Chapter 9
CHAPTER NINE
I am so fucked.
Not only am I nearly mad with lust for the curvy, green-eyed beauty, but a raging need to take care of her has suddenly sprouted inside my chest. And it’s growing by the second.
Which makes me furious. What the hell am I doing here?
The runaway, stowaway, wife, whatever the hell she is, is the last person I should be thinking about. Period.
Fuck. Kate’s going to be a coworker. That’s it. Right?
But all it took was one damned hour and my sanity has been turned completely upside down.
Kate snuggles closer in her sleep, laying her arm across my thigh. Bloody hell! That’s the worst place in the world she could touch me.
In about ten seconds, my growing dick is going to reach out and touch her.
I hold my breath, trying to fight back the tsunami of blood that’s rushing toward my groin.
Maybe I can shift, move out from under her, but I’m frozen by her proximity as I watch her sleep. All that sizzling energy in her flashing green eyes has come to a peaceful, sexy as hell rest. Angelic, almost, with her long blond curls, and the plump, kissable lower lip.
Devil, more like it. The kind to lure a man to his ruin.
And knowing what’s under that sweater and blanket, only makes matters a thousand times worse. Kate’s got the looks I’ve never been able to ignore.
When her soft, pink lips part and her lashes flutter, a flare of desire almost has me rolling on top of her.
Alarms go off in my head.
Bad! Bad idea! What the fuck am I doing here?
I stare in horror as my erection grows longer, down my thigh, fighting the confines of my cargo trousers, desperate for her.
When the tip of it reaches her arm, I hiss.
Kate moistens her lips in her sleep.
I nearly bite my tongue off.
“Hold me,” she whispers.
Oh no! This is not happening. Panic blooms in my chest like I’m about to take direct fire in war.
I angle my head to see if she’s asleep or playing me. But her breathing is steady and even. Little flickers of movement under her lids prove she’s dreaming.
I’ve got to get out of here. Gently, I push her arm down, but she pushes it back up. And, oh lord… she snuggles her face against my leg. Just two centimeters from resting her cheek on the bulging head of my big erection.
Fuck!
I can barely speak. My throat is clogged with disbelief and testosterone. “Kate.”
“Mmmm.”
Those lips. I have to taste them.
No! I tear my eyes away.
“Kate.”
“Just a little longer,” she whispers as her eyes flutter more intensely behind her lids.
“Kate, I’ve got to get up.”
“Right there. Oh. Yes. That’s it, right there. I’m going to…” her breath hitches as her hips move closer toward me.
Color rises in her cheeks. Her breathing speeds. My heart nearly detonates as my cock prepares to stage a mutiny.
“Gonna co—” Her lashes press harder against her cheeks as her tits press against my knee. With a roll of her hips, she moans. “Yes. Don’t stop. Just like that.”
Fuck! I’m dying here.
“Ah! Ah !” Her voice rises. Oh Jesus! Her grandmother is going to think I’m snogging her.
Kate’s voice goes all growly. “ Yes. Yezzzzz”
“Kate—” I hiss through clenched teeth as I fight the fire that’s trying to tear my bollocks off. My fingers dive into her hair. Clutching her face to my thigh as I pray. Please god, do not let her grandmother hear.
But I know all hope of that is lost when she shouts, “Yes. Yes. Oh god!”
I’m so stunned, all I can do is throw back my head and roar in laughter.