Chapter 268

"What are you doing, Richard ?" She asked the moment one hand cupped her face, while the other slid down the curve of her waist. Her question came out as a whisper, which surprised her.

"Helping you relax around me. We can't go to the meeting with you looking like this."

"Like how?"

Richard leaned closer to her, bringing his lips to her ear and her body jolted as his hot breath fanned her skin.

"Like a simple touch from me will send a wave of electricity through you. One simple touch, like this." The hand that was on her waist found her fingers and he intertwined his with hers, which were already clammy.

Matilda shut her eyes in pleasure and pressed her lips in a firm line to prevent herself from making even the slightest sound.

He buried his face in her neck, inhaling her inviting flowery scent. The impulse to trail his lips up her neck tugged at his heart, but he acted against it. Instead, he just stood there, registering her scent in his mind and trying to decipher w