me, her dress rising slightly because it got caught on my jeans.
“What happened to our pact of professionalism?”
“Trash it.”
“I’m serious—”
“So am I. Lots of people work with their partners. You think they hide it? You think Derek and Emerson don’t bang it out on his desk? Trust me, they do, and they don’t give a damn.” My fingertips moved slightly underneath her dress, feeling the soft skin of her thigh. “And I certainly don’t give a damn.” I pressed kisses up her neck until I brushed my nose into her hair, feeling the softness and smelling her shampoo.
She leaned into me because she liked it.
I smiled against her neck before I pressed a kiss to her lips. “Wow, you put up quite a fight.”
“Shut up.” She cupped my cheek and kissed me right on the mouth, her lips separating mine so she could give me her tongue.
My hand snaked up farther under her dress to her ass, and I gave it a deep squeeze. My mouth took hers, and I released a deep moan before my fingers gripped the fabric of her panties like they were reins to a horse.
She abruptly pulled away. “Okay, this is why we can’t do this.”
“Baby, there’s literally nobody here. And if there were…they can watch.”
She knew I was kidding and gave me a playful smack. “I have your lunch and a couple messages.” She tried to wiggle off my lap.
I tugged her back. “No, this is perfect.” I turned in the chair so I could get closer to the counter and started to work again. “You just stay like that and keep my dick warm.” I rested my mouth against her shoulder and looked at my paperwork on the desk behind her.
She rolled her eyes then pushed off me. “You’re ridiculous.”
I chuckled and let her off me this time. “Okay, okay…fine.”
She grabbed the folder that she’d left on the table and read me all the messages I needed to hear, along with other information that was necessary for the day.
I turned back into a professional, but seeing her in that cute-ass dress was perpetually distracting. “I’ll make those calls over lunch.”
“Are you sure?” She preferred that I had a solid thirty minutes to myself during the day just to unwind and empty my mind, but that never happened.
“There’s just too much to do. I don’t mind eating while I work.”
“Alright.” She turned away.
“Baby?”
She faced me again.
“Free tonight? Wait, let me rephrase that… Are you free every night this week?”
Her cheeks flushed all over again, and she clutched her folder to her chest.
“You wanna get dinner?”
“No dinner. Let’s just cook at your place. I ordered you a meal kit subscription.”
“Perfect. But you don’t want me to take you out or anything?”
She shook her head. “It’s overrated. I’d rather be home with you.”
Work was usually hectic during the week, so while it was nice to see her every day, to talk every day, I actually didn’t get to spend much time with her. My nights were reserved for her, and I wanted to see her every single moment. I didn’t need an evening by myself to unwind.
I already spent plenty of time without her.
Sometimes it was at her apartment, sometimes it was mine, but it was mostly mine. I had a bigger kitchen, more space, and my place was closer to the office than hers, so we usually went straight there. She brought a bag to work and had started her own drawer in my nightstand.
“What do you think?” I stood in my boxers and scooped my spoon into the sauce before I fed it to her. She was sitting on the counter in my shirt, her legs dangling over the edge. I moved between her knees and spoon-fed it to her.
She absorbed into her mouth and caught a drop of sauce from the corner of her mouth with her fingertips. “A touch of salt. Then it’ll be good.”
“Got it.” I moved back, added the salt, and stirred it in.
She leaned against the cabinets as she watched me cook, a subtle smile permanently on her lips now.
I made her happy. I could tell. And that made me happy because she made me happy…and it continued to go on like that, the two of us bringing each other a special kind of joy.
Fuck Catherine. We were never this happy.
Sicily and I had been together for over a week now, and there was no sex. I didn’t even try to make it happen because it was totally up