Sexy in Stilettos (17 page)

Yes
. “No. I’m just distracted.” In that moment, he saw one of Caleb’s men brushed past him and whisper something. “Come on, let’s dance a little and have a good time. I just want to forget this week.”

“Being a jack of all trades not all it’s cracked up to be?”

“Not this week, it’s not.”

Making it over to Caleb, they danced for a moment. He allowed Jaya to get distracted with booty-bumping her friend before he asked Caleb, “So what’s the deal?”

Caleb shook his head. “No deal. No drugs anywhere. Well, one place, actually. In the bathroom, Chase scared the shit out of some college kid with a joint.”

“Damn. Maybe we got it wrong.”

Caleb shook his head as he dodged a wobbly brunette with a drink. “I don’t think so. If I were them, I wouldn’t want to risk my money when our dry cleaner’s done a runner.”

A bust. They’d been so sure. He’d been banking on having something concrete to pin on the Sandovals that would at least get Max out of danger and away from having to make any kind of statement to the Feds. No dice. “So, what now?”

“I’m still working some angles. In the meantime try not to implode. My guys have got it covered.”

How the hell was he supposed to relax and just let Caleb handle it? Adele was counting on him. But Caleb knew what he was doing. Alec had to trust him.

In an attempt to take his mind off the madness, he watched Jaya as she danced. With every sensuous wind of her hips, his brain relinquished the worry over his brother and focused on more pressing concerns—whether or not he could gracefully get her upstairs without seeming rude to her friends.

Turned out, he didn’t need to worry about it. “Alec, you want to get out of here?” She had read his mind.

He pulled her through the crowd to the back entrance and private elevators. Once the door shut behind them, she whispered, “Does this elevator have a stop button?”

His eyes widened, but he wasn’t one to disappoint a lady. He pushed the emergency stop button.

Alec pulled Jaya to him. He gripped her hips, needing to feel her closer. She molded her mouth to his in easy acceptance. Her lips were pliant, needy beneath his. Alec could feel the rise and fall of her breasts with each breath. Feel the heat coming off her body.  All he could think about now was how to make her burn hotter.

She moaned against his lips, her body rubbing against his, the friction driving him mad. He pulled the straps of the jumpsuit down, baring her to the waist. When his fingers met the skin at her back, he gasped at the satin feel. He would never get over how soft she was all over.

Her hands clutched at his shirt, impatiently, undoing the buttons. They both struggled out of the rest of their clothes. Her bare breasts swayed with each movement, distracting him. When they were fully naked and he reached for her, his hand trembled as they molded to her breasts testing their weight, the way they fit his hands. The way her eyes darkened to black as she moaned his name. Jaya shuddered as he circled the dark tips.

He smoothed his hands down her sides to her thighs and lifted her until her legs wrapped around his waist. As gently as he could, he lowered them to the floor and searched for his jeans. Grapping a condom, he sheathed himself quickly then lay back on the cool marble floor drawing her over him.

Easing her down, he watching in rigid anticipation as he lowered her over him. Her eyes widened and he worried she wasn’t ready for him. But then he could feel her mold and stretch around him. The tingling bliss threatening to blind him stabbed at the edges of his vision. “God, you are so tight.”

“You are so big.”

A rough chuckle escaped his chest, which brought her breasts rubbing against his chest. “You’re going to kill me.”

Retracting a half an inch he grinned as she moaned his name. Surging forward, he shut his eyes, trying to focus, to ward off his impending orgasm. Jaya didn’t make it any easier for him. He moved in slow, deliberate motions at first, wrestling her for control. For every stroke, she tried to get him to speed up.

He gave up the battle. He took hold of her ass and squeezed, unable to hold onto control any longer. In two deep strokes, he could feel her buck against him, the tiny tremors starting at her core and radiating though her body. She scored her nails down his chest and he roared with the pain and zinging passion.

He watched as she pinched her nipples and threw her head back. Her response to him was so unfiltered. She held nothing back.

The tremors grew, shaking her body, and she whispered his name again. When she stilled and tensed, he worried for a moment before he felt her pussy clench around him, clamping down on his cock, refusing to release it. Grinding his teeth together, the tap dance of bliss against his spine had him holding her hips against him. Unable to hold off, he roared at the trembles overtook his body and the pleasure darkened his vision.  As his body jerked his release, he wished they didn’t need the condoms. Wished she could feel the force of his release within her body.

“Jaya, I swear to God, you’re trying to kill me.”

“Not yet. I’ve still got a few days left and there are a some things I haven’t tried yet.”

He groaned as his spine got even friendlier with the hard floor. “I can honestly say I’ve never done this before.”

She grinned. “Well, hang on tight, Maybe I could teach you a thing or two. Cross a few things off
your
list.”

He could only wish.

“So explain to me how when you thought, ‘I'm going to break into my old place of employment,’ you thought of me?”

Jaya could feel Alec’s breath on her as they entered the elevator in the Trudeaux building.

Pressing the button to the top floor, she smiled up at him. “Aren’t you the one who keeps telling me I need to be more daring? I'm being adventurous.”

“When I said that, I meant maybe go rock climbing with me or something. Not a little B and E.”

“It's not B and E if it's my software. They have no right to it. I'm just going to get it back.”

He rolled his eyes. “Don’t get me wrong. I like this new naughty mischievous streak of yours. I'm just telling you, if we get busted, I'll sing like a bird about how this was all your idea and you strong-armed me.”

She hid a smile. Casting him a sidelong glance, she doubted anything could strong-arm him. Not with all that muscle. “I'll keep that in mind.”

