You’re Everything I Need: A Forbidden Romance

by Ford, Mia

  I’m going to leave the ugly duckling behind and transform into a swan.

  “Great, Office Girl. I didn’t think you had it in you, but you pulled it out of the bag. I’m not going to ask what naughty thoughts were running through your brain because I don’t want to know, I’m just glad we got there. You can come back and work with me again.”

  I never thought that would happen!

  9

  Cooper

  I can’t handle this, I can’t hack it at all. This is too much for me.

  I have watched so many photo shoots in my time with so many beautiful women, but none of them have ever affected me like this. I’m all hot under the collar, bothered, worked up for her. I want to go and rip that muscled hot guy off her and grab her for myself. I now want to kiss her more than ever before.

  I step backwards, forcing myself not to take that bold step. Since she’s doing such a good job I can’t be the one to ruin her hard work. These pictures look like they are going to be excellent.

  I think what makes it harder is seeing what I think she’ll look like at the point of pure ecstasy. Or almost anyway, on the lead up to it. That combined with the feel of touching her leg all the way up here has me on fire.

  “She’s really good, isn’t she?” Vic nudges me. “I’m surprised. I didn’t think she would be.”

  “I’m glad! She was obviously a last-minute decision, but it worked out well.”

  “Hmm.” She cocks her head curiously and watches Lexi. “She reminds me of someone.”

  “Yeah, I know.” I might as well be the one to say it. She’s obviously hinting. “She looks a bit like Nora.”

  “Hmm. I didn’t want to say anything, but you’re right, she does. How do you feel about that?”

  I offer her a one-shouldered shrug. “It is what it is. I mean, it’s only a little bit. The more I get to know her the less she reminds me of her. She might have similar hair but their personalities are opposite.”

  “Yeah, I think I can see that. She does seem very different. She’s very… sassy.”

  I smile and nod. “Yeah, she’s definitely that. It’s been very… interesting.”

  “Well, I love her. She can come back and do some modelling for us again.”

  “I’m sure she’ll want to. She looks like she’s really enjoying it. Do you mind if I take Ryker out and do some of her on her own? I know that isn’t on the roster but it might be a good idea to give us some variety.”

  “Yeah, sure. We don’t need to be back for a while so you guys carry on.”

  I think I’ll like that better. Watching her on her own will be so much easier for me. I stand back and smile as Vic heads over to Lexi to give her some instructions. She nods seriously, seemingly really happy to give it a go. I lean against the wall of the barn and watch as Vic positions her. Still, she has that sexy look in her eyes, it appears that she might have some incredibly sexy thoughts in her mind as well. I hope they are about me because all of mine involve her. I sure as hell know that they will tonight after watching this.

  She’s a bit too heavily made-up, she doesn’t quite look like herself, personally, I prefer her when she’s all natural, but still she’s going to take a big place in my fantasies tonight. If I don’t ravage her in the car. There’s a chance we might not make it back to the office before I pin her down and claim her as my own.

  I feel the intensity inside my body grow, the passion and desire for this woman deepen. I grow all hot and sweaty. I don’t know how much longer I can handle it, I might actually lose my mind.

  * * *

  “You’ve been a bit quiet,” Lexi comments as we speed along the road back to the office. “Is everything okay?”

  “Hmm, sorry - yeah.” I shake my head, dragging out from my filthy thoughts.

  “You seem distracted. I didn’t do a bad job modelling, did I?”

  “No, no, of course not.” I dart a weak smile her way. “Quite the opposite. You did amazing. Everyone said that they want to work with you again. They were all really impressed with how well you did.”

  “Oh good. I’m glad. I was so scared. Especially in the morning when it looked like I was all wrong.”

  “How did you manage to drag yourself out of that awkwardness? Was it Ryker?”

  “Ryker was amazing, so kind and understanding. I’m so glad I was with him.”

  “That’s great.” A tight knot of jealousy twists in my gut. “I’m glad.”

