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  “What was a beautiful, smart and sexy librarian doing in a nightclub by herself?”

  “Just blowing off a little steam. Believe it or not,” she looked at him with seriousness all over her face, “library work is full of stress.”

  “Really? I never would have guessed.” Kieran gave her a mock look of surprise.

  “I know, right? People always underestimate the perils of being a book monitor. But making sure that books are checked out properly and late fees collected can really raise the blood pressure.”

  Kieran gave a chuckle. This Ashley was really a delight. He was sure he’d remember her name in the morning. Kieran may enjoy the beds of many women, but he truly treasured a lady that was smart and witty. Too bad he wouldn’t be hanging out in New York very long. She was definitely proving to be someone he could see himself dating more than a few times. Plus, she was smoking hot.

  They made small talk for the rest of the ride. Well, he mostly made her talk. She was originally from New York and loved the city life. She actually had not intended to be a high school librarian, but having a bachelor’s degree in English didn’t leave her with a lot of job options. She was planning to pursue her master’s degree in the Fall. Before he knew it, they had arrived at Kieran’s hotel.

  After paying the cabbie, Kieran exited the cab and helped Ashley out. He couldn’t help but admire those lovely legs as she gracefully stepped out of the cab.

  “Nice hotel,” Ashley commented. “Government acquisitions must pay well.”

  “I do alright for myself,” Kieran replied smoothly.

  They walked hand in hand up to his suite. Kieran was hoping that there would be no sense of awkwardness, seeing as how they really had met just a little over an hour ago. But Ashley seemed confident and sure of herself.

  Opening the door, Kieran stepped in and turned on the lights. He turned to Ashley to offer her a drink but found her right behind him. She reached up with both hands and brought his face down to his. She laid a scorching kiss on him and his arms wrapped around her waist of their own volition, pulling her body tight to his. Kieran was surprised. He figured he would need to continue his seduction over drinks and more talk. He was not prepared for Ashley to take the lead. But he was not one to argue either.

  CHAPTER 4

  Kieran let Ashley lead the kiss for a while but then he took over. Reaching down, he grabbed her under her ass and lifted her up. Her legs automatically went around his waist and locked herself on by crossing her ankles. Kieran angled his head to be able to kiss her more deeply and he was triumphant to get a deep groan from her. He was so going to enjoy leading her toward pleasure.

  But then she surprised him again by pulling back from his kiss and moving her mouth down his neck. She licked and nibbled her way across his jaw, down his neck and back up again. Reaching his earlobe, she nipped him and it caused a jolt of lust to shoot straight down to his groin. His erection lengthened and using the grip on her ass, he pressed her hard against it. The contact was amazing and Kieran growled in response.

  He quickly walked into the bedroom, still holding Ashley locked around his waist. Reaching the edge of the bed, he leaned over and laid her in the middle, nestling his body in between her legs. Rubbing his erection up against her, he felt her hips move against him reflexively. He leaned his mouth down again to claim a kiss. Their tongues dueled, hot and wet.

  She engaged in the kiss for just a few seconds, and then once again, caught him off-guard. With surprising confidence, Ashley pushed him back off of her and urged him to roll on his back. Apparently librarians needed to have a certain amount of force to deal with all the pressures they faced. As he fell to his back, she rolled right with him and straddled his groin.

  Her dress hiked up to the very tops of her thighs and he wondered what type of underwear she had on. Five minutes ago, he would have guessed bikini. Now he was thinking thong. His hands were itching to smooth that dress upwards and find out but she scooted back out of his reach and started working at his belt buckle.

  Laying back and watching her, Kieran marveled at how adept her fingers were. She had the belt unbuckled and removed quickly. She moved backwards off the bed and took his shoes and socks off. She ran a fingernail lightly up the instep of his right foot and Kieran jerked back reflexively. He was a little ticklish. So what? He didn’t think it in any way detracted from his manliness.

