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I’ve become desensitised to them. For me, they’re functional. Anatomical. And, frankly, unattractive. But Danny’s… I shiver thinking about it.

It’s beautiful.

Long and thick in my hand, the petal-soft skin stretched tight over a shaft of forged steel, the veins a work of art. It had taken all my willpower not to wrap my lips around it.

My mouth waters and my nipples tighten just thinking about how he might taste. About whether I could take him all the way to the back of my throat. About what technique he prefers when a woman goes down on him.

My gut burns at the thought that there will be more women after today. After me. I hate all of them and suddenly want to keep him trapped in here with me.

Bunny boiler alert!

‘Doc.’ His voice is a low rumble and my pulse spikes. ‘Stop looking at me like that.’

His hot gaze sweeps over me like the beam of a flashlight. It treks back to linger on my aroused nipples. The sudden tension in his frame, like he might pounce on me any second, stirs my belly, and it quivers at the flare of heat in his eyes. My breath is thick in my throat, and I don’t know enough about guys like Danny to play games, but Elevator Holly is keen to push some boundaries.

Or jealous enough to, anyway.

‘Like what?’ I ask breathily.

‘Like you’re trying to figure out how I like my cock sucked.’

His words slice straight to the slickness between my legs, and heat floods my face. The man may not have X-ray vision, but he can obviously read minds. He grins, knowing he’s hit the nail on the head.

‘It’s very distracting,’ he says as he returns to his search while my heart rate rattles away. ‘And I need some sustenance before we go again.’

Muscles deep inside clench at the thought there’s more to come, and a host of possibilities flood my mind, but suddenly he pulls something from the bag with an ‘Aha!’

‘What is it?’

‘It’s a Hershey’s bar. It looks older than God, but who ever heard of chocolate going bad, right?’

I laugh as he rips the packet open and snaps the bar in two. He’s obviously never been in an ER. ‘For you,’ he offers.

The thought of old chocolate doesn’t appeal. Not when I have three packets of brand-new Hershey’s almond Kisses in the apartment; and besides, I’d rather watch him eat. ‘I couldn’t possibly deprive you of the sustenance.’

He grins. ‘We still have an hour. You’re going to need it as much as me.’ My clitoris pulses at the promise in his voice, but I shake my head as he waggles it at me. He shrugs and eats the half he offered me in three bites.

He takes his time with the second half. His head rests back against the wall as he slowly savours each square, his gaze savouring my body at the same time. It drifts up and down me and lingers in all the good places. It throbs between my thighs, and my nipples tingle and harden beneath his rapt attention.

Suddenly self-conscious, I look around for my shirt. It’s near his thigh. I could probably just reach over and pluck it up, but my bones are dissolving. ‘Throw me my shirt.’

‘Nope.’ He shakes his head, a small smile playing on his mouth. ‘I like looking at you naked.’

My breath hitches at his frankness, but I am acutely aware of my nudity now, and I draw the leg closest to him into a bend in an attempt to lessen my exposure. The slick, swollen flesh between my legs quivers deliciously at the action.

‘Don’t.’ His voice is soft but steely, and my thigh trembles. ‘I like looking at your pussy best of all.’

My thigh trembles some more at his choice of words and how he says that word in particular. It shouldn’t turn me on, but it does, and I blush. God… part of me wants to pull the duvet over me. Part of me wants to spread my legs so he can look his fill.

Who even am I?

The thought makes me jittery, and confusion makes me disagreeable. ‘You think I should just lay here buck naked and let you inspect me while you’re in a pair of jeans?’

He grins in such a knowing way. ‘Uh huh.’ And he slips the last square of chocolate into his mouth.

I hate that he’s right, but in a few short hours he’s made a total wanton of me. My leg, also going the full wanton, slowly slides to the ground again, and his gaze immediately homes in on my… pussy.

His nostrils flare as he lifts his head from the wall to look closer. ‘Pretty,’ he murmurs.