ons, my stomach tightened and my pulse picked up at the sight of her. I couldn't remember another woman having such a strong sensual pull on me. We got into the elevator and I pressed myself to the front of her.
"Give me tonight. I don't know what tomorrow looks like, but eat dinner with me, laugh with me, let me make love to you. Be that girl tonight that doesn't fall in love, but dives into lust."
"Are you that guy?" Her brow pulled tightly as she reached up and brushed her fingers through my hair.
"Not at all, but I want to be him just in case nothing becomes of this thing between us." I leaned down and brushed my lips over hers as my fingers drug down her legs. "I'm not in the penthouse anymore. Just a nice single bedroom. That okay?"
"Is there a fireplace?" She ran her fingers over the swell of my pectoral muscle, playing with my nipple as she watched me closely.
"Yeah, it's a big room. Tons of space to chill out for an evening." I nipped at her mouth. "I wouldn't ask if I didn't want it so damn bad."
"It?" She pushed at my chest with very little force.
"You." I moved down to lick the long column of her neck. "I want to know what you taste like, Viv. I know it's not right, but I can't stop thinking about it."
Her breath caught, and I moved to press a long kiss to her perfect mouth. My chest was aching with hard emotion by the time the door behind us opened, and I moved out.
"Come with me." I extended my hand to her. "Just for the night?"
"What if I want more than one night?" She moved out of the elevator and took my hand, lifting it to cup the side of her neck. "What if this just hurts me as much as everything else has lately?"
"Don't let it." I took her hand and pulled her flush against me before dancing her toward my room. "Maybe we're supposed to be more, but if not, why can't we share a night of pleasure before you leave me?"
"Me leave you?" She smirked and leaned against the wall as I worked to get the door to my room open. She was classically beautiful, and I knew what a grand mistake it was going to be to take her in my arms and make love to her.
"I'd never be able to walk away from a woman like you should we decide on more than a night. I'm no fool." Tears filled her eyes, and my heart broke in my chest.
"I don't know if I can do this. I'm too broken right now." She pressed her hands to the doorframe as I walked in.
"Then dinner and a nightcap. Nothing more." I turned to face her and started to work on my shirt. "Kick off your shoes and grab the menu."
"Dinner. Nothing else." She walked in, pausing as if still trying to determine just how detrimental it would be to let the door close behind her.
"Dessert has to be part of the deal. We were accosted last time we tried. We'll make up for it tonight." I chuckled, trying to soften the intensity between us. I wanted nothing more than to strip her bare and spend the evening finding ways to hear her cry out my name, but she was fragile, though I wanted to convince her that there was no need to be.
Casey's words rolled over me and I ignored them. I wasn't sure if I was ready to go 'all in' with someone, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to spend whatever remaining days I had left with Vivian. She was too special to miss out on, sex or no sex.
"We were accosted because you drug us down a dark alley." She kicked off her shoes as her shoulders sagged a little. "I think you set that up to prove just how much of a superhero you are."
She picked up the menu, and I moved in behind her, wrapping my arms around her upper waist and pressing a kiss to the side of her neck. "You think I'm a superhero?"
"Absolutely. Case does too, remember?" She awarded me a sexy, soft laugh and pointed to the appetizer platter. "How about this? Appetizers and desserts?"
"Anything you want." I kissed her neck again. "I'm sorry about tonight. It was supposed to be fun."
"It was at times. Crazy shit just keeps happening to me." She sat the menu down and turned in my arms, surprising me a little by wrapping her arms around me. "My mother called on Tuesday and said that she and my father are getting a divorce. He cheated on her a few years back and she's been trying to forgive him since, but has finally come to terms with the fact that she can't. She wants me to believe that all men are cheating bastards. I just can't."
I slid my fingers through her thick, silky hair and gripped it carefully as I studied her. "Not all men are like that, Viv. Something tells me you already know that though."
"Why do you want to make love to me, Easton? If you're anything like me, you know that you'll regret it in the morning." She slid her hands over my hips and brushed the top of my ass, causing my heart to skip a beat.
"I can't get over the fact that if I don't feel you beneath me that I'll be missing out on possibly the greatest adventure of my life." I kissed the tip of her nose. "It's stupid, and selfish, but you turn me on so fucking much. I don't want to hurt your heart though, and I'm not sure where I stand on commitment. My career is everything to me and–”
She pressed her fingers to my lips and nodded. "I get it. I don't need to hear it again."
I nodded and kissed her fingers before moving down and capturing her lips with mine. She could push me away if she wanted, but I prayed like hell that she wouldn't.
"Give yourself to me. Let me take you and help heal what this asshole made you believe." I kissed her again softly, studying her beautiful blue eyes as she nodded. Her next words set my blood on fire and surprised the hell out of me.