Amorous (The Lincoln Series Book 1)

by Baer, Susan

He pulled his keys from his pocket and whispered to himself, “I need to find that damned vibrator. If that’s what she wants then I’ll be the one controlling it.”

  He unlocked his door and the hair on the back of his neck prickled. He turned around and found AJ leaning against the door frame of his office, waiting.

  “We need to talk.”

  Warren glanced at Marie’s desk.

  “She is not in yet and I have not heard from her. Can I assume she will be, or are you planning to deliver another message for her?” AJ straightened his posture and shoved his hands into his pockets. “We can discuss this in my office.”

  Warren sighed. He should have known AJ wouldn’t let this one go. He threw his briefcase on his couch and headed for the principal’s office.

  AJ was standing at the far end of the room staring out the windows to the courtyard below. He turned when he heard Warren close the door.

  “I warned you to stay away from her.”

  “She was unable to work productively. I took her home—”

  “To fuck her! Or did you even wait that long?”

  “Who I fuck or don’t fuck is not up for discussion, AJ! My personal life is none of your business.”

  “It is my business when it affects my Executive Assistant. Marie has an important job to do and she cannot do it well with your dick in her mouth!”

  “Oh get off it, AJ, she busts her ass for you and you know it. You can’t control her life any more than you can control mine.”

  “She is my Executive Assistant. I need her to be here, to be available to me when I need her.”

  “You didn’t need her yesterday, or did you forget mentioning last week that I could use her on Monday.”

  “I meant use her for secretarial work not as your personal whore.”

  Warren flexed his fists. “Be careful, AJ.”

  AJ crossed his arms over his chest. “Do not make this personal. It has nothing to do with emotions and everything to do with business. You crossed the line yesterday and I will not tolerate it. I know you and I know Marie, therefore I know yesterday was your idea.” He shook his head in frustration. “I am surprised she went along with it. She is usually more professional than that.”

  Warren stayed silent for a minute. He knew AJ was right. Even when they were kids AJ had been the voice of reason when Warren wanted to bend the rules to his advantage. AJ kept him from doing a lot of things he shouldn’t have, but this time the stakes were higher, this time he had to win. He had no intention of giving up on Marie.

  He couldn’t keep his relationship with her from AJ, but that didn’t mean he had to admit to it. He needed time to figure out how to make this work.

  “AJ, don’t hold this against her… She wanted to stay and I talked her into going home.”

  “So you did seduce her.”

  “No!”

  Warren scrubbed his hand through his hair. He hated lying to AJ but this time it was necessary. This job meant too much to Marie. Warren couldn’t let what he did yesterday jeopardize it.

  “AJ…she didn’t look good and when I talked to her she said she hadn’t slept all night. She wasn’t going to make it through the day, but she was more concerned with not being here for you than she was about her own health. So I…convinced her to let me take her home.”

  “Warren, just stay away from her. Find another Executive Assistant or even a secretary to screw around with. There are plenty of them here willing to put out without any strings attached.”

  Warren shook his head. “I wouldn’t do that to her. She deserves better.”

  “I mean it, Warren. Do not make me report this to HR.”

  “Report what?”

  “Read your employee manual sometime. The information in there can be quite enlightening.”

  “AJ—”

  “This discussion is over. I believe you have another meeting with Dr. Collins.”

  Warren hesitated while AJ walked to his desk, effectively dismissing him as if he was no longer in the room. AJ could be a cold son of a bitch but unfortunately, he was right. Warren had crossed the line.

  He walked to his office and closed the door. He needed a few minutes to clear his head. Dr. Collins was a real pain in his ass and if he wasn’t at his best for this meeting, his day was going to go to hell in a hurry.

  ****

  The office was quiet when Marie sat down at her desk to work on the reports for Dr. Carrington’s presentation in New York. She had gotten a lot done at home while playing hooky yesterday. And Dr. Carrington had been in his office the entire morning on the phone so she was ahead of schedule with her preparations for his conference.

  Warren returned from his meeting with Dr. Collins looking quite frustrated and headed straight for his office. He hadn’t so much as looked at her on his way. She swallowed the pang of disappointment and pretended not to notice.

  Her instinct was to go to him and comfort him, but Warren had asked her to keep their relationship a secret for now because it would cause problems with Dr. Carrington. Still a part of her was afraid it had nothing to do with Dr. Carrington and everything to do with Warren being embarrassed by her. The tide of her insecurities came in to remind her she was on the curvy side of pretty and probably not as glamorous as the beautiful women she was sure he was used to being with.

  The soft ding of a bell on her computer went off alerting her to a new message marked urgent. It was from Dr. Carrington. She snickered to herself. She still hadn’t gotten used to the fact that he emailed her messages and instructions instead of speaking to her directly through the intercom system on the phones.

  Come into my office. No need to take notes. This will be brief.

  She automatically reached for her PDA and hesitated. He said there was no need to take notes. Dr. Carrington could be easily annoyed if his instructions weren’t followed exactly, so she pulled her hand back and headed for his door.

  “Please come in, Marie. Close the door and have a seat.”

