gaze.
Mission accomplished. She looked as shell-shocked as a well-satisfied woman should.
Time to stop before either one of them did something they couldnât take back. Heâd agreed to a night with her. No reason that night had to involve either of them naked and rolling around on Egyptian cotton sheets.
They could spend the time working.
Thatâs what he should do. Itâs what logic told him to do. She might be disappointed, but she wouldnât be surprised. He always based actions on reason, not emotion.
Sebastian dipped his head and stroked his lips against hers. His heart rocked in his chest. What was he doing? This was madness.
He released her hands and framed her face with his fingers. She caressed his shoulders and gathered handfuls of his hair, tugging him closer. He obliged her with a second sweeping pass. This time, finding her lips parted, he lingered, tangling their breath, coasting his tongue along the inside of her lower lip.
She tasted delicious. Tart and sweet like lemons and cherries. Savoring her low hum of encouragement, Sebastian explored her teeth, noting a slight roughness on one in front. Her tongue flicked against his, and the insistent ache in his groin grew. He ignored it. This wasnât going any further.
Missy had other ideas.
He sank deeper into the kiss, losing himself in the heady wonder of it.
His world narrowed to her soft mouth and the passionate undulation of her body. Intoxicating noises erupted from her throat, their crescendo warning him she was on a fast track to another orgasm.
He might as well help.
Breaking off the kiss, he slid down her body. Her skirt had ridden up and exposed two inches of skin above her black stockings. He shoved the hem even higher, giving him a glimpse of black underwear. Silk. Tiny. And if that wasnât enough to enthrall him, the musky scent of her arousal invaded his nostrils. There was no turning back.
Sebastian placed a kiss on her skin just above the black material. She gasped. Intrigued, he drew his tongue from hipbone to hipbone and her body began to tremble. His mouth played over the fabric of her thong, teasing her with lips and teeth, down between her thighs to where moisture soaked the silk.
He smiled as he hooked his fingers around her panties andtugged them downward. As she was slowly exposed to his gaze, he was forced to take a series of deep, steadying breaths.
She was a true redhead, he noted absently as he peeled the underwear over her thigh highs and heels and cast them aside. Then, settling back between her thighs, he leaned forward and with the tip of his tongue licked the seam where her inner leg and body came together. Her hips bucked.
Her wild, unrestrained movements made him want to forget the preliminaries and take her. But he held his own needs in check. He was the one setting the tone here. The one in charge.
By the end of the night she would learn what happened when she provoked him.
It was a mistake she would never make again.
He set his mouth against her. His first taste made him groan. Blood surged into his groin, drained from every other part of his body. He sucked hard and her hips jerked and twitched in helpless yearning. Using his tongue to tease and his teeth to tantalize, he brought her to the edge of orgasm twice, backing off each time until a low, keening sound emitted from her throat.
Then she did something unexpected.
Her hands had been busy in his hair, against his shoulders. Now, as he eased the pressure of his mouth and let her body quiet, she tugged her dress off her shoulders, exposing her black bra.
She snagged his hand and brought it to her neckline. Understanding what she wanted, he skimmed his fingertips against the rough lace before hooking them beneath the fabric. Her skin might look like cool porcelain, but heat raged below the surface of her breast, scorching his knuckles.
âSebastian.â The plea broke from her throat.
With ruthless urgency, he yanked the