  He saw a grin curve her mouth upwards and realized her really liked her smile. He also realized, they had not said a single word to each other since they entered the room. Right now, she was staring hungrily at his pants zipper and the look caused him to harden even more.

  “Ashley.”

  Her eyes snapped to his and he saw they were literally sizzling in their intensity.

  “No talking.”

  Kieran raised his eyebrows but kept his mouth shut.

  Still standing at the end of the bed, Ashley reached out with her hands and ran them up his thighs. As she bent forward with the movement, he saw her full breasts swaying within the neckline of her dress. Reaching his hips, she made short work of his button and zipper. Then she slid his pants and briefs off of him in one smooth move. His erection sprang free and he thought he would die when he watched her lick her lips while looking at him.

  “Sit up and take your shirt off. I want to see all of you.” Her voice was husky and filled with desire.

  Kieran didn’t need to be asked twice. He quickly shed his sweater and leaned back on his elbows. He held his breath while he watched Ashley’s eyes rove all over his body. He seriously couldn’t remember a woman ever looking at him with such fascination and hunger. For the first time, he was glad he put so much work into his physique. It was beyond hot to see a woman appreciate his efforts.

  His erection lay heavy on his stomach and he was coiled with tension waiting to see what she did next. And he waited, because there was no doubt in his mind that Ashley wanted to run the show tonight. He normally didn’t like ceding dominion in the bedroom but he was beyond mesmerized by her at this point. She could have lit him on fire and he probably wouldn’t have cared.

  Ashley kneeled on the end of the bed and crawled her way up his legs. She never took her eyes off his cock, intent in her purpose. Reaching her destination, she lightly palmed his erection, skimming her hand up and down. Then she leaned over and slowly licked the head of his shaft, circling her tongue around the top. Kieran felt his hips surge up, silently asking her for more.

  And she didn’t disappoint. She took him in deeply and Kieran nearly bit a hole in his tongue the pleasure was so great. Still leaning on his elbows, he watched her head bob up and down on him, taking him all the way to the back of her throat. He couldn’t stop himself. His hips started thrusting up and down. He was going to come hard if she didn’t stop.

  “Ashley, slow down.”

  Pulling her mouth away, Ashley looked at him and gave him a devious grin. Kieran waited to see what she would do. She was full of surprises tonight and he was quite sure she had something else up her sleeve. Pulling up, she placed her palms on her own thighs then grabbed the hem of her dress. She slowly eased it up her thighs and Kieran watched its progress, eager to know whether she sported the thong he suspected.

  Sliding it up over her hips, Kieran about swallowed his tongue when he saw she wasn’t wearing any underwear. His eyes fixated on the gorgeous crop of copper curls between her thighs. But then she moved the dress up her stomach, and over her breasts, he got sidetracked as he found she wasn’t wearing a bra either. Her breasts were full and round, her nipples already hardened.

  With a quick flip of her hands, the dress was free and she flung it to the floor. Shaking her auburn locks free to settle around her shoulders, Kieran was staring at perhaps the most perfect female body he’d ever seen. Her stomach was flat and her hips flared slightly. He watched as she moved forward to straddle him. It was then that he noticed she was still wearing those killer stiletto heels and had no intention of taking those off. Fuck
, that was hot.

  Ashley reached her hands down and laid them on his stomach. She smoothed her palms upwards in a surprisingly soft and non-sexual way up to his chest and that actually turned him on more than if she had blatantly fondled him. It was then that he realized he had hardly touched her.

  For the first time in his life that he could remember, he had just laid back and let a woman do all of the work. He had been so hypnotized by what she was doing, he had not reciprocated in anyway. That was very un-Kieran like. He was always a considerate lover. The type of man that would always bring a woman to an orgasm before he would even consider having one of his own. Almost ashamed of himself, his hands reached out to run up her legs but she actually slapped them away.

  That surprised the shit out of him. Kieran looked up at her face and he saw something that he would bet reflected on his face most of the time he was in the throes of passion. Lust, dominance, pride. Who would have thought this would come from his little school librarian?

