My fingers tightened where they rested on the top of his chair.
“So did you have any thoughts on the email?” Beck asked, sounding way too put together.
I bit my lip as he worked my clit.
I sucked in a breath. “I think… uhh.” His fingers thrust in me, hard. I was so close that I was nearly trembling with it.
“I bet you’re thinking how you’d rather have my cock in you right now.”
Yesss.
His fingers thrust up hard and deep inside me, and I lost it. I closed my eyes, shivering as Beck stroked me through my waves of pleasure.
I could hear the smirk in his voice as he said, “And you thought I was going to fire you.”
55
Beck
Ihad flat-out lied to Tess. It wasn’t even a half lie. It was a complete lie. And then I had used sex to really seal the deal.
It was ruthless and underhanded.
You had a good reason, I reminded myself as we rode in the car back to the tower. Tess was snuggled against me.
I couldn’t lose my sisters.
But it felt like I would end up losing Tess.
Being with her felt right. After listening to my father rant at us in the middle of the night about his horrible views on love and women, I had decided that I was never going to be in a relationship, and I certainly was never going to get married.
You can’t marry her.
I mean I could.
I wrapped an arm around Tess’s shoulders, drawing her against me as we walked into the tower lobby and toward the elevators to go up to my brother’s condo for a celebratory dinner.
No, I reminded myself.Once you fire her, that’s it. It’s over.
“It’s nice that you and your brothers get together for family meals and events,” Tess said. “When I was a kid, I would always dream of having a huge family with lots of siblings. Instead, I got Shannyn.”
“This is actually the most time I’ve spent with my brothers since we escaped the cult and moved to Harrogate,” I admitted. “And that was too much together time. It was the dead of winter in New York, and we had to all sleep in a big puppy pile to stay warm. Since we all made our billions, we haven’t spent all that much time together except for holidays.”
“It’s nice though, isn’t it?” she prompted.
“Yeah,” I said, smiling, “it is.”
Enola and Annie were at Mike’s condo, along with the rest of my brothers and sisters.
“We got the AstraDrone submission in, and we’re going to win. I know it!” Walker crowed. He handed me a drink and then handed Tess a whole bottle of champagne.
“I hear you did all the work. The brochure looks killer by the way. Nicely done! Also, Beck showed me pictures of the cookies. You need to start making those for favors we can give out at conferences.”
“Yes, let’s celebrate Beck salvaging a problem he created,” Greg said dryly.
“Those are the best kinds of problems to solve!” Liam said sagely.
“Thank you,”I told Tess in the hallway outside our rooms later that evening. “Walker’s right. We couldn’t have done it without you.”
