He fingered her nape, massaging his sensual intent. “I’ll give you whatever you want whenever you want it. Any time of day, you need relief, just crook your finger and I’ll crook mine. Against you, inside you, deep as you need it. If I’m not around, text me and I’ll come, ready to make you come. For one week, I’ll fulfill every fantasy on demand and get you off so many times we’ll break records.

Most guys would be happy to have a woman so vocal about her desires,” he said in a voice several degrees huskier than before. “Half the time, we have no clue if a woman is enjoying herself.”“Really?”“Not me. Just trying to represent for my maligned gender.

Expected a bit more skin, Almeida.” She punctuated that with a pointed glance at the shorts area. The man had promised Speedos. “Think Chicago’s seen enough of me, don’t you?”Chicago might have, but Kinsey most definitely had not.

What would it be like to be caught in the emotional crosshairs of a man like Luke Almeida? To belong to him, body and soul? The prospect warmed her some. Scared her more. With Luke, she suspected there would be no half measures.

Are you telling me that men are compelled by the mere fact of their gender to choose violence as their first resort?”“Partly. It satisfies our sense of justice, it makes us feel good, and it always improves our odds with women.

The words hung in the air like dense weighted objectswaiting to crash. Her breath hung with it. He should have frozen, pushed her away, anything but what he did.He kissed her gently on the top of her head.Tears welled in her eyes, and she burrowed closer into the safety of all that warm skin. He was naked, yet she was the one completely and utterly exposed.

Had she really just said “lady lips” out loud? This was not their standard repartee around the office.

Yes, it’s me, your PA, now your stripper for the evening. How do you do?

He was perfectly formed, all steel flesh, so beautiful naked that it simply hurt to look at him. But she suspected it would hurt more when she no longer could.

Find 'em hot, leave 'em wet," he murmured."Well known firefighter maxim.