“Delicious,” she answered truthfully. The lettuce and vegetables had been crisp, the Italian dressing tangy and flavorful, the hand grated parmesan adding just the right touch and the homemade croutons, to die for.
She had a serious thing for bread. And it had a serious thing for her butt.
“You want more garlic bread?” He tipped the basket in her direction, sending the fragrant garlic cheesy scent her way.
Her mouth nearly salivated at first whiff.
“I shouldn’t.” She wanted to, though.
“Don’t deny yourself. Have some more.” He flashed a wicked smile, all dimples and charm and just as she couldn’t resist him, she couldn’t resist his offer of food either.
Plucking a piece of bread from the basket, she bit into it, the cheese and garlic flavors mingling on her tongue. “I’m going to have garlic breath,” she said after she swallowed.
He leaned across the table, his smile fading, his eyes heavy lidded and the expression on his face full of promise. “So am I. So it won’t really matter, will it?”
“I guess not.” She finished the bread with gusto, her appetite not waning even after nibbling off the antipasto plate, the salad and two pieces of garlic bread.
Powerful orgasms with a gorgeous man really worked up an appetite in a woman.
The waiter suddenly appeared with two steaming plates in his hands and he set their dinners in front of them with a flourish. Stephanie breathed deep, the heavenly scent of oregano combined with other spices and baked cheese making her belly give a tiny rumble. She’d never felt this hungry before. Her stomach was like a bottomless pit. “It looks wonderful.”
“Try it. It’s even better than it looks.”
She glanced up, caught sight of his knowing gaze and her cheeks warmed. She attacked her baked lasagna even though it was hot and it burned the inside of her mouth. Seeing his sexy look and knowing he wanted her just as bad as she wanted him made her want to quickly finish dinner.
So they could get right to dessert.
Chapter Eight
And so there I was on my knees in front of him, ready to take him in my mouth. Some would say I was the vulnerable one in this situation, in a submissive position and doing exactly what he wanted me to do.
But they’re wrong. I’m the one with the power, he’s the vulnerable one. That he trusts me enough to take him in such a way, to give him so much pleasure is a heady feeling.
One I savor over and over again throughout the rest of the night.
“Wow, Steph, hot stuff.” Zoe slapped the stapled pages of Stephanie’s latest article down upon her desk. “Who is this guy? Same dude from the first article?”
Stephanie nodded, grabbing the papers from her desk and checking for red slashes and circles.
Less of them this week, thank God.
“Well the way you write him, he’s sexy as hell. The response has been good from your first article with both negative and positive fan mail coming through. But you’re getting mail and that’s what’s important.” Zoe added a small pile of envelopes onto Stephanie’s desk. “There it is.”
Stephanie wrinkled her nose and picked up the already-opened letters. “Negative mai
l?”
“Oh yeah, we reviewed the letters just to make sure there were no threats or anything. It’s company policy. There’s nothing threatening or anything like that in the letters but you did have sex with a guy you didn’t know and wrote about it. The moralists are taking the high road and shoving you down onto the low one.”
“Wow, really.” Stephanie opened the first letter off the pile, wincing at the choice string of words in the first paragraph. Slut, giving it away and what kind of example are you? Hurtful words she didn’t want to read anymore.
She didn’t realize people would think less of her because of her choices.
“Don’t let it bother you, Steph. You should see the reaction Caleb is getting for his article.” Zoe rolled her eyes though her smile was huge. “Did you read it?”
Yes, of course she did though she’d hated every second of it. The woman hating Caleb had gone on a diatribe about how women were put on this earth to basically please men. “I did.”
“Pretty bloody awful, right? I knew it would garner a huge reaction and boy was I right. I bet sales went through the roof for that issue. We’ll know tomorrow in the morning meeting.”