Read It's All Greek to Me Online
Authors: Katie MacAlister
It's All Greek to Me (22 page)
Without a word, he peeled off his tuxedo jacket.
She tossed it on the other seat, then moved to kneel on the floor in front of Iakovos.
She spread his knees, reaching for his belt, pausing to ask, “You’re sure Mikos can’t see?”
She tossed it on the other seat, then moved to kneel on the floor in front of Iakovos.
She spread his knees, reaching for his belt, pausing to ask, “You’re sure Mikos can’t see?”
“I’m sure.”
“And people outside?”
“Neither can they.”
She glanced over her shoulder, but the black privacy window did indeed appear to do exactly what its name implied.
He was watching her with a half smile on his lips, his gaze burning her, his hands open and relaxed on the seat.
“Well, then, I believe I need to welcome you home properly.”
“You don’t have to,” he said.
“I want to.”
She loosened his belt buckle, feeling very wicked, very worldly.
He was hard, and growing harder with each brush of her hand against his fly.
She slid the zipper down, reveling in the heat of his erection behind the silk of his underwear.
She slid it down for better access, admiring the pure male length of him, bending to press little kisses to his testicles.
She always made sure she paid equal attention to the prosthetic one, because she didn’t want Iakovos believing that she found anything about it repugnant, and, to be honest, she wouldn’t have known it wasn’t real if he hadn’t shown her the little scars on the underside.
She loosened his belt buckle, feeling very wicked, very worldly.
He was hard, and growing harder with each brush of her hand against his fly.
She slid the zipper down, reveling in the heat of his erection behind the silk of his underwear.
She slid it down for better access, admiring the pure male length of him, bending to press little kisses to his testicles.
She always made sure she paid equal attention to the prosthetic one, because she didn’t want Iakovos believing that she found anything about it repugnant, and, to be honest, she wouldn’t have known it wasn’t real if he hadn’t shown her the little scars on the underside.
“Let’s see .
.
.
I don’t believe I ever did get that constructive criticism I asked for in Greece,” she said, giving the tip of him a little swirl of her tongue.
.
.
I don’t believe I ever did get that constructive criticism I asked for in Greece,” she said, giving the tip of him a little swirl of her tongue.
He groaned, his eyelids drooping.
“I had none to give.
Your technique is excellent.”
“I had none to give.
Your technique is excellent.”
“I don’t know, if you can still talk, then it must be lacking somehow.”
She bent her head to her task, and soon had him swearing under his breath, his hands fisted on his legs as his hips rose to meet her.
She bent her head to her task, and soon had him swearing under his breath, his hands fisted on his legs as his hips rose to meet her.
“Sweetheart, I can’t .
.
.
god, this is going to be close.”
He grabbed her under her armpits, pulling her over him, his fingers moving under her dress to find her underwear.
With a little grunt he snapped the thin satin straps, pulling the panties off her.
.
.
god, this is going to be close.”
He grabbed her under her armpits, pulling her over him, his fingers moving under her dress to find her underwear.
With a little grunt he snapped the thin satin straps, pulling the panties off her.
“Theo!”
she whispered, glancing over her shoulder.
she whispered, glancing over her shoulder.
“Sleeping.
Now, sweetheart, now.”
Now, sweetheart, now.”
He thrust upward to meet her as she lowered herself onto him, his penis a hard intrusion into her sensitized flesh.
“Tell me you’re ready,” he murmured into her mouth, his fingers stroking her core.
“I’m always ready where you’re concerned,” she gasped, her body tightening around him as his touch pushed her over the edge.
She caught his moan in her mouth, his fingers tight on her hips as he jerked inside her, the sudden deceleration of the car as Mikos slammed on the brakes serving to drive him deeper into her.
She glanced out of the window to search through the darkened glass for signs of where they were, but Iakovos murmured, “It’s all right—we’re not home yet.
Did I hurt you?”
She caught his moan in her mouth, his fingers tight on her hips as he jerked inside her, the sudden deceleration of the car as Mikos slammed on the brakes serving to drive him deeper into her.
She glanced out of the window to search through the darkened glass for signs of where they were, but Iakovos murmured, “It’s all right—we’re not home yet.
Did I hurt you?”
“No.”
She bit his lower lip, her body trembling with little aftershocks of pleasure.
“But we shouldn’t stay like this.
