And his hands, they must have memorized every inch of her body and every erogenous zone. First, he caressed her breasts, teasing her nipples with one hand and cupping her behind to press close to his rock-hard erection with the other.

Letting out a soft sigh, she spread her legs and moved her hips so that she could somehow make his erection touch the core of her, which was throbbing uncontrollably. She needed to feel him inside of her again; her body still craved him. She felt as if she couldn’t wait to have him fill her.

She didn’t have to wait long. Carlton rolled over on his back, using the arm that was cupping her to lift her on top of him. She straddled him and he helped her to ease herself onto his shaft. She stared down at him in momentary shock as she took the length of him inside of her and got used to the size of him in the new position. He sat up, lifting the T-shirt she wore and throwing it to the side.

“I want you to ride me, baby. Can you do that for me?”

Closing her eyes, she caught the rhythm. She moved up and down and back and forth, slowly at first and then with more speed. She shifted her pelvis until she could feel parts of her open, tighten and release around him that she didn’t even know could tighten, much less release.

Soon his hands were no longer on her hips, but on her breasts. He reached up and squeezed the heavy flesh with urgency. Her nipples felt tight, straining against her skin. She let her own hands explore his rippled chest as she rode him.

Soon her sex began to tighten and contract in a way that made her sure she had lost all her rhythm. “Oh, oh, oh, Carlton.”

“Yes, baby, yes, baby, let it out, baby.”

She let out a loud scream before she collapsed against his chest. She only hoped that, since the mansion was so huge, Jillian or any of the other servants hadn’t heard her cry out. He gently ran his hands down her back before flipping her over. Still inside her, his strong erection moved slowly. He suckled on her neck as he worked his hips, repeatedly pulling himself all the way out of her and burying himself to the hilt. Each move left her shaking with pleasure. She had never known so much joy.

She lifted her hips to meet each of his thrusts, and she closed her eyes tightly when she felt herself losing it again. She tried not to scream again, but the orgasm that was building ever so slowly was just too intense.

“I will never be able to get enough of you. What are you doing to me?” he grunted in her ear before he took her earlobe into his mouth. “That’s right, baby, let it out. Let me know that you like this as much as I do, because I love it.”

Just as she could take no more, he bent his head and caught all her sound with his kiss. She found herself moaning and whimpering instead of kissing. Soon he shook with his own release.

In the aftermath of lovemaking, as he cuddled her in his arms, she wondered how she was ever going to work with him after knowing what he could do to her body, her mind.

He planted kisses on her forehead, cradled her to him and let out a deeply satisfied sigh.

Chapter 6

“Move in with me.”

Latonya’s eyes, once closed in contentment, opened in shock. “What?”

“Move in with me. I want you. I want you in my bed when I go to sleep and when I wake up. I want you. You’re mine.”

Insulted, she sat up. “Do you realize how crazy you sound? I’m not a piece of property.”

Contrite, he replied, “I didn’t say you were.”

“Then you’re joking, right?”

“I assure you, I am very serious. I want you, Tonya.”

She shook her head as if it would help her to gain sanity. She couldn’t believe the conversation they were having. “Well, I can’t move in with you,” she said as if she were talking to a two-year-old. “We hardly know each other and we have only been on one date. It’s too soon! And we have to work together, for goodness’ sake!”

His hand caressed the small of her back as he spoke. “I realize that it would take more than one night to fully examine what’s happening between us. You make me feel things I’ve never felt before. I know that I want you. And, you know, if you moved in with me, you wouldn’t need to work for Harrington Enterprise anymore.”

Her head snapped so quickly she felt a sharp pain in her neck. “First of all, I did not get an MBA to become your personal whore! And second, even if I was stupid enough to consider giving up my career to become your bed warmer, I have responsibilities to my grandmother and my sister.”

The realization that they hadn’t practiced safe sex the second time hit Latonya and she sat stunned for a moment. Her voice went soft, “We didn’t use anything.”

The longer she silently chastised herself, the more she wanted to just put on her clothing and go home. The fact that Carlton had suddenly turned into Mr. I-can-buy-anything-I-want-even-you made her wish that she had left when she started to the first time.

He let out a deep breath, “I got too caught up in the moment and I wasn’t thinking. That has never happened to me before.”

“I barely know you,” she mumbled. “I don’t know the first thing about you, really, and we just had unprotected sex.”

“I can assure you that I’m safe. I have been tested. And like I said, I don’t make a habit of going unprotected…Of course if there are any repercussions, I would be there for you.” He resumed rubbing his hand down her back in a reassuring manner.

She shook her head in disbelief and mumbled, “I knew no good could come from this…this…little escapade…from losing sight of my goals.”

His hand froze and he shot up in the bed. “What the hell do you mean by that?” he asked sharply.

“It’s not…it’s just I don’t want to prolong this. It’s bad enough I did it twice. Bad enough I didn’t wait for my husband like Gran always told me to. Now you want me to be some kind of live-in call girl?”

“So you were saving yourself for your future husband and big bad me ruined it.” His sarcastic tone of voice was not helping the situation.

“That’s not what I said,” she snapped. “But I don’t expect you to get it.” She got up and started feeling around for her clothing. What had started out as the sweetness of one night’s passion had turned into a big mess.

“This conversation isn’t over.”

She sucked her teeth and mumbled, “That’s what you think.” She put on her panties and bra.

“Tonya, we need to figure this out.”

“Can your driver take me home or should I call a cab?” she asked as she pulled on her slacks.

“Neither. You’re not leaving.” He stepped out of bed and walked over to her just as she pulled her shirt over her head. “Please don’t leave.”

Staring at the naked man standing in front of her, Latonya almost lost her train of thought. She swallowed and blinked.

“Well, if you’re so distraught that you weren’t able to save yourself for your husband, you could always marry me.”

She let out a short, sarcastic laugh that sounded more like a snort.

“It would be a perfect arrangement,” Carlton continued. “You wouldn’t have to worry about your job. You wouldn’t have to work at all. I could see to it that your family is taken care of. I’d pay off your grandmother’s mortgage, your sister’s tuition. And I would see to it that your grandmother got the best medical attention available and pay for all of her care.” His voice gained more and more momentum as he went along. “Wouldn’t it be nice not to have to worry about it?”

She couldn’t believe the audacity of the man. He really thought that anything he wanted, even people, could be bought and bartered for. Well, she wasn’t for sale.

“I highly doubt that either my sister or my grandmother would want me to sell myself to you for the cost of their care,” she said bluntly.

“Then fine, don’t do it for them. Do it for yourself. There is something special between us. I know you feel it, too.” He reached out and caressed her cheek.

She looked into his eyes, and what she saw unnerved her. As cocky as his words sounded while he professed his wants, his eyes showed a man who was stepping out on a limb and just as overwhelmed and confused as she was about what was happening between them.

“You said it yourself, Carlton. You haven’t experienced anything like this before. Neither have I. To me, that’s all the more reason to take it slow. We went into this thinking it would be one night of passion to get this out of our systems.”

He traced her lips with his fingers and smiled. “It’s because I’ve never experienced anything like this before that I know it’s special. I don’t want to lose it. I want to start building on it now. I want you, Tonya.”