Fresh Temptation

smaller place than you think. Especially the business world. I’ve already made some phone calls. I’ll have a meeting or two next week. That’s all you need to know.”
    Cara’s mouth gaped in astonishment. “I don’t know what to say. Or what to think.”
    “Listen to me.” He cupped her chin. “Now I understand why you’re so protective of yourself. Maybe we moved a little too fast and that’s why you were so eager to leave me today.”
    She averted his gaze for a moment, biting her lip.
    “It’s okay. I’m not upset about it now.” His fingers moved to her hair, combing through her soft tendrils until her eyes met his again. “In fact, I think it works out best for everyone. You won’t be my employee anymore, technically. You’ll be paid by an outside agency. Hopefully you won’t feel like you have to sleep with me to keep your job anymore.”
    Cara’s cheeks turned beet red. She tried to suppress her smile, thinking about how exciting it was to sneak around with her boss. Then she breathed deeply to clear her thoughts. “So, you said it works out best for everyone this way?”
    He returned her smile and gave her lips a quick peck. “Yes. It lets Patty split her time between getting to know her new boyfriend and watching her grandson.”
    “Yeah. I hadn’t thought about that.”
    “Also, by the time Isaac’s ready to start school, you’ll hopefully be finished with your project here and you can move home permanently. I know some excellent private schools.” Victor nodded. “And this will force us to take our relationship a little slower. That should make you more comfortable, I hope. But, let me warn you.” His eyes narrowed as his voice took on a slightly sinister tone. “On those days when I get you all to myself, I will be very greedy.”
    Cara giggled into Victor’s mouth as it descended on hers.
    His warm hand cupped her full breast as his lips moved to her chin, then her throat. His hand was moving down her stomach to part her thighs when he heard her groan. He stopped. “What’s wrong?”
    She winced, painfully. “I’m sorry. There’s this nagging thought running through my mind. Alexis. Will she bother me here? What if—”
    “Shh.” He pressed two fingers against her lips. “I have something very special planned for her. She’ll get what she deserves. Let’s not speak of her again.” His lips went to her ear as his fingers trailed down her neck, her chest, her stomach, stopping between her thighs. “I have something much more special planned for you, mi amor .”
    Cara closed her eyes, pleasure coursing through her body from his wet, warm lips nibbling her ear, and the words he had just spoken. She knew amor meant love, and that was a word they hadn’t yet used with each other.
    As if he could read her thoughts, he moaned in her ear as the tips of his fingers traced circles around her tiny, swollen nub. “I’m falling in love with you, Cara. Please don’t run from me again.”
    Before she could say, “I won’t,” his mouth possessed hers again with a fiery kiss that resonated throughout every part of her body, increasing the pleasure he was building in her pelvis. She bucked against his hand, needing more.
    He continued to kiss and fondle her, enjoying her cries of joy that were quieted by his mouth until they were so loud and frequent, he was forced to break the kiss. He watched as her mouth fell open and her face made the most gorgeous expressions of pleasure he had ever seen. I hope to see this beautiful sight a million more times…
    A minute later, as Cara lay there recovering, Victor yawned and let his head fall to the same pillow where she rested. His arm went gently across her stomach, holding her close.
    She opened her eyes, startled. “You’re going to sleep already?”
    With a satisfied smile, he whispered, “We need to rest. We have a long day ahead of us but I plan to wake you very early. And very happily.”
    “Okay.” Cara giggled quietly as his lips gently touched her forehead.

Chapter Seventeen
     
    Alexis clutched the note in her hand, reading it for perhaps the hundredth time since it was delivered to her house with a bouquet of roses the day before.
     
    I’ve missed you, mi amor. My body endlessly longs for yours. Put me out of my misery. Pack your bags and come with me to my secret island paradise. We will spend a week alone and put the past far, far behind us.
    Kisses,
    Your Latin Lover
    Also attached were instructions to