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“So you know how often I’m late?”
He nodded. “Mondays. More or less twenty minutes. But I’ll let this one slide. Mondays are the most hectic time of the week. And in your area, I could only imagine the traffic there.”
“I appreciate it.”
“But try harder next time. It’s not fair for the rest of the employees. There’s no salary deduction for the employees when they sign in late and in exchange, everybody comes on time. If I turn a blind eye on you, the others will ask questions.”
“And we wouldn’t want that.”
“Exactly.”
“Okay, I’ll do better next time.”
“Thank you,” he smirked. That weird feeling in my gut appeared again but I ignored it, thankful for the cold caffeine that would probably fuel me until lunch. And I didn’t know if it was just me but the elevator ride up was taking forever.
“So, what else have you been checking up on me about?” I asked, trying to make small talk. Then I heard Matthew’s phone vibrate in his blazer pocket. He pulled it out and declined the call before he could read who was calling him.
“You can get that, you know.”
“I know. I just didn’t want to.” Matthew turned to look at me, and my heart skipped a beat. And my cheeks burned. As our eyes met, his gaze locked onto mine with a magnetic intensity. It was as if the bustling world around us had faded into a distant murmur, leaving both of us suspended in time. “I have access to camera records and employee schedules, and I have access to guest records, too.”
“Huh?”
“You asked me what else I check up on?”
“Right.”
“And you know what I’ve learned?”
“What?”
“There are no cameras in this elevator.”
I was never the girl who dared to do it in a place so public like the elevator. But something about Matthew made me feel like I could conquer the world. At least if we did get caught, I wasn’t going to be the only one in deep water.
In one sudden move, Matthew grabbed my waist and turned me to face him. The ice in the venti cup rattled at the movement. Even I was caught off guard by his movement.
“Watch the coffee, sir,” I mewled as he brought his nose to mine and I smelled the mint on his breath. God, I wished my breath didn’t smell like coffee!
“What if someone catches us?” But Matthew wasn’t paying attention. He took a deep breath and pushed his pelvis against mine, nuzzling his lips against my neck. And the feeling of his lips against my skin sent a shiver down my spine.
I craned my neck to give him better access and I felt his hands snaking up my thigh, caressing the bare skin there. Nothing would make my morning better than this. Coffee and Matthew. God, I loved Mondays.
He brought his lips to mine and moaned my name against them. “You look mighty beautiful today, Ms. St. James.”
“Just today?”
“Every day, Jellybean. Just a tad extra today.”
His hands roamed around every inch of my skin—my ass, my tits over my shirt. And the fact that anybody could walk in on us at any time only made it better.
It brought me back to my teenage years when I had my first boyfriend. We’d sneak out every chance we got just to make out. That was what this felt like with Matthew. The energy was youthful and exhilarating. Almost addicting.
There was nothing tender about this kiss, only lust and heat. He cradled my neck, his thumb brushing away a stray strand of hair, and my eyes fluttered closed, surrendering to the electricity coursing over our bodies.
The world outside the elevator ceased to exist as we lost ourselves in each other. I opened my eyes to glance at the floor indicator and discovered that we were only on the fifth floor, gliding toward the sixth. And I let out another moan against his delicious lips, and our tongues tangled together.
The jolt came out of nowhere as the elevator came to a halt. And I yelped as the force of it stopping between the seventh and eighth floor made us both jump. Matthew steadied me with his hands.
