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

from her shoulders and tossed it

her head and braced one arm around her

eyes dropped to his mouth.

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

was that hint of insecurity. He’d never seen even an inkling of that in the office. She’d always been confident and strong. Even in the minor position she’d been hired for initially, someone like Roslyn was too big in life to be a

perfect for her. Roslyn deserved more than for him to

done this before and he had to respect her reasons why...even if they were foreign

those expressive eyes stared back at him. He’d have given anything to rip that excuse for a dress off her body and explore her tempting curves with his eyes, his hands,

Self-control was key here.

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

and leaning in to brush his lips across the

murmured over her heated skin. “Let me make you feel

already,” she sighed, settling deeper into

him eagerly roaming down and pulling the skirt of her red dress back up over her shapely legs. He shifted his focus between her eyes and the

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