Chapter 10
T
he noise woke Harry up the following morning.
It infiltrated a pleasant dream in which Iakovos, wearing nothing but a smile, taught her how to play poker.
She had just lost a big stack of chips to him, and was about to pay the forfeit of kissing him senseless when the horrible noise of some poor animal in pain interrupted her.
She woke up to realize the noise was Iakovos singing in the shower.
She sat up, arms around her knees as she listened to him, smiling as she recognized the tune as being one that Amy had sung last night.
It had Middle Eastern overtones, and a beat that was impossible to hear without wanting to dance, but that wasn’t what had her leaping to her feet, wincing as he hit a high note that never, in her estimation, should have been heard by mortal man.
The fact that he was singing the entire song off-key warmed her heart, however.
“I just wonder if the people who put together that bachelor list knew about your singing,” she said softly, then unable to restrain herself, pulled on the belly dancer’s outfit and ran to the bathroom.
She took up a pose outside of the huge black marble shower, and let her feet go wild as Iakovos happily sang away.
She didn’t remember much from the few dancing lessons she’d taken all those years ago, but she didn’t think Iakovos would be too harsh a judge.
The shower door opened as she was indulging in a spin, her arms in the air, hips dancing to the beat she heard in her head.
He stood frozen in the door, a towel clasped in one hand halfway to his face, water streaming down his magnificent body, his eyes huge.
“Done with the shower?”
she asked with a couple of hip shakes.
He stared at her hips.
“That’s a shame, because after last night, I smell like you, and I thought maybe we could get cleaned up together.”
She thought for a moment, then tried a belly roll.
His gaze shot to her belly.
“Not that you smell bad or anything.
I like the way you smell.
I like it a lot.
I especially like that you don’t go in for much cologne.”
She spun around again, sweeping her hands up from her waist to her breasts.
His fingers tightened on the towel as he focused on her breasts.
“So when I said that I smell like you, I simply meant that I smell like I’ve spent the night in bed with an extremely virile man who damn near steamed the sheets, he was so hot.”
“Eglantine,” he managed to say at last, his voice hoarse.
“Yes, my adorable wet Yacky?”
“Take off that outfit.”
“You don’t like it?”
She stopped dancing and looked down at herself.
“You liked it last night.”
“Take it off,” he repeated.
She did so, glancing at his face, which was hard and frozen as he stepped out of the shower.
Had she insulted him by saying she smelled like him?
She did, though.
She smelled like a woman who had been pleasured to the tips of her toes and back again.
Surely he understood that?
Maybe he thought she was mocking him by dancing while he was singing in the shower.
Perhaps he was embarrassed by the fact that he had absolutely no singing ability.
She’d just have to reassure him that she found his singing charming, which she did.
“I’m sorry if I disturbed your bathroom time,” she said, peeling off the bra before unhooking the belt and letting the skirt drop.
“I certainly didn’t mean to rush you out of the show—Iakovos!”
He flung aside the towel and fell to his knees at her feet, wrapping his hands around her upper thighs and burying his face in her stomach.
“You do smell like me,” he murmured, urging her legs open.
“I like that.”
She stared down at his head, his hair slicked back, water from it running down his back as he spread her knees, his mouth hot on her.
“You’re not going to—you don’t think you’re—Iakovos!
I haven’t taken a shower yet!
I’m all .
.
.”
“Hot?”
he asked, sliding a finger into her.
Her knees buckled.
He lowered her onto the floor, his mouth kissing a steamy path across her stomach before he headed south again.
“Not springtime fresh,” she said, trying desperately to think of a polite euphemism and failing, mostly because her mind just stopped working at the touch of his mouth.
“Sweetheart, you’re going to be a whole hell of a lot less fresh by the time I get done with you.”
“Yes, but I didn’t think men liked to do things like that afterward.
And since just a few hours ago .
.
.”
His tongue did a little swirl against her that had her grabbing the throw rug underneath her.
“You taste of passion, of a wild storm that is made up of you and me together.
It inflames me, and makes me want to take you all over again.”
“Oh, yes, please,” she cooed, her body writhing against his as he moved up her, the wetness of his chest making little squishy noises on her stomach as he kissed her breasts, laving them with burning swipes of his tongue.
“But if you are really bothered by your lack of springtime, then I must do what I can to make you happy.”
