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Renee laughed despite herself. “No underwear! Gosh, Kim, I don’t know...”

  “Do it, Renee,” Kimberly goaded. “Do something wild. Okay, this isn’t that wild. But it’s a start. Or perhaps I should set you up on a blind date. In fact, my new neighbor seems like a really nice guy. I should...”

  “Fine, fine.” Renee threw up her hand. “I accept your dare!”

  CHAPTER FIVE

  Zack Howell glanced away from his laptop when he heard his PA arrive at her desk. Renee always arrived at nine o’clock sharp. Despite him telling her that she could come in a little later today since it was a Saturday, she was here at nine on the dot.

  Zack smiled to himself. Renee was the best PA he’d ever had. She was smart and efficient, and she got things done with minimum fuss. She got along with everyone in the office but she never indulged in office gossip.

  Zack paid all his staff well, but he also worked them very hard. When there were deadlines to be met, he expected everyone to pull their weight. His staff sometimes came in on weekends when there was really urgent work to be finished, and Zack appreciated the effort and dedication of his staff.

  But Renee worked almost every weekend. He wasn’t being fair to her, but it was the only way he could see her over the weekend. She kept her distance from him, and unlike all the previous PAs that he’d hired and fired, she never once tried to flirt with him or pry into his personal life.

  He had tried to ask her out for dinner, but the woman had declined politely but firmly. She seemed determined to keep their relationship strictly professional.

  Zack should be happy. He never liked blurring the lines between his professional and personal lives. He never dated or fucked any of his employees or business associates. Things would just get messy and end badly for everyone involved.

  But Renee...he’d wanted her the moment he laid his eyes on her.

  For her, he would break all his own goddamn rules.

  At the interview, she had been nervous and reserved. She had worked as a PA before, and she had glowing testimonials from her previous bosses. When Zack asked her why she’d left her previous job, she had told him that she wanted a change. She changed job and changed residence.

  “I got divorced,” she’d blurted out. It was the only piece of personal information that she’d volunteered at the interview.

  Zack had seen her lift her chin and straighten her spine when she announced her divorce. He realized that the divorce had done some damage to her self-esteem and she was trying to reclaim her pride, self-worth and self-respect. She wanted not just a new job, but a new life.

  Zack had hired Renee on the spot. It was the best thing he had ever done.

  But as much as he valued her as a PA, he also wanted her and desired her as a woman. Zack had been stunned at his own powerful attraction to Renee. And his desire and lust for her hadn’t waned. He thought that seeing her every day would dull his interest in her. After all, he never dated a woman for more than two weeks. He didn’t want to lead the women on, and he wasn’t interested in them outside the bedroom.

  Six months.

  Renee had been working for him for six months now, and he wanted her more than ever. In fact, she was the only woman he wanted. Ever since he met her, he hadn’t touched any other female.

  God, he was out of his mind.

  He was lusting after his PA. Every time she walked into his office, he had to resist the urge to grab her and bend her over his desk. Those tight pencil skirts she wore weren’t helping. They accentuated her full, generous hips and round buttocks. Her prim blouses were always buttoned right up to the collar but he could see her ample breasts straining against the soft fabric.

  He’d never wanted a woman so badly.

  Renee had been hurt and betrayed, before. He could see it in her eyes and hear it in her clipped, guarded tones. He would have to play it slow.

  But lately, he sensed a subtle change in his uptight, aloof PA. Renee probably didn’t know that he could scent her arousal. She would be mortified and embarrassed if she knew.

  But Zack could scent the moisture between her luscious legs whenever he stood near her.

  And her scent was driving him crazy.

  His bear went wild at her scent. Renee was blissfully unaware that she was tormenting him out of his mind. His bear wanted to rip out of his skin and mount her on the spot.

  Six goddamn months! He had gone without sex for half a year. He needed to get laid, but the trouble was, the thought of touching any other woman simply repulsed him.

  He wanted only Renee.

