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An Excerpt From: ONE HOT EXPERIMENT
Copyright © CHERYL DRAGON, 2007
All Rights Reserved, Ellora's Cave Publishing,
Inc.
“Are you dating one of them?” he asked out of the blue.
“No. Why would you think that?” Maddie was already
screwing this up. The last thing she needed was for him to think there was
another man.
Tim looked her in the eye. “You seem fond of them.”
Maddie felt his stare so intensely that she felt naked.
“Like brothers. I was an only child so it’s nice to have guys around all
the time who look out for me. We’re a close group of co-workers. I just
know them too well. That’s why the break-ins are so strange. No one wants
to be there alone now. Before we all felt safe.”
“I’ll start on perimeter security tomorrow. No one will
hurt you.” He brushed a strand of hair behind her ear and rested his hand
behind her. “I was an only child too. Must be nice to have those kinds of
friends.”
Maddie nodded shakily. His arm was warm behind her neck
on the back on the sofa. “Do you have any half or stepsiblings?” She knew
it was a dumb question but she didn’t know what else to say. His touch
turned off her brain. She hoped she didn’t do or say anything else really
stupid.
“I don’t want to talk about that.” He leaned closer.
Maddie knew it was now or never. She pressed across the
few inches and kissed him softly. The scent of him overrode her brain as
his arm wrapped around her shoulders. Her hands found his shoulders, the
feel of his muscles made her nipples hard. She wasted no time in pulling
him closer. She wasn’t sure how it’d happened but he was seducing her!
Apparently she just needed to be a little more confident. Wearing the
perfume had done the work for her.
When she slid her tongue into his mouth, Tim pulled
back. “Don’t start something you don’t want to finish.”
She never expected him to be such a gentleman. The ball
was in her court and Maddie wasn’t going to back out. She’d never get this sort
of courage again if she didn’t do it this time. The perfume was on her
side. Looking at Tim, she would regret it if she didn’t take the chance
now. Wrapping her fingers around the neckline of his T-shirt, she tugged
him closer and kissed him so there was no mistake. He wasn’t pushing but
she couldn’t resist.
Shutting out any doubts, Maddie tried to take her time
and enjoy the intensity of the kiss. His hands caressed her upper arms.
Maddie felt him guide her to her feet and lead them to his bedroom without
breaking the kiss that had her moaning ever so slightly in her throat.
As she felt the bed against the back of her knees,
something in the back of Maddie’s mind flipped. Her hands stopped shaking
as she tugged his shirt over his head, breaking the kiss just long enough
to admire him. The man was a drug. She wanted more.
Tim reached to pull her back but she turned the tables.
Her hands steered him to sit on the bed then slipped her own top off. A
surge of sexual confidence filled her while Tim stared. Every other time Maddie’d had sex she’d let the man lead, not wanting to
make a wrong move. This time it would be different—she could feel it.
She unwrapped her skirt and let
it fall, rewarded with the sight of his erection growing under his jeans.
Standing in her underwear and pumps, Maddie didn’t let her hands stop for
fear that she might feel self-conscious. Instead she unhooked her bra. She
felt sexy and safe with Tim—it was an intoxicating first.
Tim reached for her again. She stepped back and out of
her pumps as she let the lacey underwire bra fall. Not one to give up
control, he slipped a finger between her lavender French-cut underwear and
her hip and tugged until the panties joined the rest of her clothes on the
floor.
Unable to wait anymore, she ran her hand up his arm
while straddling his lap. Maddie let her hands mold over his chest. “You
must work out.”
“You want to discuss that now?” He cracked a subtle
smile.
“You’ll need the stamina.” She licked her lips.
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