my lips." He sucked the finger that had just been inside me into his mouth and closed his eyes. Then he pulled my hair tightly behind my back and pressed my lips to his to kiss me deeply. I wrapped one leg around his hip and pressed into his body. His free hand stroked up my thigh and grabbed the waistband of my panties. Just then the elevator dinged to a stop and the doors opened. Carter lifted my feet off the ground and walked me into his apartment. I dropped my clutch on the floor and he carried me down a long hallway and into his bedroom. He backed me over to his bed and sat me down. He placed both hands on my cheeks and stared into my eyes. "You are so beautiful, Evangeline." He kissed each of my eyelids and then my lips softly. "I love having you here, with me, in my house." He shrugged off his jacket and loosened his tie before pulling it over his head. He tugged his dress shirt out of the waistband of his pants and then worked on unbuttoning it. My eyes followed his fingers as they worked to undo each button. I leaned back with a smile as he popped the button on his pants. "You're overdressed, Evangeline." He stopped, leaving the top button of his trousers undone. His happy trail was just visible and my fingers ached to touch and caress the V of his pelvic muscle. I felt my nipples harden in arousal at the thought of his skin against mine. He ran his fingertips along my collarbone and then hauled me up and off the bed. He spun me in his arms so I was facing away from him and slid his arms around my waist. I could feel his arousal against my bottom and I pressed back into him. A soft growl escaped his throat and I tilted my head back. One hand remained on my hip as the other travelled up my ribs, passed the neckline of my dress, and caressed the curve of my neck. "So beautiful." He trailed one finger down my throat and kissed underneath my ear. I groaned and bucked my body back against him. His hand slid back down to my hip and then both continued down to the hem of the dress that hit at mid-thigh. He massaged the flesh there and then slowly slid his warm palms up my thighs, raising the dress as he went. He reached the lace of my panties and palmed my mound over the fabric. I groaned and felt a flood of arousal at his touch. He ghosted his fingers over the fabric and had me writhing before he slid both hands to my hips and underneath the lace. Slowly he lowered my panties, slipping them down my legs and lifting my feet out, one at a time. "I want to see you." Carter's hands trailed up my body and back to the exposed zipper and slowly pulled it down, inch by inch. Once the dress was loose, he slipped it off my body and I stood before him in a pair of black Jimmy Choos and nothing else. He turned me in his arms and kissed along my neck. "You're gorgeous when you're aroused, Evangeline." His fingers trailed along the skin of my collarbone. "Your cheeks are flushed." He trailed his fingers to my cheeks. "Your eyes are bright." His thumbs trailed over my eyebrows. "Your chest is a delicious shade of pink." He trailed one finger down my neck and chest, between my breasts. "Your nipples are dark." He trailed a fingertip over and tickled around the hardened tip. I sucked in a breath of air and arched my back to gain more friction on his body. He dipped his head and flicked my nipple with his tongue and then sucked it into his mouth briefly, before kissing it gently and pulling away. He lifted my other breast in his hand and did the same. "Your skin is warm beneath my fingertips." He trailed his palm down the flat of my stomach and stopped at my mound. "And this," he whispered his fingers around the sensitive flesh, "is always so wet for me." He slid one finger between the slick folds, teasing and caressing. I groaned in pleasure. He leaned me back on the bed and took my thighs in each of his hands. He nuzzled his nose up my inner thigh and then inhaled deeply when he reached my center. He spread