Page 130 of Under Her Protection

“She hates me.”

“She sleeps on your chest.”

“To suffocate me.”

Vivienne stood.

Leo came toward her almost automatically.

There were things they no longer thought about.

Leo’s hand finding Vivienne’s waist.

Vivienne leaning into her.

A kiss placed against a temple in passing.

Fingers brushing at the small of a back.

Intimacy had become woven into the architecture of their days.

But desire remained something sharper.

Leo stopped close enough that Vivienne could feel the heat of her body.

“You’re staring.”

Vivienne met her eyes.

“I’m allowed.”

“Oh, absolutely.”

Leo’s hands settled on her hips.

Vivienne tilted her chin.

“Were you planning on getting dressed?”

“I was.”

“And now?”

Leo looked deliberately at Vivienne’s mouth.

“Plans change.”

Vivienne’s pulse responded with embarrassing enthusiasm.

“You have a call later.”

“Not for hours.”

“So this is what executive responsibility looks like at Blackthorn?”

Leo smiled.

It had taken months for her to decide what she wanted next.