  He tried. He did try to get her out of his mind and his system. He went out and partied, and he flirted shamelessly with a sexy, sultry starlet.

  But when he took her to a hotel room, he found he just couldn’t take her to bed. His bear wouldn’t let him. His raging beast became even angrier and in the end, Zack had to leave the room before the crazed animal trashed the entire room. He had left the bewildered, offended starlet in the room and simply left.

  Zack went to the gym almost every morning to work off his frustration and excess energy before coming to work. He worked harder and longer than ever, but seeing Renee every day only made him more hungry for her. He called her into the office every chance he got.

  He sometimes snapped at her or made her redo a piece of work just to get a rise out of her. Renee had managed to maintain her distance and cool, detached demeanor for the first few months.

  But he was wearing down her defenses. She wasn’t unaffected by him.

  Just last week, when he leaned across the desk and the back of their hands touched briefly, he had heard the tiniest whimper escape from her. The sweet scent of her juices drenching her panties almost made his eyes cross.

  Just how much longer could they resist each other?

  CHAPTER SIX

  There was a soft knock on his door, but Renee didn’t walk in immediately. Zack could see her curvy silhouette through the frosted glass of his office door, and his cock twitched. For months now, he had been resisting the urge to yank her onto his lap whenever she stood beside his desk.

  Renee opened the door tentatively and stood in the doorway with his cup of coffee.

  She swallowed and gave him a quick smile. “Morning, Zack.”

  “Morning.”

  She looked nervous and kept worrying her lower lip as she walked towards his desk. “Your coffee,” she said, placing the cup on his desk.

  Zack leaned back in his chair and stared at her. Renee usually wore jeans when she came into the office on Saturdays. But today, she was in a figure-hugging pencil skirt and a crisp black blouse.

  “Renee...” he began as she came over to the side of his desk to grab the documents from his out tray.

  Zack inhaled sharply and jerked.

  What the hell…!

  He could scent her bare, naked pussy. Renee wasn’t wearing anything under that enticingly tight skirt.

  Zack stared at her hips and made out no visible panty line. He let his eyes trail up his PA’s soft, curvy body. He could see her nipples pushing against the fabric of her blouse. The woman wasn’t wearing a bra either.

  He stood up.

  “Zack…?” Renee stammered, blinking up at him as he towered over her.

  He strode over to the door and locked it. There was no one else in the office today but he didn’t want to risk anything.

  He didn’t want to risk anyone seeing Renee naked.

  Because he was definitely getting her naked. Right here. Right now.

  She was tempting him, daring him, taunting him out of his mind! If she wanted to bait a beast, she should be prepared for the consequences.

  Renee backed away until she hit the wall. She was breathing hard and she kept fidgeting with the buttons on her blouse.

  Zack pressed his palms against the wall, caging her in. Renee gulped and looked up at him. “Zack, what...”

  “What are you doing, Renee?” he growled.

  She shook her head. “I don’t
understand...”

  “Are you testing me?”

  She swallowed and he scented the rush of moisture between her legs. She knew what he was talking about. She wasn’t stupid. The sexual tension between them was so palpable it seemed to be pulsing against them like a living thing.

  “I...” Renee gasped as he pressed closer to her. She could feel his huge erection stabbing into her belly and she grew even wetter. She put her hands against his chest but she didn’t push him away.

  “Zack...”

  He crushed his mouth over hers and her lips parted for him at once. She fisted his t-shirt but she wasn’t fighting him. She was fighting her own confusing, roiling desire.

  When her trembling hands moved up to his shoulders, Zack grabbed her. He’d wanted to hold her in his arms for so long.

  Zack groaned as he kissed her deeply, passionately, possessively.

  He was so hungry for her. Their need for each other was like a wildfire, burning out of control. Renee clawed at his neck and shoulders, and cried out when his fingers brushed against her erect nipples. When he began to unbutton her blouse, she made a half-hearted attempt to stop him before surrendering.

