shoulders, broad chest or powerful arms. He leveled a serious look at her. “Care to tell me what you're doing?”
Despite not having done a single thing wrong, Leah blushed. “I... I was going home,” she said, hating the stutter in her voice. “I thought that I would... get a good start on... Look, you don't expect me to stay, do you?”
He quirked a dark eyebrow at her. “Why shouldn't I?”
“Because I'm your lawyer,” she said, trying to instill a certain amount of surety and confidence in her voice. She was lucky she had never felt this nervous while she was in court; she would have been eaten alive.
“You are small, sweet, a redhead and a fan of Japanese food,” he observed, “and all of those have as little to do with anything. You're my lawyer. Fine. I trust you will do a fine job. That has nothing to do with what we have done here, and with what we are going to do in the future.”
Leah stared at him. “You can't possibly be so blind. Do you not know what I've gone through to get to where I am? Do you know what they say about female lawyers who sleep with their clients? This is not something that can happen. This is not something that can be a part of who we are.”
Zayn stood up from the bed, crossing the space between them with just a few strides. He was a big man, and he towered over her. For some reason, it didn't make her feel intimidated. Instead, it made her feel a renewed surge of longing for him that she pressed down hard.
“What is between us has already started,” he said, his voice a low rumble of thunder. “This is something that cannot be denied. I felt it the moment I saw you at the airport. I know that you felt something the moment that you saw me.”
Leah could feel something in her relent, but she pushed it away hard. She had worked too long and too hard to give in to his words, especially as she knew them for what they really were. A less experienced woman might have been taken in by his sweet words, but she knew better. They were a salve for her ego, a pleasant fantasy, and if she believed them, she would quickly find herself in a world of trouble.
“I did feel something,” she said, her voice soft.
Zayn had been expecting her to push back. Her gentle response surprised him.
“I felt an instant attraction to you,” she said. “My heart... my heart beat faster, and I knew that it was as if I recognized you somehow...”
“We were tuned in to each other,” he supplied. “Our hearts were beating in the same rhythm.”
She nodded. When she took a step back this time, he let her.
“This can't be,” she said. “You said you loved my fire. The thing that you need to remember is that fire isn't just for show. It is something that I put into your service. I swore to do that last night, remember? And if you are distracting me, if you are pulling me away from my duties, I cannot serve you as well as I should. That... that would destroy me.”
Zayn's face had shifted from impatience to sadness. “You are serious. You truly believe that you cannot do your job if we are lovers.”
Leah flinched a little at that intimate word, but she nodded. “You must let me do what I need to do,” she murmured. “You must.”
Zayn nodded, but there was a darkness to his green eyes that hadn't been there before.
“You will do what you need to do,” he agreed, “And I will do what I need to do.”
She thought that he was going to let her go then and there, but instead, he dragged her into his arms. It had been just a few hours since he had brought her to the heights of ecstasy that she had never seen before. If she had been asked if she could light on fire again so quickly, she would have said no.
She would have been wrong.
The moment he pulled her against his body, she could feel herself waken. She could feel her body rise up and long for him, like there was a spirit of pure fire in her, and it needed Zayn like fire needed air.
His mouth slanted down across hers, and the
Despite not having done a single thing wrong, Leah blushed. “I... I was going home,” she said, hating the stutter in her voice. “I thought that I would... get a good start on... Look, you don't expect me to stay, do you?”
He quirked a dark eyebrow at her. “Why shouldn't I?”
“Because I'm your lawyer,” she said, trying to instill a certain amount of surety and confidence in her voice. She was lucky she had never felt this nervous while she was in court; she would have been eaten alive.
“You are small, sweet, a redhead and a fan of Japanese food,” he observed, “and all of those have as little to do with anything. You're my lawyer. Fine. I trust you will do a fine job. That has nothing to do with what we have done here, and with what we are going to do in the future.”
Leah stared at him. “You can't possibly be so blind. Do you not know what I've gone through to get to where I am? Do you know what they say about female lawyers who sleep with their clients? This is not something that can happen. This is not something that can be a part of who we are.”
Zayn stood up from the bed, crossing the space between them with just a few strides. He was a big man, and he towered over her. For some reason, it didn't make her feel intimidated. Instead, it made her feel a renewed surge of longing for him that she pressed down hard.
“What is between us has already started,” he said, his voice a low rumble of thunder. “This is something that cannot be denied. I felt it the moment I saw you at the airport. I know that you felt something the moment that you saw me.”
Leah could feel something in her relent, but she pushed it away hard. She had worked too long and too hard to give in to his words, especially as she knew them for what they really were. A less experienced woman might have been taken in by his sweet words, but she knew better. They were a salve for her ego, a pleasant fantasy, and if she believed them, she would quickly find herself in a world of trouble.
“I did feel something,” she said, her voice soft.
Zayn had been expecting her to push back. Her gentle response surprised him.
“I felt an instant attraction to you,” she said. “My heart... my heart beat faster, and I knew that it was as if I recognized you somehow...”
“We were tuned in to each other,” he supplied. “Our hearts were beating in the same rhythm.”
She nodded. When she took a step back this time, he let her.
“This can't be,” she said. “You said you loved my fire. The thing that you need to remember is that fire isn't just for show. It is something that I put into your service. I swore to do that last night, remember? And if you are distracting me, if you are pulling me away from my duties, I cannot serve you as well as I should. That... that would destroy me.”
Zayn's face had shifted from impatience to sadness. “You are serious. You truly believe that you cannot do your job if we are lovers.”
Leah flinched a little at that intimate word, but she nodded. “You must let me do what I need to do,” she murmured. “You must.”
Zayn nodded, but there was a darkness to his green eyes that hadn't been there before.
“You will do what you need to do,” he agreed, “And I will do what I need to do.”
She thought that he was going to let her go then and there, but instead, he dragged her into his arms. It had been just a few hours since he had brought her to the heights of ecstasy that she had never seen before. If she had been asked if she could light on fire again so quickly, she would have said no.
She would have been wrong.
The moment he pulled her against his body, she could feel herself waken. She could feel her body rise up and long for him, like there was a spirit of pure fire in her, and it needed Zayn like fire needed air.
His mouth slanted down across hers, and the
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