Free Undeniably Asher (The Colloway Brothers Book 2) by K.L. Kreig Page A

room at any second, catching us in this compromising position, but I can’t make myself move or look away. He’s a sorcerer; I’m completely enthralled in his magical spell.
    When Asher finally speaks, it’s barely above a whisper and the sincere words he utters make me foolishly want to give myself to him. Every broken, ragged edge of me. “I’m not sure I will ever be ready to let you go, Alyse.”
    “Asher…” I close my eyes, trying to get my violent hormones and riotous emotions under control. When I open them, his hunger hasn’t abated a single bit. “What are we doing here?”
    A small smile tips his lips. “I don’t honestly know, but I can’t seem to stop. Hell, I don’t want to stop.” He pauses, his eyes sweeping to my swollen lips before lifting to capture mine again. “There’s something different about you, Alyse. There always has been. Even when I shouldn’t have been attracted to you all those years ago, I was. And now that I’ve found you again, I need to know what it is. See if we have something else here besides the intense need to fuck each other.”
    I suck in a sharp breath, his unfiltered words catching me off guard once again. But for the first time since I met Asher Colloway so very many years ago, his cocky attitude is shed and I see vulnerability in its place. It’s probably the most endearing side of him he’s shown me yet. It makes me want to agree to anything he’ll ask of me, which I’m one breath away from doing. He pulls me to his waiting mouth once again.
    “Thoughts of you have utterly consumed me for weeks,” he whispers against my lips before kissing me softly. His kiss is reverent, worshipping. Sweet.
    So damn perfect.
    Every word he’s spoken is what any woman wants to hear from a man who’s interested in her, but still I hesitate, trying to make one last lame, admittedly very lame, effort. “But I’m going to work for you,” I manage to say when he lets me pull back.
    “No, you’re going to work on a project for my company.”
    “But you own the company.”
    “Technically, my brothers and I own the company. I can keep my professional and personal lives separate, Alyse.”
    “I don’t sleep with my clients, Asher.”
    He sighs, leaning his head back against the couch, eyes going to the ceiling. “Fine, I’ll hire a different audit firm.”
    “What?” Shit, now I’ve done talked myself out of a job. “No…I didn’t mean that .”
    “If it means you’ll consider dating me, then that’s what I’ll do.”
    “Asher…” I hesitate, not sure I should confess so much, especially to someone who will be almost single-handedly keeping my company afloat. It will make me look desperate.
    Aren’t you?
    Shit, not only do I need the money, having CFC as a reference would be a huge coup for me. Maybe I’d be able to actually execute some of the long-term business plans I put together so long ago now. “I want the job.” I need the damn job.
    He lifts his head and pins me with his beguiling eyes. “And I want you , Alyse. I want you so fucking much I can hardly think straight. I’ve thought of nothing else but you for the last two goddamn months.” God. His words steal the very breath from my lungs. Lungs that have been oxygen starved since he walked into my office yesterday.
    “What if this doesn’t work?” I respond quietly, nervously. Christ on a cracker. Why are you even considering this, Alyse? This could be emotional and professional suicide.
    Grabbing my face again, he replies passionately, “What if it does? There’s something here. I know you feel it, too, Alyse. Give me a chance. Give us a chance.”
    I can’t think when he’s touching me, so I stand and walk to the bay of windows, my back to him. I stare into the tree-lined estate, watching two squirrels pillage for food, taking advantage of the warm weather to tuck away more nuts before the snow falls.
    I try to recall my pros and cons list that I created last night, but all I