  His voice was stern and authoritative, almost like her father’s voice used to sound when she got caught in mischief as a little girl. And just like when she was a little girl, she did exactly as she was told as quickly and quietly as possible.

  He leaned back in his chair, steepled his fingers under his chin and sighed.

  “Marie, I need to make you aware of a concern I have about Dr. Jackson.”

  She fidgeted nervously in her chair. She wasn’t sure she wanted to hear what was coming next. She opened her mouth to speak but he continued as if she hadn’t.

  “There is a company policy that prohibits superiors from engaging in personal relationships with subordinates. The policy is vague on whether or not the superiors must be directly over the subordinates. However, I am sure the administration would view Dr. Jackson as having influence over you despite the fact that you work for me.”

  He dropped his hands and leveled her with an expression that was unmistakable. Dr. Carrington was drawing a line in the sand that she was not to cross, ever.

  Her mouth went dry and she waited for the guillotine to fall. Either he already knew the line had been crossed or he was waiting to catch her crossing it. Fear kept her frozen in place.

  “Dr. Jackson is well aware of this policy but I am afraid he may try to find a way around it. Warren always did like to push the limits. Do not let him lead you down a road you might regret.”

  He stood from his chair and paced gracefully to the door. With his hand on the doorknob he turned to her with a serious expression.

  “I believe you have some reports to complete. I would hate for you to get behind.”

  She wanted to run and hide with all her might but instead she somehow managed to hold her head high and walk past him to her desk. There was no need for her to respond. He preferred to have the last word anyway and he knew she understood his meaning. If her work suffered in any way, she was done. He would have no problem terminating her.

  ****

  Warren finished
reviewing his notes from his meeting with the MDs. The last one was starting to eat away at his conscience. The psychologist on call last night had hospitalized a thirty-four year old woman who was borderline suicidal. She had gotten caught in the middle of a workplace scandal that had ended in several employees being terminated, and she was the first one they let go. Her only crime had been to trust the man she loved, her boss.

  According to the therapist’s notes she had put everything into building her career and had made it to vice president of operations. Her boss had promoted her then used her to hide his deceit. He had used her emotions against her and when she questioned something he did, he played on those emotions and she believed him because she wanted to. She didn’t want to believe he would do anything wrong. Then when the walls came crashing down, he betrayed her and let her take the fall, essentially ending her career and destroying her reputation.

  Warren couldn’t help but compare her to Marie. They had similar career goals and lifestyles, and they were both in a relationship with a superior. But he wasn’t using Marie. He cared about her. Marie could trust him not to get her fired…he hoped.

  At least he wasn’t embezzling or planning a take-over. He just found her irresistible to the point he couldn’t maintain his control around her. She made him crazy with lust.

  He closed his eyes. He had to be very careful when AJ was around. If he gave him any reason to believe they were together, it could cost Marie her job. AJ had threatened to report their relationship and that could be a big problem. He was confident he could strong arm AJ if he had to, but the administration of Central Valley would do what they wanted no matter what Warren did or said. Marie was banking all her hopes and dreams on this job. She would be devastated if she lost it and he’d never forgive himself.

  He paced to his door and hesitated. He wanted to talk to her about this, but exactly what he wanted to say he didn’t know. He laughed to himself.

  “You dirty dog, you’re just trying to think of a reason to be close enough to touch her.”

  He opened the door and saw her walk into AJ’s office.

  “Shit,” he whispered. It was Marie’s turn to go to the principal’s office.

  Now he did know what he was going to say. ‘Ignore the Golden Boy, he can’t run your life if you don’t let him.’

  If AJ was going to play hardball then so was he. He closed the door and leaned against it. Nothing was going to keep him from Marie, especially AJ.

  ****

  “Damn it!”

  That was the third time Marie had run the budget report for AJ’s New York presentation and the third time she had forgotten to add an item.

  “Great. I’m going to get fired because I’m an idiot, not because I’m a slut. How ironic is that?”

  “Personally I prefer the term Sex Goddess to slut and you are most definitely not an idiot.”

  Marie jumped and knocked her stack of papers to the floor when Warren spoke from behind her. She had been so engrossed in her work she hadn’t heard him come out of his office.

  He spun her chair around and caged her in as he leaned over her.

  “And I am your eternal sex slave. How may I serve you today, my queen?”

  “We can’t do this here, Warren. If we get caught we could lose our jobs.”

  “You must be speaking of that little snippet in the employee handbook about superiors and subordinates.”

  “He talked to you too?”

  “AJ was kind enough to point it out to me.”

  “That means he already knows about us.”

  “It doesn’t matter. My interpretation of that little rule differs from AJ’s.” He licked the shell of her ear.

  She put her hands on his biceps and wanted to push him away but squeezed his arms instead. “It does matter, damn it. If he turns me in to HR—”

  “He’s not going to tell anyone about us.”

  “Then he’ll just fire me himself.”

  “No, he won’t. You’re his right hand and he’s not going to cut it off just to spite me.”

