CHAPTER THREE
“You must be hungry. I haven’t seen you eat anything tonight…”
Enzo’s beautiful Spanish accent went straight to her core. Penny tensed, took a sip of champagne, and did her best to control her empty stomach. Indeed, it was starting to ask for food, and doing it rather loudly. She hoped Enzo hadn’t heard it.
“Oh, the speech is over?” She looked past his shoulder. “Maybe I should…”
He touched her wrist ever so gently.
“Don’t worry, Mrs. Goldman’s got them.”
Penny sighed and tried to relax. Why was she feeling like Juniper and Thorn were her responsibility? Yes, Marcia should take care of them. She was their mother now.
“So, are you hungry? Or am I just making assumptions here?”
It was impossible for her not to get lost in those green eyes of his, and not to melt at that wicked smile gracing his full, sinful lips.
It was a little embarrassing, but she would have done anything to hear him speak Spanish again.
The way he pronounced the words, the “s”-es, specifically…
It was so different from the Latin American accents she’d heard before.
“Okay, you caught me. I’m a bit hungry.” She chuckled.
“My offer still stands.”
She bit the inside of her lip. She couldn’t believe she was falling so easily for him.
He was hot, yes, but he was a stranger. And a foreigner.
For the life of her, Penny couldn’t quite place the real reason why she felt so attracted to him.
Was it because he was obviously so wealthy and powerful, since he was working with Goldman, and of all the women who had probably fallen at his feet, he had chosen to pay attention to her?
It didn’t make sense, though. She couldn’t care less about a man’s money.
“Are you trying to woo me because I’m the only young woman at this cocktail party, sir?”
Both his dark, thick eyebrows shot up in a look of shock.
“No, of course not. Why would you think that?”
“So, you’re not trying to woo me?” Okay, she was teasing him now. And she liked it.
He huffed. “Penelope, I am trying to woo you. You got that part right. But not because you’re the only young woman here. Because you’re the most gorgeous woman I’ve ever laid eyes on.”
His words took her aback. She leaned against the cold iron railing that separated the terrace from the yard. Her fingers tightened around her glass, lest she’d drop it from how sweaty and slippery they had become.
“Well that… that is a bold statement.”
He smiled and took a step toward her, placing a hand on the railing, so close to her elbow that his thumb almost touched the thin, blond hairs on her arm.
“It’s true,” he whispered.
Penny’s nostrils flared as she inhaled the musky, strongly masculine cologne he was wearing.
The warmth of his body so close to hers was intoxicating.
She could feel herself slipping farther and farther under his spell, and she was ridiculously close to giving in to him and allowing him to do with her whatever he wanted.
She was sure she would enjoy it, too. But, no.
She still had some self-control left. She swallowed hard, wet her lips, and did her best not to move a muscle.
He didn’t need to know his closeness was making her whole body turn to jelly.
“Thank you, then. That’s the nicest compliment I’ve ever received.”
“What?! No one has told you how beautiful, sexy, and downright ravishing you are?”
He sounded almost offended, and she had to laugh at that.
“Not with the passion you put into it, no.”
“Fools!”
She laughed harder. Normally, his pick-up lines wouldn’t work on her, but he seemed so tumultuous and sincere that she couldn’t deny his entire being was doing something to her.
He hadn’t even touched her anywhere above her wrist, and her panties were already soaked.
Her breasts were swollen, and her hard nipples were poking through the lace of her bra and the soft fabric of her dress.
She was pretty sure Enzo was the culprit, and not the slight chill of the late summer hour.
“Alas, you better get used to my compliments.” He pushed himself away from her and took a step back. “If you’re Mr. Goldman’s assistant, then there’s a high probability we’ll bump into each other at his office, right?”
She smiled tensely. Should she correct him and let him know she was more of a nanny than an assistant, and she won’t be spending that much time at Goldman Corp?
“Come on, let’s check the buffet. If you’re not hungry, I am.”
He made to leave, and Penny realized she was losing him.
Well, maybe that was an overstatement, but the truth was that she enjoyed his company, his attention, and his compliments.
Also, she didn’t feel like going inside.
She’d had enough of the Goldmans and their rich friends for one day.
She deserved a break. And, to be exceptionally honest, even a prize for having held up so well.
