Page 84 of Pure Recklessness

I should’ve taken her up on her offer, ripped off those innocent little knickers and buried myself inside her.

‘I saw her first so I call dibs,’ Seb said when he caught up with me.

‘Stay the fuck away from her,’ I growled, still fixing my gaze on Eleanor as if staking my claim. ‘You will not lay a single finger on her.’

‘I wasn’t planning on using my finger. My dick and tongue will be enough,’ he chuckled.

‘That’s Eleanor.’ I turned to face him, annoyed that he was distracting me from continuing to undress her with my eyes. ‘So like I said, keep away from her.’

‘Stay away from who?’ Oscar joined us. ‘Fucking hell. Who’s the babe in the red dress?’

‘That’s what I want to know,’ Seb added. ‘I have no idea who Eleanor is.’

‘Wait.’ Oscar gasped. ‘You mean Eleanor as in the woman in the granny clothes who just joined Sated?’

‘Yes,’ I spat, turning my attention back to her.

‘Fuck me!’ Oscar gasped. ‘Now that’s what you call a glow-up! She looks fucking incredible!’

‘Can someone catch me up here, please?’ Seb grumbled.

‘That’s the woman Blake was ogling when he fell off the treadmill,’ Oscar explained unhelpfully. I couldn’t even be bothered to tell him not to bring that up again. I had something more important to focus on.

‘Oh… Damn,’ Seb said.

‘You told him?’ I huffed.

‘Of course I did.’ Oscar chuckled.

‘I almost wet myself laughing when he did.’ Seb grinned. ‘But I get it. If a woman like that walked in front of me at the gym, I’d slip on my dribble too. That arse. Those thighs and man, those tits…’

Just as I was about to tell Seb to shut the fuck up, Eleanor’s gaze met mine.

Her eyes popped with surprise. Then her lips parted before a shy smile flashed across her face.

Every drop of blood in my body rocketed straight to my dick.

I knew I shouldn’t be staring.

I absolutely shouldn’t be looking at her.

And I definitely shouldn’t be getting hard.

Especially because I was in a room with the who’s who of the romance and erotica books industry.

Two of my brothers were right beside me for Christ’s sake. If they knew how much I was attracted to her or what happened last week in my office, they’d give me shit for weeks. Maybe even months.

But despite knowing all of that, I couldn’t keep my eyes off her.

I was utterly captivated.

Right now, I had zero interest in the awards ceremony.

All I wanted was to scoop Eleanor up in my arms, carry her to the bathroom, bend her over the sink and fuck her.

Or I’d happily fuck her against the cloakroom wall. I wasn’t fussy. Whatever she preferred would work for me.

Jesus.