I—”
“Adam.”
She was floored. “What?”
“My name,” he said and smiled. “It’s Adam. Not Riley or AJ or Mr. Riley. Just Adam.”
For a full minute, she couldn’t breathe. The smile lit both his face and the shadowed alcove where they stood. It thawed the ice in his eyes and in her heart. She could have stared at it all day because it was just so damn sexy.
“Adam,” she repeated stupidly. He had the kind of smile that stopped cars. If anyone else saw it, Sydney would be caught in the worst traffic jam in history.
He hid his face from the rest of the world and focused his expression solely on her. Lexi stood transfixed, trapped against the hard length of his body.
“Adam,” she said again.
He took a deep breath. “It would seem, Lexi, that today’s meeting started out on the wrong foot.”
Crap, there he went again, saying her name like it was a lover’s caress or something.
“There’s a little restaurant just across the road.” He motioned behind him. “Will you join me for a coffee? Maybe we can start again. On the right foot this time.”
Because he smiled as he said it, and kept his arm on her back, she walked beside him without argument as he made his way across the road and into the coffee shop.
Chapter Five
Adam watched Lexi pull some sheets from her briefcase and bite on her lower lip. That little habit of hers would be the death of him. It was totally provocative and elicited a bone-deep response from him. It should be his lip she chewed, not her own.
He wanted her. So bad, he considered tossing the coffee out of the way, hauling her across the table, onto his lap, and possessing her mouth again. That way, at least, he could hold her sweet butt against his cock, which was still rigid and demanding the release he’d ruthlessly suppressed in the elevator.
The pressure did little to relieve the pain of his headache.
His thoughts stretched back to Melbourne. He couldn’t stop them. Their night together had been the most intense experience he’d had in a decade. The sex had been amazing but it wasn’t the only part that had gotten to him. She’d given herself to him completely, held nothing back. As a result, he’d done the same.
Which was a bit of a shocker really, because he never let go. Not with anyone.
When he’d woken to find her spooned against him, still asleep, his gut had churned with emotion he wasn’t ready to acknowledge. Lexi represented everything he no longer believed in. She embodied life and love and hope, and it vibrated through him, straight to that dark place in his heart. That place where hope had died long ago.
He hadn’t been able to deal with it. He hadn’t wanted to. So he’d come home to Sydney and left Matt behind to complete the business deal. Back at the office, Genevieve had dealt the killer blow. She told him about the appointment.
Two major thoughts had dominated: One—he’d wanted to see her again as much as he hadn’t wanted to. And two—she’d known who he was all along. Both thoughts had been hell to deal with. He should have cancelled. Should have referred her on to Matt. Why hadn’t he?
“You haven’t heard a word.” Lexi raised her voice slightly, forcing his attention back to her. “I’m not sure why you insisted on having coffee if you’re not interested in what I have to say.” Her cheeks were still flushed, although her erratic breathing had evened out.
He massaged his forehead and thought about her orgasm in the lift. “I’m sorry,” he said. “It’s not you—”
“Headache?” she asked.
He nodded. “Blinding.” Made worse by sexual frustration.
She scratched around in her bag and pulled out a box of painkillers. “Help yourself.”
Gratefully, he accepted the box, drinking two pills down with a gulp of coffee. He wondered if somewhere in her bag she had a cure for a massive
“Adam.”
She was floored. “What?”
“My name,” he said and smiled. “It’s Adam. Not Riley or AJ or Mr. Riley. Just Adam.”
For a full minute, she couldn’t breathe. The smile lit both his face and the shadowed alcove where they stood. It thawed the ice in his eyes and in her heart. She could have stared at it all day because it was just so damn sexy.
“Adam,” she repeated stupidly. He had the kind of smile that stopped cars. If anyone else saw it, Sydney would be caught in the worst traffic jam in history.
He hid his face from the rest of the world and focused his expression solely on her. Lexi stood transfixed, trapped against the hard length of his body.
“Adam,” she said again.
He took a deep breath. “It would seem, Lexi, that today’s meeting started out on the wrong foot.”
Crap, there he went again, saying her name like it was a lover’s caress or something.
“There’s a little restaurant just across the road.” He motioned behind him. “Will you join me for a coffee? Maybe we can start again. On the right foot this time.”
Because he smiled as he said it, and kept his arm on her back, she walked beside him without argument as he made his way across the road and into the coffee shop.
Chapter Five
Adam watched Lexi pull some sheets from her briefcase and bite on her lower lip. That little habit of hers would be the death of him. It was totally provocative and elicited a bone-deep response from him. It should be his lip she chewed, not her own.
He wanted her. So bad, he considered tossing the coffee out of the way, hauling her across the table, onto his lap, and possessing her mouth again. That way, at least, he could hold her sweet butt against his cock, which was still rigid and demanding the release he’d ruthlessly suppressed in the elevator.
The pressure did little to relieve the pain of his headache.
His thoughts stretched back to Melbourne. He couldn’t stop them. Their night together had been the most intense experience he’d had in a decade. The sex had been amazing but it wasn’t the only part that had gotten to him. She’d given herself to him completely, held nothing back. As a result, he’d done the same.
Which was a bit of a shocker really, because he never let go. Not with anyone.
When he’d woken to find her spooned against him, still asleep, his gut had churned with emotion he wasn’t ready to acknowledge. Lexi represented everything he no longer believed in. She embodied life and love and hope, and it vibrated through him, straight to that dark place in his heart. That place where hope had died long ago.
He hadn’t been able to deal with it. He hadn’t wanted to. So he’d come home to Sydney and left Matt behind to complete the business deal. Back at the office, Genevieve had dealt the killer blow. She told him about the appointment.
Two major thoughts had dominated: One—he’d wanted to see her again as much as he hadn’t wanted to. And two—she’d known who he was all along. Both thoughts had been hell to deal with. He should have cancelled. Should have referred her on to Matt. Why hadn’t he?
“You haven’t heard a word.” Lexi raised her voice slightly, forcing his attention back to her. “I’m not sure why you insisted on having coffee if you’re not interested in what I have to say.” Her cheeks were still flushed, although her erratic breathing had evened out.
He massaged his forehead and thought about her orgasm in the lift. “I’m sorry,” he said. “It’s not you—”
“Headache?” she asked.
He nodded. “Blinding.” Made worse by sexual frustration.
She scratched around in her bag and pulled out a box of painkillers. “Help yourself.”
Gratefully, he accepted the box, drinking two pills down with a gulp of coffee. He wondered if somewhere in her bag she had a cure for a massive
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