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They’re all the same.
And until I do something different, my life will be the same. For a while, I let myself be fooled. Again. But no more. I’m done.
I exit the bathroom and instead of turning left and out into the front-of-house, I turn to the right. I stop at the supply closet. It’s a disorganized mess, and I rifle around inside for a couple of minutes until I find what I’m looking for. A box of large plastic zip ties. I reach into the box and come out with a handful. I stuff them inside my corset behind my back, close the closet door, and turn toward Jamie’s office.
Chapter 15
Jamie
“It’srighthere—Ialmostgot it.” Maddie leans into me, her plump breasts pressing against my chest.
“Maddie, it’s fine.”
She completely ignores my objections, giggling like a schoolgirl high on cotton candy. Her fingers tickle my eyelashes as she plucks at them. “It’s just a piece of glitter. Let me get it. Stop moving, silly.”
If there’s glitter on my face, it’s probably from her. I’d been halfway through creating the schedule when she’d spun my chair around and practically crawled onto my lap. I glance past her to the hallway where Lara was standing only seconds earlier. She’s gone. Fuck.
Lara definitely saw Maddie on my lap. I can only imagine what this looked like from her perspective. First, I go limp in the middle of sex. Then I make up some fake ass excuse about a meeting that I definitely did not have. And now here I am, Maddie on my lap, clearly flirting with me right in front of Lara in the middle of work.
If I was her, I’d be thinking I’m a fucking dick.
Would she even believe me if I told her the truth? That I’ve never felt so close to a woman during sex before. That the intimacy freaked me out so much I nearly had a full-on panic attack. That I lost my erection because my emotions overpowered my physical functions.
What ifI actually have feelings for this woman?
What ifshe doesn’t feel the same way?
What ifI actually ask her on a real date?
What ifshe says no?
What ifshe says yes, and then I completely fuck it up?
Maddie curls her hand around my neck, hoisting herself further up on my lap. She leans forward, pressing her ass firmly on top of my groin. Is she serious right now?
It’s not the first time I’ve had an employee hit on me, but definitely the most blatant.
“Got it!” Maddie grins, plucking one of my eyelashes from my eye. There’s no glitter on it. “You know what you need to do when you lose an eyelash? Make a wish!”
“Maddie—”
“—I’ll do it for you.” She presses her lips together in a perfect circle and blows the eyelash toward my face. Her breath is minty, and even though she’s gorgeous and throwing herself at me, I couldn’t be more turned off. She bats her eyes at me. “Do you want to know what I wished for?”
She goes to link her arm around my neck again, but I stop her, catching her wrist. “Maddie, I have work to do.”
Before she can respond, I stand up, forcing her to slide off me. I head straight for the back hallway and my office without even grabbing my computer.
I’m not sure what I’m going to say to Lara, but she looked pissed when she headed for the bathroom. God, I never know what to say—but I need to try. Maybe I’ll just start with ‘sorry.’ Fuck, I’m pathetic.
This is stupid. I definitely should never have fucked her. It complicates everything, and this is exactly why I made this rule to myself. I’ll just apologize, tell her I’m sorry for sending her on her way, make it very clear that Maddie was coming on to me and that there is nothing going on.
And then I’ll tell her that I loved having sex with her, but for the sake of our working relationship, we cannot do it again.
Lara
My heart pounds as I turn the corner to the side hall. "Knock, knock," I say through the open doorway. Jamie is sitting on the cot and doesn't look up. An uncomfortable moment of silence passes, and I feel the same sense of awkwardness I felt the night I tried to kiss him in the car.
God, he is handsome, and my stomach is tightening.
