Free Revving Her Up by Joy Daniels Page A

cock. It was a struggle not to press upward but he resisted. Relaxation first.
    He spanned Sarah’s shoulders with his hands and got to work, pressing his thumbs into the sides of her neck. “Got some serious knots in here, darlin’. Something got you wound up?”
    “Hmmm? Oh, you know. This and that.”
    No, he didn’t know but he’d sure like to find out. “You worried about your car? ‘Cause there’s no need. I promise you that I’ll fix it and take care of you until I do.”
    “Nah, not worried ‘bout that,” she said, her words a bit slurred. Was that the wine or was the massage working?
    “A work thing then. Them New York City law offices can be real tough places, I hear.”
    The muscles under his hands twitched. Jackpot. Not too surprising given her reaction to the call she’d received in his truck.
    She didn’t reply. He was going to have to do a little digging.
    “You didn’t seem too happy when the phone rang earlier.” He smoothed the muscles of her shoulders down with the heels of his hands as he spoke.
    “It was our newest associate, Charles. He’s the son of one of my boss’s buddies. I’ve been assigned to mentor him.” Her fingers made air-quotes around the word mentor.
    “Not part of your job description?”
    She made a soft hmph. “For an associate at a law firm there’s nothing that’s not part of the job description. Don’t get me wrong. Normally I wouldn’t mind working with a newbie, but the bastard doesn’t actually do anything. We get the assignments but I end up doing all the work. Which is just as well because the jerk is totally incompetent.” She shook her head, disgust thick in her voice. “I don’t know how he even passed the bar.”
    “Why would the firm take on someone who’s not qualified? I mean even if he is the son of a friend, wouldn’t they be worried about their reputation?”
    “You’d think so, right? I think my boss owes this guy’s father a favor. Maybe it’s about money. Anyway it’s been made very clear that no one cares how the work gets done, only that it’s done right. Of course, since there’s supposed to be two of us that means that I get twice the work with no additional help.”
    Things were becoming clearer. “Aw, darlin’, that sucks.”
    “Yeah, it does,” she said, but some of the vehemence had left her voice.
    He worked on the muscles of her upper spine for a few moments. “It’d be nice to be able to unload some of that burden, wouldn’t it?” he asked softly. “To not have to be the one in charge all the time?”
    “Would it ever.” Her voice was barely a whisper. “It’s been like this for months. It’s…it’s really starting to take a toll on me, you know?”
    “Yeah, darlin’, I know.” Cole rubbed his hands all over her back, sweeping up and down before coming to rest on the upper curve of her behind. It was a delicious ass but Cole’s mind wasn’t only on sex. Sarah needed more than a good lay—she needed someone she could lean on. Someone who would support her while she shouldered the load that had been dumped on her. For the time that they were together, Cole wanted to be that person.
     
    Relaxing warmth flowed through Sarah’s body and she fought back a moan. The feeling of Cole’s thumbs digging into the tight muscles of her back was almost as delightful as the pressure of his erection under her ass.
    How had they ended up in this position anyway? When she’d bolted from the car, she’d wanted nothing more than to hide in his guest room until it was time to leave. Now the twin pleasures of his hands and his cock were almost enough to make her forget her earlier humiliation, to beg him to pick up where they’d left off at the track. Before everything had gone to hell.
    What happened? Although she’d feared that her body would let her down, she wasn’t sure how it had come to pass. She’d been enjoying sex with Cole, really loving it. The way he’d pulled her from the car as if he