Disclaimer: I don't own the Crossfire series.
Attraction
I'd just gotten into my Bentley, ready to leave for a meeting, when a woman standing out on the sidewalk caught my attention.
I couldn't completely see her face, just the side of it. She was wearing yoga pants and a workout tank that exposed her smooth skin and shoulders. She'd tilted her head back to look at the Crossfire Building, and I imagined her on her knees looking up at me with that awed look. I was instantly aroused by the thought but tried to shake it off, to no avail. Goddamnit, get ahold of yourself, I scolded myself.
I couldn't stop staring at the mystery woman, even though I couldn't completely make out her face. There was something about her that seemed to call to me, and I had no idea what.
"Mr. Cross?" Angus asked, breaking into my reverie.
I abruptly opened the door and got out of the Bentley, consumed with desire and attraction. I felt that if I didn't get to see her for at least a few more moments, I would become ill. "Wait just a few minutes, Angus."
"Yes, sir."
I followed the woman into the Crossfire Building, curious to know if she would be working in my building. I had absolutely no intention of letting her leave without at least finding out her name first.
I'd just walked through the entrance when I nearly stopped in my tracks. There she was, kneeling on the floor in front of me. In that moment, a fantasy of her kneeling in front of me and sucking me off flashed through my mind.
She was reaching for a nickel near my foot, and when I didn't move out of the way, she looked up.
Stunned, I sank into a crouch directly in front of her. I took in all her features – long blond hair that went halfway down her back…lush, soft lips that looked so utterly kissable…and those eyes. Gray and stormy, it felt like her eyes were staring into my soul. Like she could see past the money and my looks and into the tortured soul inside me.
She looked startled at my closeness to her and she shifted backwards before she sprawled flat on her ass.
Covering up my amusement with a frown, I held my hand out to her and she tentatively put hers in mine. I could feel her pulse racing in her wrist. I didn't move for a moment, staring at her, before asking, "Are you all right?" I felt concerned for her, and immediately checked myself. You just met her, so how the hell could you be so concerned about her already?
She licked her lips before she replied, "I'm fine."
At the sight of her tongue, I almost lost it. I imagined that tongue on my mouth, my cock…
Forcing the thoughts out of my head, I pulled her up with me. Our eyes locked, and I could see she wasn't oblivious to the electricity crackling in the air between us.
She blinked and released my hand, seeming a bit stunned.
Staring at her, I imagined her lying under me on black satin sheets with her eyes wild and hot for me. With me pinning her arms over her head and me pounding into her cunt…
I looked down and knelt to retrieve the ID card on the floor. The name on it read Eva Lauren Tramell, and I noted that she worked for Waters Field & Leaman. Coincidentally, that agency was in my building. We would certainly be meeting a few times very soon. I would make sure of that myself if I had to.
I glanced up at her and our eyes held again for a moment as I got up. "Are you sure you're all right? You should sit down for a minute."
Color rose to Eva's face, although she seemed to be working hard to not seem embarrassed. I suspected that she was attracted to me almost as much as I was to her. "I just lost my balance. I'm okay."
She looked away from me and I turned my head in that direction too as a woman approached us. It was the brunette who had dropped her coins all over the floor. She was thanking a guard who'd helped her and approached Eva while still apologizing. Eva held out her coins but then the woman's gaze fell on me and she started gushing thank-you's to me even though I hadn't done anything. Eva rolled her eyes at the woman's gushing and dumped the coins into her purse.
I ignored the woman's thank-you's while still keeping my eyes on Eva. She was the one I was most interested in. I was a bit surprised by how she hadn't fallen all over my feet like most women did - like what the brunette woman was doing now. Surprising, but in a good way. She turned to me and asked, "May I have my badge, please?"
I held it out to her, and when her fingers brushed over mine, that electric charge went through both of us. She definitely felt that, judging from the look in her wide eyes.
"Thank you," she muttered before quickly going around me and going out through the revolving door.
I watched Eva stop and take in her own reflection the windows of my Bentley before she disappeared. My lips curved into a slight smile as I watched her go. I was going to do whatever it took to get her into my bed.