  Ryker is a good-looking bloke. He’s a model, for crying out loud, and a player too. From what I’ve heard, he is a sweet guy, but I don’t want him getting his grubby hands all over this woman. She kinda feels like mine.

  “But it wasn’t him that got me through it. It was more what the photographer said about putting myself in the situation. I tried to think of an illicit romance that I could use to make the situation more real.”

  “And what secret romance did you think of at the time?”

  My heart hammers, nerves zigzag through me. I’m pretty sure I already know the answer to this question, but I can’t resist wanting to hear the answer directly from her. I want to see if she’ll be brave enough.

  “I imagined myself in a secret office-type romance. A boss, or something like that, snatching a little moment with me at the Christmas party. It was really fun actually, to put myself in that situation.”

  I shiver. I don’t even mean to but it just bursts out of me. “That does sound very exciting. I like it.”

  “Hmm, yeah, well if they all said that I did a good job then obviously it worked.”

  I bite down on my bottom lip, trying to keep everything inside. There are so many things that I want to say but I can’t. Not unless I want it to get really awkward. It’s one thing to hint at it but another entirely to do it.

  “Well, that was a fun day. Certainly not what I was expecting when I came to work this morning.”

  “That’s what it’s like in the fashion industry. You can never tell from day to day what will happen.”

  “I like it. The unpredictability is fun. I think it suits my personality.”

  “Yeah, I think you’re right. I’m pretty sure it suits you too. Unpredictable, wild, fun.”

  I feel a funny sensation on my leg and when I glance down I see Lexi creeping her hand over my leg, this time to hold me. She shouldn’t, I don’t think she knows quite how close to the edge I am. If she could see what is going on inside my mind, she might not be so eager to touch me.

  Or maybe she would. I have a funny feeling that would make her even worse.

  I can only rest my hand on top of hers for a moment, because I have to keep my hands on the wheel, but that second is so delicious I want to lap it up and cling to it forever.

  I’m falling, I’m tumbling into something wonderful, and much as I know it’s wrong, I can’t stop.

  * * *

  “Ooh, everyone has left already. The office feels really weird when it’s all empty like this.”

  “It isn’t empty,” I tease. “We’re here. And we’ve been alone in here before.”

  “I know, but it feels different today.” She folds her arms across her chest. “I’m not quite sure why.”

  I do, it’s because the sexual tension is even thicker than usual today. There’s so much confusion swimming between us, so many terrifying feelings, I don’t know what will happen. The anticipation is killing me.

  “Well, you are more than welcome to go. You’ve more than done your work today.”

  “No, I don’t want to go just yet. I still have a bit to do.” I can’t tell from the look in her eye whether she means work or something else. “I’m sure you have some stuff too… but obviously you can’t be late.”

  “No,” I rasp back, swimming in fear and thrills. “Yes, I can’t be late you’re right about that one.”

  She walks towards her desk and I take her lead and head into my office. Of course I have work to do, it’s all around me, but I can hardly think about any of it. She’s absolutely
consumed me. I pace up and down, wondering what exactly I’m supposed to do. Lexi and I are definitely at cross roads and I need to choose my next move. I need to pick it carefully, I’m going to have to be smart so this doesn’t all fall apart.

  What even is this? Is this something that I should be getting involved in?

  Who the hell knows, but with the pictures of her modelling still fresh in my mind I can hardly think straight. The whole afternoon has been all about her beauty. Her fire too. Those eyes, that hair, her lovely face, everything that makes her the amazing person that she is. Everything that draws me in…

  “Cooper.” I stare to where her voice just came from. Lexi stands in my doorway looking unsure. Her chest rises and falls fast, she’s practically panting. There’s no mistaking what’s going on with her now, the hooded desire is obvious. My cock immediately twitches, wanting her more. “I don’t know what to do.”

  I understand the cryptic message. I feel it too. “I don’t know either.”

