racing to her car. He remained hidden behind the fall of shadows in the centralized stairwell. So consumed by getting away from him, from the blossoms and the declarations in Japanese, Tanya hadn’t thought to discover his whereabouts. He knew the over-stimulating gifts would be too much and had in fact planned to set her over the edge. Counting on Tanya to act
predictably, he counted to thirty, until her car vanished into the bright sunlight before sprinting to his BMW and hurrying in.
No ritual today. Not even a seatbelt until he’d breached the upper deck. There at the light! He pressed the accelerator and landed about two cars behind her. Following her home might spook her more, but judging by her body movements, Tanya thoughts were too emotionally muddled to think rationally.
Enough cat and mouse. Enough running. He enjoyed a good hunt like any other man.
He’d already declared her his—a point he reinforced today.
Fully.
Chapter 10
The long shadow fell over Tanya a brief moment before she inhaled the Calvin Klein scent. Heart hurling one hundred miles an hour in her chest, she closed her eyes and clutched the door’s handle.
Tak. He’s right behind me.
His scent charged the cologne, infusing it and making it his own unique aroma. No one carried that rawness quite like him. Despite taking deep breaths, her hands clutched the handle and trembled.
His breath brushed the back of her neck and she slumped. “Tak…”she began, not turning around.
“Tanya,” he said, cutting her off. His tone was as soft as velvet against her skin, like his divan. It stroked her ears and raised goose flesh across her arms, her bellybutton, her nipples. “Hello, baby. Remember me? I’m the guy you spent all day avoiding.”
She grinned in spite of herself. No way had I forgotten you. But I was avoiding you.
Suddenly, her eyes flew open as strong hands whirled her around and gently pressed her against the door.
Like a stealth predator, Tak’s face appeared inches from hers. His lips, those luscious lickable lips, barely moved as he said, “I want you.”
Tanya flushed, unable to meet his eyes. “Tak, about that, I…” “Shut up.”
She stiffened and swallowed the hot retort on her tongue. After placing both hands on her hips, she muttered, “What?”
“I said to hush that gorgeous mouth and open those equally beautiful ears,” Tak purred against her throat, leaning ever closer – close enough to breathe her breath.
“Tak…”
“No!” he growled and took the liberty of kissing her throat. “I love everything about you. The way you walk, dress, talk… everything. Conversing with you is a pleasure. My life is to be your everything.”
“You’re crazy. Your parents…” Tanya declared, trying in vain to push him away so she could think. Being this close to her put him deep into her personal space. He’d infiltrated her defenses. Her well-crafted argument eroded against his warm, minty breath. “You can’t be serious.”
“Do you know me?” he replied, before gliding his lips down her throat and biting her at the juncture of her shoulder and collarbone.
Her libido rose, body arching and aching for more. Her hands wrapped around that cobalt blue shirt and yanked him toward her. Betrayed by her body, Tanya melted into him.
“I can’t be what you want, need…” she confessed lips quivering from her own want and fear. “Tak, please…”
“You are, ” Tak whispered, sucking her earlobe in between his teeth. Her diamond stud clinked against them. “Listen to your heart, and speak true .”
“Tak,” she breathed into his ear, her hands winding their ways upward and into his hair. “Please…”
“Please what, baby? Tell me,” he moaned, pressing the rigid hardness of his body against hers, setting her points to peaks and puckered pleasure.
Tanya stiffened.
Damn if this isn’t the exact position I found myself in last Friday night with him. Begging for his body, his heart,
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