...Secretively touching Jared's leg beneath the newsdesk with her high heel sent Tess's libido into overdrive. She loved the power she currently had over him, lusted for even more, and fancifully wondered what would happen if she used her hands to…

No! she thought, giving herself a mental slap back to reality. She couldn't…

Or could she?

For untold moments, as Jared struggled through his news story, her heel teasing and poking and driving him to apparent distraction, Tess toyed with the very notion that had come to her during the previous night's broadcast. What would happen if she grabbed his crotch during his story? Would Jared entirely break stride? Would he make himself look the fool for the viewing audience? Would Howie still maintain the man's professionalism and allow Jared to continue sharing a show with her, when it was truly her show—and only hers—to begin with?

Her fingers itched to explore, and—damn it!—she could no longer control them.

Nor did she want to.

"B—back to you, Tess," said Jared, his eyes both pleading for mercy yet demanding more.

With one hand, Tess grabbed her copy—a report on the growing problem of school security—and let her other hand descend behind the newsdesk. As she read the words before her, she allowed her free hand to wantonly roam over her co-anchor's thigh, then his crotch...