Chapter 24

Leon’s breath moved in a sexy waft along the side of her mouth, the rasp of his stubble grazing her cheek like fine-grade sandpaper. "Tempting…You’ve had way too much to drink," he said.

"I’m not drunk—not even tipsy." Not on alcohol, that is.

His tongue glided over her beauty spot, then circled it as if he were circling one of her nipples. A savage jab of lust assailed her, pooling in a liquid heat between her thighs. Then he moved his mouth to her jawbone, his lips working their way up in nibbles and nudge-like movements to the sensitive space below her ear. Her whole body shivered when Leon’s teeth gently caught her earlobe, the tender tug sending a riot of sensations in a quick-silver streak down to the base of her spine. Her legs were without bones and ligaments, trembling to stay upright and only doing so because his hands on her waist were keeping her there.

His mouth kept up its disarming of her senses, taking her on a journey of heady arousal unlike anything she