Page 19 of One Shade of Gray


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Every step through the back halls had me peering around corners for him. I was torn between wanting to see him and not wanting to see him. At lunch, I grabbed a complimentary sandwich and then went back to my desk in case he wasaround.

But the joy of free food from my favorite shop was tempered by the cloud hanging over myhead.

I figured I had two choices. Believe him or don’t. My phone vibrated across my desk, and I snapped it up to check the email my brother sent. All his contacts were on multiplenotifications.

A .pdf attachment. I hovered my thumb on top of the icon. Did I open it now? Later? Did I open it at all? Gray had told me the truth, or at least his version ofit.

I let out a sigh. Why was I stressing so much about this? He was a guy I’d had one—barely one—night with. More than that, he was my boss and someone I didn’t need to be messing around with in the firstplace.

I inhaled and exhaled, and then scrolled up and hovered over the delete button. It took a second of fortitude, but then I clicked it and dropped my phone to thedesk.

I had work to do and no time forgames.

Instead of spending more time on it, I grabbed the stack of scripts from a drawer and headeddownstairs.

It was quiet in the auditorium in a comforting way. I sat on the edge of the stage and swung my legs into thepit.

The first script was a classic and one I’d read a thousand times. Great but not appropriate immediately afterRomeo andJuliet.

The next script didn’t strike me as the right one either. None of the next five did anything forme.

I stared at the stacks of paper. It wasn’t the poor scripts’ fault. It was mine. I couldn’t focus on them. My mind kept shifted back to Gray and his goddamn perfect face. Perfect body. Perfecteverything.

It appeared my little pep talk earlier had no effect on my libido, atleast.

I stacked the scripts neatly and headed straight for Gray’s office. His secretary Mina sat behind herdesk.

“Is he inthere?”

She jolted and dropped the pen she’d been holding. “Oh yes, goahead.”

I walked into Gray’s office to find him sitting behind his desk, feet propped up, a book open in hislap.

“Is that what you get paid todo?”

He glanced up and closed the book. “I didn’t expect to see you sosoon.”

I shrugged and sat the stack of paper on the nearby shelf of books. “I didn’t expect to see you so sooneither.”

He lifted his feet up and over the desk to stand. “Did you need something? Or have aquestion?”

I locked the office door and skirted the desk to stand in front of him. “Yes actually, I did needsomething.”

His eyes lifted an increment, and he buried his hands into his pockets. Waiting. Did I have the balls to take what Iwanted?

When he swiped his tongue over his full bottom lip and pulled it between his teeth, my insides went molten. “You oweme.”

The look he shot me was worth the moment of uncertainty. So worth the tiny dip in my belly for coming here after all. I didn’t say anything else while he watched me shimmy up onto the desk and hike my black pencil skirt around my waist. Thankfully, the man could take ahint.

He locked eyes with me as he shrugged out of his jacket and laid it over the back of his chair. Then he loosened his tie and popped his collar button. My mouth watered just looking at him, knowing what all that toned skin felt like under his clothes. It was almost as good as having him naked.Almost.

He got down to his knees, gripped my lower thighs hard, and shoved my legs apart. It could have been his way of tricking himself that he was in control here. I’d let him think that if ithelped.

I lifted my hips so he could get my panties off and scooted to the edge of the desk. He stared at my wet pussy like it was oxygen he needed to maintain life. A vital necessity. And when his mouth took over and he delved his lips and tongue between my legs, I realized it all had very well been worthit.

His hands came around to cup my ass, so I was barely situated on the desk anymore. He shoved his face into my core, all the while driving my hips forward to take more. I reached out and took the edge of the desk, holding on while he licked and sucked and fucked me with histongue.

Oh, this was exactly what I needed. Every bit of my body ignited at the touch of his lips. My nipples pebbled hard under my blouse, and I cupped one of my breasts to try and stop the ache there. But the press of his tongue was beginning a new rhythm which sent that pressure exactly against my clit. I dropped the hand from my boob and into his hair, trying to rub myself faster, harder, deeper. Then he sucked my swollen bud into his mouth, and it almost shattered me. I lay back on top of his desk in hopes I could get closer, increase the pressure, anything. So close. So fuckingclose.