“It’s okay, I’m pretty sure I’ll make bail if we get pinched. And I’m down for anything that might help me get laid by you, but are you sure you want to do this? Maybe it’s time to face a new reality, Jaya. Maybe you’re not meant to be here at Trudeaux.”

She narrowed her eyes at him. “I’m not giving up on what I want. I belong here. Now you remember the plan?”

“If anyone stops me, I act like I'm looking for your office. Make whoever dares stop me have to deal with the unpleasant task of telling me you no longer work there. If they ask questions, kick a major fuss.”

“Right. While you do that, I'll just pop into Tamara's office and get what I need.”

“And if it's not there?”

She bit her lip. “It’ll be there. She stole it. I know my sister. Or at least I know Derrick.”

“Fair enough.” He rolled his shoulders. “Are you sure you want to do this? We can just push the down button and go back to the car. Maybe you could ask your father for the software.”

Jaya clamped her jaw. “And I've told you, he won’t give it to me. He thinks I’m doing the spoiled-brat thing. I'm tired of rolling over. Just taking what's mine.”

He grinned. “Then I'm behind you. I have a good lawyer on speed dial I did a favor for once.” He chuckled.

As they exited the floor, she led him to the guest waiting room.

“Remember, most of the staff is at the marina prepping for the wedding, so it's a skeleton crew. My office is next door. Just whistle or speak loudly as a warning. I'll hide or something. I only need a couple of minutes.”

“You know where to look?”

She nodded. “Yeah. Before it was Tamara's office, it was mine. I doubt she's had a chance to change the safe. If the software is here, it'll be in there. She probably doesn’t know how to use it yet.”

“You’re sure you want to do this?” He peered down at her and searched her face.

“Would you relax? I know what I’m doing.”

“As monstrous creations go, you’re one hell of a beauty.”

The moment Jaya entered her old office, the smell of perfume assaulted her. Of course her sister would turn this place into a girly fortress.
Keep on the task at hand
. She could lament about the unprofessional nature of it after she got what she came for. Lucky for her Tamara hadn’t begun a renovation of the office. The layout was the same, meaning the safe was in the same place. Slipping into the closet, Jaya opened the compartment that hid the safe. She tried the original combination. It didn’t open.
Damn it
.

She tried her father's birthday then her mothers. Then Tamara’s. But as flighty as her sister might seem, she wasn’t stupid enough to use her own birthday as the safe combination. Jaya started sweating under the pressure. More than once she had to stop to wipe the moisture off her palms. “Come on, come on. What would it be?”

“What the hell is taking so long?” Alec's voice right behind her had her giving a squeal of alarm.

“Damn it. What the hell are you doing in here? You’re supposed to be the look out. How can you be looking out if you’re in here with me?”

“It's been more than ten minutes. I figure you'd had some sort of crisis of conscience.”

She rolled her eyes. “No. I'm trying to deal with the safe. Tamara changed the combination.”

Alec frowned. “Did you try her birthday?”

“I'm not stupid. Of course I did. No dice.”

“Any other bright ideas that can get us arrested?”

She hit him on the arm. “What about you? Aren’t you supposed to have some tales of a misspent youth or something? Don’t you have any safe-cracking experience?”

“Shit, not even I'm that good. What about something important to her? From what I saw, she's all about her all the time, but she seems to love the glory days. Anything from her past that would mean something.”

A little light bulb flashed in Jaya's memory. “Of course—why didn't I think of it?” She tried one combination of three numbers, then another. Neither worked. On the third try it finally clicked open.

Alec's eyes widened. “What did you use?”

“Through high school, she had three boyfriends from the moment she could date. Each was captain of the football team at the time. I used their numbers.”

“You’re kidding me.”

She shook her head. “Tamara was on the cheerleading squad. Captain was no less than she thought she deserved.” Jaya reached into the safe. There were several papers, the petty cash box—and the flash drive with her software. Snatching it out of the safe she waved a fist in triumph. “Got it. Now let’s get the hell out of he—”

A noise in the outer room shut her up. Alec pulled her close and clicked the closet door shut behind him, closeting them in together in the confined space. Her breasts brushing up against him, she sucked in a breath, only to have her nipples rub against his chest.

Neither of them breathed, straining to hear the sounds in the adjoining room. What the hell was Tamara doing back? She should have been so busy with the planning, she wouldn’t have gone anywhere near the office. Unless it was someone else. Though that person had a death wish if she knew her sister. Tamara hated anyone touching her stuff. It was the one anal quality she'd been born with.

 “Do you think it's your sister?” Alec's voice was so low, she was only sure of what he said by the vibrations coming from his chest.

 She shrugged. “Dunno.”

He opened his mouth to speak again and she shoved a hand over his moving lips. They didn’t need to be discovered poking around the safe. Her father would for sure have her arrested. Or at the very least, disowned. She heard the chair in the office slide against the hard wood and smack into the window. Damn, whoever was in there, planned on being around for more than a second. She forced her shoulders to relax. If they had to stay in here for a little, she didn't want cramped muscles as a result. Too bad that was easier said than done. She could literally feel everything about Alec. His breath, his body, his tension, his hands, which settled just above her hips.

Her body screamed for them to do more than just sit on her waist. Her mind screamed warnings.
Danger Jaya, danger. Man too close
. She compelled her brain to force-quit the alarm. That was, of course, until she felt the hard length of him butting up against her. She sucked in another breath. He bit out a low curse through clenched teeth as his hands tightened imperceptibly.

He tried to move away, but that only made it worse, brushing the hard length of him against her abdomen some more. This time she joined him in the cursing. His spicy scent enveloped her and her mouth went dry. The usual cool temperatures of the office felt ten degrees hotter.

He mumbled something that sounded like an apology. She couldn’t be sure, as he said it through clenched teeth.