Sleeping Beauty might wake up and want to join us.”
She bit his lower lip, her body trembling with little aftershocks of pleasure.
“But we shouldn’t stay like this.
Sleeping Beauty might wake up and want to join us.”
“That’s a shame.
I was going to tell Mikos to drive us through the park.
Slowly,” he said, smiling as she rose off him, using the remains of her underwear to tidy them up.
I was going to tell Mikos to drive us through the park.
Slowly,” he said, smiling as she rose off him, using the remains of her underwear to tidy them up.
She snuggled against him when they were both once again decent.
“That does bring up a question, though, Yacky.”
“That does bring up a question, though, Yacky.”
“What question is that, Eglantine?”
His mouth was warm on her neck, his fingers gently stroking one breast.
She turned her head to press a kiss to the spot above his upper lip.
“This fantasy is now crossed off the list.
So what’s next?
We’ve done your boat, and already joined the mile-high club in your jet.
.
.
.
Hmm, I wonder.
Do you own any horses?
I’ve heard that if you have really good balance—”
“This fantasy is now crossed off the list.
So what’s next?
We’ve done your boat, and already joined the mile-high club in your jet.
.
.
.
Hmm, I wonder.
Do you own any horses?
I’ve heard that if you have really good balance—”
Chapter 18
I
akovos was having a trying day, and it didn’t look like it was going to get better anytime soon.
akovos was having a trying day, and it didn’t look like it was going to get better anytime soon.
“What the hell were you thinking?”
he roared at his brother, who was slumped on the couch in his office.
Because he knew how upset Harry became when Theo drank, he’d held off tearing into Theo until they were at the office, but now he was going to say everything he’d been saving up.
“I asked you to do one simple thing for me, one bloody simple thing, to escort Harry, and you end up half-naked and stinking drunk.
You embarrassed her, dragged her name into the papers, and made Papaioannou International look like fools.”
he roared at his brother, who was slumped on the couch in his office.
Because he knew how upset Harry became when Theo drank, he’d held off tearing into Theo until they were at the office, but now he was going to say everything he’d been saving up.
“I asked you to do one simple thing for me, one bloody simple thing, to escort Harry, and you end up half-naked and stinking drunk.
You embarrassed her, dragged her name into the papers, and made Papaioannou International look like fools.”
“Jesus, Jake, I don’t know what came over me,” Theo said, his head in his hands as he hunched over his knees.
“Everything was fine until those women started shoving drinks at me and trying to get me out of my clothes.”
“Everything was fine until those women started shoving drinks at me and trying to get me out of my clothes.”
“You could have walked away.
You could have said no.”
Iakovos was so angry he was pacing back and forth, and lord knew, he never paced.
“It’s not that hard, Theo.
Just open your damned mouth and say no.”
You could have said no.”
Iakovos was so angry he was pacing back and forth, and lord knew, he never paced.
“It’s not that hard, Theo.
Just open your damned mouth and say no.”
“Like you ever said no to a woman.”
Theo groaned and lay back on the couch, one hand over his forehead.
Theo groaned and lay back on the couch, one hand over his forehead.
“I’ve said no plenty of times, but we are not talking about me.
Listen to me closely, Theo.
Harry thinks you need to be sent away to some clinic to dry out, and I’m starting to think that she’s right.”
Listen to me closely, Theo.
Harry thinks you need to be sent away to some clinic to dry out, and I’m starting to think that she’s right.”
“Harry thinks, Harry thinks.”
Theo mimicked him, his eyes so bloodshot he looked demonic.
“Christ, Jake, you’re not even married yet and already you’re so whipped you’re letting that bitch think for you.”
Theo mimicked him, his eyes so bloodshot he looked demonic.
“Christ, Jake, you’re not even married yet and already you’re so whipped you’re letting that bitch think for you.”
Iakovos had never struck his brother in anger, but he was about ready to throw caution to the winds.
He grabbed Theo by his collar and jerked him to his feet, snarling in his face, “You ever speak of her that way, again, and I’ll grind you into the ground.”
He grabbed Theo by his collar and jerked him to his feet, snarling in his face, “You ever speak of her that way, again, and I’ll grind you into the ground.”
“You don’t own me,” Theo snarled back, shoving Iakovos away.
“I work for you because I want to, not because I have to.
