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In the other direction, office after office was empty. That wasn’t unusual at this time of night. It had to be after eight, at least.
A movement at the other end of the hall had my breath catching. Loïc drifted out my office door. He’d left his suit jacket behind, and had rolled back his sleeves, exposing his strong, scarred forearms. He looked powerful. Dangerous. Sensual in a way that made me uncomfortable.
“You look disappointed that everyone is gone.” His voice was quiet in the hush, but I still wanted him to shut up. I might have missed someone. They could be listening.
Hell, for all I knew, our offices might be bugged. Real estate development could get political.
“Someone might come back with their takeout or something.”
“Sounds like you’re stalling.”
“No, it’s true. People work all sorts of strange hours here.”
“So, what do you suggest?”
Maybe I should turn him down and ask him to leave. I doubted I’d be making any logical decisions when he was looking at me like a starving wolf.
“We could head to my place.” The words came out as nervously as they had the first time I’d seen Tarryn in fifth grade and I’d asked her to sit with me at lunch.
Was I really going to do this? I still had time to back out. All I needed to do was tell him no. He had said that Tarryn’s safeword would work for all of us, and I even remembered what it was.
He stalked toward me while I held on to the hallway wall, needing support. As eccentric and theatrical as he sometimes behaved, now he was all intensity and barely restrained violence.
“I said we could go to my place,” I repeated, a little louder.
My hand slid along the wall as I tried to back away, and I accidentally held myself in place. I let go and gave in to the urge to fall back.
“It’s not far.”
“I know exactly where it is, and I don’t give a fuck.”
Adrenaline surged through me.
I turned.
I ran.
Why was I running? But once I’d started, I couldn’t stop.
He wasn’t so much bigger than me that I wouldn’t be able to fight him off—or at least hold my own. Hell, I could safeword.
I had no idea where I was going, but I needed to get away from him and my upsetting attraction to him.
“Valor, stop.” He didn’t shout, but he didn’t need to. His voice caught me as I banged through the fire door and headed down the stairwell. I’d had the momentary urge to go up instead, but that would have left me with nowhere safe to retreat to after a few floors. I’d forgotten my damn swipe card in my desk, along with my keys. I couldn’t even get into my car, let alone start it.
Stairs blurred under my feet. I careened through each landing, trying not to fall but also not wanting to slow down. My dress shoes weren’t designed for speed. At first, I thought he’d stayed behind, but then I heard him. How far behind me was he?
I was afraid he’d catch me, but also afraid he might let me get away. Each step made my dick harder, knowing he wasn’t far behind—aware he could grab me at any moment and force his cock into my ass. He’d fuck me in the stairwell and wouldn’t care who might stumble across us.
Fear clutched at me with icy fingers. I didn’t want to want him. The idea that I might be attracted to a man freaked me out—had been freaking me out since that night. It was a major shift in self-perception. If I had been wrong about being straight all these years, what else was I wrong about?
I crossed the street to the park, not looking back. Where was I going? I was now locked out of my office building with no car keys. Even when I got home, I might have to break a window to get in.
How had Loïc gotten into my house? It wasn’t like I’d left a spare key under the mat. Then again, how had he accessed my office?
I slowed to a walk, feeling safe now that I was in public. The sun was clinging to the horizon, but it was losing the battle.
I knew the feeling.