  Marie could feel her body heating. The familiar ache for his touch was building. But she couldn’t let her body rule her mind this time. She needed to stay strong.

  “This isn’t about you. This is about me not losing my job,” she said.

  “No. It’s about you getting what you want. And you want this.”

  He slid a hand into her hair and she dropped her head back with a moan. He took immediate advantage and claimed her mouth with the force of a savage warrior. Without breaking the kiss he scooped her up and headed for his office. He set her down and shut the door, then reached behind him to lock it.

  With a look of sheer lust, his gaze caressed her body from head to toe.

  “Get naked and kneel on my desk.”

  “I’ll get fired if we get caught. Warren, I can’t lose this job. I—“

  “Do it!”

  He stepped closer to her.

  “Dr. Carrington said—”

  “I don’t care what AJ said, he’s gone for the day. I heard him tell you that. Now bare that beautiful pussy and get on my desk.”

  She took a step back. “You’re not listening.”

  “Neither are you.” He closed the gap between them and caressed her arm with the backs of his fingers. “You know you want this. It’s going to happen because neither one of us is strong enough to stop it.”

  “I have to. I need this job.” Marie knew she was losing this battle because despite what was at stake, she wanted Warren to win.

  He stepped around her and pressed his body against hers. One slow step at time he backed her to the door.

  “Warren,” she whispered, “please.”

  “My pleasure.” He spun her toward the door and held her hands above her head with one hand. He nipped her neck and unbuttoned the back of her skirt. “I know what you like, baby.”

  “What am I doing? I need to…” She shook her head and tried to think clearly but a fantasy was taking shape in her mind. She wanted him to force her into submission.

  “You’re letting me give you what you want, Marie.” He ran his open mouth along her neck to her ear and whispered. “You want me to win this argument.”

  “No…I…”

  He slowly pulled the zipper down and her skirt fell to the floor to pool at her feet. “I can feel your heart racing. You like this way too much to stop.”

  Marie shook her head and tried to fight her desires but he did know exactly what she liked. And she wanted more. “We need to stop.”

  “But if I stop then you’re going to miss this.”

  Warren snaked his hand between her body and the door and slid his fingers between her lips.

  “Oh, God,” she moaned and tilted her head back to rest on his chest.

  He circled her clit and slowly buried his finger inside her. He pulled it out and circled her clit again.

  She bit her lip and tried to smother her moan.

  “I told you I know what you like.” He spun her again to face him and pressed his body into hers. He let go of her hands and began unbuttoning her blouse.

  Marie left her hands above her head and imagined he was still restraining her. Her breath was coming in short pants and her need for him to touch her lips again was spiking.

  He pulled her blouse apart and yanked her bra down below her breasts. He roughly massaged her flesh and kissed her hard.

  She managed to shift her hips enough so she could press his thigh against her mound. She rocked her body and let the pressure soothe her need.

  He broke the kiss. “I need to taste you.”

  He picked her up and wrapped her legs around his waist. He carried her to his desk and set her on her knees in front of his chair. He ripped her lace thong from her body then thrust two fingers into her passage.

  She arched her back as he wrapped an arm around her hips to support her. She unclasped the front closure on her bra and let her breasts bounce free.

  “Oh, yes.” Warre
n sucked a nipple hard into his hot mouth. He flicked his tongue rapidly over her nipple and her pussy responded with a twitch matching his rhythm.

  He increased the speed of his tongue and she felt the muscles in her legs spasm. She felt him smile against her breast.

  “I found something else you like, didn’t I, Marie?”

  “Uh-huh.” She wasn’t sure what he meant by that, there wasn’t anything he did to her she didn’t like. But she didn’t care as long as he didn’t stop touching her.

  He gave her nipple one last flick and a rush of arousal pushed from her body. She realized what he meant and pushed her hips against him. He lowered his mouth to her mound.

  “God, I love your bare pussy.”

  He groaned and licked the outside of her lips before trailing the tip of his tongue through her slit.

  She trembled at the sensations invading her body. She knew they shouldn’t be doing this in his office but the excitement was too much to resist.

  His tongue was warm and soft as he unerringly found her clit. He sucked her inner lips into his mouth and flicked her clit with his tongue. He pumped his fingers hard into her body and she screamed his name.

  She tangled her fingers in his hair and pulled his mouth closer to her. She was burning alive. Her muscles tightened when he fucked her with furious, forceful strokes. She was so close to the edge and she was desperate to climax.

  Slowly he drug his finger from her wet pussy to her forbidden pucker, his masterful tongue never left her clit. Her gasp of surprise was cut off by a tidal wave of delicious sensations when he gently breached her anus.

  Her orgasm shot through her body at lightning speed. She had never imagined it would feel this fantastic. Her legs vibrated with ecstasy.

  He tightened his hold to steady her as the waves of her orgasm pulsed through her body. She screamed his name again and he greedily consumed the sweet juices flowing from her.

  When the tremors in her legs subsided Warren trailed his open mouth up her torso giving each breast a reverent kiss before wrapping his arms around her. He held her there for a moment etching the feel of her body next to his in his memory.