And I’m damned good at what I do, so the next time you get on your fucking high horse, you remember who’s bringing in all the money.”
“I work for you because I want to, not because I have to.
And I’m damned good at what I do, so the next time you get on your fucking high horse, you remember who’s bringing in all the money.”
“Get out,” Iakovos said, so furious he almost couldn’t speak.
“Just get the hell out of here.
Go back to Brazil.
Go to Australia.
Just don’t show your face again until you’re ready to apologize to Harry for what you put her through.”
“Just get the hell out of here.
Go back to Brazil.
Go to Australia.
Just don’t show your face again until you’re ready to apologize to Harry for what you put her through.”
Theo stalked out covered in injured pride.
Iakovos sat down heavily, his eyes on the picture of Harry and Elena, unseeing as he remembered his father’s drunken rages that eventually led to depression, followed by suicide.
Iakovos sat down heavily, his eyes on the picture of Harry and Elena, unseeing as he remembered his father’s drunken rages that eventually led to depression, followed by suicide.
Dammit, he didn’t want Theo going down that same path.
The intercom buzzed.
His head was beginning to pound, but he kept his temper in check as he said, “What is it, Nanna?”
His head was beginning to pound, but he kept his temper in check as he said, “What is it, Nanna?”
“Security in the lobby called to tell me there’s a person there who is raising a ruckus.
Evidently she wants to see you, but she doesn’t have an appointment.”
Evidently she wants to see you, but she doesn’t have an appointment.”
It was probably another damned journalist.
They’d been waiting for him earlier, both when he left the hotel and when he entered his own building.
“Tell them to escort her out and call the police if she won’t leave.
And get me some pain tablets.
A lot of them.”
They’d been waiting for him earlier, both when he left the hotel and when he entered his own building.
“Tell them to escort her out and call the police if she won’t leave.
And get me some pain tablets.
A lot of them.”
He rubbed his temples for a minute, then pulled his laptop over, determined to get some work done.
The mobile phone in his pocket buzzed.
He pulled it out, intending to turn it off, but then he noticed the caller’s name.
“What is it, sweetheart?”
He pulled it out, intending to turn it off, but then he noticed the caller’s name.
“What is it, sweetheart?”
“What is it?
What is it?
I’ll tell you what it is, Yacky!
You threw me out of your building, that’s what it is!”
What is it?
I’ll tell you what it is, Yacky!
You threw me out of your building, that’s what it is!”
“I what—oh, hell.”
“Hell indeed!”
He rubbed his forehead.
“I thought you were a journalist.
Why didn’t you tell Nanna who you were?”
“I thought you were a journalist.
Why didn’t you tell Nanna who you were?”
“I did.
I told her I was your girlfriend and that I wanted to see you.
She said all sorts of rude things about women saying that every day, and then told me that if I couldn’t even say your name right, I must not know you, and the next thing I knew, two giant bulls in human skins hustled me out of the building saying Mr.
Papanono said that he’d call the cops if I tried coming back.”
She took a deep breath.
“I do not find this amusing, Iakovos.”
I told her I was your girlfriend and that I wanted to see you.
She said all sorts of rude things about women saying that every day, and then told me that if I couldn’t even say your name right, I must not know you, and the next thing I knew, two giant bulls in human skins hustled me out of the building saying Mr.
Papanono said that he’d call the cops if I tried coming back.”
She took a deep breath.
“I do not find this amusing, Iakovos.”
“Neither do I.
Just a minute.”
He pressed the speaker button.
“Nanna, please go downstairs and apologize to my fiancée for refusing to let her see me, and then escort her up here.”
Just a minute.”
He pressed the speaker button.
“Nanna, please go downstairs and apologize to my fiancée for refusing to let her see me, and then escort her up here.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking—”
“Do it,” he said, struggling to hold on to the shreds of his temper.
“Harry, one of the secretaries will be right down.”
“Harry, one of the secretaries will be right down.”
“Thank you.
You’re not going to believe what I have to show you.”
You’re not going to believe what I have to show you.”
Oh, he had a very good idea what it was.
He ended the call and looked up as Dmitri entered.
“Got rid of the journalists for you by promising an interview with you and Harry.”
He ended the call and looked up as Dmitri entered.
“Got rid of the journalists for you by promising an interview with you and Harry.”
Iakovos grimaced.
