Wild Suspicions (Romantic Suspense) by Rebecca Marey Page B

here, too.”
    Liddie was immediately relieved she hadn’t packed anything personal. While having someone else unpack your bag may be a luxury, she didn’t understand the necessity of it. Who wanted strangers touching their stuff?
    “ Going to join me in the shower?” Parker asked playfully. He plopped on the bed beside her and gave a quick kiss. Liddie leaned into him, placing a hand on a clean-shaven torso and tight abs. Parker’s lean and long muscles twitched with her touch.
    When he removed his lips from hers, Liddie crossed her arms and smiled. “I might,” she teased. All pretense of a business trip had now melted away. Three years of office flirtations, she realized, would climax – quite literally – in this hotel room and its bed.
    Parker pounced on her again. Liddie tried to keep up, moving her lips to keep pace with his, but Parker’s erratic energy was overwhelming. He kissed like one of the boys she’d dated her freshman year in college. His mouth was all over the place, eager to lick every inch of her face and neck, like a puppy with a play toy.
    A n image of Garrett Wade, watching her from the cockpit window, came to mind.
    “ Damn.” said Parker suddenly, and for one fleeting second, Liddie thought he’d read her mind.
    “ There’s not enough time for this.” He released his hold on her, got up and backed away from the bed. “I’ve got to stop and take a shower, there’s work to do.”
    “ But I thought we’d have time together.”
    “ We will,” he promised, “We will. First, though, I have to meet with some people. There’s important business I need to take care of. It’s not something my father could trust to anyone else, and if I don’t do it, he’ll have a fit.”
    “ But, Parker, it’s two o’clock in the morning.” Who could he possibly have to meet at this hour? A sudden thought occurred to her. “If you’ve changed your mind and you don’t want me to be here, I can get another room.” It had been such a rough flight; perhaps he was making an excuse to escape her.
    “ Don’t even think that. Not for a moment.” He dropped to his knees in front of her. “I’ve been waiting to be with you, Liddie.” He reached for her hands. “Don’t flake out on me. This is our time. Understand?” He frowned. “It’s just that work has got to come first for now.”
    Liddie hesitated. It seemed so odd; yet the trip had always been described as business first, pleasure second. “I do understand, Parker. I’m sorry.”
    “ I promise I’ll be back as soon as I can. With any luck, we’ll have plenty of time to finish this.” He jumped up and gave her another long kiss.
    “ What time do you have to go?” she asked as her interest in Parker rekindled.
    “ They’re actually waiting for me right now. That’s why I can’t even cancel or postpone. You know what they’re like – all them CEOs, CFOs and ASSoles,” He laughed. “At this time of night, they’d be livid if I didn’t show up. It’s not like they want to be there either.” He shrugged. “I’m sorry.”
    If it weren’t so obvious that he’d prefer to stay, Liddie would have been angry. “All right, go.”
    Parker tossed the pair of clean underwear into the bathroom. “International business goes on twenty-four hours a day, Liddie.” He unbuckled the belt on his jeans and pulled it from the loops. The leather hit the bed with no sound. “If it were up to me, my father would add a few more executive positions instead of relying on a select few all the time.” He shrugged. “But for now, I guess he’ll continue to work me to the bone.”
    Liddie almost blurted out a smart retort, but thought better of it. Perhaps he did work harder than she knew.
    He excused himself with another wink and disappeared into the bathroom, leaving the door open, in case she decided to join him.
    Liddie did consider it. However, it would be their first time together and she didn’t want it to be a wham bam. It would be