by Ella Miles
She doesn’t get to hold anything back.
“Let go,” I say against her lips before I kiss her again, taking what little air she has away from her.
I kiss her.
She kisses me back harder.
I grab her breasts.
She claws my neck.
I thrust my cock inside her.
She pulls me in deeper.
I tease her clit.
She groans, taunting me with how much I want her in every possible way.
Her eyes sear into mine, and I know she feels it, too. Whatever this is between us, it’s more than just sex. But neither of us can speak as to what it is right now.
“Let go of everything,” I say, fucking her harder.
She doesn’t move her gaze from mine as she begins to come undone. I’ve never seen a woman come so unashamedly and so passionately as when Victoria comes. Her whole face changes, becoming alive in a way I’ve never experienced.
She doesn’t call out my name. She doesn’t say anything. She doesn’t need to. Her body says everything. That she hates me. That she forgives me. That she wants me. And that she wants to push me away.
I’m so focused on her that my own orgasm sneaks up on me out of nowhere. It radiates throughout my whole body as I take what I want from Victoria. I explode inside her, releasing everything that I have ever felt for her. Letting go of everything but what I’m feeling right now. A need to have Victoria in my bed every damn night.
“Fuck, Victoria,” I growl.
I gently kiss her again, needing to feel her lips more desperately now than before I fucked her.
We stop the kiss at the same time. We stare deep into each other’s eyes, trying to figure out what the hell just happened. But neither of us has a clue.
“You should probably put me down,” Victoria finally says.
“I don’t want to.”
She bites her lip and then glances at the doors behind me. “I don’t either, but I also don’t want an employee to figure out how to open the elevator doors, only to see your bare ass.”
I grin. “Why not? I have a fabulous ass.”
She blushes. “I’m sure you do, but right now, no one gets to look at your ass but me,” she says, winking at me.
I slowly place her on the ground, but I can’t take my hands off her. I need to touch her. I need to have her again. I need to be near her. I need her to be mine.
One fuck was not enough. I don’t know if I can fuck her enough.
She reaches down and picks up her bra and shirt off the floor. She puts the shirt on and then holds it closed since the buttons no longer work.
I pull my pants back up and pick up my shirt and jacket. I put my shirt on but don’t bother trying with the buttons. Then, I entwine our fingers together as I walk to the elevator and start it again before pressing the button for the tenth floor.
“Where are we going?” she asks.
The elevator doors open, and a man is standing on the other side. He smirks when he sees us.
I glare at him as I pull Victoria behind me, trying my best to block his view of my girl.
Except she isn’t yours, my stupid mind reminds me.
I glance back at Victoria, who raises an eyebrow at me. I pull her down the hallway and then reach into my pants and pull out the hotel key.
“Wait…you’ve had a hotel room this whole time?” Victoria says, stopping just outside the door.
I wince. “Yes.”
“The entire time? You could have just come here instead of sleeping at Logan’s?”
I nod.
“We could have had sex in an actual bed instead of in an elevator?”
“Well, what fun would that have been though?”
She sighs and walks into the hotel room that my assistant got for me just in case. I met my assistant at a coffee shop before I went to Logan’s to get the key, but I knew that I wouldn’t use it for anything except bringing women here. I just never imagined I would be bringing Victoria here. Now, I can’t imagine wanting anything more than fucking her again.
She glances at the clock in the room. “We should clean ourselves up and find some new clothes before we get back to Lily. She should be back soon, and I don’t want to get fired for the second time in a month.”
I put my hands in my pockets as I watch her try to pretend like we didn’t just have sex in an elevator.
“I’ll let you shower first while I try to call Logan and see if he can bring us some clothes.”
She frowns as she takes a seat on the edge of the bed.
“But then he’d be suspicious of what happened. Let me call around to some local stores first and see if they can bring us some clothes. You shower, and I’ll get clothes. Then, we can try to figure out some way to be civil with each other in front of Lily.”
With my hands in my pockets, I continue to just stare at her, waiting to see what she will do.
“Why aren’t you moving? Shower now. We don’t have time for this.”
I take a step toward where she is sitting on the bed with her phone, ready to get to work, like she always is. She’s a fixer. She fixes things, but sometimes, things don’t need to be fixed.
“What are you doing?” she asks, annoyed.
I hold out my hand to her without saying a word. I’m not going to let her push what just happened under the rug. I’m not going to let her push me away.
She folds her arms across her chest. I love her fight, but despite her behavior, I can see in her eyes that she wants to touch my hand again.
“Come with me.”
She glances down at my hand but doesn’t budge. “Why?”
“Because I want you to.”
Her breathing quickens as she looks into my eyes and realizes what I want. That I’m not through with her yet. I’m not sure I’ll ever be through with her.
“I…”
“I want you, Victoria. Once was not enough.”
I can’t see her heart beating wildly in her chest, but I know it is. Her body is flushed, her breathing is fast, and I now know what my body does to her. The same that hers does to me. And I’m not going to spend the rest of the day with her without being able to touch her.
“We don’t have time for whatever your deranged mind is thinking.”
