Free Deadly Desire by Audrey Alexander

at his desk, still in his suit, looking sexy as hell. He’d finally change into something more comfortable when he was done working…maybe he slept naked…
    Sighing, I rolled over and groaned into the pillow. This was going to be a long night.

Emma Berry was in my bed. Well, not my actual bed, but she was still in one of my beds all the same. As I tried to concentrate on work, my mind kept drifting back to her body and wondering what kind of clothes she wore when she went to sleep. I doubted it was a silk nightie. She seemed more a flannel and t-shirt kind of girl.
    I frowned at my laptop. A part of me was still pretty pissed she’d looked into my brother, though it didn’t seem as if she’d made the complete connection. She couldn’t know the truth about Chase’s involvement. I’d meant every word I’d said when I told her I protected my own. And the one person who had always been my own was Chase.
    He mattered more than anyone else.
    There weren’t many people in the world who knew our connection, and it needed to stay that way. I hated that Rachel, his cheating wife, knew part of our past, but he’d married her against my every warning. Sometimes men are idiots when it comes to women.
    Emma . I didn’t want to think about how close she’d come to getting hurt, just because I’d hired to do my dirty work for me. I’d expected her to follow Michael and Rachel back to his apartment and take some even more compromising photos of them than she had. If she’d done what I wanted…
    I clenched my fists. Emma hadn’t seemed to make the same connection I had. She’d been following Michael and Rachel only ten minutes before the murder. The two of them had been on their way back to his place for a good fuck. So, Rachel was the last person to see Astor alive, and she’d just so happened to disappear moments before he got killed? I didn’t buy it. And I knew Rachel had it in her to kill a man, even if she happened to be sleeping with him.
    As soon as Rachel found out Emma had seen her with Astor moments before he was killed? I had a good idea what she’d tried to do about it. That’s why Emma would stay there with me.
    Completely platonically…
    I was having a hard time remembering why that was such a good idea, knowing Emma might be naked right now in my bed. It seemed ridiculous to waste such a good opportunity for sex. I’d noticed the way she’d looked at me earlier, the way she’d brushed her fingers against my bicep. She still wanted me. She was probably in my bed right now wishing I was in there with her.
    Maybe I could fuck Emma Berry while she stayed in my place. Sleeping with her a few more times wouldn’t make anyone get attached. My cock hardened just thinking about bending her over and whipping her in my playroom. She hadn’t had her real introduction to all my toys anyway.
    There was a lot I had left to show her.

I couldn’t stop fidgeting. Rolling over, I stared at the wall with my back to the door. My eyes had adjusted to the darkness at least half an hour ago, and while I’d felt incredibly tired before, my whole body felt charged with energy now.
    Just another good reason why staying here was probably not a good idea: I’d never get any sleep.
    Behind me, the door creaked open. My breath froze in my throat as I listened hard. Had I been lying here awake for so long that I’d imagined the sound? No, there were soft footsteps now, and the unmistakable scent of Pierce’s cologne. I didn’t know what to do. Should I roll over and see what he wants or should I pretend I’m asleep? Maybe he just wants to check that I’m okay.
    “Emma.” His voice sounded hoarse as I felt something warm and heavy ease onto the bed beside me. “I can tell you’re awake by the way you’re tensing your shoulders.”
    I rolled over to look at him. He was spread out beside me, still in his suit. His eyes were dark and full of lust, and a hungry smile played across his lips. My heartbeat throbbed in my