She hunches her shoulders and averts her gaze to the windows. "I can't resist you. That's what I meant."
"And it bothers you. Lusting for me, that is."
"It used to." She aims those luminous eyes directly at me. "But not anymore. I've come to terms with the fact I need you to fuck me over and over until I can't move or speak anymore."
A sensation I have never experienced before seizes me. I think I'm…stunned. Avery has a way of surprising me with deceptively simple statements, but this time, she has well and truly shocked me. Other women have begged me to shag them, but always in a cheeky way. Avery seems quite serious about wanting me to fuck her all night.
I want that too, but… "When I rang you an hour ago, you swore we would only see each other at the office or on our supposedly fake dates."
"Changed my mind."
"So quickly? I don't want you to regret it in the morning."
"This decision didn't happen an hour ago. I've known for a while that I need to be with you at least once, though I didn't consciously recognize that until today."
Yes, that sounds too much like the night when the Duchess of Wackenbourne whispered into my ear that she wanted me to shag her until dawn. Whether she regretted it later, I can't say. But I did, and I do not want Avery to feel that way in the morning.
She lays a hand on my cheek, trailing her fingertips down to my lips. "I won't regret this. I panicked briefly when I had my epiphany, but now I'm ready. In case you haven't noticed, I am insanely attracted to you, have been from the start. We live in different worlds, Hugh, so this can't ever become more than a night of hot sex."
"Only one night?"
"Does it matter? I thought you liked to be spontaneous and let things just happen."
"I do." Why am I arguing about this? She wants me, I want her, and we are both unattached adults. So I pull her close and whisper, "Let's do it."
Her mouth slides into the sexiest, most erotic smile I've ever seen. That expression gives me an odd feeling in my chest, but I can't think about that right now. My cock won't let me. "Get up. We need to undress."
"Here in the living room?"
"Yes, darling, here." I stand, offering her my hands and helping her up. "In the living room, with the curtains open. The trees conceal most of the windows, but I can't promise no one will see us."
"Don't care." She pulls out the clip she'd used to hold her hair back and lets those luscious blonde waves fall over her shoulders. "I need you inside me right now."
I can't help chuckling. "We need to remove our clothes first, pet."
She hesitates in the middle of unhooking the top button of her blouse and stares at me for a moment. Then she flips the blouse up and over her head, flinging it away. The garment lands on the armchair. I stand frozen, gawping at her while she pushes her skirt down over her hips and kicks it away. Avery now stands a few feet from me, wearing only a lacy powder-blue bra and matching knickers.
Oh, and sexy stilettos.
But she kicks those off too.
When I reach for her, she scuttles backward and waves a finger at me. "No, no, no. You get naked first."
"You haven't finished. You're still wearing a bra and knickers."
"Get naked, Hugh. Now."
She is definitely not panicking anymore.
"Have I told you how much I love it when a woman tells me what she wants?" I ask while I unbutton my shirt. "Especially when that woman is you."
"Talk dirty to me. Please."
"If you insist." I shrug out of my shirt and toss it away. The shirt lands on top of Avery's blouse. "See those windows? I mean to push you against that glass, facing away, and push inside you so slowly that you'll be panting for me. Your tits will be crushed to the window, your entire body too, while I fuck you."
"Oh, yes."
The tips of her nipples jut through the flimsy fabric of her bra. I unhook my belt and pull it free of the loops one by one. "Your cream will be all over the window, darling. Then I'll flip you around and take you again, hard and fast, but I won't let you come yet. No, I mean to stretch you across the coffee table and fuck you there so you can feel the smooth, cool surface against your skin."