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distant. “It was fun,” she said, a flippant tone in her voice that sounded forced to his ears.
“Did you come?” he asked, feeling bolder with her now, as a result of what they had just experienced together.
She shrugged.
“Why not?” he asked, “I could've tried to last longer. I would have done…”
“ It's fine,” she cut him off with a wave of her hand.
“It's not fine,” he insisted, “I wanted to give you…”
“Look,” she said casually, standing up and stretching, “It's not something that I like to do in front of other people. It feels too personal. Too…out of control.”
She smiled wickedly, and then added, “Don't worry about me, though. I'll take care of myself later.”
Mateo smiled as well, but not at her innuendo. He was smiling because he wasn't going to let her get away with that.
He stood and walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her from behind, running his hands up and down her belly, grazing her breasts.
“You don't have to be in control all the time,” he whispered raggedly in her ear, his voice gravelly with desire, “Not around me. You're safe around me.”
He grasped her nipples between his thumb and forefinger and began to slowly but firmly roll them, causing her to gasp.
“I'm gonna make you come, Raiza Diaz,” he said confidently, “Count on that.”
He felt her trembling underneath his hands, and her head fell back against his shoulder as she groaned.
Hey. It wasn't quite an orgasm, not yet – but it was a helluva good start.
Just then, however, he heard his phone ringing and froze.
God dammit! It was Dominic's ringtone. He had to get it.
I mean...right? Dominic was his boss...or...maybe it could wait....
As he stood frozen in indecision, however, the choice was taken out of his hands. He heard another ringtone start up, and he realized that must be Raiza's phone.
“That's Cristal's ringtone,” she said, immediately disentangling herself from Mateo's arms, her voice brisk and business-like, “I've got to get that.”
Shit.
Chapter Ten
Mateo walked into the conference room to find Cristal and Dominic already seated. He pulled out the chair closest to the door and took a seat. The chair felt solid against his still shaking legs.
Cristal raised an eyebrow. “Where’s Raiza?”
“Here,” Raiza’s voice came from behind him.
He turned his head and saw that her hair was pulled into a sleek ponytail. She wore minimal make-up, but it was flawless. She now wore a black tank top with a pin-striped blazer with the sleeves rolled up and skin tight jeans. What the...they had gotten their phone calls at exactly the same moment. How the hell had she gotten ready and made it here so close to the same time that he had?
Other than her swollen lips and flush in her cheeks, there were no clues that anything had just gone on between them. Her face was an unreadable mask…even to him.
He hoped that he was doing as good of a job at hiding what had just happened between them at her home. His heart was still racing. His mind was swimming, or more accurately drowning in the explosiveness that they had just shared.
They hadn’t been having just sex. It was more than that. It was indescribable. He tried to push down the feelings that were flooding through him. They were for a different time.
Dominic and Cristal were both staring at him and Raiza. Right. They needed a breakdown. Mateo needed to quickly snap out of his lust-mush brain.
Mateo began debriefing Dominic and Cristal on the assignment. Raiza stepped in to fill in the areas that only she was privy to. He could tell from her body language that Cristal thought Razia had made the right call by staying in the room to finish planting the equipment. Dominic did not seem as happy about it.
Dominic turned to Raiza, his tone deadly-calm, “Do not ever put yourself in that position again. If your point person tells you to get out. You. Get. Out.”
Cristal’s jaw tensed and her eyes narrowed as she
“Did you come?” he asked, feeling bolder with her now, as a result of what they had just experienced together.
She shrugged.
“Why not?” he asked, “I could've tried to last longer. I would have done…”
“ It's fine,” she cut him off with a wave of her hand.
“It's not fine,” he insisted, “I wanted to give you…”
“Look,” she said casually, standing up and stretching, “It's not something that I like to do in front of other people. It feels too personal. Too…out of control.”
She smiled wickedly, and then added, “Don't worry about me, though. I'll take care of myself later.”
Mateo smiled as well, but not at her innuendo. He was smiling because he wasn't going to let her get away with that.
He stood and walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her from behind, running his hands up and down her belly, grazing her breasts.
“You don't have to be in control all the time,” he whispered raggedly in her ear, his voice gravelly with desire, “Not around me. You're safe around me.”
He grasped her nipples between his thumb and forefinger and began to slowly but firmly roll them, causing her to gasp.
“I'm gonna make you come, Raiza Diaz,” he said confidently, “Count on that.”
He felt her trembling underneath his hands, and her head fell back against his shoulder as she groaned.
Hey. It wasn't quite an orgasm, not yet – but it was a helluva good start.
Just then, however, he heard his phone ringing and froze.
God dammit! It was Dominic's ringtone. He had to get it.
I mean...right? Dominic was his boss...or...maybe it could wait....
As he stood frozen in indecision, however, the choice was taken out of his hands. He heard another ringtone start up, and he realized that must be Raiza's phone.
“That's Cristal's ringtone,” she said, immediately disentangling herself from Mateo's arms, her voice brisk and business-like, “I've got to get that.”
Shit.
Chapter Ten
Mateo walked into the conference room to find Cristal and Dominic already seated. He pulled out the chair closest to the door and took a seat. The chair felt solid against his still shaking legs.
Cristal raised an eyebrow. “Where’s Raiza?”
“Here,” Raiza’s voice came from behind him.
He turned his head and saw that her hair was pulled into a sleek ponytail. She wore minimal make-up, but it was flawless. She now wore a black tank top with a pin-striped blazer with the sleeves rolled up and skin tight jeans. What the...they had gotten their phone calls at exactly the same moment. How the hell had she gotten ready and made it here so close to the same time that he had?
Other than her swollen lips and flush in her cheeks, there were no clues that anything had just gone on between them. Her face was an unreadable mask…even to him.
He hoped that he was doing as good of a job at hiding what had just happened between them at her home. His heart was still racing. His mind was swimming, or more accurately drowning in the explosiveness that they had just shared.
They hadn’t been having just sex. It was more than that. It was indescribable. He tried to push down the feelings that were flooding through him. They were for a different time.
Dominic and Cristal were both staring at him and Raiza. Right. They needed a breakdown. Mateo needed to quickly snap out of his lust-mush brain.
Mateo began debriefing Dominic and Cristal on the assignment. Raiza stepped in to fill in the areas that only she was privy to. He could tell from her body language that Cristal thought Razia had made the right call by staying in the room to finish planting the equipment. Dominic did not seem as happy about it.
Dominic turned to Raiza, his tone deadly-calm, “Do not ever put yourself in that position again. If your point person tells you to get out. You. Get. Out.”
Cristal’s jaw tensed and her eyes narrowed as she
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