Freedom (Billionaire Secrets 2)

His thrusts were faster now, less controlled, as he pounded into her again and again. The pleasure he was giving her was so overwhelming she dug her nails into his back.

“Heather.” His warm breath brushed against her ear and the sound of her name on his lips unraveled her.

She was in a spiral of pleasure, and when she climaxed she felt him shudder on top of her.

Her sigh of pleasure was lost as his lips found hers and kissed her greedily. As she drowned in his kiss, her head knew she had made the same mistake again. But to her heart, it wasn’t a mistake at all.

Chapter 13

She woke to find his huge arm draped protectively around her. Early-morning sunlight was beaming into the room through the windows, so she knew she had slept the entire night.

Without thinking, she bolted upright. When Simon had offered to let her stay the night she had assumed she’d sleep on the couch or in one of the vacant apartments in the building. But here she was, in his bedroom. In his bed.

When he stirred beside her she grimaced. She hadn’t wanted to wake him. Especially since today was a Saturday.

His bright blue eyes snapped open, the pupils dilating when his gaze fell on her. “Where do you think you’re going?” he asked gruffly.

“Home,” she said softly. She’d texted her parents late last night to let them know not to wait up for her. Now, it was time to relieve them of looking after Finn.

“You weren’t trying to sneak out on me, were you?” he asked.

“No,” she said with a shake of her head. “I just didn’t want to wake you. Last night must have been, uh... tiring for you.”

He laughed, sat up, and stretched. “You could say that.” His hand traveled to her back and he started to caress her skin. “You don’t have to go, Heather,” he said before he kissed her shoulder affectionately.

“I have to go home to Finn,” she said softly. “Weekends are when I get to spend time with him. I promised him we’d go out for ice cream this weekend.”

Simon nodded. “I understand. It’s just...” His voice trailed off and he frowned.

“You don’t want to go back to the way things were,” she finished for him. “You don’t want to go back to us pretending that there isn’t something between us.”

“Exactly.” He paused. “You’re not leaving to avoid talking this out, are you?”

She sighed. “Last night was wonderful. But also terrible, when you consider that the photo of us might get out.”

“Right.” Simon took her hand in his. “Which means there’s so much we need to talk about.”

“I don’t know where things will stand eventually, but I promise we’ll talk about this,” she assured him. “I’m not going to hold back anything or keep pretending.”

“That’s good to hear,” he said with a squeeze of her hand. “By the way, I don’t want you to think I resent you spending time with your son. It’s great that you spend so much time with Finn. He comes first in your life and I totally respect that.”

The fact that he respected her relationship with Finn meant the world to her. Her ex seemed to resent it, though he never lifted a finger to help with Finn. Now that Gary was doing everything to take Finn from her despite all his absences, she was grateful to have Simon’s support. “Thank you,” she said softly. “I’m just going to go to the bathroom to freshen up.”

“We could pick up some breakfast on the way to your place,” he offered.

She raised an eyebrow as she suddenly remembered that Simon had driven her over here. He was her only ride. “Sounds... great. We could pick up some breakfast for Finn as well.” She bit her lip. “I hope there aren’t any reporters on the way.”

“How about you call your parents to check how things are at your place?” he suggested. “I’ll check my messages to see if Linda got in touch with us.”

She nodded and started to climb out of the bed.

Simon turned from her and grabbed his cell phone from the nightstand, studying it. It was obvious he was trying to give her some privacy, because right now she was stark naked. Though she had also been totally naked last night and that had driven him into a passionate frenzy. Ears burning with slight embarrassment, she grabbed her underwear from the floor.