He is so still he looks frozen, not a single muscle moving, watching me like a tiger might watch a particularly plump gazelle. I have spent the last thirty-five minutes pranced around in front of him buck-ass naked trying to entice him into portfolio changes.
What the hell is wrong with me?
I feel the ridiculous grin that spreads full across my face, but I am utterly unable to stop it.
"Feel better?" He asks as I exhale loudly and plop back, relieved, into the chair opposite of him.
"Yes, actually I do." I beam.
"Good. Now come over here."
"Why?" I smile lasciviously. I have my suspicions.
"Because, watching you walk around here in nothing but that necklace is driving me mad."
I raise the pendant from my skin to get a closer look at it. The tarnished gold makes it appear ancient even if it's not. The medallion is shaped like an old battle shield with a Celtic knot worked into the edges encasing a strange hobbit-ish creature that carried an emerald in its paws. The same emerald chips are positioned to make up the eyes.
"What is your attraction to my necklace?" I tease, but I still go to him.
"Do you know what it is?"
"Yeah, it's a necklace." I smile knowing that's not what he means, "My mother gave it to me as a gift, and I thought it looked cool. What is it?"
"It's a family crest so to speak. In the old days, influential families had family crest. They would use the crest to acknowledge their territory or as a summons to aid in battle, even to mark a relation to each other. I like it on you. It looks good and fits you well."
"I think you know more than you're telling me." I narrow my eyes at him.
"Perhaps." He smirks. The way he crossed his arms, leaning back arrogantly in his chair to look down his nose at me told me I would only know as much as he was willing to tell me. He grins that cocky, I-can't-lose-grin and part of me wants to smack him for it.
"Do you always get your way?" I coo playfully, batting at his hand when he reaches for me. The grin fades and is replaced by a seriousness that has my red flags waving like parade day.
"Yes." He draws the word out on a hiss as he reaches for me, catching my wrist and pulling me the remaining few feet to stand between his legs. He lets go of my wrist to stand.
Our bodies are less than an inch apart, and he's looking down into my face like I'm something fascinating that he can't quite figure out. It's a heady feeling, and I like being his new found mystery much more than I should.
"Come to the bedroom with me."
"Maybe I shouldn't it is getting kind of late or um, early. I should probably go."
I nod towards the light that has started to creep through the east side window. He looks, following my gaze, and then rounds back to me. A devious smile in place that tells me he has no intentions of letting me leave until he's good and ready.
His hands gather my face, palms resting on either side of my cheeks, his eyes turning darker as his pupils dilate. He pauses for just a moment, just enough to build the anticipation inside me, before his mouth finds mine.
I gave in to the seductive request, opening for him. He tilts my head, deepening the kiss, holding me tighter as his lips cover mine, his tongue seeking, caressing, retreating to draw me in, and then invading all over again.
"It sure sounded like you've been having a good time so far. Why are you in such a hurry to leave?" He whispers breaking the kiss to hold us forehead to forehead. "I'll make sure you wake up for where ever you need to be."
There is a quiet resistance between us, and he lets go of my face to reach down and take my hand, pulling it up to lay against the hard muscle of his bare chest, covering my hand with his own. He leans into me slowly, beguiling, as he brushes his lips sensually against mine. He pulls back only far enough to speak, his lips brushing mine with each word.
"Touch me. Let me touch you."
I move both hands down the contours of his chest and stomach intoxicated by the way his skin ripples against my fingertips.
There is no resisting his sexual appeal; the soft brush of dark hair that divides his pecs, the ridges of his abdomen, even the soft intake of breath he makes every time my hand drops lower across his stomach. There is nothing about this man that doesn't excite me.