Impossible To Resist (BWWM Romance Book 1)(76)

“Listen, Deborah,” he started with an uneasy voice, “I know we’ve talked about this before, and I don’t want to sound like I’m harping or anything, but we agreed that we aren’t seeing each other, that we are not a couple, and that it’s not a good idea if we have any kind of romantic interaction with each other. Remember that?” he prompted her, his jade green eyes steady on her.

She laughed a little and leaned against his frame as she nuzzled her lips against his cheek. “Oh now, Connor, I think it would be a very good idea if we had several romantic interactions with each other, don’t you?” she asked in a teasing voice as she slid her hand over his crotch again.

He grabbed at her hand and pushed it away from himself gently. “No, Deborah. We said we were done seeing each other. That was it. No more romance after that. I remember that quite clearly.”

She leaned back and cocked a penciled eyebrow at him. “You do? Well, perhaps you remember making out with me on that sofa there behind me after we agreed no more romance?”

He sighed heavily and crossed his arms over his chest. “We made out there for a few minutes because you came in here all hot and bothered just like you are right now, and you tried to seduce me, and I said no thank you, just like I’m doing now, and we agreed that there would be no more romance between us. It was very cut and dried, if you recall.”

She laughed low and leaned back up against him, her face near his as she whispered, “Well, it’s pretty wet right now, and it’s all yours, baby. Let’s have a good time.”

Connor placed his hands firmly on her shoulders and gave her a light push, just far enough that he could leave his position between her and the desk, and he walked away from her, going to sit behind his desk.

She pouted and sat down on his desktop, leaning over toward him again in a seductive way. “Oh, come on now, don’t you want some more of this? You’ve never had all of it before…” she teased. “You don’t know yet what you’re missing. I’m the best you’re ever going to get, baby.”

He sighed and shook his head. “Deborah, please, we’re done. We really are. I’m not interested in trying things with you again.”

She gave him a dark look then and sat up straight on his desk. “Why not? Is there another woman?” she demanded of him.

He tried to keep his thoughts from her, but Catalina’s sweet dimpled smile, warm soft kisses, and hot delicious body came rushing into his thoughts and he had to look down at the top of his desk so that he didn’t give himself away.

“No, there’s no one, Deborah,” he said quietly, wishing that there was some way he could get Catalina out of his mind so that thoughts of her wouldn’t drive him crazy with desire when he couldn’t have her.

Deborah sauntered slowly around his desk, reached for his chair and turned it toward her, and then lowered herself to a kneeling position in front of him. She placed her hands on his thighs with her fingers spread far open as if she was clutching him.

“Do you have any idea how much I want you, Connor James? I would do anything you asked; I’d do anything that you wanted me to, any way you wanted it. I would change your whole world, baby. No one wants you like I do, and no one will please you in every possible way like I can,” she promised him with a confident smile as she gave him a sultry look.

He gazed down at her there, her face nearer to his crotch than it ever had been. He thought of Catalina and how much he wanted her, and he wondered again how he was going to keep her from his thoughts; how he could possibly find enough things to distract him so much that he had no time to long for her and pine for her. As Deborah smiled at him and ran her wide open fingers further and further up his thighs, closing in on his groin, he considered what Deborah had said.

He wasn’t in the market for a lover, but if he was going to have any chance at all of keeping Catalina off his mind and keeping himself out of trouble, he was going to have to keep up appearances with some woman or other, so it would appear that he was in a relationship, and he was going to have be distracted enough that Catalina couldn’t get into his mind.

Connor sighed. Deborah Hargrove’s pushy offer was sounding a bit better to him. She smiled up at him and raised herself up slightly, running her hands over his belly and chest until she slid them behind his neck.

“Come on, baby. Give us another chance. We were good once. We could be good again, and you still don’t know the epic pleasures you’ll find in my bed, so come on. Give me a chance to show you again. Let’s give it another try, please baby?” she batted her dark eyes at him and he leaned his head back and looked at the ceiling. It needed paint. He made a mental note of it.

“Alright, we’ll give it another shot, but I’m not interested in getting into bed with you right away. Let’s keep things simple to begin with, please?” he asked seriously.

She nodded and rose up, trailing her manicured nails along his jaw line. “Whatever you say, honey. Just as long as you are mine.” His stomach turned at the thought and before he had a chance to change his mind, she walked to the door and looked back over her shoulder at him.

“Come over to my place for dinner tomorrow night. Seven o’clock. I’ll have something really… hot… cooking for you when you get there.” She winked at him and walked out of the door, closing it behind her.