“I can’t,” she told him, pushing gently at his shoulders. Naya was relieved when he pulled back, but he didn’t take his hands off of her waist. “I can’t do this, Luke,” she told him, staring at his chest, her breathing rapid and her heart pounding against her ribs. “I’m sorry, I don’t mean to be a tease but…”
Luke immediately understood where this was going and he hated himself for making her feel this way. Okay, so he loved that he could make her all flustered and hot since that was exactly what he was feeling, but he didn’t want her to feel like she had to have sex with him. He wanted her to need to have sex with him. Just as he was feeling right at the moment.
“Stop it,” he commanded, his fingers unconsciously clenching against the softness of her tiny waist. “I pulled you over here. I started kissing you. You’re not a tease, but I’m not accepting your answer either.” He felt her stiffen and kissed the top of her head. “I’m accepting it for now, Naya. But you feel too good in my arms for me to forgo the pleasure in the future.” He took a deep breath and pulled back. “Come on,” he said, taking her hand. “I’ll drive you home.”
Naya instantly shook her head. “I can walk. I walked here. It’s just a….”
“Not happening, Naya. It’s after ten o’clock at night. There’s no way I’m letting you walk home in the dark.” He paused for a moment, his fingers tangling with hers and he shook his head. “Actually, I wouldn’t let you walk home even if it was light outside.” With a sigh that she refused to admit was regret, he tugged her gently down the block and pulled her into a Steele Industries building. It was called something else, but Naya knew that his company had built this condominium complex.
“Is this where you live?” she asked, curious despite her admonitions to not get any other information about this man.
“Yes. All of my brothers lived here at one point but they’ve gotten married and moved out. I’m the lone survivor.”
Naya laughed despite the fact that he’d just confirmed that he wasn’t interested in a long-term relationship. Well, neither was she! Definitely not! No way was she going to enter into anything long-term that would end with a miserable divorce…hatred preceded by agonizing years of anger and resentment.
Trying to feign casualness and not an intense curiosity about any small detail regarding this man, she looked around at the elegant lobby. “It’s a nice building.”
“Have you seen any of the units?”
She shook her head. “No. I’ve online-stalked some of them that have been up for sale when pictures appeared on the real estate sites. But none of my clients were looking for a condo at that point.”
He winked and that wicked grin surfaced once again. “You’ll see mine pretty soon.” Luke opened the passenger door to a black Porsche.
She laughed, ignoring the flutters dancing around in her stomach with that promise. “In your dreams.”
“That too,” he teased as he closed the door and walked around to the driver’s side.
She only lived a few miles down the street so it took a short time to get to her place. When he pulled into her driveway, she almost jumped out of the car. But the warm hand on her arm stopped her. “Naya,” he said calmly. “Invite me inside.”
She stared at him for a long moment, her eyes moving from his green ones to his firm lips, thinking about the two times he’d kissed her today. It took all of her willpower, but eventually, she was able to shake her head. “I don’t think that would be a good idea.”
He leaned closer and Naya’s breath caught in her throat. “What are you going to do?” she asked, her voice whispering and trying to sound more assertive, but the car was filled with his scent and her mind was filled with the memory of the two times he’d kissed her. “We can’t,” she whispered and turned her head to the side so that he couldn’t kiss her lips. But the man was diabolical. Instead of her mouth, his lips zeroed in on her neck and she shivered at the first touch. She knew she should leave, just get out of the car and run into her house. But…oh my, this just felt too good! His lips kissed her neck and she moaned as those crazy sensations swamped her again.