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It takes a moment for me to realize he’s talking to me.
“What?” I ask as he pushes me back.
My butt hits a desk, and I turn and look around us. He grabs my chin and turns me to look at him. His beautiful grass-green eyes are focused on me. They penetrate my soul and look into me, like he’s trying to determine things I don’t want him to see.
“I asked you, beautiful, if you are seeing anyone right now. Do you have a man?” He enunciates the last question.
I slowly shake my head, not in response to his question but to escape the fog of desire. His hands flex against my waist before they slide down my hips and slowly lift my dress. It’s as if he got his answer by just looking into my eyes. It’s true though. I’m not seeing anyone. In fact, there has only been one male in my life in the last five years.
“No. No man in my life.”
“Thank fuck.”
He lifts me onto the desk, and his lips come back down on mine. I’m buried in lust and desire. This man has always known how to push my buttons. When I feel a pull and realize he just ripped my panties from me, my eyes flare wide open. His are closed as he continues to kiss me. I get lost in the desire on his face and close my eyes again. Getting lost too.
It's not until I feel something warm at my entrance that I realize he’s about to slam into me. I push back, but he holds me tight, trying to keep me close. I shift so he can’t surge into me. I’m not on birth control, and we won’t be doing that again.
“No. Please stop.” My voice is soft in the quiet of the room. Only our rapid breathing and panting can be heard.
He stares at me, and it’s as if a switch has been flicked. His eyes blink several times, then his hands come off me as he steps back. I can almost feel the regret in him.
“I’m so sorry?—”
“Don’t apologize to me again,” I snap as I slip off the desk and adjust my dress to hide the fact I have no panties on. I look down to check my cleavage and notice it’s still good. “I’m okay with being a dirty little secret once, but not again.” I push past him as he composes himself.
* * *
Thor
The door lock disengages, but it’s her comment about being a dirty secret that has me in motion. My cock is still hard as a rock and tipped in not only my precum but her wetness. Briar races from the room as fast as her high-heeled, long legs can take her, and I’m pissed. I intended to kiss her and tell her how sexy she truly is, but instead I got caught up in that dress and not having been inside her body in years. I needed it to take the edge off.
I’m glad she came to her senses, but she misunderstood me when she heard my apology. I’m tired of misunderstandings ruling our relationship. I take off after her. My fingers grip her forearm when I catch up to her in the middle of the dance floor. I spin her around and she falls into me. I notice the other couples dancing and take their cue. I start moving, and she looks around us. She’s trying to save face here because she doesn’t want to embarrass the company she works for. They are such a huge benefactor to this cause.
“I never said you were a dirty secret. You never have been,” I say quietly between clenched teeth. She won’t look at me. Locking one arm around her body and holding her close, I use my free hand to lift her chin. “Briar, I was apologizing because when I took you to that room originally, I wanted to kiss you and tell you how sexy you look. Not that I was embarrassed or ashamed of how you look. I’d have kept you home and in my bed with that dress making my carpet look good.”
Her golden-brown eyes stare back at me, and I see so much. More than she wants me to see. Just like in that room. She wants me. She can’t hide that fact, and it’s not just her body but her heart wants me. She also is scared. I can imagine it’s because of everything I said and didn’t say years ago.
“Thor, I don’t have the energy to try to decipher whatever is going on with you. I get it. You’re still not sure you are ready to settle down, but using me isn’t right. I deserve so much more.”
I shake my head in confusion, trying to figure out what she is saying. “I don’t know what miscommunication or understanding you are basing this on, but I’m not settling down with anyone that I know of.”
“Baby, I got here as fast as I could,” a sultry voice says from behind me. My spine tingles and straightens. How the fuck did she get in here? Why is she calling me baby?
Briar looks over my shoulder to where Louise is standing. We’ve stopped in the middle of the dance floor, and everyone is moving around us.
“Oh, isn’t that sweet. Brian is keeping you company. But, babe, we’ve talked about your image. You shouldn’t be seen with other women when we are working things out. Not to mention someone not up to my standards, that’s just scraping the barrel of pretty. Come on.” Louise reaches for my hand, and I yank it back. I turn to look at Briar, who looks like she sucked on a lemon, her face is so tight.
“Your plus one has arrived,” Briar says bitterly, not correcting Louise on her name. “Oh, and, Louie, don’t ever mistake me for scraping the barrel of pretty. I might have a little more thickness than you, but some guys want something to hang on to instead of a plank of wood,” she says as she looks Louise up and down. Louise’s body is thin, trim, and barely has any curves.
Briar goes to pull away, but I hold her tight against me.
“Louise, Briar and I were having a private conversation as we dance. I didn’t invite you, and we are most certainly not working things out. And for your information, I find Briar not only sexy but downright stunningly beautiful.” I turn my back on Louise and pull Briar into my body so we can dance and continue our conversation. I need to get her to understand I am into her. I want her to leave BUTEE and come work for me. The image of her spread out on my desk as I take her hard almost makes me stumble.
“I didn’t know you were into chubby chasing. Besides, she’s a nobody who was disinherited and disowned because she couldn’t keep her legs closed,” Louise says loudly, and everyone around us gasps.
“Louise,” I bark, but it’s not quick enough.
Briar pulls away from me and is gone, leaving me standing there staring at where she was. I saw the pain in her eyes before she ran. I know those words hurt.
