Rush

couldn’t
     very well refuse to give her an answer when he’d encouraged her to ask.
    “I think it was when you came back from Europe, when you took a break in your studies
     to go overseas. I hadn’t seen you much as it was. Just on the occasion when you were
     with Jace or at holidays. And then when you graduated college. No longer did I see
     you as a girl, Jace’s baby sister. I saw you as a desirable woman. One I wanted to
     possess. It caught me completely off guard.”
    “Why now?” she asked softly. “If not then, why now?”
    He had no answer for that, other than seeing her on the street the day he’d taken
     the photo. It had been a fist to his gut. All of the desire and need he’d suppressed
     had come roaring to the surface. She was an itch under his skin he couldn’t rid himself
     of. Even now that he’d had her, the itch wasn’t alleviated. It was more intense than
     ever.
    “It was time,” he said simply. “And you, Mia? When did you decide you wanted me?”
    She flushed and averted her gaze. Color bloomed in her cheeksmaking them a delightful shade of pink. “You were my teenage crush. I’ve fantasized
     about you for years but you’ve always been so far out of my league.”
    Something in her tone alarmed him. It shook him. And he realized just how disastrous
     this could be if she weren’t able to separate her emotions from their physical relationship.
     Perhaps it was why he’d held off for as long as he had. Aside from the difference
     in their ages, there was the fact that she was a girl. A young woman who hadn’t had
     the emotional experience that the other women he’d associated with had.
    “Don’t fall in love with me, Mia,” he warned. “Don’t take this for anything more than
     it is. I don’t want to hurt you.”
    Her lips twisted in scorn and her eyes narrowed. She leaned back, putting more distance
     between them. He didn’t like it. He wanted her close. Touching him. Where he could
     feel her softness and warmth against his skin.
    He leaned up, curling his arm around her, and then pulled her back until she landed
     against his chest. She had no liking for that. Too bad. She could say whatever she
     wanted to say with him touching her.
    Her mouth scrunched into a frown. It was adorable and cute, but it would only piss
     her off if he said as much. His own mouth twitched, threatening to smile, but he quashed
     that urge and stared expectantly at her as he waited for what she had to say.
    “That’s awfully presumptuous of you, Gabe. Not to mention arrogant and assholish.
     You’ve been clear in your expectations of our arrangement. I’m not an idiot. Do you
     assume every woman you meet falls head over heels in love with you and can’t live
     without you?”
    He lost the battle not to smile, and she didn’t look pleased with the result. She
     looked like a pissed-off kitten whose claws had just come out. Relief settled into
     his chest. Yes, he’d gone out of his way to make certain she knew the terms of their
     agreement, buthe still didn’t like the idea of hurting her. And his friendship with Jace may not
     ever recover if Gabe broke Mia’s heart. He didn’t
want
to break her heart. She was more than just another woman he had sex with.
    “Point taken,” Gabe conceded. “I won’t bring it up again.”
    She cast him another frown and inserted her hands between them, pushing back so there
     was space between them. Oh hell no. He pulled her back down so she landed forcefully
     on his chest once more, her mouth just inches from his.
    He kissed her and then growled when he found her lips stiff and unyielding. He slid
     his hand down her belly, between them, and into the soft, velvety flesh of her pussy.
     He stroked over her clit until she gasped, opening her mouth to his tongue.
    “That’s better,” he said against her mouth before ravaging her sweet lips once more.
    “What about your driver?” she gasped out between kisses.
    “We have time.”
    He reached for her hips, lifting her and then positioning her astride him. He tore
     at the sheets, pushing them out of the way. His need for her was fierce.
Painful
.
    “Put your hands on my shoulders and push yourself up,” he growled.
    When she complied, he grasped his cock and placed his other hand on her hip, guiding
     her down onto his straining erection.
    “Ride me, Mia.”
    She looked so uncertain that he moved his hands to her waist and then arched up, thrusting
     deeply into her. Holding