HAPPY FOREVER AFTER

His movement was swift and smooth and came without warning. In a show of ruthless determination and masculine strength, he powered her back against the seat and trapped her mouth under his with such ferocious passion that her whimper of shock was swiftly transformed into a soft sigh of acquiescence.

Her skin tingled, heat exploded deep within her and every inch of her trembling, quivering body cried out for him. Ached for him.

She had dreamed so often of the two of them together. Had tried to imagine what it would be like to be with him properly.

But now she didn’t have to imagine and his hard body came down on hers, one muscular thigh sliding between her legs as he held her captive with the weight and the heat of his mouth. The hard thrust of his arousal touched her intimately and she shifted and arched in an attempt to bring them closer together.

She felt hot. So hot. Her body burned and craved. Her heart bumped against her chest and the blood raced around her body. Her fevered senses demanded that she do something to relieve the pounding, pulsing tension that throbbed deep inside her pelvis.

Frustration and anticipation exploded inside her and she moved against him in an instinctive invitation that was entirely feminine.

She needed him and that need was a powerful driving force that blasted everything from her head except the primal urge for sexual fulfillment.

Dragging her mouth from his, she breathed his name and then slid her arms round his neck, traced the roughness of his jaw with the tip of her tongue and then found his mouth again.

Accepting her fevered overtures, his tongue delved between her parted lips and he muttered something that she didn’t understand, sliding his hand beneath her hips to haul her closer still to his powerful frame.

With a gasp of encouragement she wrapped her legs around him and then sobbed with frustration as she realized that their clothes still separated them.

She reached out to touch him, her hands fumbling in her haste, but he lifted his mouth from hers and eased himself away from her seeking fingers. His eyes glittered dark and dangerous as he gazed down at her, a frown on his impossibly handsome face.

“Daniel –” she said

“This is not the right time”

“Daniel –” she called again, unable to say anything else.

“When the time is right, you will give yourself to me and it will be good. But this is not that time.” his voice slightly husky, he sat up in a smooth movement and relaxed against the seat.

Nothing about his body language suggested that only moments before they had been on the verge of indulging in hot, mindless sex on the back seat of his car.

Torn between aching frustration and utter humiliation that he still had the control to pull away, she smoothed the suit jacket and waited for the hot color in her cheeks to subside before turning to look at him.

The erotic, angular planes of his handsome face revealed nothing. As usual, his expression gave no clues as to what he was thinking. If their horrid encounter had affected him at all then there was no evidence of that fact.

By contrast, her lips felt swollen and hot and her whole body was still suffering the shocking after effects of their erotic interlude.

“Why did you do that?” Her voice was hoarse and she just hated herself for revealing so much despite her best intentions. “why?”

He turned to her, his gaze faintly mocking. “Because you insist on pretending that there is nothing between us when we both know that we share a powerful bond. You are a complex woman. On the one hand you are almost painfully honest and yet when it comes to our relationship you are happy to deceive yourself. I wanted to prove something and I did ”

” That is rubbish ” ignoring the insistent throb that tortured the very center of her body, she slid into the corner of the seat, placing herself as far away from him as possible.” All you have proved is that you are a good kisser. And you jolly well should be. You have certainly had enough practice” she said.

“I have just proved that, when I decide the time is right, you will come to my bed willingly.” he said

“The only way you will get me anywhere near your bed is if you drag me”. She threw back at him and he smiled.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

“I think we both know that isn’t going to be necessary” he was so blisteringly confident of his own attractions that she was suddenly filled with an overwhelming desire to slap him

Normally she considered herself to be a very easy going person, but around Daniel she turned into a boiling cauldron of exaggerated emotion

“Has anyone ever told you that you have a whopping ego?” she asked

“I have a healthy appreciation for my own abilities and achievements. That is a good thing, honey. I don’t consider success to be distasteful”

And he had enormous success, she knew that.

She licked her lips. “I’m not so stupid as to believe that you care about me, so why are you doing this?”

“It is not true to say that I don’t care about you. We have a very strong connection. We will be good together. I can feel it and so can you” He replied

Her flesh still yearned for his touch and she shifted in her seat, denying the insistent throb deep in her pelvis. “No, we wouldn’t be good. We would be a total nightmare.”

He gave a faint smile. “Are you so naive that you don’t recognize the powerful chemistry between a man and a woman?”

Something dark and dangerous shimmered inside her. Temptation. Shocking, delicious temptation. Oh yes she recognized the chemistry

And that was the reason she knew she had to get away from him.

” And you are forgetting that we work together” she said

“Why does that bother you so much?” he asked. “I’m totally fine with that”

“I don’t care. I could never be happy with you Daniel ” she said

” I think I just proved you wrong”.

“You are talking about sex. And that just isn’t enough for you to decide you want me. This isn’t going to happen. For the first time in your life you are going to have to come to terms with hearing the word no.”

And it was going to take some practice. She thought. Everyone seemed to rush to do his bidding.

He saw, he coveted, he took.

She lay back against the seat, still dazed and disoriented from his kiss and feeling exhausted after such lengthy exposure to his autocratic, forceful personality. Being with Daniel could never be described as restful, she thought desperately, as she tried to subdue the feelings that were still tumbling through her sensitized body. He just had to touch her and she lost all sense of reason.

Being with him was dangerous. She didn’t trust herself, didn’t trust her body, not to respond to him.

But she knew it was just physical, she reminded herself, staring out of the window to hide her confusion. And once she had got away from him, the squirming, nagging ache deep in her belly would fade into nothing but a distant memory.

She pulled out her phone. She had to let Karen know where she was. Karen picked after a few rings.

“Where are you Emma?”. She asked as soon as she answered. “This thing will soon be over and we are preparing to leave. Daniel was looking for earlier too”

“Don’t worry. I’m with him right now” Emma answered.

“where are you guys headed? ”

“His house”. She replied and she thought she saw him smile as she said it. The arrogant bastard.

“His house?” Karen repeated on the other line. “Well alright. At least I know you are in good hands. You will tell me everything when you get back”

“It’s not like that Karen” Emma said

“Oh I’m sure it’s not,” Karen said and hung up.

She slipped her phone back into her bag and found Daniel staring at her.

“She is okay with it huh?” he asked smiling. “She knows you are in good hands”.

“Let’s not talk okay.” Emma said. “I’m tired and I just want to rest right now.”

And for once he didn’t argue, he just turned and looked out the window.

Women. He thought.

Why did they always have to play such elaborate games?. Why did they have to be so difficult, their actions so utterly incomprehensible?

It was so obvious that she was as hot for him as he was for her and yet she persisted in her ridiculous pretense that she had no desire to be with him.

Of course she did.

Why wouldn’t she?

Remembering her uninhibited reaction to his kiss. He gave a smile. He knew exactly which buttons to press and he was going to make sure he used every opportunity he got to press them as often as necessary.

The car came to a stop in front of his house.