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***Aggie***
SittingnexttoZanderin his truck was an act of self-control. After seeing the desire in his eyes the night before and going to bed alone, I was helpless against the attraction I felt for him. I was just glad he wasn’t like Monroe, who believed the CEO of the company had to drive a tiny sports car that cost more than most people ever made in their lifetime. I didn’t think sitting so close to Zander was a good idea. Not after he’d apologized. Not when he was dressed in an impeccable pair of dress pants and a crisp white button-down.
I chanced another look in his direction and gave into my curiosity. “Why aren’t you dressed like normal?”
He didn’t take his eyes off the road, but I saw his brows furrow. “How do you know this isn’t normal for me?”
“Really?” I scoffed. “Well, I may be new to working for you, but I’ve seen pictures through the years. I used to hear the women in the office whispering about whether you even slept and screwed in your suits. You’re a suit man. Three piece, not a jacket missing. Yet, today, you have no jacket and you rolled up the sleeves of your shirt.”
He let out a rough laugh. “I didn’t know you paid so much attention to me, Aggie.”
Chills rolled down my spine at the bite in his voice. I didn’t know what was wrong with me, though, because they weren’t bad chills. My body just responded to the stupid man, it seemed. “It’s also strange that you drive this big truck to work. Monroe insisted on driving this expensive little car. Supposedly, it was really nice, but I tried to get in with my hair in a bun one time… I didn’t fit. Do you know what’s the fastest way to hurt my feelings? Try to put me in things that I don’t fit in.”
He stopped at the end of the road leading away from their property and looked at me. “Are you always so talkative in the morning?”
“I’m excited.” It wasn’t a total lie. Iwasexcited. I was getting a chance to show off my skills. However, I was mostly rambling because I was feeling nervous about my desire for him. I’d spent the night dreaming of his deep voice ordering me to do whatever he wanted. I didn’t exactly understand my desire for both of his brothers, but it was easier to accept desiring them.Theywere easier.
“If I drove a car, I’d spend too many mornings stuck in mud or unable to get through flooding. We chose to live out of the city and that comes at a price.” He carefully passed a tractor on the highway and grunted. “And I don’t fit in those cars, either.”
I bit my lip and smiled at him. “And the mystery of the missing suit?”
“I had a shitty night’s sleep.” Zander hesitated for a minute and then cleared his throat. “Since we’re playing twenty questions, I have one for you.”
“Okay.” I turned to face him as much as the seatbelt would allow. “Go for it.”
“You’ve been with both my brothers since the night in the library. You’ve barely looked at me, though.” His grip on the steering wheel tightened. “Were my interests too much?”
I felt blood rush to my face as I stammered to think of a response that didn’t make me sound like a freak. I hadn’t expected him to ask anything near that. My heart raced and I made the decision to joke instead of answering honestly. “Do you not think it’s possible that a woman could be attracted to both of your brothers, but not you?”
The muscles in his forearms flexed. “I think it’s possible with any other woman.”
“Meaning?”
“I’ve been inside you, Aggie. I’ve felt you dripping wet for me.” He glanced at me and then returned his focus to the road. “I’m not terrible enough to assume that all women want me, but when I’ve felt a woman come for me while I fucked her ass, I don’t think it’s wrong to assume she’s attracted to me.”
I looked out my window and pressed my knuckles to my mouth. I was so far out of my league, even talking to him. He had the ability to speak so filthy that I blushed and ruined my panties all at the same time. “Right.”
“So, tell me, Aggie. Did I push too far? I lost control with you and if I went too far, I need you to tell me.” His voice took on a rougher edge. “I… I don’t lose control. Normally. Seems like I’m breaking a lot of my patterns lately.”
I didn’t like the hesitation I heard in his voice and I didn’t want him to think he’d hurt me. Risking embarrassing myself, I spoke honestly to him. “You didn’t push too far. Nothing you did was unwanted or unwelcome. I liked it.”
“You liked it?” He stopped at a four-way stop and turned to face me.
I sucked in a deep breath and blew it out quickly. “A lot. It was my first time doing anything like that, like any of that. No one had ever held me like you did. It…it worked for me.”
“But?” He ignored a truck that honked from behind us.
I shifted in my seat. “You hate me, Zander. I can accept that I like you doing that to me, holding me that way, but I can’t accept that you look at me like I’m trash. That first night, it happened and I didn’t want to stop it. I’m not sad about it. I don’t regret it. If I slept with you again when you so clearly think so little of me, I would feel like shit. Sleeping with a man who doesn’t respect me in any way at all just…feels gross.”
The truck behind us honked again and still Zander ignored it. “I don’t…I don’t think you’re trash, Aggie.”
I waved him off. “It’s fine. I can’t win over everyone. You’d better go before this guy gets out, looking for a fight.”
He glanced behind us and scowled. “It might be nice to hit something right now.”
I rolled my eyes. “Drive, please. I’m ready to take this performance test. If you’re in jail, I won’t be able to rub it in your face when I embarrass you and Knight with how easy I make it look.”
