“Maybe grab some Fruit Loops too!” she called after me.
“You’ve got it!” I called back with a laugh.
I walked down the hallway with a small smile on my face. I had grown used to this routine of going to the corner market almost every night for whatever she was craving. One night it was Lucky Charms. Another it was a block of sharp cheddar cheese. One other it was peach cobbler that I had to travel a little further outfor to a bakery that stayed open late. I could easily ask my driver to go out and shop, or ask my private chef to whip something up, but I found it satisfying doing in myself.
Things had been good between us lately. She had put in her two weeks’ notice at work, as not to raise suspicions and to also have it on record with HR for her next job. Though I didn’t totally understand why she wasn’t content on just focusing on her health and the baby, I had to admit I found her work ethic sexy. And to think I had ever questioned it.
She hadn’t started a new job yet, but had been sending out her résumés from the comfort of the couch, while I trained my new assistant at the office. His name was Luke, and while he wasn’t as easy on the eyes as Sadie and didn’t know my quirks yet, he seemed proficient enough. Sadie had helped me find him through a headhunter she knew.
The press hadn’t published a scandalous story on me yet, but it was probably because my lawyers were fighting tooth and nail for it to be kept quiet. I wanted my story to come out on my own terms when I was ready. Eventually.
I had agreed to take an interview with NBC tomorrow to talk about my position as CEO at the firm and for a business segment they were running. At first, I was hesitant to do it, but after talking it over with my lawyers, I agreed. I had never run from a business interview before. In fact, I reveled in getting my name out there and boasting my accomplishments. I hadn’t done much press lately with everything going on with me and Sadie. It was probably time to come out of hiding.
The agent said it would be a live interview that focused on self-made billionaires. It seemed safe enough, and my lawyers had gone over the contract carefully. I expected to be asked how I got started, where I saw myself in five years, blah blah. The usual. It was nothing I couldn’t handle, just as long as they stayed away from my personal life, which they insisted they would.
The familiar neon light from the corner mart flickered as I opened the door. The bell rung overhead, bringing the clerk’s attention to me.
“You again!” He smiled brightly.
“I’m back,” I said with a laugh. “Olives?”
“Second aisle on the left.”
“Thanks.” I walked toward the aisle and perused the shelves for green olives. I grabbed a large jar from the shelf and walked it up to the counter.
“Anything else?” asked the clerk with amusement.
“Ah shit. Fruit Loops?”
“Third aisle on the right,” he said with another laugh.
I thanked him, returning shortly with the small box of colorful cereal. He scanned the two items, smiling all the while. He probably thought I was high or had a pregnant wife at home.Girlfriend. Whatever Sadie was. I wasn’t sure, but she was certainly much more than I had ever really had in my life.
The clerk bagged the two items and handed the bag over to me with a grin. “See you tomorrow,” he said knowingly.
I chuckled and headed out the door into the cool night air.
Sadie clapped her hands excitedly when I walked through the door, holding the jar of olives in one hand and the cereal in the other.
“Thank you!” she said, thrusting out her hands like a hungry child.
I laughed as she twisted the lid off the jar of olives, popping one in her mouth. Her eyes rolled back as she let out a low “mmmm.” The sound made my cock twitch in my pants.
“Do that again, you won’t even make it to the Fruit Loops,” I said, leaning over her as I braced my hands on either side of her.
She bit her lip before popping another one in her mouth, letting out the same sound.
“That’s it!’’ I said loudly, taking the olives and putting them on the table before picking her up and tossing her over my shoulder.
“Jeremiah!” she squealed as I carried her to my bedroom. “The Fruit Loops!”
I made her forget all about them in the following two minutes.
The next morning, Sadie watched me sleepily from my bed, a tired and satisfied smile across her lips.
“Is my tie straight?” I asked, glancing at her through the mirror, my eyes wandering over her body’s outline in the silky sheets. She was still naked from the night before.
“You look very sharp,” she said affirmatively. “Handsome, too.”