I lick my lips and watch as her eyes intensely hold their gaze on my lips. She might think she is hiding her feelings well, but I can read her like an open book.
“So, time is the problem?”
She nods slowly.
I pull out my phone and dial my assistant. “Ruby, I need you to get me and Victoria new clothes. Work professional and have them delivered to my hotel room in thirty minutes.” I hang up the phone. “Clothes are taken care of.”
She swallows hard, realizing that I’m going to win.
“Anything else I need to take care of for you to ensure that we have plenty of time?”
“We don’t have time to have sex again. We both need to shower and get ready.” She straightens the clothes she is wearing, fighting her grip on her blouse, trying to keep it closed so that I can’t see even an inch of her skin.
I hold my hand out again. “Then, we will shower together.”
She stares into my eyes and then places her soft hand into mine.
I grab her hand and pull her up from the bed until she is pressed against my body.
“What did you do to me?” she whispers.
I smirk. “I’m making you want me more than you hate me.”
I grab her face and kiss her. Hard. This is what she needs to remember how badly she wants me.
Her tongue immediately pushes into my mouth, her hands grab the nape of my neck, and she moans when I stop the kiss.
“That’s all you’ve got?” she teases.
“How did I never notice you before?”
I tuck her messy hair behind her ear even though it’s about to get even messier.
“Because you’re an idiot.”
I grin and grab her hand a
gain. I lead her into the bathroom, hoping to God the shower is big enough to hold both of us.
It is.
I need to remember to give Ruby, my assistant, a raise for getting me this hotel room with a large shower.
As soon as we get into the bathroom, Victoria attacks me. She kisses me like she thinks this is the last time she ever will again. That can’t happen.
She rips my shirt off my shoulders and then jumps back, shocked.
“What’s wrong?” I ask.
She holds her hands over her mouth as she stares at the mirror behind me. I glance over my shoulder and see the blood dripping down my back.
She spins me around and gingerly touches me on the back. “Did I do that?”
I chuckle. “Yes.”
“I’m so sorry. I didn’t—”
I turn around and grab her wrists, forcing her to stop touching me. “Don’t apologize. You don’t get to be sorry for showing me how badly you wanted me. I’m sure I deserved it anyway.”
She grimaces, and I know she is still thinking about the wounds she caused on my back. Funny how, a few minutes earlier, she would have been more than happy to give me scars like that on my back. She wanted to rip me apart, but now, she wants to apologize. I think I prefer her wanting to rip me apart.
I lift her up as she squeals in my arms.
“What are you doing?”
I carry her into the shower and turn on the water; it’s freezing cold.
She squeals louder. “Carter, stop!”
“No.”
I kiss her as the cold water slowly starts to warm up as it pours over our still partially clothed bodies. But it quickly shuts her up, and she forgets about being sorry.
I link our fingers together as we kiss, nibble, lick. The water turns warm, and I kiss down her body, needing to touch every single place on her skin. Her grip on my hands tightens as I take her nipple into my mouth.
“Yes,” she moans as I swirl my tongue around her nipple.
I turn her around and push her skirt down her body. I grab on to her ass. Her hands grab on to the shower wall.
I reach into my back pocket and pull out my last condom. Damn it. I should have told Ruby to get me more condoms as well.
Victoria reaches back, pulling at my pants, wanting me. Now.
I grin. “Touch yourself.”
I don’t have to tell her twice. I watch as her hand slips down her body. Little whimpers leave her body as she turns herself on. I’m not sure whether I want to turn her around to get a better view or fuck her right now.
I push my pants down and slide the condom on as the noises she makes get louder and louder.
“You’d better fuck me now, or I’m going to come without you,” she says in a snarky voice.
God, this woman.
I grab her hips and push my cock into her pussy as the water continues to pour down on top of us.
“Finally,” she moans loudly.
I used to think her voice was annoying. Now, I think it is the most fantastic sound in the world. And her voice gets even better when she is moaning because of me.
“What do you want, beautiful?” I ask, needing to hear more of her voice.
“Fuck me. Hard.”
I do. I fuck her harder. She might hate being controlled in the boardroom, but here, she loves when I take over the control. She’s begging for a man who can equal her during the day and then take over at night. She needs a man like me, and my dick can’t imagine a life without her.
I fuck her until we both come. Until we are both completely exhausted. Yet we haven’t had our fill. Too bad we are out of condoms and out of time.
“Can you hand me the shampoo?” Victoria asks.
I take the shampoo bottle behind me, and instead of handing it to her, I squeeze some on top of her head and then massage it into her hair.
“That’s not what I asked you to do,” she says, trying to sound annoyed.
I don’t believe her. She likes me taking care of her.
“You didn’t ask me to do this either.” I take the washcloth and cover it with soap before I begin to wash her body. I run it over her arms, across her chest, and down her stomach before she grabs my wrist, stopping me.
“Don’t.”
I smirk. “Why not?”
“Because we will both get turned on, and we don’t have time to fuck again.”
“We are out of condoms, too,” I groan.
