With another hug and a promise to keep her updated on everything, we said goodbye and I headed to the office. Tristan hadn’t wanted me to go in at all, but I’d refused to stay home and allow whoever this asshole was to take anything else from me.
Besides if I hadn’t gone out today, I wouldn’t have had this amazing news to share with him.
Increasing my pace, I hurried to his office, only to realize it was probably empty. Tristan had a meeting scheduled with Mr. Livingston and those tended to take quite some time.
Guess I’d have to keep busy until he returned. Maybe I’d strip down to my heels and wait in his office. My stomach fluttered and that familiar warmth bloomed in my chest. I could already see the gleam in those dark eyes when he walked in and found me like that.
Oh, the delicious things he’d do to me.
I sighed.
If I was braver and not so afraid of someone other than Tristan entering the office, I would have loved to find out. With another heavy sigh and a longing stare at his office door, I let go of the idea.
Thankfully, there was always work to keep my mind occupied enough that it wouldn’t wander. Starting with the new contracts Tristan had to sign.
And since I couldn’t leave my naked self on his desk, I decided to leave a stack of papers instead.
When I opened the door though, my poor heart leapt from my chest. “What are you doing here?”
“It’s my office, where else would I be.”
We’d been here before. Only last time, he was halfway undressed. Remembering the way the sun had caught his chiseled chest and stupidly defined abs made my skin tingle. Had it tingled that day too?
“You’re supposed to be in a meeting.”
Instead of answering me, he pushed away from his desk. Dark stare in place, he made his way over to me. At least that’s what I thought he was doing until he walked right past me toward the door.
Confused, I looked over my shoulder just in time to see him click the lock in place. My stomach dipped, and a delicious warmth spread through my body. Hadn’t I imagined being alone with him in his office not that long ago?
“What are you doing?”
Again, he didn’t answer me. Simply closed the distance between us with long powerful strides. Towering over me, he took me in from head to toe. I tried not to squirm, but it was impossible not to.
The bastard knew it too. Lips curving into that panty-melting crooked grin, he stepped farther into my space.
“I have contracts for you to sign.” My voice was so breathy, my tone so sultry, I might as well have begged him to bend me over his desk.
“Contracts?” He raised a brow. One, two seconds ticked by before he took the papers from me and very unceremoniously tossed them on the desk. “Fuck the contracts.”
“Hey.” I pointed a finger at his face. “You’re going to fix those.”
Not even a little fazed, he grabbed me by the hips and pulled my body flush against his. Lowering his head, he buried his nose in the crook of my neck.
I shut my eyes and tilted my head to give him better access.
His satisfied hum sent a trail of goosebumps over my skin.
“Your lunchbreak was too fucking long.” he murmured, arms banding tight around my waist. His lips latched on to my skin, kissing and nipping along the column of my throat.
It was impossible to think straight with the pressure of his fingers in such contrast to the featherlight brush of his mouth.
“I missed you.” His kisses reached that sensitive spot below my ear. I shivered and again when his tongue darted out to taste. “Hmm. Delicious, and I’m fucking starving.”
His low, gravelly words barely rolled over my skin when my world spun. In one fluid move, he picked me up and parked my butt on his desk. Fingers digging into the spot above my knee, he shoved my legs apart and stepped in close.
His gaze found mine and lingered. Those dark eyes stared straight into my soul—saw every fear, every want. If he looked long enough, he’d see something else too. Something I wasn’t even remotely ready to admit out loud.
That was why I took his face in my hands and drew his mouth to mine. Like he’d done before, he allowed me to take charge of the kiss. For a few tantalizing moments, he let me taste and tease.
