It was just like the first time. Ethan half expected to see actual flames licking up his body. He’d never known this flash-fire need before. Ethan had tried to tell himself that his reaction to Sadie was simply because it had been too long since he was with a woman. Any woman. He devoted so much of himself to work, there was rarely time to think about anything else.
But the truth was it was Sadie doing this to him. He’d never experienced such a mindless rush of desire before. Ethan wanted to believe his hunger for her would be eased by having her, but something told him it was only going to build. He didn’t care.
Tasting her, stroking his tongue against hers, feeling her breasts crushed against his chest... This was all about Sadie. And beyond satisfying what he was feeling at the moment, he didn’t want to think about what that might mean.
He couldn’t touch her enough. Feel her enough. Her mouth joined to his, her tongue stroked his and Ethan felt those flames rising, growing more powerful. He had to have her. Her hands swept up his back to his shoulders, where her fingers curled in and held on. That simple action went straight to his groin and tightened his erection to the point of pain. Desire pumped wildly through his system, shutting down all thought beyond this moment. This had never happened to Ethan before. This complete loss of control. All he could think about was getting his hands on her.
With that thought in mind, he tore his mouth free of hers, looked down and quickly opened that bright red jacket. Then the buttons on her shirt.
“Ethan...”
“Have to feel you under my hands,” he murmured.
“Oh, good...”
He gave her a quick grin, pleased that she was as torn up as he was. Relieved that she hadn’t said “stop.” Stopping now might kill him. Ethan spread the fabric of her shirt apart and looked at her pale pink bra. “Pretty. But in my way.”
“It unhooks in the front.”
“Good news.” He flicked the hook and eye open and her beautiful breasts spilled into his waiting hands. At the first touch of his skin to hers, she inhaled sharply. His thumbs and fingers worked her nipples as they jumped into life, going rigid with the need swamping her.
Ethan watched her eyes glaze over as he tugged on those twin sensitive points. He felt her reaction as if it were his own. She rocked her hips helplessly against him and he smiled again. Desire was alive and burning in the room, heat swirling around them like hot air from a blast furnace.
He did a quick turn, lifted Sadie and plopped her on the desk, then bent his head and took first one nipple, then the other into his mouth. Her taste filled him, her scent surrounded him and his mind was a fog from the physical demands crowding his body.
“Ethan...” Her voice was a strained whisper as she threaded her fingers through his hair, her short, neat nails scraping along his scalp. He licked and nibbled and suckled at her breasts, drawing her deep into his mouth as the rush of heat building between them became all encompassing.
This. This was what he’d needed. To indulge himself in her. For years, he’d fought to ignore her, to bury his desire for her, until now it felt as if he were breaking free from the chains he’d wrapped around himself.
“Ethan,” she choked out, “whatever you do, don’t stop.”
“Not the plan,” he answered in a murmur. Again and again, he drew on her breasts, his mouth working her tender skin until she was writhing on the desk, helpless against the rising tension inside her. And he knew what he could do to help that.
He dropped one hand to the junction of her thighs and cupped her. At his first touch, she gasped, threw her head back and moved into him. Her slacks were in his way... That was all he could think. He wanted to touch her heat. Push his fingers inside and stroke her until he felt her climax pump through her.
But he couldn’t stop long enough to give either of them that gift. For now, he stroked and rubbed and tasted and nibbled until she was a writhing mass of desire. Her response fueled his own. They both fought for air as the most basic of needs overtook everything else.
The first ripples of release hit her and Sadie leaned forward, burying her face in his shoulder. He heard the harsh, keening sound she made, but he knew she’d muffled it purposely so no one else in the building would guess what was happening here. Finally, she stopped, and Ethan took a breath and straightened up. Pulling away from her, he stepped back. Her eyes tracked him as she fought for air.