Nailed

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Author: Opal Carew
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his mouth, leaving his meal unfinished, then pulled back her chair. “Let’s sit by the fireplace.”
    But when she stood up, he rested his hand on her upper arm—the action intimate and totally familiar—and her heart raced. She couldn’t think with him this close. With him touching her like that.
    Before she knew what was happening, he drew her close and his lips brushed hers. She sucked in a breath, immobile at the shock of his solid body against hers, her hormones swirling through her. Then his lips pressed more firmly, coaxing, and his tongue slipped inside her mouth. She melted against him, the deep, intense yearning she’d suffered so long … that she’d buried inside so deep she thought it would never resurface … stole away her reasons for keeping him at a distance. Denied her the barriers she needed to keep her sanity while in his arms, plucking each excuse from her brain before it could surface.

 
    Chapter Two
    The feel of River’s soft body against him, her lips pliant under his, sent heat flooding to his groin. Kane wanted her more than he’d wanted any other woman. She had become an obsession he couldn’t rid himself of. He’d tried. After what had happened between them at college, he knew that she would never forgive him, and he’d convinced himself it was for the best. For both of them. But she’d haunted his dreams. She’d become the woman he compared every other woman to … and they all came out lacking.
    He wanted her more than he wanted anything.
    And he’d decided he would have her.
    The Kickstarter campaign had been a golden opportunity, practically custom made to help him.
    And now here she was, melting against him.
    He stroked his hands down her back until his fingers brushed the swell of her lovely ass, then he pulled her tight against him … and his hard, aching cock. Her lips tugged from his on a gasp, then she drew her hands from around his neck and pushed against his shoulders.
    She turned away, clearly flustered.
    “I really need to go.”
    “No, we have some business to discuss.”
    “There’s no business. You bought some of my product, and the opportunity to have dinner with me tonight. That’s all. Dinner is over. And I will send the nail polishes in four weeks.”
    “Four weeks? That’s a long time for me to wait.”
    She turned back to him and quirked an eyebrow. “You’re in a rush for them, are you?”
    He smiled. “Personally, I could wait, but if you’d like them to be sold in Rapture, then I’ll need them sooner than that.”
    *   *   *
    River’s eyes widened in shock.
    Rapture was a boutique that specialized in designer products. Their very high-end clientele included actors, rock stars, multibillionaires.
    “What are you talking about?”
    Her heart pumped loudly. He couldn’t really mean he’d made a deal with Rapture to carry her nail polish.
    “Come and sit down so we can talk. The waiter will bring coffee and dessert.”
    “I told you I don’t want dessert.”
    “So you’ll just drink the coffee.” He guided her to one of the chairs by the fireplace.
    As she sat down, the waiter arrived with his now familiar knock. Kane told him to leave the dessert—banana cream pie, which was her favorite—on the table. Then the waiter poured them each a cup of coffee, asking how she liked it. He added her cream and sugar and handed her the cup. After he served Kane, he set a bottle of liqueur on the low table between the chairs along with two small liqueur glasses, then poured the creamy liquid into them.
    She couldn’t resist Baileys and Kane knew it. She picked up her glass and sipped.
    “The owner of Rapture is an old friend of mine, and when I explained to her that I’d found a talented new designer with a nail polish line, she was quite interested. I sent her a picture and a description of your collection and she asked for exclusive rights to distribute it.”
    “Exclusive rights—”
    He held up his hand. “Don’t worry. They

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