held each other. She closed her eyes and then pushed herself back from the conference room table.
Business. She needed to get this taken care of first, and then put this passion between the two of them to the test. See if it was going to be one quick burst or something that might last longer. There was no denying it. And she was tired of pretending she didnât want him.
She patted him on the ass as she walked by him toward the door.
âBe right back,â she said.
But he was quick. Sheâd had no idea he could move that fast. He reached past her and put his hand on the door. Then he turned her in his arms and leaned over her, his hands on her shoulders as he pressed his body to hers.
âI thought you were mad at me?â
âDonât think. Thatâs been the problem all along. Weâre young, we want each other and if we know anything itâs that life goes fast and we arenât guaranteed anything beyond this moment.â
âReally?â
âHell, yes. Iâm tired of being smart and pretending that I donât want you, JasonâI mean, Ace.â
âI like that you call me Jason, even though I asked you to call me Ace. Reminds me that Iâm a man, not just an astronaut,â he said, putting his forehead against hers.
This time she framed his face with her hands and kissed him. She didnât care about anything except the way his mouth felt against hers. How impossibly right everything about this kiss was to her. She needed. Needed to believe that she was living and not just waiting for something to happen to her.
She was taking what she wanted with both hands.
6
S HE GRABBED HIS WRISTS and pressed his body into the door. Her breasts brushed his chest and he hardened in a rush as she leaned up against him and bit his earlobe.
âWhat are you doing?â
âIs it really that confusing?â she asked with a wink as she kissed his neck and then bit him lightly. âIâm taking control. I realized that I have been standing still for too long, rocket man.â
Rocket man .
His profession meant something to her. He heard the inference in her voice, but he was so turned on by her body close to his that he couldnât figure it out. He couldnât think.
He felt her hair on his neck, soft and smooth, smelling like summer strawberries, and he remembered his long year in orbit and how heâd started craving things. One of them had been sun-warmed strawberries.
He was hard and everything in him was focused on her breasts against his chest, her lips on his skin. The way she held him as if she wasnât going to let go until she had what she wanted from him.
He wanted to give it to her, whatever she needed. Wanted this moment to never end. The air-conditioned coolness of the room contrasted with the heat that was burning inside him. He was inflamed by the way she kissed him, the passion that sheâd let slip until it consumed the both of them.
He pulled one his hands free and reached behind her to cup her ass, drawing her forward. The fabric of her dress was light and he imagined he could feel her skin beneath it. He lifted her off her feet as she wrapped one leg around his thigh and pressed against the length of his cock.
Reaching between them, she rubbed her hand over his zipper and his hips jerked toward her touch as her caress moved up his chest and neck. She scraped her fingernail over his jaw and leaned up to whisper in his ear.
âI know that Iâm not as mysterious as the universe...â
He let her feet fall to the floor. âThe cosmos I can explore and understand through science, but you have always been a mystery to me.â
Her lips were red, her skin flushed and desire was still there between them, but he wanted their first time to last the afternoon, not be a hurried coupling in the lawyerâs office.
âLetâs finish up the paperwork. I want to be alone with you,â he said.
She nodded.
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