Checkmate by Diana Nixon Read Free Book Online

exactly what I wanted her to do. I almost broke when her lips crashed on mine, teasing my tongue with hers, sucking and exploring, as if she couldn’t get enough of me. I squeezed my eyes shut, hoping to prolong the moment, at least for a while. Somehow, I knew that my heaven was about to fall apart into a million small pieces.
    “Faster,” I breathed into her parted lips, knowing tha t I could no longer restrain my desire. The mere thought of coming all over her flat stomach only made it even harder to control.
    The familiar ten sion started forming in my muscles, and I knew I was losing it too soon. I sucked on her bottom lip, her jaw, her neck, trying to drink in her every heartbeat. My thoughts blurred, and I felt a pleasurable wave running down my back and all the way to where her palm was still touching me. I came with a low groan, feeling a huge invisible wall of tension fall down from my shoulders. I opened my eyes and saw her bright-blue pools starring back at me in fascination and… surprise? It couldn’t be the first time she made a man come with a hand, could it?
    I felt a little dizzy, I pulled her closer and wrapped my arms around her.
    “Did you like it?” She asked in a barely audible voice.
    I replied with a quiet laugh, “A lot.”
    “Good.”
    “Good?” I moved a little to see her face, but her head was down, and her eyes were closed.
    “I didn’t want to disappoint you .”
    “What?” She sounded so innocent, I couldn’t believe she looked like a hungry devil just a few seconds ago. “You would never disappoint me,” I said, kissing her hair.
    “How do you know that?” She didn’t look up and I wondered if she was about to fall asleep.
    “I knew it the moment I kissed you back in the club.”
    “Good,” she said again, and I smiled to myself thinking that it was the first time in years that I didn’t feel like running away after my sexual needs were tended to.
     
    Her breathing was steady and even without seeing her face, I knew she was asleep. I removed my hand from under her head, and replaced it with a pillow that she embraced tightly. Lying on her stomach, she looked so young and fragile. I leaned on one elbow, watching her. I didn’t even know her name, but I couldn’t hold back my smile: she might have looked like an angel, but I could tell she was dangerous. And damn, I liked it.
    She woke up about three hours later, looking as if she was scared to find herself in my room, in my bed. I didn’t know what to make of her sudden change of mood. She left so fast, I didn’t even have time to realize what had just happened. I had been thinking about my mysterious guest the entire morning, while I was taking a shower, drinking coffee and driving to the office. And then, BOOM! She turned out to be my business partner’s daughter and again, I thought about karma being a fucking bitch, just like everyone always says…
     
    I sighed, leaning against the back of my chair. Could my life become even more complicated?
    The sound of a new text message brought me back to reality. I looked at my watch and frowned. It was almost midnight. Who would be texting me so late?
    The number was hidden, but I immediately knew who the message was from. “We need to talk about last night,” it said.
    “Only talk?” I texted back.
    “Yes. Are you still at work?”
    “Was just about to leave.”
    “Meet me at the parking in five .”
    “K.”
    So Scarlett was still at work too? I wish I knew that earlier. I didn’t want to talk about work, but I was sure we had a lot of things to discuss. I turned off my computer, grabbed my cell phone and car keys and went to the elevator.
     
    She was waiting for me, leaning against my car.
    “To what do I owe the honor, Sunshine ?” I liked the way her father called her that.
    She shifted uneasily, but her face remained unreadable. “I wanted to ask you something,” she said with her arms crossed.
    “Go ahead,” I replied, standing one step away from