Caught on Camera with the CEO by Natalie Anderson Page B

response wasn’t just physical, it would be over-emotional too. All Alex was up for was a little playtime—she needed time out to get a grip first. ‘Aren’t you supposed to draw some prize or something?’
    â€˜Lorenzo can do it.’
    â€˜You can’t let them down.’ She pushed him away. He moved and she smoothed down the front of her dress in a quick gesture.
    â€˜It’s your turn to dare,’ he said too coolly, too confidently.
    She shook her head. ‘I’m all out of challenges.’
    He chuckled. ‘I don’t believe that.’ He stepped closer again. ‘Maybe you just need some provocation.’ He leant forward and kissed her again, his mouth seeking, demanding. She bit back the moan. He wasn’t touching her anywhere else but she ached to ride him, to rock her hips back and forth and take him inside her. If they were alone she would do just that. Shed her clothes and his and have all of him hard and fast and right now .
    She tore free of his kiss and gulped in air. But no matter how many breaths she took she still felt dizzy. She stared at him, shocked at the need still rampaging through her defences. So easily he had won this from her. So much for staying away—so much for either of them having self-control.
    â€˜What do you think about a truce?’ She was panting too much for the question to come out as tart as she’d have liked.
    He lifted his hand and ran the tip of his finger over her lips. She gasped again.
    â€˜We can delay a little longer if you like. But this is inevitable.’
    She wanted to shake her head but it felt heavy and shecouldn’t move it. Passion shone in his eyes, pleasure and satisfaction broadened his smile.
    â€˜We’re flatmates,’ she finally managed. ‘We can be friends but we can’t…’ She trailed off as he laughed.
    â€˜Honey, we can’t be friends. Not ’til we’ve burned this out.’ He nudged her chin with his thumb. ‘After that we can—I get on well with all my ex-lovers.’
    Oh. Was that so? ‘Regular Lothario, aren’t you?’ Dani drawled, sarcasm dripping.
    â€˜Well, you have your joy boys—right?’ His smile had sharp edges. ‘Nothing wrong with liking sex, Dani. It’s natural.’
    Slack jawed, she could no longer cope with his subtle-as-a-brick sensuality. Because the worst thing about it was that it made her body burn hotter. ‘I need to freshen up.’
    â€˜Coward.’
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    How long was it possible to live with an Empire-State-Building-size erection? Alex wondered whether there was an entry in the Guinness Book of Records and knew with certainty that if there was, he was going to beat it.
    â€˜You’re taking her home?’
    â€˜To her separate little bedroom, yes.’
    Lorenzo laughed. ‘That won’t last long.’
    Alex leant his shoulder against the wall. From here he could see when she exited the bathroom. ‘It’s complicated.’
    â€˜Yeah. The whole Internet movie, invent her a job, move her into your home kind of complicated.’
    Alex shook his head. Lorenzo didn’t know the half of it. He didn’t know the whole I-just-found-out-who-my-father-really-is nightmare yet. And it was a nightmare. Alex swept a quick glance around the room, couldn’t see the bastard. How dared Patrick just appear like that—what was he tryingto do? What did he want? Well, whatever it was, he wasn’t getting it.
    That was really what was eating Alex alive, not some five-foot-nothing sexy piece of a woman. He sighed as the thought of Dani made his whole body ache with need. ‘It was your dumb idea to move her in to my place.’
    â€˜Thought it might be convenient.’ Lorenzo chuckled.
    Alex shot him a filthy look and drained the last of his juice. OK, so she was eating him up too. But he could deal with lust, couldn’t he? Wasn’t he Alex Carlisle?