He just stared at me; it made me self-conscious. I wondered if I had done the wrong thing. Maybe this approach would only make the situation worse. The silence grew longer, and my confidence rapidly shrunk. After a while I started to feel rejected.

He finally spoke, defrosting the chilly air of failure that engulfed me. “Ummmm…Victoria…I don’t understand what’s going on here.”

I laughed, trying to sound confidently sexy. “What does it look like?”

“It looks like we were talking about work one minute and you stripped down naked the next.”

“I didn’t have to strip down. I came in this way.”

Now he was the one laughing. “Okay, so you came to my house naked to talk about work?”

I moved closer to him. I had to go in for the kill. It was now or never. I had to blow his mind that night, so he would forget about the whole investigation thing. If I didn’t give Richard the best sex he’d ever had, it was just a matter of time before my money grab caught up with me. And then there was no telling what would happen if it all got exposed.

“I came here to talk about you…about us.” I threw my arms around his neck and pressed my body against his as tightly as I could. I could feel his heart beating fast, and I knew it was just a matter of time before a bulge in his pants would make an appearance and rub against my exposed flesh.

He gulped and nervously responded. “But…I thought you had a boyfriend.”

I firmly planted my lips against his neck. “Aren’t you enjoying this?”

“Um…yeah…but….”

I continued kissing up and down his neck, tickling his skin with my lips. “Isn’t this good, Richard? Doesn’t it feel good?”

I got my answer when I felt his erection grow against my body. I knew I had him. But the question was, would this be enough to save me? The fact that he didn’t throw me over his shoulder immediately and usher me into the bedroom to ravish me made me have my doubts.

“Wait, Victoria, I really don’t understand why you’re here. I mean…why all of a sudden—”

“Shhhhhh…don’t crunch the numbers on this, Richard. Enjoy it,” I whispered in his ear.