The heat that had been building between them all evening erupted the moment his teeth scraped over her skin. Bella’s hands tangled into the fabric of Ethan’s t-shirt, her nails digging into the solid muscle of his chest as a breathless gasp escaped her lips. The cold, sprawling expanse of his executive suite vanished, swallowed entirely by the white-hot orbit of his presence.
Ethan didn't let her breathe. He slid his hands down her back, shifting his grip to her thighs, and hoisted her effortlessly onto the edge of the marble kitchen counter. The cool stone was a sharp shock against her bare skin, but it was immediately incinerated by the press of Ethan’s body crowding between her knees.
He looked up at her, his forest-green eyes completely dark, his chest heaving as if he had been runni
