Seducing the Billionaire—Top 5 Favorite Scenes, Day 1

For something fun, I thought I’d share short excerpts from my top 5 favorite scenes in Seducing the Billionaire. I’ll share one every day this week. Since the first chapter and quite a bit of the second are available as the sample on Amazon, I started with chapter three...

She set her cue on the edge of the table and closed the miniscule space between them. Opened her mouth, ready to ask him, again, what he wanted, and reached up, aiming to rest her hand against his chest.
 
Before she even made contact, his hand shot out, catching her wrist. His chest rose and fell rapidly, his body taut as a bowstring. His gaze danced over hers, a wild, anxious searching. After a moment, he drew a breath and released it, some of the stiffness leaving his body.
 
“Shit.” He dropped her hand, raking his fingers through his hair instead. A quiet laugh rumbled out of him. “And that right there is why.”
 
Were those the complications he’d mentioned earlier? He’d said it almost as a warning.