  “Is it wild? Is it crazy? I’m supposed to be…”

  “I don’t know, I shouldn’t…”

  It seems like both of us are putting far too much weight on what other people think. This isn’t for everyone else, this is for us. It’s our little illicit secret, just like in her pictures with Ryker. It can be our little delicious secret. No one needs to even know about it. That way, it doesn’t have to be wrong. For us, it can be okay.

  I take a giant stride, closing the gap between us. The nearer I get, the more I can smell Lexi and her scent is utterly intoxicating. She has a citrusy smell, spicy, sassy, fun, just like her. I slip my fingers through hers and hold them tight, smiling down on her with nothing but happiness in my gaze.

  Happiness and sex. I can’t shy away from how much I want her. “Maybe we should just not know together.”

  She rises up onto her tiptoes, giving me the green light, so despite the fact that we both know this is wrong, I dip my mouth down towards hers. I don’t kiss her at first, I leave my lips hovering above hers, just loving the sensation of her breath against my mouth. This is the absolute last moment of anticipation that we’ll get before absolutely everything changes. Once I claim her with my mouth, everything will intensify.

  “This is definitely wild,” I whisper, enjoying her shiver. “But we should do it anyway, right?”

  Then before I give her the chance to answer, I crash my mouth down and take her breath away. I kiss her with everything I have, feeling only her. I’ve thought about what this moment might feel like a million times but it’s even better. Having Lexi’s plump lips, tasting her tongue, it’s wonderfully intense. Absolutely worth the risk it poses. Nothing will ever be the same again, but considering how amazing this is, I wouldn’t want it to.

  We break apart, both of us examining one another’s faces, each of us panting heavily. She looks like she enjoyed it just as much as I did. I hope I’m right and not just jumping to conclusions.

  “What now?” I gasp, running my eyes over every inch of her face.

  “What now?” She shrugs and smirks. “I think that we should kiss some more.”

  “Now that is a plan that I can go for.” I drag her back to me. “You are just too tempting.”

  10

  Lexi

  This is everything that I’m not supposed to be doing, all that I’ve been warned about. Not only have I promised everyone that I won’t dive straight into something else the moment I’ve gotten rid of Trent, I definitely shouldn’t be anywhere near this man. He’s the person I’m not supposed to have. My boss.

  Yet after today, I don’t know what else I’m supposed to do. I’m only a woman, how can I resist? I’ve got boiling hot blood racing through my body, a pulsing urge so deep and out of control, and today has just been a mishmash of all of that. After that very sexy photo shoot with Ryker, which felt like Cooper, I’m a little bit out of control. I feel all wild and carefree, like throwing caution to the wind is the best idea ever.

  “Oh, Lexi, you have no idea how long I’ve wanted to kiss you.”

  Cooper’s fingers edge up my thighs, I can feel him getting even closer to where I’m desperate for him. A small groan flies past my lips, urging him further. He buries his face into my neck, kissing my exposed throat while he slowly tugs my panties to one side. His fingers hover at my entrance not quite touching me.

  “I’ve spent many an evening thinking about this. About what it will be like to touch you. How wet you’ll be, how tight you are, what it will feel like to be buried deep inside of you.”

  A deep heat flushed. I’ve never been spoken to like this before and I have to admit I like it a lot.

  “Oh yeah? And do you think I’m going to let you down now? Like I won’t live up to what you’ve imagined?”

  “There’s no way in hell you could let me down.”

  One finger ever so lightly brushes along my soaking wet slit. Cooper moans like he’s in sheer agony, causing my head to flip back in pleasure. Even that tiny feel of him is enough to make me see the stars.

  “I’ve thought about you a lot too,” I gasp out, the words freeing me. “I’ve touched myself thinking about you.”

  His hand grips tightly onto my butt, I can feel the torturous pain in his grasp. “Oh fuck, tell me more.”

  I snap my eyes open, to see that he’s serious. “Okay, well I imagined you slipping a finger into me.” He does as I command, making my head spin. Pleasure pinpricks all over my skin. “And you also had your hand around your own cock. You were touching yourself for a while.”

