“Was it a lot of money?” she asked.
“By today’s standards? Not really. But it was money well spent, considering how things turned out.” He paused before giving her a wolfish smile. “You just asked me two questions, so I’m guessing you’d like to take off two items of clothing.”
She returned his smile, the glint in her eyes telling him that she was enjoying this maybe even more than he was. She slowly started to unzip her skirt, letting the gray fabric pool around her feet.
Now she was stripped down to her stockings and underwear, her creamy skin flushed with desire. He had seen her naked so many times now, and each time his heart raced like crazy. There was no way he would ever get tired of seeing her undress for him. Seeing her bare herself to him until she kept nothing hidden.
He eyed the tempting curves of her body, enjoying the way her body tapered down from her breasts to her hips. Hips he was dying to grip in his hands while her body trembled at his touch. Hips that his eyes followed down until he stopped at the place between her legs. The place that her black lace panties kept hidden from him.
Simon could imagine himself tearing off the flimsy fabric with his teeth. Imagined peeling off her nylon stockings to reveal the shapeliest pair of legs he had ever seen in his life.
Before his dirty thoughts completely ran away with him, she reached behind herself again to unhook her bra. Letting the bra slide off, she stared at him without a hint of shame or self-consciousness.
Her hands started to lower to her panties and he held up his hands, motioning for her to stop.
“Can I take those off?” he asked, forcing himself to tear his gaze from her mouthwatering breasts. Already her pink nipples had gotten hard, and he needed a distraction from them or else he was liable to take one into his mouth until she cried out so loudly the entire company would hear them.
“Sure.” There was still that shameless expression on her face, but he recognized the breathlessness in her voice. Saw the way her chest heaved as he stood up and drew near.
With a groan he gripped her hips in his hands, savoring the sensation of her hot skin beneath his fingertips. He shut his eyes, taking his time to enjoy the feel of her in his hands, and then he got down on his knees in front of her.
“Simon,” she gasped, and clamped her hands over her mouth in surprise. “What are you doing?” she asked, her voice muffled.
“Taking these off,” he answered, tugging at her panties for emphasis.
She let out a breathless giggle as he leaned forward and took some of the lacy fabric into his mouth. And then he tugged the fabric down with his teeth, using a free hand to help slide the black lace down her thighs until her panties hit the floor.
The sight of her sex, so exposed in front of him in his office, was almost too much for him to handle. “Heather,” he choked out.
There was no point in trying to compose himself, now that he was filled with a burning need to have her. He stood up and wrapped his arms around her waist. “I want you.”
“We can’t. Not here at work,” she said. “Besides, the deal was I take my clothes off. Nothing more.”
“What if we took an early lunch?” he asked. “We could always continue this at my place.”
Her golden eyes burned, desire roaring in their depths like an inferno. “Then let’s get out of here.”
The eagerness in her tone made his stomach tighten with longing for her. “Should we take my car?”
She nodded. “I don’t know how I’m going to get out of here without my clothes.” Her cheeks reddened and she averted her gaze, reminding him that, as bold as she might be with him, there was always an underlying shyness. A wholesome sweetness that he could never get enough of.
He shrugged off his jacket and draped it around her shoulders, her delectable body enveloped by the dark material. “How about you wear this on the way out of here?”
Another nod, only this time she smiled. “We’d better get out of here quickly before someone gets the bright idea to come down to your office.”
After she quickly shoved her clothes and tape recorder into her handbag, he took her hand and led her to the private elevator that he infrequently used to get to the parking lot.