‘No…no…that’s not true,’ Carrie stammered, backing away another step. Her heart was racing and her stomach was turning wild somersaults.
‘It’s nothing to be ashamed of.’ Nik suddenly closed the gap between them and lifted his hands to cup the back of her head. ‘It works both ways. I’ve wanted you since the beginning as well.’
‘I don’t want you!’ Carrie protested, raising both arms to push his hands away from her head.
‘Why fight it?’ He caught her wrists, one in each hand, and held them above her head. She was locked in position, her arms in the air, her breasts pushing up towards him.
‘Because you’re a beast!’ she cried. She tried to pull her hands down, to escape from his grip, but suddenly she became ultra-aware of how exposed her body felt with her arms above her head. A skitter of excitement ran through her, and her breasts started to throb. ‘You lied to me, kidnapped me, and now you’re threatening me!’
‘But still I turn you on.’ His voice, rich and deep, vibrated through her, setting off a reaction through her entire body.
‘No!’ She denied it passionately, but she couldn’t suppress the compulsion to arch her back, thrusting her breasts closer to his chest. Her nipples felt hard as diamonds and were aching for him.
‘Yes, I do,’ he purred, leaning forward so that his chest brushed briefly against the points of her nipples, setting them on fire with the slightest contact, then withdrawing to leave them aching with frustration. ‘You’re desperate for my touch.’
‘I’m not.’ Her voice was a husky whisper and her body hummed with her pent-up desire for him.
‘I’m going to touch you all over,’ he said, tugging her towards him so that her breasts rubbed against his chest again and a frisson of sexual excitement buzzed through her. ‘I’m going to explore every inch of your body, find all the secret places that are yearning for my touch and make them mine.’
She squeezed her eyes shut, trying to ignore the sensations and desires that were storming her body, but it was impossible. Despite all the reasons why it would be a disaster to let Nikos Kristallis make love to her, there was nothing else in the world she could think about.
She wanted him to make love to her. She was desperate for him to make love to her.
‘Don’t fight it.’ He released his hold on her wrists and started sliding his hands downwards, across the sensitive skin on the underside of her arms. Then his hands slid round to her back, and Carrie knew he was ready to pull her into his tight embrace. ‘We both want this and I promise it will be good.’
She stared up at him, seeing his desire for her darkening his blue eyes. Her hands were clutching the front of his shirt, the fabric scrunched in her fists, and she realised she was pulling him towards her rather than pushing him away.
Then there was no more time for thought as his mouth came down on hers and suddenly he was kissing her with a fierce intensity.
She responded with a passion that equalled his, opening her lips and letting his tongue sweep into her mouth in a sensual invasion that took her breath away. Her mind was spinning and her body was trembling uncontrollably, but she clung to him, locked to his kiss as though nothing else mattered.
Their tongues moved together in a sensual dance, but the effects of the kiss extended far beyond the feelings created by their joined mouths. Waves of sensation washed through her whole body, making her reel from the intensity of it.
It was a soul-shattering kiss, a kiss that delved into her very being and laid bare the shockingly powerful desire she felt for Nik.
She hardly noticed his hands moving as they skimmed across her body, but as they closed over her breasts her centre of awareness shifted immediately.
He held both breasts, cupping them gently in the palms of his hands. Then he started kneading the aching flesh through the fabric of her dress, teasing the jutting nipples with his thumbs.
The muscles in her neck felt weak, and as he pulled away from their kiss she let her head fall back, a sound of pure pleasure sighing from her open lips. It felt so good to feel his hands touching her, stroking her, sending wonderful feelings washing through her. But she yearned for more. She needed more.
Almost of their own volition her hands went to the buttons on her dress, undoing them—one, two, three—until Nik closed his hands over hers and pushed the top of her dress wide open. Her white bra had a front fastening, and in a second her breasts were free.
Nik bent down and took the throbbing peak of one breast in his mouth. She cried out and buried her hands in his hair, pulling him tightly to her. He responded by drawing the nipple deeply into his mouth, sucking harder and increasing the pressure of his caressing tongue.
A torrent of desire stormed through her, making her quiver and moan. An incredible pulsing of pure sexual energy started throbbing at the very core of her femininity, making her moan with pleasure and press her thighs tightly together.
She had never felt anything like it before, and was totally unprepared
for the intensity of her own reaction. She felt herself swaying as her legs started to give way.
Nik swept her up into his arms and carried her over to the bed, where he laid her down. He sat beside her, leaning over her and looking down at her with blue eyes that were already dark with his rising passion. Excitement coiled through her and she started to tremble with anticipation. She couldn’t just lie there, waiting for him to make a move, so she lifted her hands and grasped his shoulders to pull him down.
His arms were braced on either side of her body, but he let her tug him slowly down until his face hovered only inches above her own. His eyes were intense and he held her gaze for the longest moment, despite the fact that her hands were running wild all over his body, tugging his shirt free of his trousers and slipping underneath to touch his skin.
The heat of his body drew her like a magnetic attraction, and she slid her hands round to the front and started undoing his buttons. She wanted to see him naked, wanted to feel his naked body beneath her palms.
Then he pressed down, trapping her hands between their bodies, and kissed her. It was no gentle kiss, but a fierce and passionate conquest. His tongue plunged masterfully between her lips, thrusting into the soft interior of her mouth. She moved her tongue to meet his, and then they were writhing together in a kiss more erotic than Carrie had ever before experienced.