'Please, Zach, please…'
She was sobbing with need and her soft gasps and the incredible liquid warmth of her body left him totally unable to control his actions.
His mouth still holding hers, he angled her hips and surged into her, taking her hard and fast, surrendering to the mindless passion that overwhelmed both of them.
He felt her body tighten around his and then she cried out his name, quivering and shaking in his arms, her frantic movements driving him over the edge into ecstasy.
For endless seconds they clung together, breathing heavily, and then he lowered her gently to the floor, his hands supporting her as her knees buckled.
Stunned by the power of the emotions that had erupted between them, Zach struggled to control his breathing and then bent his head to look at the shiny mass of blonde hair that was buried in his chest.
She was unbelievable. So sweet. And so incredibly sexy...
He slipped a gentle hand under Keely's chin and lifted her face, urging her to look at him.
Her cheeks were flushed and there was just a hint of shyness in her eyes, as if she didn't quite know what to say to him. Which was understandable, because he didn't know what to say to her either.
There had been a lack of control about their love-making—a primitive edge that had left them both shaken.
Her beautiful blue eyes looked nervous and her voice was no more than a whisper. 'Whatever you're about to say, Zach, please, don't tell me that you regret what we just did...'
The idea was so ridiculous that he almost laughed. How could she possibly think he could regret an experience like that?
'The only thing I regret is not taking more time over it,' he said softly, stroking her tousled blonde hair away from her flushed cheeks with a gentle hand. 'You deserve more than a quickie in my bathroom. Did I hurt you?'
'No. It—it was fantastic.' Her softly whispered words and the deepening flush on her cheeks made his guts clench.
With a slow smile he scooped her up in his arms and bent his head to kiss her gently on the mouth.
'It certainly was. So fantastic we're going to do it again. Only this time we're not rushing it.' He opened the bathroom door and shouldered his way through to the landing. 'This time we're going to take all night.'
Keely lay in the bed, her eyes closed, a deliciously warm feeling spreading over her body.
Zach was an insatiable lover...
After their one, breathtakingly powerful encounter in the bathroom he'd proceeded to make love to her for the entire night in almost every position imaginable.
She blushed slightly when she remembered some of the things she'd allowed him to do to her—things she'd been much too shy to allow anyone else to do before. But, somehow, with Zach everything felt right.
And Fiona had been right on that first day when she'd guessed that Zach would be good in bed. He was better than good. He was incredible. He knew exactly where to touch her—how to touch her—to drive her totally wild with excitement. And his body...
Talking of his body, where was he?
She glanced around the room and decided that he must have gone downstairs. Had she slept that late?
She reached out an arm to grab the clock and gasped. Oh, help. They were both supposed to be working that morning and if she didn't get a move on she'd be late.
Keely showered in record time, pulled on her clothes and made her way down to the kitchen.
Suddenly she felt impossibly shy. What should she say to Zach? How should she react? It was pretty hard to pretend to behave normally after everything they'd shared the night before.
She paused in the doorway and then took a deep breath and walked into the kitchen, her cheeks slightly pink as she glanced at him.
'You should have woken me up.'
'You were totally out for the count.'
His voice was noticeably cool and Keely felt as though she'd been showered with cold water.