  Pushing the two halves of her blouse apart, Zack inhaled sharply at the sight of her beautiful bare breasts. Her nipples were dark and puckered, begging to be touched and sucked.

  Zack lowered his head and pressed his lips to the swell of her breast. He licked his way to the sensitive peaks and Renee gasped when he pulled her nipple deep into his mouth. He tongued and fingered her throbbing nipples, making her moan and whimper.

  He could sent the moisture between her thighs and he tugged down the zipper at the back of her skirt impatiently.

  As he pushed her skirt down her legs, Renee tried to cover herself with her hands. But he grabbed her wrists and snarled, “No, Renee, I want to see you. All of you.”

  Sweeping her into his arms, he carried her to his huge desk and pushed the papers aside. He stood in front of her and commanded, “Spread your legs for me, Renee.”

  She shivered and slowly parted her legs. Zack felt his cock jerk, becoming painfully hard as he stared at her glistening, pink pussy. She was so wet, and her sticky juices were dripping like honey from her pretty little pussy.

  Zack fingered her quivering folds before pushing his finger into her slit. God, the woman was so tight and wet. He slid slowly in and out of her body, and stared at her flushed face as he pushed another finger into her.

  Renee’s tight channel gripped his fingers as he thrust into her. She whimpered as he stretched her further by sliding a third finger into her. He circled her hard, engorged clit with his tongue and licked her slowly, savoring the taste of her.

  When Zack began to fuck her with his tongue, Renee made a keening sound as her body bucked.

  God, she was so hot and responsive. He closed his eyes as he tasted her sweet, sticky nectar. Renee was exquisite. Greedily, he devoured her sweet pussy, hungrier than ever for her.

  Zack let out a growl when Renee came suddenly against his mouth. She shuddered and cried out, her body clenching and pulsating involuntarily.

  Zack stood up and loomed over her. He unzipped his jeans and freed his hard, throbbing cock.

  Throwing her legs over his shoulders, he pressed the head of his cock against her slit.

  “Look at me, Renee,” he ordered. “I want you to look into my eyes when I take you.”

  CHAPTER SEVEN

  Renee made an incoherent sound. She couldn’t speak. She couldn’t even think straight.

  She couldn’t believe that she was fucking her sexy boss. And yet a part of her knew that this would happen.

  The instant she stepped into Zack’s office, she knew that there was no turning back.

  She had seen Zack’s blue eyes blaze with hunger. And her body had responded.

  Her nipples had hardened as Zack raked his gaze down her body. Zack could tell that she wasn’t wearing any underwear.

  If she wanted to play with fire, she had to be prepared to get burned. And God, the burn felt so damn amazing.

  It had been so long since she had been touched. She and Vincent stopped having sex long before they got divorced.

  Her ex-husband had tried to blame her for his affair. He complained about her appearance, her habits and lifestyle. She let herself go. She put on so much weight and became frumpy and boring. She wasn’t hip, adventurous or interesting. It was her fault that their marriage failed.

  And she believed him.

  She actually believed all his lies.

  It was only when Vincent was out of her life completely that the blinkers fell from her eyes. She finally saw that the man she divorced wasn’t the same man she’d married. He had changed, but Renee realized that she had changed as well. She’d lost her confidence and mojo, and became timid and uncertain.

  So...was she trying to get her mojo back now? By fucking her boss?

  What was she doing really?

  Renee didn’t quite know. She just knew how good Zack was making her feel. Zack was handsome, smart, powerful and domineering. He knew how to get what he wanted.

  And right now, Zack wanted her.

  It had been a long time since she’d felt this good about herself.

  Renee blinked up at Zack. He was staring at her with those piercing blue eyes, his cock still pressed against her entrance. He was tormenting them both.

  His veins were bulging from his neck as he held himself still, waiting for her eyes to focus on him.

  Renee swallowed and stared into Zack’s eyes. She held his intense, burning gaze and gasped when she felt him push into her body.

