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

her shoulders and tossed it aside. “What do you

braced one arm around her lower back to hold her firmly

dropped to his mouth.

the right words to say. She raised her hand, hesitated, then placed it on the side of his

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

be perfect for her. Roslyn deserved more than for him to swipe off the top of

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

in his and stepped back. Then he led her to the oversize leather sofa and urged her down. As she sat, those expressive eyes stared back at him. He’d have given anything to

Self-control was key here.

but he pulled away. Confusion flashed across her face as she

hands, and leaning in to brush his

over her heated skin. “Let me make you

she sighed, settling deeper into the

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

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