From Boardroom to Bedroom

Chapter 23

“Were you that focused on work you didn’t take time for yourself?”

“I want to make a name for myself,” she told him. “Personal life could always come later.”

Or now.

Nigel leaned in and slid his lips across hers. Her swift intake of breath and the increased pulse at the base of her throat only increased his need to make her feel everything she’d deprived herself of.

The fact that he was the first one to even make her think about giving herself up in such a way was more than an ego boost...it was a bloody treasure.

“So why are you here with me?”

She licked her lips and he knew the act stemmed from nerves and not some practiced ploy. “Because I can’t help myself,” she murmured honestly. “I’ve never felt drawn to someone the way I’ve been drawn to you. I know it’s not right since you’re my boss and I’ve tried to ignore what I feel.”

Nigel eased the jack

tossed

around her lower back

eyes dropped to his mouth.

so innocent, she knew all the right words to say. She raised her hand, hesitated, then placed it

hint of insecurity. He’d never seen even an inkling of that in the office. She’d always been confident and strong. Even

be perfect for her.

respect her reasons why...even if they were foreign to

leather sofa and urged her down. As she sat, those expressive eyes stared back at him. He’d have given anything to rip that excuse for a dress off her body and explore

Self-control was key here.

to reach for the top of his pants, but he pulled away. Confusion flashed across her face as she

in front of her, circling her waist with his hands, and leaning in to brush his lips

over her heated skin. “Let

good already,” she sighed, settling deeper into

back up over her shapely legs. He shifted his focus between her eyes and the dark skin he revealed inch by inch. He didn’t

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