Gorgeous: Book One (Gorgeous #1) - Lisa Shelby Page 0,56
when we see each other at the office, we can behave with some sort of decorum. You feel me?"
"I feel you, and I know you're right. Besides, I went from working twenty-four hours a day to barely returning emails these last few days. It will do me some good to go home and catch up. Thank Christ, I finished up most of the big deals we had in the works last week. Otherwise, I would be in financial ruin all thanks to you. You are quite the distraction, Miss Adams. Work should be interesting."
"So, what you're saying is, I'm right. I believe that is what I hear you saying, Mr. McKinley."
He slaps me lightly on the butt and then drags himself out of bed. "It doesn't pain me at all to tell you when you're right, Olivia. I have a feeling it's going to happen often, so I might as well start saying it now."
"Well, we're off to a good start then. Now, since you've pleasured me one last time today, be on your way, stud."
"I'm not sure what part of that sentence caught my attention the most. You using me for my body and then kicking me out, or you calling me stud."
"I told you at breakfast the other day that there was a chance I was just using you for your body. You were warned," I remind him as I start to drag myself out of bed as well.
"Stay," he demands, while gently pushing my shoulder and laying me back down.
"Excuse me?"
"You. Naked in bed. Stay just like that. I want this to be the last thing I see of you before I leave. You look perfect," he says as he pulls the sheet down so one of my breasts is exposed.
Of course, this move has me biting my lip and feeling turned on yet again. It's impossible not to be in a perpetual state of arousal when he's in the vicinity, but when he says things like that and does things like this...I don't stand a chance. If his plan was to get me to change my mind and ask him to stay, it's almost working, but I know I need to stay strong on this. I need a few hours to clear my head. To make sure whatever this is between us is enough to risk my career and reputation.
As if putting on a show for me, he slowly gets dressed, all the while holding my stare. I know he wants to stay or have me go home with him, but I can tell he knows it is best for both of us if he goes home alone.
Neither of us has spoken since he demanded I stay in bed. Once he's finally dressed, he leans over me and places a kiss to my forehead.
"See you in the morning, gorgeous."
And with that, he leaves and I am left feeling blissfully happy and wishing I hadn't had the great idea for us to spend the night alone.
I miss him already.
16
Olivia
It’s not the big black building with fifty-four floors of business, power, and wealth I’ve entered that has me stressed. No, it’s the fear of seeing Ronan again. Walking through the front doors of the EVC building, I keep telling myself I will be able to do this. I will get through the day without anyone in the office noticing that I've just spent the most intimate moments of my life with my boss.
With the sound of the ding that alerts me to the elevator that will take me up to the thirty-fourth floor, I start to sweat.
Do they know?
I think I'm losing my mind because I swear every person on this elevator knows I'm sleeping with my boss.
Of course, I was so consumed by Ronan that it felt like every person I passed on the street must have seen it written all over me.
I feel stronger, more confident, yet scared to death. Having hours to myself last night gave me time to think. I thought it would give me time to clear my head, but it really just cluttered my mind even more.
I had time to sit back and realize he did want me from the start, and even though he said he noticed my work at the gala, would I have been offered this job if he wasn't attracted to me? Did I earn this job? Did he change the position to be more of a personal assistant to have me closer?