Scandalizing the CEO

She sighed again as she relaxed against him. He cupped her breasts in his hands as she let her head rest against his shoulder. Her head tipped to look up at him.

“Tell me what you’ve been so busy with that you couldn’t see me,” he said.

“Work. Seriously, that’s all I’ve been doing. I have to go to parties and dinners and every minute of my day is claimed by someone.”

“I want to be that someone. I thought you wanted a relationship,” he said. He circled his fingers around her areola.

She shifted her shoulders and the tips of her pink nipples poked up through the suds in the tub. From his perspective, her body was all creamy skin, white soap bubbles and then there were those pink nipples…

“I do want one. I just didn’t anticipate both of us being so busy. What have you been doing?”

“Getting the North American unit up to speed.”

“How did you do that?”

“I sent my best man to do the job—Dinah. She works for me at Raleighvale.”

“Is it hard running two companies?” she asked.

“Not for me,” he said.

He lifted one hand from her breast and tipped her chin up. He leaned down and kissed her long and deep. Just what he’d wanted to do ever since she’d walked out of Heathrow.

She turned in his arms until she straddled him. He hadn’t had a chance to have her on top of him as they made love, and he wanted to be able to see her face above his as he took her.

He cupped the water from the tub and rinsed her breasts off. Her nipples beaded in the air as his hands left them, replacing his touch with his mouth. She pushed her fingers into his thick dark hair and drew him to her.

Steven knew he’d revealed too much of himself by bringing her here, but as she shifted on him, her warmth replacing the warmth of the water in the tub, he didn’t care.

He wanted this woman. He knew he couldn’t take her in the tub. He needed to put on a condom before that happened, but for now it was enough to tempt both of them. To let the tip of him tease the entrance of her body as his mouth moved over her breasts.

She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him close to her. He needed to keep her by his side, he thought. Marriage?

“Make love to me, Steven.”

"Yes," he said, standing to lift her out of the tub and carry her into his bedroom. Thoughts of marriage would wait until later.

Twelve

Steven wrapped Ainsley in one of his big bath towels and carried her to his bed. He took a minute to dry off and then reached for the box of condoms he had in the nightstand drawer. He removed one and sheathed himself before falling down next to her on the bed.

“I thought you’d want to see me in that beautiful nightgown,” she said.

“Not until I’ve had a proper welcome home. Then you can try on whatever you want.”

She laughed. “I missed this.”

“Did you? Then why did you refuse my calls while you were in Milan?”

He shifted on the bed so he was lying on top of her. He braced his elbows on either side of her body to keep most of his weight from her, but probed the entrance to her body.

She twined her arms around his neck, lifted herself up and kissed him. “I wanted to make sure that you really wanted me. And I knew if you were serious about me, then you’d still want me when I returned to London. After you left that morning, I needed to know that I was as important to you as you are to me.”

“I’ll show you how important you are,” he said sliding into her body inch by inch, taking his time and claiming her.

“I hope you can,” she said softly. She wanted to believe in Steven, yet knew she still didn’t trust him with her heart.

She held tightly to his shoulders as he began to thrust into her. She stopped talking and her eyes closed as her head fell back. He wanted to draw out their lovemaking, but couldn’t. It had been too long since he’d had her and he felt his orgasm coming fast.

He tried to hold back, wouldn’t come before she did. He whispered hot, sexy words into her ear. Brought his hand up between their bodies and caressed her breasts, teasing her nipples until he heard her gasp and then the sound of her low moan as she climaxed.

“Come for me,” he said.

He held himself still as her body pulsed around him and then he started thrusting again. He ducked his head, caught her nipple between his lips and sucked on her until he felt his orgasm explode though him. He was blinded by it as he thrust into her two, then three times, until he was completely drained.

He collapsed next to her on the bed, using a corner of her towel to wipe the moisture from between her legs. He went to wash off and then came back to bed, pulling her into his arms.