Page 21 of Lethal Salvation

His jaw flexed with strain, so she reached out, placing a hand over his arm on the back of the couch. His eyes slid to hers and she saw the heat turn his bright blue eyes slumberous. She wasn’t the kind of woman to wax poetic about a man, but Gideon seemed to drag her in as if he wanted to drown her in the feelings he evoked in her body.

Desire pooled in her belly, her thighs clenching to ease the ache his look caused her. The air was electrified with lust and sex. It was as if that one innocent touch had lit a fuse and there was no taking it back. Each of them was paralysed by it until they were both moving at once.

His hands were threaded through her hair, loosening the ponytail she’d worn that morning. His lips crashed against hers, soft and firm as he slid his tongue against the seam of her mouth. She opened it with a sigh as he dragged her across his lap. The hardness she felt beneath her core as she straddled him made her ache to feel him inside her.

His hands skimmed her rib cage, moving over the side of her breast, causing her nipples to peak as he grasped her throat in his hand. His thumb circled over the pulse on the side of her neck as he cocked his head to watch her. “You’re so fucking beautiful, Cookie.”

Her hands moved under his jacket, hating the fabric that separated them from warm skin. She knew his body was fit but as she touched him, feeling the ridges of stacked muscle underneath her fingertips, she wanted to see more, to see all of him.

His hard cock rocked against her clit and she moaned as he swallowed it down with his mouth on hers, a growl vibrating in his chest. “Fuck, I can feel how wet you are through my trousers.”

A whimper tore from her as he thrust up, pushing her body toward the climax she was so desperate to feel. Gideon let his free hand move down her body as he pinched her nipple through the flimsy material of her blouse. Her hips arched against him, seeking the friction of his cock.

“Take it, Nadia. Take your pleasure from me. Let me watch as you come all over me.”

“Gideon?”

Duchess froze at the sound of Damon’s voice, ringing through the apartment. Scrambling off his lap, she glanced at Gideon who was standing to button his jacket. Duchess put more space between them, turning to the pictures above the fireplace as she gave herself a moment to reset her equilibrium and get a handle on her emotions and her body. She had been so damn close to climax and her body felt like a bow drawn tight and not allowed to fly.

What the hell had she been thinking dry humping Gideon in his living room, just after finding his home riddled with bugs? Shame and anger with herself washed over her as she heard the voice in the foyer move closer.

Pasting a bright smile on her face, she prayed her lip stain was still in place as she turned to see Damon stop at the entrance to the living area.

“Duchess, what are you doing here?”

“I needed to speak to her in private about Dad.”

Damon frowned as he focused his attention on Gideon. “Dad?”

Gideon walked to the bar and poured himself a drink, lifting the crystal decanter to his brother and her as they both shook their heads, no.

“Yes, father dearest came to visit me at the office.”

“Oh?”

Damon sat on the couch and Duchess tried not to let the blush stain her skin as she thought of what had been going on there only moments ago. Gideon caught her eye and smirked and she wanted to wipe the smug grin off his face.

“Yes, your father came in to see Gideon.”

Damon looked between them as if sensing the tension and narrowed his eyes. Duchess could feel the censure in the look and hated that she was disappointing her friend. And that was what he’d become over the last year of working with him before she ended up as Gideon’s PA.

“What did he want?”

“Oh, you know the usual, for me to let Carter help with the Macey deal.”

Damon stood, his face outraged as he went to the bar and poured himself a drink, clearly thinking he needed it now. “Help how?” Nadia asked.

Gideon locked eyes with her at her question. “He wants him involved in the negotiations and to have access to everything.”

“We can’t let him have access to that deal. I hope you told him no.”

“Jeez, Damon, why didn’t I think of that?”

Gideon rolled his eyes and Duchess studied the by-play between the brothers. They weren’t buddy-buddy close but seeing their dynamic made her think they had been once, and perhaps still were in some ways. They just weren’t effusive with it.

“Well, what did you say?”

“I said no fucking way.”