4 The Billionaire's Seduction All That He Requires by Thorne Olivia

Author:Thorne, Olivia [Thorne, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Perihelion Publishing
Published: 2013-11-14T08:00:00+00:00

19

We drove back in silence – at least at first – with Connor holding my hand.

I just reclined in the leather seat, feeling wonderful and flushed and completely happy as I stared out the window. This time, though, I wasn’t looking at the sky; I was watching the dimly lit desert landscape as it rolled by in the starlight.

“You know,” I said, “it’s kind of ironic that you took me out to see the future site of the largest solar energy installation in the world… in a Lamborghini.”

He laughed. “I thought about getting a Tesla.”

“That would have been more apropos.”

“Yes, it would have. But there aren’t many charging stations between LA and Vegas, and the ones that exist are pretty damn slow. But… I’ll fix that.”

“You really think you can do it?”

“What, put in high-speed charging stations between here and Las Vegas?”

I rolled my eyes. “You know what I mean.”

He gave me a little half-grin. “Change the world.”

“Yeah.”

“Yes I do, or I wouldn’t attempt it.”

I thought carefully about what I was going to say next, especially since it contained the ‘L’ word – but then decided the way I was going to use it was innocuous enough.

“You know what I love?” I asked, then rushed on to avoid any awkward pauses or looks. “That you’re so passionate about this. That it means so much to you.”

He smiled, and lifted my hand to his lips and kissed it softly. Then, as he lowered it, he gave me a pointed look.

“It’s nice doing something you love. You should try it sometime.”

I almost – almost – said, But I AM doing something I love. YOU.

But no matter how playfully I was planning on saying it, I knew it was too much of a risk.

So I just groaned instead. “I didn’t intend this to turn into career counseling.”

“What are you going to do, though? Have you thought about it?”

I just want to stay with you, I thought, but decided against saying that, too. Because I was afraid he might reply, But what about after?

That was the one thing that really bothered me with Connor. Our fight on Sunday night had left the field strewn with landmines. Any talk of the future, no matter how offhand or innocent, might set one of them off.

But I was happy, and I refused to let it bother me right now. There would be time for that later.

So I just stepped around the landmines.

“No, I’ve been too busy getting wined and dined and… other things.”

He grinned. “Ever the proper lady. I think it’s ‘wined and dined and sixty-nined.’”

“I don’t think a ‘lady’ would have done what we just did back on the hood of your car. And as for the other thing, we already did that on Saturday.”

He laughed and shook his head. “I said it before and I’ll say it again: you should become a politician. You’re really good at dodging questions.”

“As of the last four days, I have too many scandalous sex acts in my past to be a viable candidate.

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