She smiles as she rips the washcloth out of my hand and finishes washing herself. “See, the universe doesn’t think it’s a good idea either.”
She steps back and rinses the shampoo and soap off her body. She steps out of the shower while my eyes follow her tight ass.
“I think the universe is wrong then.”
She laughs as she wraps herself in a towel. I wash quickly and then rinse off. I turn the water off before stepping out and grabbing the remaining towel. I can see the hint of disappointment in her eyes as I wrap the towel around me.
“How are we going to handle Lily? We can’t keep fighting in front of her, or we are both going to get fired. And I’m tired of getting fired.”
“Really? Back to work, just like that?”
She nods. “This was a quick break to try to release some of the tension we were both feeling. That’s it. We got it all out of our systems, and now, it’s back to work.”
I nod. “You’re right. That wasn’t the hottest sex that either of us has had. That didn’t just heighten the sexual tension between us. We are just two people trying to work together. Nothing more.”
“Right.”
I tuck a strand of her wet hair behind her ear, and her eyes close at my touch as she revels in the feeling. It’s the last touch, according to her.
“I won’t argue with you anymore.”
She raises an eyebrow.
“Fine. I won’t argue with you in front of Lily anymore. You can be the lead on the interview since it seems that Lily cares more about what she looks like than what she should say.”
Victoria frowns. “And I will let you be the lead on making sure she gets her coffee in the morning.”
I smirk but don’t argue with her. She wants to be the lead. I’ll let her lead. I couldn’t care less about Lily anymore. All I care about is finding a way to get Victoria undressed again as quickly as possible. And, if letting her have control over what happens with Lily does that, then so be it.
9
Victoria
“Wow, Lily, you look nice,” I say as Lily walks back into her office.
“Just nice?” Lily asks, looking from me to Carter.
“You look beautiful,” Carter says.
“Definitely beautiful,” I say, hating how Carter is looking at Lily a little too much.
But then he looks at me and winks before his hand brushes against my thigh.
I suck in a breath. Damn it. This is going to be harder than I thought. I thought we would fuck once and then be done. Carter clearly has different ideas.
I cross my legs away from him and turn my attention back to Lily as I adjust the jacket that Carter’s assistant sent for me. It fits well—almost too well. I don’t even understand how she knew what size to bring me. I wait for Lily to ask why we are wearing different clothes than when we left, but she doesn’t.
“Do you two have your crap together now?”
We both nod.
“Then, let’s prepare for the interview.”
“Great. Do you have any questions about the interview questions you read through or the direction we want you to try to guide the interview?”
“Nope. Seems pretty clear. I just need to figure out which dress I should wear.”
Out of the corner of my eye, I see Carter give me an I told you so look. I roll my eyes back at him. Just because he’s right doesn’t mean he has to be arrogant.
“Well, let’s see the choices,” I say, hoping I can get some question prep in as she shows me the dresses.
“Yes, I’d love to see y
ou in the different dress options,” Carter says, obviously trying to make me jealous by giving Lily attention.
It’s working.
I’m ridiculously jealous. It’s stupid. I shouldn’t be jealous. For one, it’s clear he is into me, not Lily. He just fucked me, not her. And, two, I’m not into him. It was a one-time thing. Okay, two-time thing. I shouldn’t feel jealous or anything toward him.
I look over at his cocky grin. The only problem is, I don’t know how to tell my body that.
“You look beautiful,” I hear Carter’s voice say from behind me.
“Thanks—” I say and then stop as I turn around and realize that Carter isn’t talking to me. He’s talking to Lily.
I plaster a fake smile on my face. “Absolutely gorgeous.”
Lily lights up as she stands just offstage in her dark green dress. She decided on the green one after Carter said it brought out the green in her eyes. I have to agree. She looks gorgeous in it, and it’s perfect for the occasion. Just enough sex appeal without looking too sexy.
“You ready?” I ask Lily.
“Of course,” she responds.
She looks at Carter like she wants to eat him up. Of course she does. He’s hot. Even more so now that he’s trying to make me jealous by giving Lily extra attention.
“Good. You’re going to do great,” I say.
“We are ready for you, Lily,” one of the assistants says.
Carter leans forward and whispers something in her ear before kissing her on the cheek.
My heart stops as I watch him with another woman. Even doing something as innocent as kissing her on the cheek. I glare at him as he walks over to where I am, so we can watch Lily on the monitors together.
“I know we aren’t together, and you aren’t the type of guy who does relationships, but you could at least wait twenty-four hours before you start flirting with another woman in front of me.”
His fingers brush against mine. “Someone’s jealous.”
I roll my eyes. I shouldn’t have started this conversation with him.
“Let’s just do our jobs and make sure that Lily’s interview goes well.”
He moves behind me, rubbing my shoulders. “Relax. It’s out of our hands now. Now, it’s up to Lily.”
I fold my arms across my chest as I stare intently while Lily walks out to the couch across from Phoebe. I will not think about Carter again until the interview is over. And, even then, I will only think of him professionally. I will not have sex with him again. The sex might be amazing, but it’s not worth the pain I would definitely experience afterward.