“I know, but it was the best I could do.
I pointed out that because of her pregnancy, if they hounded Harry, we’d have grounds to slap a restraining order on them.
Then I offered the interview.
It seemed to do the trick.
You look like hell.”
I pointed out that because of her pregnancy, if they hounded Harry, we’d have grounds to slap a restraining order on them.
Then I offered the interview.
It seemed to do the trick.
You look like hell.”
“I feel like hell,” Iakovos said, running his hand through his hair.
“Theo?”
“I told him to get out of my way.”
“Probably best for a while.
Harry’s out for his blood anyway.
What do you want me to do about Meriton?”
Harry’s out for his blood anyway.
What do you want me to do about Meriton?”
They discussed business briefly before Dmitri disappeared to his own office.
A few minutes later, Harry entered Iakovos’ office, bringing her storm with her.
A few minutes later, Harry entered Iakovos’ office, bringing her storm with her.
“Here is the person you requested,” Nanna said, gesturing abruptly toward Harry.
“I have apologized to her.
I did not recognize her with that .
.
.
outfit.
Here are your aspirin.”
“I have apologized to her.
I did not recognize her with that .
.
.
outfit.
Here are your aspirin.”
Harry, he had to admit, was almost unrecognizably clad in a bizarre outfit consisting of a knitted cap pulled down over her hair, a pair of sunglasses, a faded pink T-shirt that proclaimed she was a proud reader of banned books, which didn’t quite fit over her growing belly, a navy pea jacket, a long purple knitted scarf, and a pair of what appeared to be his sweatpants, the waistband and ankles of which were rolled up to accommodate her shorter height.
A three-inch swath of her belly showed between the waistband and her T-shirt.
A three-inch swath of her belly showed between the waistband and her T-shirt.
She tugged at the T-shirt, giving Nanna an angry look before slamming the newspaper she held down onto the desk in front of him.
He winced at the noise.
He winced at the noise.
“Just look at this!
Just look!”
Just look!”
He looked.
It was as bad as he’d expected.
“Yes?”
It was as bad as he’d expected.
“Yes?”
“That’s all you have to say?
‘Yes’?”
She started pacing the same path he’d taken a short while before.
‘Yes’?”
She started pacing the same path he’d taken a short while before.
Nanna, with a stiff back and a righteous air, left the room.
“It’s not as bad as you are making it out to be, Harry.
I admit it’s not pleasant, but no real harm is done.”
I admit it’s not pleasant, but no real harm is done.”
She was livid—he could see that.
She stomped back and forth, and he seriously thought she was going to burst a blood vessel when she saw the captions.
She stomped back and forth, and he seriously thought she was going to burst a blood vessel when she saw the captions.
“
Greek playboys times two, and the woman who came between them!
My god, the nerve of those bastards!
And this!
Noted author and her three-way love fest!
Baby on board .
.
.
but whose is it?
That’s it!
That’s just it, Iakovos!”
Greek playboys times two, and the woman who came between them!
My god, the nerve of those bastards!
And this!
Noted author and her three-way love fest!
Baby on board .
.
.
but whose is it?
That’s it!
That’s just it, Iakovos!”
“It is?”
“Yes, it is.
I demand you do something.
Sue them and make them take it all back.”
I demand you do something.
Sue them and make them take it all back.”
“Why would I do that?”
“Because they’re telling lies about us!
About you and Theo and me!”
About you and Theo and me!”
“If I sued every publication that printed an untruth about me, I’d be a gazillionaire,” he told her wearily.
“Yes, but—” She stopped, suddenly, frowning at the aspirin.
“Are you not feeling well?”
“Are you not feeling well?”
“Just a headache.”
Her gaze narrowed on him.
“Theo?”
“Theo?”
“That was part of it, yes,” he said, taking a few aspirin with a swig of cold coffee.
“And here I am yelling and screaming at you.
Up.”
Up.”
He frowned at the imperious hand she was using to gesture to him.
“I don’t have time to make love to you, Harry.”
“I don’t have time to make love to you, Harry.”
“As if I would seduce you at your office.”
She paused in thought.
“Well, all right, I would, but not right now.
Come on, I’ll make you feel better.”
She paused in thought.
“Well, all right, I would, but not right now.
Come on, I’ll make you feel better.”