He must have shaved in the shower, she thought as he rubbed his cheek on the underside of her breast, his fingers still working their magic in her depths.
Although she had a few little whisker marks from the previous night, he seemed to be stubble-free now.
“You always make me happy,” she said, trying to pull him up so she could kiss him, and stroke him, and feel the wonderful muscles of his back work as he pounded into her.
He looked up at her, his eyes filled with a seductive glint that made her melt into a puddle.
“Let’s see if I can’t push the stakes a little, hmm?”
“Push them how?
Iakovos?
Where are you going?”
He moved off her, getting to his feet, dangling one of his big hands in front of her.
“You made it clear that you don’t wish to make love until you’ve had a shower.”
“No, you misunderstood,” she said, taking his hand and letting him pull her to her feet.
“I didn’t mean—” She stopped speaking at the look of his wicked smile, one that made her feel hot all over.
She glanced down at his penis, which was full of enthusiasm, then over to the shower, giving it a speculative look, before returning her gaze to him.
“You’re not serious, are you?
I’m far too big to do that.
I’ll break your back.”
“We’ll see, shall we?”
He led her into the shower.
It was one of those models that had several jets that came at you from all angles, and before too long, he had her wet and soaped up, giggling as he teased her with little soapy touches that did more to fire her passion than anything else.
“I’m too big,” she moaned against his neck as his fingers slipped down around her butt, pulling her tight against him.
He was soapy now, as well, and his penis slid against her pubic bone, making her wild with need.
“You can’t hold me up that long.”
“I could, but if it worries you, we’ll do it the easy way,” he murmured, his fingers sliding down into her intimate parts, making her see stars again.
“Wrap your leg around my thigh.”
She slid her leg up his in one long, sensual stroke, curling it around his thigh.
He urged her hips forward, saying as his hands caressed her slick breasts, “You must guide me, my wild water spirit.”
He was hot and so hard, she wondered if he hurt.
She knew she did, her inner muscles quivering in desperate anticipation of the feel of him.
She moved her hand on him, drawing a groan of sheer pleasure from him before she tilted her hips a little more and angled him to where she knew he would find a welcome.
The soapy water ensured that he slid in despite the unusual position, the look in his eyes burning her as he sucked on her lower lip, saying, “Fast and hard?”
“Is there anything else?”
she answered, sweeping her hands up his arms, down his shoulders to his back, where she dug her fingers into the thick muscles of his butt, urging him on.
“There is, but it’s not nearly so much fun,” he agreed, and set to work on making her mindless with pleasure.
He had to carry her out of the shower because she didn’t have a single bone left in her body by the time he was done.
“Elena would like to meet you.”
Iakovos appeared in the doorway from the dressing room, buckling a narrow black belt.
Momentarily distracted by the sight of him, Harry froze, her hand poised in midstroke as she tried to brush some semblance of order into her hair.
How on earth had she ever managed to catch the fancy of such a gorgeous man?
“Is this the equivalent to being taken home to meet your parents?”
“I suppose it is.”
He gave her a little smile.
“Nervous?”
“Of course I am.
This is your baby sister we’re talking about.
You adore her, don’t you?”
He gave a short laugh.
“When she’s not driving me to distraction, yes.
You have nothing to be worried about—you’ve already met my brother and cousin.
Elena will love you.”
She might, Harry allowed.
Then again, she might be offended by a woman who held her brother’s interest.
Some girls were like that.
“Dmitri assures me that my business will collapse if I don’t take a few video conferences today.
Elena has offered to see your friends off to the airport, but she would like to show you around Agios Nikos, the local town.
Would you prefer to rest, or spend time with her?”
“Do I have a choice?”
she asked, giving up on her hair.
“Of course you do.”
She held his gaze until he smiled.
“Elena really would like to get to know you.”
“I would be delighted to spend the day with your sister,” she said, putting her hands on his chest just because she couldn’t stop herself.
Instantly his eyes went all slumbering sensuality on her.
“I will meet you in town.
The taverna is run by the mayor and has quite good food.”
“Ooh, I get to see how real Greeks live?”
she asked as he kissed her fingers.
“I’m a real Greek,” he said, biting the tip of her finger.
“You, Mr.
Sexy Pants, may be real, but you are anything but typical.
Until this evening, then?”
He released her fingers to pull her up to him, his mouth plundering hers with an intensity that left her feeling boneless again.
“Until this evening.”