She swallowed hard. “You can’t blame yourself for something that started years ago.”
“I can’t,” he said. “And yet I do.”
Heather took a step toward him. Then another. Until she closed the gap between them and was standing so close to him she could inhale the rich scent of his masculine cologne. “What if I wasn’t your subordinate?” she asked. “What if right now I was off the clock? What if I was just the girl you knew in high school and nothing more?”
He groaned and shut his eyes.
As if of its own accord, her body closed the remaining space between them and her arms wrapped around his strong shoulders. Her lips met his and suddenly she was blazing out of control. Simon didn’t end the kiss this time either. This time he took control. Gripped her tightly to him until the sensation of his hard body against hers made her ache in places that hadn’t been touched in a long time.
Heather melted against him as he took her mouth with his. His tongue stormed her mouth, claimed her and branded her.
This was a dangerous, insane thing to do, but right now she didn’t care. She hadn’t been held like this in so long she couldn’t remember the last time it had happened. It had been a long time since someone had noticed her. Wanted her.
With their lips still locked she started to stumble towards the bed, losing her handbag on the way. If she didn’t do this now she’d always regret it. Always wonder what her life would have been like if she’d only been brave and taken charge of it. And Simon made her brave. Made her feel like it wasn’t crazy to want more than she had.
They stumbled together until they reached the bed. Suddenly they were on it, Simon on top of her. The weight of his hard body on hers sent the most delicious feelings through her.
He ended the kiss to stare deep into her eyes. “Are you sure you want this? Because once we do this, there’s no going back. You can’t pretend you don’t remember. Not after you’ve been with me.”
If bedding him was going to be that memorable, she had to have him. Now.
“I’m sure,” she gasped out. “I want this. I want you.”
His hands wandered down and slowly began undoing the buttons of her blouse.
“You don’t have to be that gentle.” Her boldness should have surprised her, since she hadn’t been intimate with a man in months. But if she was going to break all the rules, there was no sense in being gentle now. Her desire for Simon had started off as a spark, and now it was burning out of control. The only way to stop the passion was to let it burn until it burned itself out.
Simon’s blue eyes widened with momentary surprise. “Damn, woman, you have changed” He grinned wickedly. Then he started tearing off her blouse, the buttons popping off.
With her lacy black bra still on, Simon cupped her breast and thumbed her taut nipple through the fabric. She moaned softly, quivering underneath his touch.
Wanting more, she sat up, holding the hand that was still caressing her breast. She licked her lips, desperately hoping that she somehow looked seductive, instead of the bundle of nerves she was now. It was one thing to let him do things to her. But she had to be present with him as well. And the thought made her anxious.
Her ex-husband’s taunts echoed in her mind. She wasn’t adventurous enough. Couldn’t hold his interest. But the way Simon was looking at her, like he wanted to devour her, made her see herself in a way that she had never felt with Gary.
As anxious as she felt right now, having a man look at her like this made her feel sexy and desired for the first time in ages.
With one quick movement of his free hand, Simon unclasped her bra and tossed it aside. She let out a soft gasp as the fabric was ripped away, exposing her breasts.
This wasn’t the awkward, fumbling schoolboy she had lost her virginity to. Every motion of his hand, every look in his eye, showed her that Simon knew exactly what he was doing.
“Damn, woman, you are so perfect,” he breathed.
He circled her exposed nipple with this thumb, sending a delightful shiver down her spine. When he lowered his lips to her other breast, taking a nipple into his mouth, she moaned loudly.
His teeth lightly grazed her sensitive skin as he sucked greedily. Already she was losing control. She tossed her head back and closed her eyes, allowing herself to just feel for once. As he thumbed her nipple with one hand, his tongue swirled around the other. Pleasure made her body go limp and she collapsed onto the bed.