“Does it feel good?” she whispers.
“Yes.”
How didn’t I know I needed this? I lean forward into her touch and rest my head on her stomach, holding onto her waist as she lulls me with her fingers.
She finds a spot just below my ear that makes me fucking purr.
Her laugh vibrates in her belly. “You need to rest, Chance. You work yourself too hard.”
My muscles tense. Rest isn’t for me. “Someone has to do the work.”
“That’s why you have employees. You can’t keep doing this day after day.”
My rebuttal dies on my tongue as she rubs down my neck to my shoulders.
“Hmm?”
“Yes,” I blurt.
“You agree?” There’s a note of surprise in her tone.
“Yes.”
Anything she asks right now, it’s a yes.
“So… you’ll stop working for the night?” She circles a spot at the base of my neck.
It takes a few breaths to say yes, just so I don’t sound like I’m moaning.
“And you’ll let me take you home?”
“Yes.”
“Huh. Car keys?”
I pull out the drawer.
She starts to take her hand off my hair.
I grab it and replace it.
“Oh, okay. I just need one hand to pick up the keys.” They clink as she does. “And then I need my hand back so we can leave the office and I’ll drive you home?”
“Okay.”
I let her hand go. I miss it instantly, but I swallow the urge to complain.
She grabs me by the arms as I stand, her face turned up to take me in. “You good?”
I press a kiss on her cheek. “I am.”
Her smile warms me. She threads her fingers in mine, and with her other hand, she shuts down my laptop and picks up my jacket.
I normally have my laptop to continue working at home but Maddie doesn’t give it a second glance as we walk out of the office and lock the door.
My car is the only one left in the parking lot. She opens the door and waves me in, a smug smile on her face.
I roll my eyes and get in, then she gets in next to me and heads out.
