him through the kitchen and out onto the patio. I don’t want to risk being overheard by my uncle in the dining room. As soon as he shuts the door I turn to him.
“Listen. As much as I like you, and how you make me feel, I’m not a fan of close calls. I told you what’s at stake for me with this job. I can’t afford to lose it. You can’t do things like what you did in that meeting, and with the coffee room this morning and in my room here yesterday. It’s too many close calls.”
“I see.” He looks at me, and my body instinctively heats up under his gaze. “Though you have to admit there’s something about the close call that’s undeniably hot.”
I try to disagree immediately, and can’t. “That’s not the point.”
“Just think about it, and imagine me fucking you right up against this glass, your uncle able to come into the kitchen any second and see us.”
The image fills my mind and my pussy reacts immediately. “Andrew—”
“I like a little danger, and the look on your face says you do too. Tell me I’m wrong.”
I take a breath and turn away to look over the grounds. I get too caught up in him too quickly. Looking away is good. “I need this job, Andrew. I have nowhere else to go, and I can’t risk it.”
I feel him behind me, and his hands snake around my waist until he’s holding me completely. The gesture is both comforting and sensual and I let myself relax against his chest.
“I don’t think I’m quite ready to give up spontaneity, but I think we can compromise,” he says.
“Oh? How’s that.”
He presses a soft kiss behind my ear. “Think of it as more of planned spontaneity. I tell you what I want, you tell me what you want. Then we can both agree.”
Something loosens in my chest, and relief washes over me like a cool wave. I was worried he might say he didn’t want to play by my rules, that he didn’t care what I thought. I would have been forced to say no to everything, and I just don’t want that. “I can live with that.”
“I won’t put you in any more positions like at the meeting,” he says. “I wasn’t really thinking about the consequences, and I’m sorry.”
“Forgiven,” I say. “Though I do want to know what you were thinking about.”
He laughs in my ear. “How hard you make me whenever I’m near you.”
It’s true. I can feel his erection behind me, and the knowledge that I—still mostly a virgin—put it there fills me up with a mixture of awe and pride.
“I know that we’ve both had a bit of…sexual frustration today, and I’d like to point out that my room is the furthest from your uncle’s in the house.”
I turn around so that I’m facing him. “Oh, you noticed that?”
“I did. I think he may have chosen his intentionally so that he’s far away from me, but that does have its advantages.” He covers my mouth with his, a hungry kiss that demands everything. My body reacts immediately, like it’s been waiting for its fix of Andrew. I’m growing wet and my nipples are stiff and aching against the fabric of my shirt. Then he releases me and steps away completely. It’s jarring. I feel like I just came down a staircase and missed a step. “I think we can both fix our frustration if you make a visit to my room tonight. After Roger is sleeping, of course.”
“Of course,” I say, my voice rough.
He walks away like nothing just happened, and I’m left turned on and staring after him, throwing curses at him with my mind.
Chapter 10
I thought way too long about what to put on to go to Andrew’s room. It’s going to be dark, and we’ll likely be naked anyway, but still, I wanted to look good. Unfortunately, being a recent virgin doesn’t lend itself to a lot of sexy sleepwear. I finally settle for functional—I can walk the hallway in it and not feel ridiculous—just a camisole and shorts. I swear the walk to Andrew’s room feels like the longest walk I’ve ever made in my life.
I knock softly on the door,
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