Irresistible Forces - Brenda Jackson [27]
“Vanessa!”
“Just being honest, so get prepared.”
At that moment Taylor heard a sound behind her and turned around. Dominic was standing in the doorway that separated the sitting room from the bedroom, still wet from his shower with only a towel wrapped around his waist. The heat in his eyes, the ones staring at her, were scorching. She swallowed the lump in her throat.
“Vanessa, I’ve got to go.” Taylor clicked off the phone without waiting for her sister’s response. She was suddenly filled with the thought that even if she tried, there was no way to get prepared for Dominic.
“The shower is yours, Taylor. But let me go on record as saying this is the last time I plan on taking a shower alone while we’re here.”
Dominic didn’t even attempt to understand why he was so adamant about that. Probably because all the time he had spent in the shower, standing under the jets of the water, he’d been thinking of how it would be to have Taylor in there with him, all the things they could do. Would do.
“And if I protest?” she asked with a teasing smile on her face.
Of course, she could protest, but he figured she wouldn’t. He would make sure of it. Besides, any woman who got as hot as she did just from a man kissing her, stroking her intimately, wouldn’t be hard to persuade. Not only had he felt her heat, he had tasted it. “Go ahead, if you think that you can.”
The look that suddenly appeared in her eyes let him know he had been right—she would be wasting time to try to deny him. They clicked. They would probably burn up the sheets. And in the end, they would make a baby. For some reason he felt very confident about that.
His gaze roamed up and down her. She had fixed what he’d done to her sundress, but he much preferred seeing it down to her waist. He liked her breasts. The feel of them in his hand. The taste of them in his mouth.
He saw she hadn’t moved from the spot. “Aren’t you going to take your shower now…or do you prefer we get into something else?”
She crossed her arms over her breasts. “You’re blocking the doorway.”
“Oh. You don’t think I’d let you get by?”
She chuckled. “Not without trying something.”
He smiled. “I thought one of the perks for this week is for me to try just about anything.”
“Yes, but the key is perfect timing.”
His smile widened. “Trust me, every time we come together will be perfect” He stepped away from the doorway. “Go ahead. I’ll behave.”
She gave him an I don’t believe you look, before heading toward the bathroom. When she got close by him she slowed her steps and looked at him up and down. “Something wrong?” he asked.
“No, nothing’s wrong.”
“Then I can only assume that you like what you see, Taylor Steele.”
She met his gaze and his heart began thudding hard with the look in her eyes. “Yeah, I like what I see.”
“Do you want it?” he asked, feeling a sizzle low in his belly.
She tilted her head at an angle that got his attention because it made him see just what a beautiful neckline she had. “Not only do I want it, Dominic, I plan on getting plenty of it. Later.”
When she slipped by him and went into the bedroom and closed the door, a heated rush flooded his insides at her bold statement. As far as he was concerned, later couldn’t get here quick enough to suit him.
Taylor leaned back against the door the moment she shut it behind her and breathed in a deep, shaky breath. How on earth was she supposed to get through dinner when Dominic exuded so much temptation? And he knew exactly what he was doing to her. She didn’t have to be convinced that he was a man who knew how to please a woman in bed. There was no doubt in her mind that he would please her. And just thinking about the degree of pleasure she would receive made her weak in the knees.
When she thought her wobbly legs could support her, she moved away from the door toward the drawers where she had placed her undergarments earlier after she’d unpacked. She would get everything she needed