Wait for Me by Samantha Chase Page A

primitive male in him wanted to strip them both down and finish what they’d started earlier in the day.  But the practical man in him, the one that had that annoying little voice, reminded him that she was his employee and that engaging in any type of physical relationship with her would not be wise.
    He heard Emma sigh.  “Aren’t you going to say anything?” she asked, suddenly feeling shy.
    “Emma, there is nothing that I want more than to climb in that bed beside you,” he said honestly and felt weak at the relieved smile on her face.  “But I don’t think it’s a good idea.”
    Emma’s heart sank.  She had been certain that Lucas was going to want to sleep with her.  She had been so confident and that’s what had made her able to ask him so boldly to join her.  “Why not?”
    “For starters, you’re injured.”  Lucas knew it was a lame excuse and Emma wasted no time in telling him so.  He cut her off before she got too wound up.  “Secondly, you work for me.”
    “I don’t work for you, Lucas; I work for your father.  There’s a difference.”
    “Not to me there isn’t,” he said firmly.  “You’re an employee of Montgomery’s and I’m one of the owners of Montgomery’s.  You may be my father’s assistant but you still work for the company that I own.”
    Emma pushed off the bed and stood toe to toe with him.  “That’s rich, Lucas,” she spat.  “You’re going to hide behind the company right now?  Most of the time it practically takes a stick of dynamite to get you out of your cave here to remind you of the company and now you’re using it as an excuse to not sleep with me?  If you don’t want me, Lucas, then just say so.  You don’t have to make up ridiculous excuses.  That’s the coward’s way out.”
    Lucas inhaled sharply at her words.  “That’s the second time today you’ve called me that,” he warned in a low growl.  “I don’t appreciate it.”
    “Then don’t act like one.  At least be man enough to be honest with me.”  Her breathing was ragged and Emma knew she was provoking him and didn’t care.  He’d been nothing but frustrating her for months and even more so since she’d arrived here yesterday.  There was only so much she was willing to take.
    “Dammit, Emma, I am being honest with you!” he yelled.  “I’m trying to be the good guy here and you’re turning it into something it’s not!”
    She heard his words; they just weren’t what she wanted to hear.  “That doesn’t change my opinion,” she said as she crossed her arms and stood staring defiantly at him.  “I wasn’t asking for some sort of long-term commitment; I wouldn’t dare.  I was simply asking you for tonight.  I thought it was the logical conclusion after the kiss we shared earlier.”
    Lucas was dumbfounded.  He wasn’t sure what exactly about her declaration ticked him off the most – the fact that she wouldn’t dare ask him for a commitment or the fact that she was being so flippant about the whole thing.  He leaned toward her until t hey were nose to nose; his eyes bore into hers. 
    “There is not one thing logical about this whole situation, Emma,” he growled.  “I wouldn’t think you to be the kind of woman who’d want a one-night stand with her boss.”  He’d hoped to anger her; possibly discourage her.  He certainly didn’t expect to encourage her.
    “Then I guess you don’t know me very well,” was all Emma said as she reached out and wrapped her hand around the back of Lucas’s neck and pulled him toward her.  As soon as her lips touched his she knew she’d won.
    Lucas wrapped both arms around her and literally swept her off of her feet.  “Be sure, Emma,” he said breathlessly between kisses.  “Be very sure about this.”
    With her mouth traveling ravenously down his jaw and throat, Emma managed to say, “Believe me, Lucas, I’m one hundred percent sure.”
    It was all the encouragement he needed.  Carefully