For some reason, this produced another round of snickers and giggles from the other women.
Minutes later, her shoes were located under a chair. Five feminine rears were pointed in the air as the other women decided she might need help pulling them free. Ian was standing across the room, his head tilted, watching them with no small amount of confusion when he heard an exasperated sigh behind him.
Turning, he faced Devril and Lucian Conover.
“Thank you. ” Lucian’s expression was morose as he stared back at Ian. “That damned music was driving me crazy. ”
“At least the music drowned them out. ” Devril motioned to the women as Courtney collapsed into the chair and wiggled her petite feet into the low-heeled shoes. “The things I heard out of their mouths will give me nightmares for years to come. ”
“Who knew Tally had such a bloodthirsty streak?” Lucian shook his head, staring at the woman with a pensive expression.
That comment and the look on the other man’s face assured Ian that Lucian’s “bloodthirsty” wife must have been giving Courtney pointers on making his life hell. Just what he needed.
“I’m ready,” Courtney announced as she came to her feet, wobbling a bit before finally standing straight.
She walked carefully across the room, her gaze becoming drowsy, sensual as she neared him. His dick grew harder.
“Good luck,” Lucian muttered as she neared. “Remember, Tally has been giving her advice. That’s never a good thing. ”
Ian shook his head, his arms enfolding the slight form that nuzzled against his chest. He was aware of Lucian and Devril’s surprise as he enfolded her close to his chest, just as he was well aware of the sense of balance, of warmth it brought him.
“Come on, vixen. ” He wasn’t about to trust her to walk the distance to the limo on her own.
Ignoring the other two men he picked her up in his arms, his lips quirking in amusement, as she seemed to hum in pleasure, her arms encircling his neck.
“I like you carrying me, Ian,” she murmured against his ear as he strode for the front door. “My legs get shaky around you, have I mentioned that?” she mused as the butler opened the door and he strode in the cold night air.
Courtney, completely unfazed, just burrowed closer, her nose tucking into his neck as the chauffeur quickly opened the door.
“You are going to be the death of me, Courtney. ” He stooped, stepping into the limo with his burden and sitting back in the leather comfort of the seats as he pressed the button that raised the privacy window between the front and the back.
He was so hard, so damned horny he thought his cock might well burst from his pants. And if Courtney’s sensual little murmur of approval as she felt the hard length of his erection against her rear was any indication, the ride home could be one fraught with frustration. Because there was no way there was time to lay her back and have his way with her.
“When are you going to fuck my ass, Ian?” She wiggled against his lap as the breath slammed from his chest.
“I’m going to spank your ass,” he growled, unable to stop himself from allowing his hand to smooth up her leg, sliding beneath the soft weight of the dress.
And he was smiling. In the dim light he felt the curl of his lips, the laughter in his chest and it amazed him. He should have been enraged that she would stay out so late plotting to make him insane. Instead, all he truly felt was a strange sense of joy that she was back in his arms.
“That would be foreplay,” she giggled playfully as his hand caressed the sensitive flesh behind her knee.
“So it would be. ” He grunted to cover his laughter.
The dark confines allowed him the freedom to release a small measure of the surprising happiness she seemed to fill him with at the oddest moments. What was it about her? He should have been raging, furious at her for her manipulations, her scheming determination to get her way with him. Instead, he could do nothing but allow the little minx her way and stand back and watch in bemusement as everything inside him reached out for her.
“Hmm. We need to take a very long limo ride one night, Ian. ” She leaned back in his arms, her eyes gleaming beneath her lowered lashes. “I could get so naughty in the back of this car. ”
“Really?” He lifted a brow.
“Really,” she sighed. “We could get naked and have wild flaming sex as we traveled. The night we rode home from the airport, I wanted nothing more than to kneel before you and take your cock into my mouth. Would you have been surprised?”
Surprised? He would have had a stroke. He still might.
“We could have so much fun. ” She leaned forward, nipping his ear as his hand clenched at her thigh, spreading her legs as he felt his breathing escalate. The woman was going to drive him insane.
“There’s no time for these games, Courtney,” he groaned as her tongue stroked along his neck. “We’re nearly to the house…”
“I could come just rubbing against you I bet,” she sighed against his ear. “Just the sound of your voice stroking me. Talk dirty to me, Ian. Make me come for you. ”