  Hands still on his chest, she flexed her fingers and dug her nails in. Not enough to draw blood but enough to draw a moan from him and cause his hips to flex upwards again. Giving a throaty laugh, Ashley reached her hand back to one of her stilettos and he watched as she pulled a foiled condom packet from underneath the thick leather strap. That was handy! Shoes with built in condom holders.

  Ashley put the packet in her teeth and pulled with her hand, ripping the package open. She deftly removed the condom and placed it over his erection, slowly rolling it down his length. Then she settled over him. Kieran felt her enclose over the tip and marveled at the hot wetness he felt. He hadn’t done more than kiss her but she was slick and ready with invitation. He watched as she slowly sank on to him, and watched her eyes close in rapture.

  With determination, she began a steady pace, pushing up and down again with fluid strokes. Little mewling noises started pouring from her lips and willing to take another hand slapping, Kieran grabbed ahold of her hips to help push her up and down. And then he was lost to sensation, just as he knew Ashley was. Closing his eyes, he concentrated on the feel of her tight core working him over. His breaths grew shallow as she pumped up and down.

  Opening his eyes again, he watched mesmerized as she raised her hands and gathered her hair up to the top of her head, and let it spill back down again. Red fire. Her breasts bobbed up and down with her motions and he didn’t think he’d ever seen a more tempting sight. He watched her eyelids flutter as if they couldn’t decide whether to stay open or closed.

  Ashley picked up her pace. He could tell she was close to tipping over and he was right there with her. Smoothing one hand over her stomach, he moved down and rubbed over the top of her sensitive flesh with this thumb. The No Touching rule fully breached, Ashley’s eyes flew open to look down at him and he rubbed her harder. Her head lolled backwards and he literally could see her orgasm ripple through her body.

  She let out a cry, grabbing on to his hand and pushing it harder against her. The mere act of her needing something from him finally sent him over the edge, causing his climax to fire through his body. He let out a bark of a moan and then Ashley collapsed on top of him.

  They stayed that way for several minutes while their breathing calmed down. Kieran stroked his hands up and down her spine. Neither of them said a word. Kieran was dumbfounded actually. He had never had a woman take such utter and complete control over his body, and he couldn’t believe he actually let her. He’d gotten immense pleasure too. This little librarian was quite intriguing. He really hated to have to leave her in the morning but the needs of his people always came above all else.

  Easing out of her, he removed the condom and threw it in the waste basket beside the bed. She rolled over onto her stomach and within minutes was sleeping. Lying on his back, he closed his eyes. Yes, he would hate to say goodbye to her tomorrow.

  CHAPTER 5

  “Kieran…wake up.”

  Kieran heard the female voice deep in his brain and tried to place it.

  “Come on Kieran, time to wake up.”

  The voice was getting louder. Lying on his side, he opened his eyes slightly and saw the alarm clock on the nightstand read 7:03 a.m.

  In a rush, it all came back to him…his incredible night with Ashley. He couldn’t believe he slept past 6:30a.m. And now she was calling for him to wake up. When he rolled over, he would show her the benefits of waking up next to Kieran Dunne. Crap. Could his inner voice sound any more egotistical?

  “Kieran. I left a message that we would meet bright and early this morning. Time to get up as I’ve got other things to do today.” A hand smoothed over his back.

  Bright and early this morning? That was the message that guy Marcus had delivered from Annika.

  Kieran rolled over to look at Ashley. Instead, there was another woman lying in his bed… naked. She was lying on her side, facing him, with the sheets pulled up to her chest. Stunned beyond belief and momentarily freaked out, Kieran scrambled backwards, coming to stand on his side of the bed, staring down at the stranger.

  She was stunning in a unique way. She looked like pure innocence. Her hair was midnight black. The kind of deep black that held blue highlights in the sun. She wore it short, in a pixie cut, with soft wispy threads framing her lovely face. Her eyes were pale lavender and he realized he had never seen eyes that color before. Must be contacts. Most interesting though, her left eyebrow was pierced with a small silver bar with a tiny ball on each end. It contrasted well with the purity of her face.

