same, but—hell, I don’t know what I’m trying to say. I just knew that if it was going to complicate the situation for me, it wasn’t going to happen again. I don’t have time for complications, and I certainly didn’t want to have to deal with that shit ever again. If oral made it seem too intimate, then it was easier to keep it to only fucking.” I kissed her forehead. “If it makes a difference, the night I got you off after learning a man had never taken care of you properly, it took everything in my power to refrain from just giving into it all. I knew at that time that you were unlike any other woman.”
“But that poor green bean I was chomping into scared you off?” She tightened her lips in humor.
I traced her perfect lips with my thumb. “That mildly concerned me,” I teased her.
“And yet, I simply treated your dick like it was my favorite dessert and relished in every second of tasting you.”
“That’s putting it mildly. Best fucking blow job of my life.” She reached for where I grew hard again, recalling the constant wave of bliss I was in while she worked my dick over. “Did you have plans today, or can we really just fuck until I have to go back to work on Monday?”
“I do need to get my clothes for work on Monday. The car problem was settled by you first thing this morning, so thanks to you, that’s off my list.”
I smiled. “I think I’ll mandate that you work in my office—no clothes—and that problem will be solved too.”
“Hilarious.” Her lips twisted adorably. “By the way, are we keeping this a secret? You know, with us working together and all? Should I bring a puppy to work? I’m not sure how you want to handle it.”
I smiled at her laugh that I’d missed during our time apart. “Are you asking if we should hide the fact that you’re fucking the CEO of the company you work for?”
“That’s probably what will circulate through the two goddamn high-rise buildings you own.”
“Will that bother you?” I asked, more serious.
“Well, I don’t necessarily want to be looked at like your whore,” she said.
“Then I simply won’t allow those rumors to start.”
“Really?” She propped her folded arms across my chest. “How do you plan to stop them? Are you going to send a mass email to everyone in the company?”
“You’re my lady,” I simply stated. “They’ll all learn very quickly that’s the case. I don’t hide shit. Secrets such as these always lead to rumors like you just mentioned, and I won’t give anyone reason to believe a rumor. In one way or the other, they will all learn that Avery Gilbert is mine and mine alone.” I paused and kissed the top of her head. “More importantly, I’m entirely yours.”
I felt her kiss my side. “This will definitely be interesting. I don’t plan on mentioning…”
Avery paused when my phone rang.
“That shit is going to voicemail,” I said, ignoring it. “You and I just warmed up for what I’ve been craving since first seeing you again.” I pinched my lips together and closed my eyes when the phone rang again, it stopped, the voicemail alerted, then rang again. “If only we were in the house, I would have abandoned the phone, and we’d be tearing open a condom right about now.”
I felt Avery laughing. “You probably should get that, and then I’ll gladly roll the condom on for you.”
I smiled and sat up after Avery slid off me. I reached for my phone that was ringing again. “Jesus, Jacob,” I answered my brother’s call, annoyed. “Tell me Ash is having the baby, and that’s why you’re blowing my phone up like the press is on your ass again.”
“Alex has to back out of the convention you two set up for those investors and medical professionals for Saint John’s. It looks like you’re up to bat, bro.”
“The gala in Palm Springs?” I asked, running my hand over my forehead. “Alex didn’t call me. What the hell is going on?” My phone beeped the call-waiting tone. “Hang on, Alex is calling in now. I’ll handle it. Just get your ass there. It starts tonight.”
“I am already down here, dip-fuck,” he said as I clicked over to catch Alex.
“Hey, is everything cool?” I asked, knowing my right-hand man didn’t back out of anything.
“My mom’s in the hospital. I have to fly to Nevada. They think it