emma_hillman_hired by Emma Hillman Read Free Book Online

relationship with her? He wasn’t her bodyguard
right now. He wasn’t their Guardian either. He was her lover, the man who’d be
sharing her bed tonight.
    She grinned in the darkness and wondered why
luck was suddenly looking down on her. Not that she was complaining, of course…
     
    * * * *
     
    “Guardian.”
    “First Man?”
    “Your report for the day?”
    “She is making progress. Good progress.”
    “How soon will she be finished?”
    “I couldn’t say, Jake. My guess would be
she’s done 50%.”
    “How fast can she translate this thing? Have
you given her the right incentives?”
    “Most definitely. I’ll keep pushing her.
Don’t worry, First Man, I know my job well.”
    “Do that, Guardian. Faye wants to see her.
Bring her to the house tomorrow night.”
    “I will.”
    “Good night, Drake.”
    “Good night, First Man.”
     
    He ended the conversation with his First Man
and realized Jessica was looking at him weirdly.
    “You were talking to someone, weren’t you?”
    His eyebrows shot up. “What? How do you know
that?”
    “Huh, I’m not sure. But your eyes were moving
and you looked so deep in thought and… I don’t know. Was it your First Man?”
    “Yes.” Had she heard their conversation? She
couldn’t have surely. “Jessica, have you ever heard me in your head?”
    She stumbled on the last step up. “No! Are
you saying I’ll be able to hear you? When? How? I’m not an Immortal!”
    “Forget I said anything.” Shit, what the hell
was wrong with him? Why had he even asked her that? She was too clever not to
follow his logic! Fuck but the sex was seriously going to his head. Maybe they
shouldn’t… The thought trailed as he pushed his front door open and stepped
inside. He felt her body brush his as she walked past, electricity zapping
through him at the faint touch. “Jessica.”
    “Yes?” She turned around, her eyes full of
excitement.
    She was still thinking about that mind-talk, he
was sure of it. Determined to get her off the topic, he lowered his head and
took her mouth in a hard kiss. She moaned in his throat, her hands grabbing
onto his belt loop to hold herself up. Having her fingers so close to his
erection spurred him on. He broke away and grabbed her hand in his, pulling her
after him up the staircase.
    He led her to his bedroom and watched her
admire his massive four-poster bed. “You asked for a bed,” he reminded her, his
voice husky.
    She sent him a quick smile. “It’s gorgeous.
It’s…just like you.”
    “Just like me?”
    “Dark and forbidding,” she cheekily replied,
before adding, “I’m sure it’s also very comfortable and very pleasing.”
    He found himself laughing, unable to believe
she could make him feel so happy when he’d been raging to get her underneath
him only seconds before. He pulled her to him once again and pressed his lips
on hers, the soft kiss something he wasn’t accustomed to, but it felt right at
that particular moment.
    She looped her arms around his neck and
snuggled into him. Everything felt…perfect.
     
    * * * *
     
    It was just as she’d imagined, Jessica
thought as she watched him settle his body over hers. She automatically widened
her legs and hooked them around his thighs, relishing in how hard his cock felt
against her core. Wriggling a little, she moved down on the satin sheet until
the rounded head pressed right against her clit. “Mmm.”
    “Do you even need me here?” Drake joked, a
clear indication that this hidden side of him was surfacing more and more.
    She loved it. She loved… NO! She shook
her head and forced herself to stay in the present. “Yes, I think I’m going to
let you do all the work tonight.”
    “Is that so?”
    “Oh, most definitely.”
    He nipped her lower lip in retaliation.
“We’ll see about that.”
    “Do your worst!” she called out as she felt
his right hand slip between their bodies.
    And he did. Oh yes, he sure did…

 
    Chapter Nine
     
    “When you are sure of