Chapter 142

KATE 

I was so tired that I ended up falling asleep on the way to his house. 

"Are you very tired?" he asked when we entered his penthouse. 

"Why?" I asked. 

I knew exactly why he was asking. I turned around, and he was taking off his shirt. "You don't waste any time, do you? Not even a little tired?" 

It must have been really hard to get tired with all those muscles in your body.

His expression turned serious, and his eyes grew dark. He closed the distance between our bodies with a few steps and wrapped his arm around my waist. I felt his erection pressing against my belly. He was ready, completely hard. Heat surged between my legs. 

But we hadn't talked about my work trip yet. I needed him to agree, even if only symbolically because I would go regardless. 

Before I could bring up the subject, he lifted me without taking his eyes off mine and led me to the piano, near the huge windows with th