“And if your current point is to drive me crazy, I think you’ve accomplished your goal,” she teased. “Don’t you want to finish?”
He lifted his head and tried to see her eyes. “You think I’m the only one not finished?” He laughed when her body started shivering with the strain. “Oh, no, my beauty,” he groaned, lifting himself up onto his elbows. “You are coming right along with me,” he told her.
When he shifted his weight, he gritted his teeth as her wet heat surrounded him, clenching him like a glove. Moving ever so slightly, he waited for her reaction, listening to ensure that she was being pleasured. And when he heard her gasp, felt her body clench around his, he knew that she wasn’t going to hold back on him.
He tried to slow down, to make it good for her. But she just felt so good! “Come with me, Rachel!” he growled out when he felt himself getting closer. She shook her head but he wouldn’t let her do that. Reaching down, he pressed his thumb between their bodies, feeling her reaction and knew that she liked that. “That’s it,” he coaxed, watching her face as he glided in and out of her, his thumb moving in the same rhythm. “You’re beautiful.” He couldn’t stop the words, thinking she was stunning as she tried to fight the inevitable. He could feel her body tightening, see her worried eyes and tried to soothe her, but he was too caught up in trying to ensure that she feel everything he was enjoying. “Just let it go,” he soothed. “I’m right here. I won’t let you fall.”
With those words of reassurance, he felt her nails dig into his arms and she exploded one more time. Her throbbing, squeezing release brought him right over the edge as well and he couldn’t control himself, couldn’t hold back any longer. She was just too incredible!
He collapsed on top of her, but had the presence of mind to roll off to the side while they both tried to get their breathing back under control. She felt perfect curled up in his arms, her body relaxed and warm, tingly.
“Is it always like that?” she said in between breaths.
“Hell no,” he groaned, trying to squeeze her but there wasn’t enough energy in his arms for that. Rolling over, he pushed her into the mattress, trying to be careful with her. “No. It hasn’t ever been that intense,” he told her honestly. He bent and kissed her neck and shoulders, trying to soothe her. “You’re beautiful,” he told her again.
She giggled, a combined reaction from his words and his mouth nibbling on her shoulder. “You said that a few minutes ago.”
He sighed and pulled her closer. “It’s true,” he told her. He pulled himself up higher in the bed, stuffing the pillows behind his head. With one arm, he turned on the light and looked down at her. “Okay, so explain now how someone who looks and walks like you has remained a virgin until a few minutes ago.”
Rachel almost laughed at how he lifted her up, positioning her exactly how he wanted her to be. She didn’t mind since it felt too good to be curled up next to him. Her hand wandered over his flat stomach, still finding all those muscles and enormous expanse of tanned skin fascinating. “I guess I never really thought it was worth the effort.”
“And now?”
She grinned and looked up at him. “I thought I’d made my opinion of the activity pretty clear,” she laughed.
He laughed as well, the sound reverberating through her whole body, making her feel special and feminine.
“You’re going to have to give me more of an explanation.”
She shrugged and shifted against him. “It isn’t that big of a deal,” she replied, but couldn’t look him in the eye. “I just never really thought any of the previous men I’d dated were worth the effort.”
“And I fit your criteria?”
She bit her lower lip, wishing he fit all of her criteria. She couldn’t help it. They were from two different worlds and had different goals in life. “I’m here, aren’t I?” she asked, her hand shifting lower to distract him.
Emerson suspected that she was holding something back, but he wasn’t really sure what. And at the moment, he didn’t care. He rolled over so he was on top of her again and proceeded to make love to her in a much slower, more thorough fashion. By the time he was ready to enter her slender, responsive body this time, he was damn sure he knew what was on her mind. And he was in full agreement with her thoughts.
Chapter 3
Rachel sighed as she stared at her computer screen. The week had completely flown by and she’d been so productive, her boss had even pointed out her achievements at the morning staff meeting.
She wished she could figure out what was different but the only thing that had changed was Jack. They’d spent the whole weekend together. It had been magical. They’d eaten out at the various local restaurants, walked along the shoreline and she’d learned a lot about the man. She’d asked so many questions about his ambitions and thought he was amazing.
But now, she wasn’t sure what to think. She was back in Washington, D.C., working hard, getting things done….and all she wanted to do was fly back up to Maine and be with Jack again.
“Congratulations on that CyberOne bid,” one of her co-workers said with his head inside the doorway. “What made you think to recommend that one to your clients?” he asked, stepping in so he was leaning against the doorjamb.
Rachel considered carefully how to answer the man. She’d never been friends with him, nor any of her co-workers. There was simply too much competition among her peers for there to be any real camaraderie. She had Nikki and Brianna and they were the only friends she truly needed. They were so close, they were more like sisters.
Besides, she wasn’t really sure why she’d recommended that particular company anyway. She’d read an article about it on the flight back from Maine last Sunday night. The company had struck her as a good idea. When she’d looked into it on Monday, she suspected that the company stock was lower than it should be. She’d convinced several of her clients to get on board and, miraculously, Tuesday afternoon, CyberOne announced a new cell phone. The stock had doubled in less than four hours!
“Just pure, dumb luck,” she finally said. She’d replied with a smile but it was actually the truth. The guy left after that, realizing that he wasn’t going to get any good tips from her and left her sitting in her small office with confusion.