  “Hmm, you’d like that huh? That’s a new one for me.”

  “Yeah, me too. It’s not something I thought I would like, but I do.”

  He drags his tongue along the bottom of his lip as the loud sound of his trousers unzipping sings between us. The chemistry is electric, the atmosphere could be cut with a knife, I’m loving every second of it.

  Then, his fingers make quick work of bringing my secret little dream to life. He pumps his cock and pushes his fingers into me too, the pace relentless, the pleasure deep and wonderful. It isn’t exactly the sweet, romantic sort of moment seen in romance movies, but I don’t care. That isn’t what I need. What I want is hot, sweaty, sexy. This ticks every damn box. His needy fingers spear me, and I love every second of it.

  “Oh, fuck, Cooper!” It’s even better that I can yell out his name, that I can scream for him even in the office. I shouldn’t be able to do this because everyone else should be able to hear us. I’m kind of thinking that they can because it makes it that much more exciting. “Cooper, that feels so fucking good.”

  The relentless, quick rhythm pushes me rapidly towards the edge. I’m like a steam train burning down the tracks towards the tunnel at the end of the line. I wrap my fingers tightly around Cooper’s neck to hold him near me while the onslaught washes over me. I scream out, I cry loudly, I lose my freaking mind.

  “Oh fuck, that feels… that feels…” I shudder and buckle, I scream out and cry as the orgasm races through me, but it seems that Cooper isn’t done with me yet. Before I can even snap my eyes open, I hear the hiss of the condom wrapper. That gets my heart pumping hot blood around my body even faster. I can barely wait for him.

  I lean back against the wall, pressing one foot against it while my thighs fall further apart. Cooper presses that gorgeous throbbing cock right at my core, teasing my entrance hard. I don’t have the patience for that though, the post-orgasmic bliss is circling me hard, so I roll my hips into him, inviting him inside.

  “Oh fuck!” he grunts as he buries himself between my folds. “Fuck, Lexi.”

  My name on his lips is pure seduction, is like sex dripping from his mouth. I push into him hard and fast, needing him to fill me up, I stretch and fit around him, clinging to him, each thrust connecting us even deeper.

  God, this shouldn’t be happening, but how can something that feels so good be wrong?

  My toes curl over as Cooper tenses up. I can almost feel the blis
s creeping up through him, I love it. He’s like an open book at his most vulnerable moment which is awesome. I want someone like this, someone who can be open for me, who can let me know how he feels. As the pleasure consumes me once more, I wonder if actually this could be the man for me. Sure, it’s fast, it hasn’t left me with any time alone, but do I really need that? Everyone keeps telling me that I do but I’m not so sure. With Cooper buried deep in me, everything is perfect.

  The climax seems to hit us together. We scream through the bliss, digging into one another as we shudder and shatter together. Hearing him lose himself at the same moment I do intensifies everything. The bubble surrounding us grows tighter, locking us in, leaving us as the only two people left alive…

  “Oh wow,” Cooper breathes into my collar bone. “That really was something else.”

  I giggle girlishly and toss my head back. This has been one of the most surprising days of my whole life. I certainly didn’t expect to find myself here when I woke up this morning!

  “Yeah.” I dart my eyes around the floor. “Oops, it looks like we’ve made a bit of a mess.”

  He pulls apart from me, slowly and carefully, smiling at me lovingly as he does. It’s sweet, I like his eyes upon me like that, it makes me feel like he really sees me as someone worthwhile. Then we straighten ourselves us, laughing every so often as we do, and we set about tidying up the mess we’ve made. My heart remains thumping in my ears as we do, I can barely focus on anything. With this intense hot bliss still circling me, it’s hard…

  What the…?

  All of a sudden, all good feeling melts away and I’m struck by a sense of horror instead. My fingers reach down, I pick up the dreaded thing that has all the blood inside of my body frozen. This is bad, really bad, I don’t know what to think about it. A lot of things become very clear and I don’t like any of it.