“Anyone notice?”
Squeezing her hand into a fist, she dropped it to her side. With another deep breath, her eyes slid closed, and she rolled her head around her neck. When she came back to center, her eyes opened with a very different look. One that set off a warning.
That warning grew to a blaring alarm when her lips tipped into a wicked smirk, and she began closing the distance with measured steps.
“As a matter of fact, someone did,” she said, full of false innocence.
“And who was that?”
Step. Step. Step.
“My dad.”
The air stuttered in my lungs. “I thought he wasn’t coming back until later.”
“Me too. Hence why it was so surprising to find him in my office today.”
“And?”
Step. Step. Step.
“It was an interesting conversation.”
“One that I hope you remembered our conversation last night for,” I managed from my clenched jaw.
Her slow steps turned into a confident strut until she stood in front of where I lounged in the chair she sucked me off in last week.
“Hmm…” She looked up thoughtfully and tapped her chin. “I guess you can say that.”
“How else would you say it?”
She peered down her perfectly straight nose at me and smiled, blinking wide doe eyes, glinting with mirth. “Maybe I should let you show up tomorrow and find out for yourself.”
“Aspen…” I warned.
“That is…if you have an office there anymore.”
Bands of frustration, anger, and hints of defeat wound around my chest, squeezing tighter and tighter. “What did you do?”
She shrugged. “Let’s just say Daddy might not have been as happy with what I said as you might have hoped.”
I couldn’t figure out the truth behind her evasive answers and guileless smile. The longer she dragged her little game out, the more my ire grew. The warmth from before was gone, replaced by a raging fire that demanded answers. “What. Did. You. Say. To. Him?”
Her smile dropped, leaving behind a victorious stare that snapped my control.
“Like I said, I?—”
I sat up and snatched her arm, jerking her down on my lap, earning another surprised yelp. One arm banded around her hips while the other pinned her arms to hold her in place. “I’m done playing games, Aspen. Now tell me.”
All at once, she stopped fighting my hold and sighed in disgust before raising her annoyed gaze to mine. “That we’re happily engaged.”
The words fought through coiled muscles and racing adrenaline before they finally sank in and made sense. Despite the relief they provided, it wasn’t enough to release the tension she’d twisted through me. “Such a fucking brat. I should bend you over right here,” I started. But then…another idea struck. I knew the perfect way to burn through the remaining pressure around my chest. Slowly, I leaned in and dragged my nose up her neck to nip at her ear. “Or better yet. I could make you kneel right here and stuff my cock down this pretty throat until you choke on it. Then have you begging for more.”
She gasped softly, and her eyes slid closed. I held my breath, waiting for her to give in.
“I’d rather not.”
The fantasy of fucking her mouth vanished beneath her bored tone, but I didn’t pull back. Not yet. “I could order you.”
