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She slipped one of her legs in between mine, and my hard dick pressed against her abdomen. Instead of forcing me off, she let out a moan. This girl was going to be trouble. I recognized that from the get-go.
What happened next was going to determine which path we were going to take. I could fuck her, and then we would have to have a conversation, or I could stop here, hoping it would ruin things between us completely. We were in my office, for gosh sakes. Everyone had seen her follow me in here. I could already tell she was not quiet, so fucking was not an option. I would have to take her home for that. Home? What the fuck? So quick to change that rule, aren’t you?
I stopped because I knew it was the reasonable thing for now. I didn’t want to be a huge douchebag. What did I say to her? Before I could barely open my mouth, she was already out of my office.
Chapter 14
Laurel
Ididn’t know why Hudson always felt the need to avoid me after our moments. It made me feel insecure, although I hid it very well. Underneath, I entertained so many questions. Did he regret it? I didn’t. To be honest, it had been one of the most epic heated kisses in my life and made all the others look sad.
All this time, I couldn’t tell if he liked me as a human being or was just putting up with me because of Lorelai. She did put her foot down and tell him I wasn’t to be fired, but he was the owner. He ran the show. In theory, he could do whatever the hell he wanted, no matter what his mother told him.
I knew there was a sexual attraction there. We both could tell that at the hospital. You could despise someone and still be sexually attracted to them. It didn’t mean a thing. I didn’t want to have sex with a man that hated me. Although, at that moment, if he wouldn’t have pulled away, we very well would have ended up going there. There were things I wished I could fix about him, but I knew that was never going to happen.
Lorelai made me promise I would keep trying, but at that point, I was not doing it for Lorelai. I was doing it for myself. His happiness was important to me. All I wanted to do was see him smile, laugh, and have playful banter among friends. How had I become so emotionally invested in Hudson? I let my heart open up to him, and I shouldn't have, although you can't help who you fall for. It was just impossible. Deep down, I was glad he prevented us from going any further. I didn’t want to have random hookups with him. He mattered, and random was not what I wanted out of it. There was no denying it would have been passionate, but it was not the right time or the right place.
Hudson, instead of talking to me like an adult about the situation, was a coward and wouldn’t stay near me for more than a couple of seconds. Earlier, I brought him coffee, and he just said thank you and requested me to leave. He hadn’t come out of his office, except for meetings, for days.
He required me to stay because a box arrived with a desk inside. This was a huge box. Instead of trying to put it together myself, I urged a few men from the office to help me. The desk was beautiful once put together. It was an L-shaped desk in cherry oak and had multiple drawers to arrange stuff in. Another box contained a brand-new state-of-the-art phone. This one could handle up to twenty incoming calls being placed on hold. Did he plan on getting busier?
Right now, I only ever had two or three on hold at a time maximum. Ambitions, I guess. I wanted to thank him, but he had proven he needed space. Nothing good could come from me prying into his corner. Someday, he would realize talking was needed. He would come to me.
A couple of calls came in, and that was impressive, but then they kept flooding in. Since when were we so busy at once? I paged Hudson but got no answer. So one by one, I put them on hold and took messages. Only it didn’t stop. For the next two hours, my phone was blowing up, but most of them weren’t there when I returned to take a message. Finally, getting irritated, I threw my new phone on the floor and stomped on it. I wanted my old phone back.
Hudson decided to come out of his office at that moment. Clutching his phone and smiling, he said, “Wow, this is how you treat company property?”
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“I’m putting this up on my page.” He offered me a dirty look.
Fuck. He knew. He knew it was me who made his profiles. I was fired, for sure.
“I’ll even send it to my mom, so she can see how her star employee is doing.”
Why was I so reckless? I was not normally like this. I didn’t act this way. I could only blame it on the fact that we did have a special moment, but he’d been treating it like no big deal. No conversation needed. It pissed me off. “Please, don’t. I’m sorry. I just got flustered with so many calls coming in. I just wanted the ringing to stop.”
It took me a couple of seconds to realize Hudson was laughing. Yes, laughing. Since when did he laugh? About anything? That was a breakthrough his mom would want to hear about tonight. It didn’t keep me from being pissed. He played me. Like a fool. “You messed with the wrong girl. Watch.” It came out of my mouth like more of a threat than I had intended. I was not going to say anything else. I was going to leave it be. He could draw his own conclusions. And he did. He laughed as I walked away with my purse and left the office. Little did he know, I was coming up with ways to fuck with him.
The next day, I came in like yesterday never happened. The only difference was I made sure to beat Hudson to the office. When he strutted in, I smiled brightly and offered him his morning coffee. I sat down at my desk and waited for his first sip. “EW—What the fuck? Laurel! What the hell did you put in my coffee?” he yelled frantically.
“No big deal, sir. I just put B-12 in there. It will just give you energy. It will help you get through your hectic day.”
He didn’t reply, but I knew he was furious. Good. Now he knew what it was like to get fucked with. I knew he purposely had people call into his line yesterday to get me flustered. I didn’t realize it until I got home, but I was not a dumb blonde. He should know that.
The next day, I filmed him chowing down on a burger and fries. However, I didn’t realize he caught me in the act. I needed to upload it before he got to me. I took off, not thinking he would run after me, but he did. He ambushed me in the breakroom and sternly told me to delete the video. “Not a chance, boss.”
He loomed over me, and I was bent over so he couldn’t get around me to get the phone held so tightly against my abdomen. He eased up a bit and started laughing. “Okay, how about this? I’ll delete my video of you if you do the same?”
Candidly, that was a clever idea. If he deleted that video, he couldn’t ever use it to get me fired. It had been the first and only time I would ever act that way at the office.
“What are you doing?” Lorelai said from across the room, a cheery smile on her face. She was witnessing Hudson’s laugh.
“Nothing, Mom. I’ve got to get back to work,” he said, placing a quick kiss on her cheek as he passed her. What happened next was weird. She didn’t say a word to me, just flashed me a smile and walked out, following Hudson. I was sure she wanted to take in all she could while he was in such a good mood. I was glad she was here to witness it. Her son wasn’t so unemotional after all. It just took a while to make him show it.
Hudson was sexy as fuck without smiling but when he did, oh did my body tingle. He looked exceedingly hotter when he was smiling and laughing, having a good time. He needed to let loose and live a little. A man as good as him deserved to smile. Heck, he deserved so much more. Hopefully, he agreed.
I headed back to my desk to talk to him, but his door was closed. Suddenly, a woman was practically on top of me. “Can I see Hudson?”
