows of the room, painting him in a majestic glow. Gorgeous didn’t begin to cover it. I stroked his engorged shaft and wrapped my other hand around the back of his neck to pull him down for a kiss. He grasped my hips and yanked me to him as he took control with his mouth. His tongue sparred with mine, dominating each move. He backed me up toward the bed. I collapsed backward as my knees hit the mattress, and he paused to admire me sprawled out before him.
“Beautiful.” He trailed his fingers down to my knees, pulled me to the edge of the bed, and spread me wider for his perusal. The act left me aching and wet. Even in the dim lighting, I was sure he could see my damp panties. The way he licked his lips told me I was right. He went to his knees, placed a tender kiss on my inner thigh, and draped my legs over his shoulders. Goosebumps scattered down my arms as he licked his way upward, tasting every inch of my bare skin.
My hands fisted in the comforter as he traced the red lace with his tongue. Sensation swirled through my lower abdomen, making me tremble with desire. I fought the urge to thread my fingers through his thick hair and force his mouth to where I wanted it. This was his show, and I wanted him to take the lead. He nibbled my hip bone.
“How close are you?” His deep tenor was a heated caress that left me hot inside and out.
“Close.” It wouldn’t take much to send me over the edge. My hormones were starved without his touch. Nothing else would satisfy me. Only him. Always him.
Evan caught the red lace in his mouth and dragged the panties down my thighs to where his hands were waiting to remove them the rest of the way. Hot air hit my damp flesh, eliciting a moan from deep in my throat. My limbs shook with uncontrollable need. His namerolled off my tongue on a raspy note that made him smile up at me. “Oh, I missed that, too. But you know what I missed most?”
I had an idea. “Show me.”
His mouth closed over my sensitive bundle of nerves. That was all it took to throw me into the realm of ecstasy. It consumed me from head to toe, leaving me light-headed and exposed. He lapped at my core, drawing out my orgasm and making it go on and on and on. I was still shaking when he crawled over me. His hands went to my hips to move me into the center of the bed and then to my chest to remove my bra. He took one of my nipples into his mouth and sucked hard.
