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Christmas Eve
The cafeteria was abuzz with holiday spirit as all the employees laughed and ate yule log cake, but the only thing on my mind was the almost-kiss yesterday under the mistletoe. I had been up all night thinking about him. Wanting him.
The CEO and Andrew were chatting a few feet away. Mr. Reed was cowering in the corner farthest from us.
Steven, who was behind me, took a step closer. In the middle of the busy cafeteria, his powerful frame was an electrifying presence at my back. The excitement thrumming through my body was so distracting I couldn’t focus on my surroundings. He stood closer than any boss should, and I hoped no one was watching. A scandal would be the end of my career.
Steven’s woodsy masculine scent flooded my senses, and I squeezed my thighs together in response. I yearned to have him closer, needing to touch him somehow. The music and chatter surrounding me faded away to nothingness, and everyone in the room became a distant afterthought. I found myself rocking until my back grazed his chest. It was the barest of contact between our bodies, but pleasure electrified my entire being.
It was addictive. I wanted more. If I pushed myself more into him, would he wrap his arms around me?
I shook the thought from my mind. It was so wrong to flirt with my boss. The risk too great. I should walk away.
Before my foot lifted off the floor, Steven brought his head close, his breath teasing my ears. “Meet me in my office, Laura.” His voice oozed sex appeal as his hand caressed my ass.
Hearing my name come from his lips for the first time was intoxicating. Tingles rippled over my skin, and I was getting wet. I focused on breathing so I wouldn’t pass out.
I couldn’t move away. My body wanted the closeness more than my brain wanted to flee.
“I want you, Laura,” he whispered. “I can’t hold myself back anymore. And I won’t.”
The sound of my heart pounding drowned out my thoughts, but luckily, I grasped the last shred of logic in my conscious mind. “But…we’re at work.” My voice sounded far away as if I wasn’t the one speaking.
I wanted to, yes. But we couldn’t do this. What if we got caught? An intern and her boss. It would ruin our careers.
Was he worth the risk?
My palm was cradling her ass, and my fingers squeezed tight. A loud moan escaped me before I could stop myself. My body was moving against my will, my chest pushing into her soft body. A body I craved to have in my arms. A woman I wanted by my side.
Would she reject me? For the sake of her job?
I would have preferred to do things right. Ask her out on a date. Spoil her. Explore new restaurants with her. Have the first kiss under the moonlight after an evening at a Broadway show. Take things slow.
But I never asked. Never dared. She wanted nothing to do with men, or at least that’s what she had told Kenny. Not part of her plan.
She might not want me as a partner in her life, but I knew she lusted for my body. The primal energy between us was powerful and electric. I couldn’t resist anymore.
And I didn’t think she could either.
Her ravenous eyes. Her flushed cheeks. Her squirming. Her heaving chest. They all told me she hungered for me.
I wanted all of her. Not just her body, that was just the icing. But her brilliant mind. Her gentle soul. Her sharp wit. Her many laughs.
Those were the things I craved the most. But I knew she would turn me down.
Except the woman had urges. And maybe she would let me have the honor of fulfilling those urges.
If this was the only way I could have her, I would take it. Even if it was only once. I would sacrifice everything for a few hours with her, holding nothing back.
I scanned the area. No one was watching. I pressed into her even more. “I don’t care anymore. You’re all I think about. I want you. Don’t make me wait, Laura.”
With every last ounce of will left in me, I pulled myself away from her and marched out of the cafeteria, my body screaming at me to go back to the warmth of her body. But I pushed forward.
Would she follow me?
Or would she reject me?
Before I could give my answer, a rush of cold air washed over my back. Loneliness spread through my body, aching for his touch to return. I stood there for a moment, regaining my senses.
