I freeze. I don’t know how to respond. I did think he was leaving.
“I’m never leaving you again.”
He wraps his body around mine to make his point. Then he reaches over me to grab the remote on the nightstand. He flicks the enormous TV on and then hands the remote to me. I pick a station with puppies playing on the screen. I can’t go wrong with puppies. And then I lay my head against Knight’s arm. He tightens his grip around me. He’s not wearing anything but his boxer briefs. His bare chest is pressed against the thin T-shirt of his I’m wearing. I need to be closer though.
As if he has the same thought, he moves the T-shirt up my body, and I pull it over my head. It’s not sexual. It’s the intimacy we seek. Our skin presses together. And Knight kisses my shoulder.
“Mine,” he whispers.
I let his words float through me. I would give anything to be his beyond tonight. My nightmare granted us a few more moments of being together, but it won’t last. When we wake up, we won’t be anything but employer and employee. We will do our best to let the hate back in and guard our hearts. It’s the only way either of us will remain safe.
“Good morning,” Knight says still holding me.
“Morning,” I say, smiling and blushing at how naked I am. He stares down at my breasts that are no longer covered by his silk sheets. I know what he wants. To taste them. I feel his cock at my ass, begging for entrance.
I can think of no better way to start the day then a good morning fuck.
“How did you sleep?” he asks.
“No more nightmares.” Because of you.
He nods solemnly and presses his cock further against my ass. Yes! Fuck me.
An alarm blares, and Knight rolls off of me toward the alarm he must have set on his phone. I glance at it. Five in the morning. Ugh, why does Knight have to get up so early?
He gets up, and I know our moment together is over. Stupid alarm.
I move to get out of bed too, but Knight stops me. “You don’t have to be into work until seven. Sleep for another hour. I set another alarm to wake you then.”
“Sleep with me,” I say, not keeping the double meaning out. Fuck me and then snuggle some more. Or just fuck me until the next alarm goes off.
“I can’t. I have an early morning meeting.”
He kisses me dismissively on the forehead and then goes to the bathroom. I consider just getting up and showering, but I know Knight will protest. He wants me to sleep. So I do my best to sleep.
I get into work at a quarter after seven, sore and unsatisfied after not getting morning sex.
“Work starts at seven,” Knight’s voice booms as I set my purse down.
I haven’t seen him since he left my bed almost entirely naked. Now he’s dressed in a dark suit, with a burgundy tie that matches the dress I’m wearing.
“I understand. Starbucks was slow with your coffee this morning.” I hold up the coffee to him.
He stares down at it blankly. “I already got my coffee. You should have left earlier.”
“What? You set my alarm! I left when you thought I should leave.”
But he looks at me, and I know for sure our time is over. He’s back to playing the jerk of a boss, and I’m left feeling confused and lonely. It’s for the best.
“I’m sorry. I won’t be late again.”
“There is a list of things on your desk I need you to do. They are of the utmost importance. Don’t bother with your usual tasks until after they are complete.”
I frown and snatch the list off my desk. Try out ten different restaurants and report back which food is the best for the luncheon next week. Then stop by six different dessert places to find the best cake. Interview new laundromats, he’s not happy with his current one. He wants a new bed for his guest bedroom. Pick one out for him. And he needs new patio heaters before it gets cold.
It’s obvious what he’s doing. Trying to keep me out of the office as much as possible. Away from Abri, and him. He’s not even looking at me now. He’s inspecting the floor like he’s reading a story off it or something.
“If I eat at all these places today I’m going to be sick or fat,”