  “Who the fuck are you?” Kieran snarled. And where was Ashley?

  “Oh, come on, Kieran,” the woman drawled. “After what we shared last night, I’m surprised you would treat me this way.”

  “Ashley?”

  The woman’s lips turned up in a quick grin. “Are all men from Vyronas as slow as you?”

  Kieran scrubbed his hand over his face in frustration, and then…utter realization. “Annika Foss,” he said with a sigh. “You wore a glamour last night.”

  “Yup. And it wasn’t even my best work. But redheads do have fun.”

  Kieran looked more closely at her. It was the same exact face as Ashley’s, except the hair and eyes were different. And the piercing was…hot actually. He wondered if she had any others. Her face was delicate, almost elfish, with high cheekbones. Her petite, straight nose rested over those pouty lips, which set off her stubborn little chin to perfection. Now he saw it clearly. He could imagine those red curls cascading around that same face. Dumbass.

  Although, he should cut himself a little slack. He had last seen Annika Foss when they were kids, and frankly, the meeting was so unmemorable, he really couldn’t remember what she looked like. Besides, with someone that was as skilled in glamours, I guess you never knew what they truly looked like. Speaking of which.

  “So, the way you look now…is that the real you?”

  Annika flashed her straight pearly whites at him. “My dear man…you could never hope to know or understand all of the mysteries that make up the real me. But yes, this is the way I look when I’m not using a glamour. Along with a few other piercings you can’t see right now but I’d be glad to share them with you later.”

  Kieran had to admit, he thought Ashley’s look was smoking hot, but there was something absolutely ethereal about the way Annika looked right now. He had never been one that liked short hair on a woman, but he had never seen a woman look more feminine and tempting than the way she did now. Those light purple eyes were amazing and that tiny eyebrow piercing added just a tiny bit of toughness to her sweet exterior. I wonder where the other piercings are?

  Despite her beauty, though, he was pissed she had duped him. They had spent all that time last night having sex. Amazing sex. But they could have been conducting business. What a waste of time. Okay, he wasn’t going to go there. Last night was awesome and he wasn’t going to regret that. But still, why the dishonesty? Yup. He was pissed.

  “So why the need to lie to me?”
r />   “Don’t be mad, Kieran. We had a great time last night. I was just having a little fun.”

  “Try again. I don’t think you’re not the type of woman that does something just for a little fun. You had an agenda.”

  Annika’s eyes took on a devious gleam. “So you think I had an agenda? How about coming back to bed and I’ll fill you in on my plans. And I’ll show you my other piercings.”

  Christ, couldn’t he get a straight answer from this woman? She was driving him nuts. Plus, the invitation to come back to bed was all too tempting. And he’d get to see the other piercings. Focus, Kieran.

  “Let’s try one more time. What was your reasoning behind last night’s little acting gig?”

  Annika pouted her lips, but looked him levelly in the face. “Fine. I’ll tell you. After you feed me. I’m going to take a shower. Order breakfast and then we’ll talk.”

  She then slid the sheet down her body and it was just as luscious as he remembered from last night. And look at that. There was one of the other piercings. She had a small one in her belly button. Another silver bar with a silver ball on one end, and a lavender crystal on the other. It matched her eyes.

  He felt his dick hardening. Just great. Kieran turned his back on her to pick up his pants from the floor. Putting them on, he heard her get out of bed and pad over to the bathroom. Do not look at her, do not look at her.

  “You have a great ass, Kieran."

  Whipping his head around, he saw her backside briefly before she closed the bathroom door. She had a great ass too but that woman was trouble with a capital “T”. If he had his way, he’d leave right now and do this job without her. There was something about her that was very unsettling. She was clearly a prankster and loved the fact that she had tricked him last night. But under that, he could sense something a bit darker. She was too evasive for his liking. He would have to be on guard with her from now on.