“Alright, what do you want to know?”
“What I really want to know is… it’s been something I’ve been wondering for some time now… since I met you.”
“Oh yeah?”
She gazed into his gorgeous eyes. “Is there anyone special in your life at the moment? Romantically speaking?”
Joseph smirked and leaned back in his seat. “Why, yes there is actually.”
Disappointment flashed through Eleanor’s body. She tried not to show it on her face. “Really?”
“Yep.”
Eleanor hardened her heart and prepared herself to make her excuses. She couldn’t do this one-night-stand thing with Joseph after all, because – she now realised – she liked him too much. “And who is she?” Eleanor asked, unable to resist finding out who the lucky lady was.
“Well… is this going to end up on the front pages of your newspaper tomorrow morning?”
“Of course not.”
“Good, because I don’t want this special woman to get dragged into any bullshit. I really care about her.”
“You do? Who is she?”
He inspected her for a moment. “Actually, it’s a tragic tale. She’s engaged to another guy – a total asshole. I see her every day and we always take the time to exchange insults. And I can’t seem to erode her steely exterior no matter how hard I try. I’m determined, though. Because she’s the most beautiful – most captivating – woman I’ve ever met and I can’t stop thinking about her.”
Eleanor’s heart pounded hard. She smiled mischievously. “I was under the impression you could woo your way into the bed of any woman you wanted.”
“Not this one. She thinks I’m a jerk – she said so h
erself. But she doesn’t know me. Not really.”
Eleanor stood up and strolled over to join him on his couch. “I’m sure she’d like to get to know the real you.”
He held her hand and gazed into her eyes. “The real me. Does anyone know him? I get tired of it, you know. Women treating me like a piece of meat. They just care about my body. I mean, is it really that amazing?”
He pulled his T-shirt over his head and dropped it to the carpet, then he reclined in the couch and posed for her as he had done for so many photographers in recent months. He smirked, knowing very well what the answer was: yes it was the most amazing body she’d ever seen.
She looked away. “Well, if you don’t want to be treated like a piece of meat…”
He reached out and guided her face to look into his eyes. “Let me take care of you, Ellie. That’s all I want. To show you how good it can be.”
She breathed heavily, trying to stay in control. He moved his face towards hers and closed his eyes, bringing his gorgeous lips nearer to hers. She thought about Matthew; she thought about how having sex with Joseph wasn’t going to help anything. In fact, it would probably just cause more problems. But he was irresistible. He took her hand and squeezed her fingers tenderly, and suddenly she couldn’t stop herself from kissing him hard. He came alive and wrapped her up in his arms, kissing her with such passion that Eleanor feared she might melt into a pool of lust. Her heart pounded hard and her thighs pounded harder as he kissed her neck and nibbled her earlobe, making her gasp with desire.
“I’m going to fuck you,” he whispered. “I’m going to fuck you so hard that you’ll be taken completely by pleasure. By me.”
Eleanor’s body shuddered with lust. She opened her mouth to reply, but Joseph kissed her on the lips and unbuttoned her shirt, which he pulled open forcefully. He unhooked her bra, pulling off both shirt and bra with a flourish and throwing them to the floor.
He inspected her bare breasts. “Jesus, you’re gorgeous. So fucking hot.”
Eleanor was proud of her body so she arched her back and thrust out her chest, giving him a good look. He reached up and gently ran his thumb over one of her breasts, making it tingle with delight. Then he lowered his head and swirled his tongue around her rock-hard nipple, sucking and teasing, and making her feel like she might climax from this alone.
He sat up and gazed into her eyes. “Stand up. Take off your skirt.”
Her lust caught in her throat at his dominating demands. She stood and unzipped her skirt at the back, enjoying the feel of his lustful gaze caressing her. Then she pushed her skirt down and kicked it away, revealing her silky panties and elastic-topped stockings. She was still wearing her heels, and she suddenly felt more desirable than she had in her entire life.
He held out his hand. “Come here.”
She took his hand and sat side-saddle on his knee, feeling naughty about being topless and wearing nothing but her panties and stockings. She draped her arm around his strong toned shoulders, relishing the smooth warmth of his skin. His chest and abs – this close up – were spectacular. He lowered his face and sucked her tits, while guiding her hand towards the huge bulge in his leather trousers. With shaking hands she unzipped him and delved her hand inside. He was still sucking her tits, which was making her body tremble with desire, but she focused on folding her fingers around his long hard erection. Lust fizzed over her body as he wrapped his fingers around hers and they started to move their hands together up and down his shaft.