“It’s just a headache,” he protested, but he did as she ordered and was soon shirtless, on his belly on the couch, with her sitting on his ass.
He groaned in mingled pleasure and pain as she rubbed hand lotion into his shoulders, her fingers working deep into muscles he hadn’t realized were so tense and tight.
He groaned in mingled pleasure and pain as she rubbed hand lotion into his shoulders, her fingers working deep into muscles he hadn’t realized were so tense and tight.
“Is that newspaper thing going to hurt your business?”
she asked, shifting higher on his back so she could massage his neck.
she asked, shifting higher on his back so she could massage his neck.
“No.
What will it do to your books?”
What will it do to your books?”
“Oh, probably make them sell like hotcakes.
Who wouldn’t want to read a book by a woman who’s having a threesome with two incredibly hot Greek playboys?”
Who wouldn’t want to read a book by a woman who’s having a threesome with two incredibly hot Greek playboys?”
“You’re angry, though—Right there.”
He moaned as she hit a particularly sore tendon on the side of his neck.
He moaned as she hit a particularly sore tendon on the side of his neck.
“Well, of course I’m angry, but if you say it’s not a big deal, then I won’t worry about it.”
“Mm-hmm.”
The tension and pain seemed to leach out of his body with every stroke of her fingers.
The tension and pain seemed to leach out of his body with every stroke of her fingers.
“Better?”
she asked a few minutes later.
she asked a few minutes later.
“Much.”
“Headache gone?”
“Yes.”
She leaned down and kissed his ear.
“Are you aroused?”
“Are you aroused?”
“Hell, yes.”
She laughed and got off him, handing him his shirt and tie as he sat upright on the couch.
“It sounds like you’ve had a horrible day.”
“It sounds like you’ve had a horrible day.”
“It has had its moments.”
He looped the tie around his neck and took her into his arms, breathing in the wonderful sun-warmed woman scent of her, his lips caressing her temple.
“But you have made it all worthwhile.”
He looped the tie around his neck and took her into his arms, breathing in the wonderful sun-warmed woman scent of her, his lips caressing her temple.
“But you have made it all worthwhile.”
“That is just about the sweetest thing you’ve ever said to me,” she said, offering him her lips.
He didn’t hesitate, taking into himself all her sweetness and warmth.
“It’s almost as nice as saying, oh, I don’t know, that you love me.”
He didn’t hesitate, taking into himself all her sweetness and warmth.
“It’s almost as nice as saying, oh, I don’t know, that you love me.”
He smiled down at her, wondering how he’d ever been so lucky as to have this particular woman come storming into his life.
“You’re going to have to go shopping, Eglantine.”
“You’re going to have to go shopping, Eglantine.”
She made a face.
“Says who, Yacky?”
“Says who, Yacky?”
He rubbed a finger across the bared stripe of her belly.
“When you can’t fit into your own clothes and start poaching mine, it’s time to go shopping.”
“When you can’t fit into your own clothes and start poaching mine, it’s time to go shopping.”
“I hate it when you’re logical,” she said, pulling down the T-shirt with a sniff.
“As it happens, I was going to ask if I could borrow Mikos today so I could pick up a few things.”
“As it happens, I was going to ask if I could borrow Mikos today so I could pick up a few things.”
“You may have him with my blessing.
I’ll be trapped here all day.”
He glanced at his watch.
“In fact, I have a videoconference due to start shortly.
Buy something for a cocktail party, Harry.
Something green.
I like green.”
I’ll be trapped here all day.”
He glanced at his watch.
“In fact, I have a videoconference due to start shortly.
Buy something for a cocktail party, Harry.
Something green.
I like green.”
She looked startled.
“Just on a whim, or are we going to one?”
“Just on a whim, or are we going to one?”
“We’re going if you want to come with me.
Tonight.
I’ve turned down the previous three invitations from a contractor’s wife, and one more would be considered an insult.”
Tonight.
I’ve turned down the previous three invitations from a contractor’s wife, and one more would be considered an insult.”
“Well, if you don’t mind people looking at us and wondering if you or Theo is the father of the twins, then I’m happy to go.”
“I don’t particularly care what anyone but you thinks, sweetheart.”
She stood at the door and looked at him with so much love in her beautiful face, he felt blessed.
“Man, they were so wrong to bump you down from three to five.”
“Man, they were so wrong to bump you down from three to five.”
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