I needed you to see him again after that.” “You’re a woman,” he countered, as if that answered everything. “It wasn’t a foregone conclusion,” I argued. “Maybe I wouldn’t have gone to the bathroom.” Although there was a lot left to faith for that to happen.” Meeting at Tableau One accomplishes two things if I run into Landon while I’m there. You want to introduce me to the Crossroads board. “You find out Landon’s got a reservation. “But maybe you felt the need to prove it to me?” I asked gently. He looked at me for a long minute, then squeezed my hand. Your word is all the proof I’ll ever need.” I knew there was a part of Gideon that invariably expected everyone else to do the same. “No.” I set my hand on his thigh and felt the tension there. “And you want to see if I was straight with you about Landon’s motives.” If I didn’t know him so well, I might have thought he was just getting comfortable. Plus, he’s got an in with the head honcho at Cross Industries. He’s loyal and while he doesn’t know the particulars, he knows LanCorp is part of the reason I quit. “I’m curious to see how far Landon will go, yes. “You want to see if Landon will offer Mark a job.” I said we look forward to working with him in the future.” “I mentioned we have a strong connection with Mark, since you and I met while you were working with him. “How tightly do you have Mark locked in?” “Corinne would’ve known how to manage her.” I sighed. “That I’m not going.” I kissed him, then squirmed back onto my own seat. I couldn’t figure out if Angela Landon was yanking my chain when she asked to attend the Grey Isles Fashion Week show with me or if she was serious.” “You’re so good at being cagey,” I complained. “Did you see the Landons?” I asked instead. I thought about telling him he was straying perilously close to being romantic but decided to keep that to myself. “As long as the inside remains the same, the rest is just wrapping.” “Then I’ll be fucking a purple-haired wife.” His hand covered my heart-and took the opportunity to squeeze my breast. “What if I need purple hair to feel that way?” I rubbed my nose against his, my love for him filling me until there was no room for anything else. “I like when you feel confident and sexy.” It’s not enough for what you gave me today, but thank you.” My fingertips brushed over his striking face. His restraint was a major turn-on for me. Even more thrilling to know he’d been riding that edge since I first showed up and he hadn’t shown any outward clue to the others. I pulled back, watching as he steadied himself. His chest expanded on an unsteady breath, his hands running up and down my back. He nipped my lobe, punishing me for his lust with a small bite of pain. “I’m so fucking hard,” he said, his lips to my ear. It’s one of the things that tells me you’re mine.” He was so warm, his body so hot and hard, pulsing with life and energy and power. “I love the way you smell,” I told him softly, nuzzling against him. There was just the clean, primal smell of his skin and faint traces of the body wash he preferred. I bit back another laugh and hugged him, pressing my nose in the crook of his neck to breathe him in. His cock was hard against my buttocks, teasing me with the promise of sex and sin and pleasure too great to bear. “Let’s go to the penthouse,” he breathed, as tempting as the devil. I felt the brush of his tongue everywhere. “Not long enough.” Tilting his head, he took my mouth again, his hand at my nape holding me still as he licked strong and quick. “I should hope so,” I whispered, tracing his bottom lip with the tip of my tongue. Gideon pulled me into his lap, his hands sliding all over me. I adored the feel of his mouth, the sensual lines softened from their usual sternness when he surrendered to me, making him even more gorgeous. I laughed, leaning into him and kissing him back with everything I had. I never know who I’m going to have from one day to the next.” “You’re beautiful,” he said, his hands pushing into my hair.
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