Then his fingers were deftly undoing the buttons, pushing it off her shoulders. He brushed his mouth over the smooth skin and heard her breath hitch. The shirt fluttered to the floor and he lifted her up, placing her on the marble countertop. A gasp left her lips as her warm skin made contact with the cool surface, but his lips and hands were already on her, to chase the chill away and make her burn.
He ran his tongue along her lips and felt her shiver. Deepening the kiss, he pushed her down against the marble. Alex wanted to take his time with her. Enjoy this while it lasted. Because in a few short hours she would be gone from his life.
Except he couldn’t take his time.
Laid out on the marble top, she made him hunger in a primal way. He feasted on her, making her writhe and pant until she was a mass of quivering need.
‘So beautiful,’ he said gruffly against her skin.
His praise made Emma feel as if she was flying. It was easy to see why he was never short on female company. She was just another conquest in a life full of them. The thought burned like acid. Would she be forgettable to him? Emma wanted fun. No strings. But she also wanted someone to think that she was special.
Emma pushed the thoughts away, focussing on how good he made her feel. His mouth closed over her breast and she didn’t have to try very hard. Her fingers sank into his soft dark hair, holding him in place. His tongue was sending bolts of pure pleasure right to her core. Alex covered her hands with his, pulling them away and pinning them against the counter before his lips sought hers once more.
‘Alexander, please...’ she whimpered. Whose voice was that? It certainly wasn’t hers.
‘Please what?’ he taunted.
She tried to press her body to his in any way she could.
His dark, teasing chuckle reached her ears and the sound of ripping foil brought her back. She realised that he no longer had her hands pinned down. She tried to push herself up on her elbows, but he put a hand on her shoulder to keep her down and slowly pushed into her. Her eyes fluttered closed and he stopped.
‘Eyes on me,’ Alex said breathlessly.
His blue eyes were so much darker. His pupils blown out. Emma felt the breath leave her. Then he began moving his hips.
His hand was moving up to her neck, his thumb caressing her lips. Emma pulled his thumb into her mouth, sucking it. Twirling her tongue around the digit. Making him groan her name. It was beyond erotic to watch what he was doing to her as he was setting her world alight.
She could feel herself drawing closer to the precipice. And then she was exploding around him, taking them both over the edge.
They needed more than just a few moments to catch their breaths.
‘Screw breakfast,’ Alex said, once they had.
She laughed as he led her back to his room. Being with him was drugging, and she just couldn’t have enough of him.
CHAPTER FIVE
ITWASQUITEa while before either of them was ready to surface for sustenance. But eventually, shirtless, with his trousers hanging off his hips in the most delicious way, Alex led the way to the kitchen.
Unfortunately, the fridge was mostly bare.
‘Sorry, my housekeeper hasn’t been in yet.’ He closed the fridge door and turned around, drawing Emma into his arms. ‘How about I take you up on your promise to show me around Melbourne?’
Emma wasn’t sure she wanted to traipse around the city in her clothes from the ball. But she definitely didn’t want to take Alex home with her, where Hannah would be waiting with a million questions. This was just a moment of pleasure. She should leave. The problem was that having his hands on her drove an insatiable hunger for him. And a bit of air would be good. Some space for them to collect themselves.
‘I’d love to, but I can’t exactly wear what I have here to go sightseeing.’
‘That’s easily fixed.’ Alex pulled his phone out of his back pocket and after a series of rapid-fire taps slipped it back in. ‘All taken care of.’
‘Alexander...’ she scolded.
‘Emma...’
The way he said her name was a caress. Like silk over her skin.
‘If you keep looking at me like that,’ he said, ‘I’m going to have to keep you here and we’ll both starve.’
His words made her want to combust. The fact that she was affecting him like this made her feel seen in a way she hadn’t ever been before. But, as much as she wanted to spend the day in his bed, she hadn’t eaten anything at the ball and was well and truly ravenous.