I cautiously look through the peephole only to realize it’s Luka standing in the hallway. Oh shit! I didn’t think he meant he would come get me. I thought he was sending someone to pick me up, and we would meet at his office building. This day just keeps getting worse. I look around the room. It’s small but tidy. A second knock has me opening the door. The last thing I want is to keep him waiting on me.
“Luka. You didn’t have to come pick me up yourself.”
He offers me a smile, and for the first time, I notice he looks…tired, like he hasn’t been sleeping well.
“Is everything alright?”
“Everything is fine, little elf. Are you ready to go?”
“Um, yeah.” I try not to let it hurt how curt he is being.
He didn’t look around my apartment or act curious about it at all. He didn’t ask to come in or give me time to invite him. If anything, he is acting like he wants to just get the hell out of here, and who could blame him? This is not really the kind of place he’s used to, I’m sure. I hurry out the door and quickly lock up.
It’s a quiet ride to his office, and I wonder if he’s regretting coming to pick me up.
“Have you made that list for me?”
“List?”
“Of people you have to shop for? I can’t really help if I don’t have some idea about how many people we have to…”
He interrupts me before I can finish, “Just my mom and sister. Everyone else gets Christmas bonuses.”
“Oh. Alright.”
Clearly, he’s not in the mood to have this conversation right now, so I let the silence fill the car again and watch the buildingsslip past. He might say that we are friends, but it certainly feels like we are anything but that. Maybe it’s not everyone else. Maybe it’s just me who develops feelings too fast and sends people running. Maybe I’m just meant to be alone.
Chapter Fourteen
Luka
Iescort Lumi into the office building and immediately realize my mistake as every eye turns towards her. I step closer to her and place my hand on the small of her back. My angel can’t help that everyone wants her, and I would never blame her for their staring. I can, however, make damn sure everyone knows that she is very taken.
A thought hits me hard enough to stop me in my tracks, and it damn near takes my breath with it. If she were big and round with my child, nobody would doubt that she’s mine completely. Every man would know I’ve been inside her, that she let me cum in her, and paint her little womb white. I’d thought about it before, but this time is different. This time, I want it more than I want my next breath.
Would she want that? Would she be alright with me knocking her sweet little ass up? We have very different experiences with family. My mother and sister have always been there for me, even when I was doing things that were considered ‘outside’ the law. We’ve always been together against the world. I want to bring Lumi in on that kind of closeness, especially knowing what she’s been through.
Will it taint how she looks at family? Will she not want to bring a baby into a world where she thinks everyone will betray her? Hell, I never even thought about fathering a child until I pictured my her swollen and full of our baby for the first time.
Great, now my dick is hard. I rush us into my office before the entire floor gets an eyeful of what belongs to Lumi.
John is already there waiting for us with two other men, helping to place the Christmas tree. He turns and sees the look on my face, then catches his first glimpse of my little elf. He takes a cursory look before bringing his eyes back to mine with a raised brow and a shit-eating smirk.
“Lumi, I presume?”
She gives him one of her hundred-watt smiles along with a nod and tries to step closer -possibly to offer her hand to him- but my hand drops to her hip, holding her close to me. It does not slip past John’s eagle-eyed notice.
“I’ve had all the ornaments brought up that you’ll need to decorate the tree, and taken the opportunity to also order you and Mr. Frost a hot chocolate and a coffee, respectively. Is there anything else you can think of that you might need?”
“Oh!” Her eyes widen in surprise at the added bonus of hot chocolate, and I am thinking of adding a raise to John’s pay. “No, thank you. That sounds lovely. Thank you very much.”
John nods and walks past me, whispering as he goes, “I like her. Don’t screw this up for us.”
I wait until the others leave before I turn my full attention back on my little elf. There are so many things I want to do to her in this room. I’ve never had a Christmas tree in my office, never wanted one. Hell, I can’t remember the last time I had one in my house, for that matter. Now, I have them up everywhere, and the very thought of them makes me giddy. The smell of pine and cinnamon has my heart pounding and my dick getting harder. And it’s all because of Lumi.
I help her string the lights through the tree, but John eventually comes in and whispers, “That thing you asked me to look into yesterday -Operation Snow Job…”
“I didn’t approve that name, John.”