“Why not? I’m a big girl. I deserve to have fun once in a while. No strings attached.”
Her decision was made. Enzo Salvador was not going anywhere.
“Wait. What about that Manchego cheese you mentioned earlier? I bet it’s better than what we can get from the buffet.”
Enzo gave her a large, bright smile, then offered her his arm to lead her to his car. He conveniently forgot to tell her the buffet did have plenty of Manchego cheese.
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“Mmm… Oh my God, this is divine!” Penelope licked her lips to make sure she got all of the honey. “What is it?”
Enzo smiled and gently fed her another cheese wedge, properly drenched in the sweet topping she seemed to love so much.
“It’s a mixture of butter and honey. Oh, silly me! I forgot to add a sprinkle of salt. You see, it must be added right before you eat it, otherwise it melts on the cheese and isn’t as savory.”
Penny closed her eyes and chewed slowly. She had to admit: the sea salt made it even better. She had never thought cheese could be so delicious and sinfully sexual. Then again, the fact that Enzo was feeding her each morsel had a lot to do with it.
“Let’s try this combination now,” he said as he reached for a small plate filled with roasted tomatoes.
Penny nodded in approval and took a sip of red wine.
“What did you say this is called?”
“Ribera del Duero. It’s one of the best Spanish wines, and it goes very well with Manchego. At least, that’s what I think. Open wide.”
His confident demand made her blush. She parted her lips and held his gaze as he slipped the morsel on her tongue. She wondered what other demands she might hear from him soon.
“Mmm… yes! Delicious!”
“Do you want more?”
“Mhm… more.”
She licked her lips and smiled wickedly.
At least, in this particular situation, it was quite normal to lick her lips.
She didn’t look like a crazy lady who wanted to eat him alive.
She was, though. Crazy. As he slipped another piece of cheese into her mouth, Penny crossed and uncrossed her legs and rubbed herself discreetly against the soft fabric of the sofa.
She needed something to alleviate the lustful ache between her thighs.
Something long and thick, preferably. Her whole body felt ripe and sensitive.
Enzo had yet to touch her properly or kiss her, and she was so soaked that she was pretty sure her juices had stained the back of her dress by now.
She drank more wine, inched closer to him, and casually licked his fingers when he fed her the next morsel. It was then that she saw it in his eyes, as clear as day: the raw desire to ravish her, to rip her dress to pieces and take her there, on the sofa, hard and fast, until they both came.
“Penelope,” he whispered huskily.
“Yes?”
“Are you still hungry?”
“Yes, but not for Manchego cheese, senor Salvador.”
The way she said his name, softly and sensually, trying to imitate his Spanish accent… it was too much. He placed his warm palm on her thigh, and as he leaned in to capture her lips in a fierce kiss, he moved his hand up under her dress.
Penny sighed and opened her mouth eagerly.
He tasted like cheese and wine, and she had never thought the combination could be so sexy.
She wanted more, much more, so she explored his mouth with her tongue, bit him mercilessly, and sucked on his lower lip to soothe it.
She pushed her round, heavy breasts against his chest, and he grabbed her hips and helped her climb on top of him.
She could feel his massive cock through his suit pants.
She wanted to do so many things to him… with him…
She simply couldn’t decide what to settle on.
“You’re incredible,” he said, looking straight into her blue eyes.
She smiled. “And you’re so, so hard…” Her hand traveled down his strong chest but didn’t bother with the buttons of his shirt; it went straight for his fly.
He grunted and closed his eyes for a second, as if he needed time to recover from their passionate kiss and regain control over his senses.
Penny could tell her long, tentative strokes were driving him insane with lust. She rubbed his cock through his pants, having lifted her hips just enough to gain access to the prize she’d been thinking of the whole evening.
Oh, it felt amazing! Long, rock hard, pulsating…
Her decision was made in an instant. She needed that thick rod inside her.
She also wanted to taste him, yes, but she needed him to fuck her pussy more than anything.
She hadn’t had any action in some time, and her own arousal had started to become painful.
In a swift motion, she undid the top button, then slid the zipper down and freed his cock.
Enzo moaned loudly. He dug his fingers into her generous hips, as if he needed to hold on to her for dear life if he wanted to last another second.