  He was penetrating her slowly, letting her feel every inch of his huge, hard cock as their bodies joined.

  Renee made a small cry of pleasure.

  Her body was thrumming and aching, and Renee felt as though she were about to explode. She was almost feverish with desire and lust.

  She wanted to feel Zack deep inside her, and she wanted him to fuck her hard and fast, holding nothing back.

  “Zack,” she whimpered. “Please...”

  Renee gasped as Zack buried himself to the hilt inside her. He was breathing hard as he held her.

  “Renee,” he growled, and she felt the tips of his claws digging into her hips. His eyes glowed feral and his muscles bulged and throbbed. His bear was pushing against his skin, staring out of his eyes.

  But she wasn’t afraid.

  She wanted him, all of him.

  Renee looked up at Zack’s handsome face and surrendered her pleasure to him. She had suspected that sex with her hunky boss would be mind-blowing and explosive.

  Now she knew.

  It was all that, and more.

  CHAPTER EIGHT

  Zack grabbed Renee’s wide hips and groaned. She was perfect. She had soft, womanly curves, bountiful breasts and rounded hips. She wasn’t all angles and bones. He had bedded many women, but he never truly enjoyed them. They were slim and well-groomed, with expensive makeup and perfumes. But none of the women excited him.

  Renee, though, awakened all his senses. She was smart, beautiful and so sexy. And she had a body that was made for sin and pleasure.

  Zack forced her to look at him as he bit out his question. “How long, Renee?”

  He knew that she hadn’t gone on a date for the last six months. He had made sure of that. He had made her work late on most nights and weekends.

  “How long has it been since a man touched you, Renee?” he growled.

  She swallowed hard. “About...one and a half years,” she answered. She took a deep breath and said, “My ex-husband was too busy screwing someone else to bother with me.” There was no sadness or bitterness in her voice. That bastard ex of hers was already out of her system and out of her life.

  Zack held her face and kissed her possessively. He would be the only man who took her and pleasured her from now on.

  Renee returned his kiss fervently as Zack pushed deep into her. She was growing we
tter with each thrust, and she was whimpering his name as she clung to him.

  “You’re mine, Renee,” he snarled, pounding into her. “Say it. Say you’re mine.”

  “Zack,” she murmured, her body trembling.

  “Say it. Tell me you’re mine when you come,” he ordered.

  He surged into her, grabbing her breasts and tugging at her puckered nipples. Renee gasped as her pussy pulsed and pulled his cock deeper into her body.

  “I’m yours,” she whispered. “Yours, Zack.”

  Zack thrust once, twice into her and Renee made a keening sound as she climaxed. Zack felt her pussy tighten around his cock as he took his release. As he shot his seed into her body, Renee orgasmed again.

  With a shuddering breath, Renee finally opened her eyes and blinked at him. Zack withdrew reluctantly from her and stared at her beautiful, naked body. He could feel himself getting hard again.

  Shakily, Renee pushed herself up and her eyes darted around his office, trying to locate her clothes.

  “Wait,” he said. “Let me clean you up.” He zipped up his jeans and went to the attached bathroom.

  He caught his reflection in the mirror and saw the smirk on his face. He heard a satisfied rumble from his bear.

  He had finally taken that sexy PA of his. She had wanted him, wanted this for a long time. He had scented her arousal on quite a few occasions, but she just refused to allow him to get closer to her.

  Did she not trust him or herself?

  They were both adults. They knew what they wanted. Why deny themselves?

  Zack grabbed a wet cloth and walked out of the bathroom.

  He stopped short and snarled.

  His office was empty.

  Zack stared at his desk and his eyes flashed across the carpet to the opened door.

  Renee had grabbed her clothes off the floor, dressed in a hurry and bolted.

  Zack swore viciously and rushed out of his office.

  He ran through the rows of empty cubicles and skidded to the lobby. He was just in time to see the elevator doors sliding shut.