Falling Into You (Geek to Chic)

by Brinks, Nikki

  Scratch the thought he had earlier about not being an asshole, because he was for not texting Roni to be sure she got home ok. Derek hadn’t seriously dated anyone since college but he still knew better than to brush a girl off for work without texting her to at least say good night. He resolved to fix his oversight by sending her a good morning text. He hoped that would convince her he had thought about her. Which he had, in the quiet hours of the morning.

  Grabbing his phone he unlocked it, surprised to see that he had a couple of text waiting for him. Oh crap! Roni had beat him to the punch. The message had been left late last night. Double crap! Not only had she text him first, but he had not even bothered to text her back. He opened the message and his jaw dropped open when he read it.

  Roni: I wish your hands were still on my body.

  Roni: I want to feel your mouth on me.

  Roni: I need to feel you in me!

  She was trying to sext with him and he had missed it! How does a guy respond to a message like that some ten hours later? He typed, erased, typed again and erased again. Not one good response came to mind. All his thoughts were now residing in the naughty zone. Was it too early to send a naughty message back? The little voice in his head told him he had missed his opportunity. Crap!

  Deciding it was a lost cause he went to the bathroom to shower, shave and dress. He turned the shower on and undressed while the water warmed. He stepped inside to grab the soap, determine to make this a fast shower. Unfortunately, his brain was conjuring up images of Roni in the shower with him, mostly images of her bent over in front of him. And his body was reacting to those illicit pictures.

  He thought of her on her knees, taking his hard length into her soft mouth. Derek couldn’t go through the day with a hard on, which left him one option. He took his hard cock in his soaped up hand and began stroking himself. The warm water ran over his tight muscles. Images of a naked, wet and ready Roni bombarded his mind. He stroked faster. Wishing it was Roni’s hand around his hard length. Or better yet, he wished he was buried deep inside of her listening to her scream his name. He closed his eyes, lost in the complete delusion that she was with him. Her text came back to him, as if she was whispering the words in his ear in a sultry voice, “I wish your hands were still on me.” The thought of touching her was all it took to push him into completion. With a final hard stroke, he growled low in his throat and came over his hand. He placed his hands on the wall while he regained his equilibrium before quickly finishing washing the soap from his body.

  ***

  Roni had stopped to get Derek and her Starbucks before heading into the office. She figured he would need it after his long night of work. She only hoped he had managed to get some rest. Maybe she could talk him into a midday nap. She laughed at that thought, knowing full and well that Derek would have his full blown asshole CEO persona in place for the day.

  She quickly dropped her bag on her desk and walked into Derek’s office without knocking. She stopped to admire the view. He was already at his desk, headphones on, bobbing his head along with whatever he was listening to. His hair was still neat, obviously his hands had not been run through it in frustration yet. He wore a crisp black button down shirt, a blue tie and a black suit. She could smell his spicy cologne from where she stood. Her inner Cavewoman wanted to throw the coffee to the side and drag him to the nearest flat surface to have her wicked way with him. She licked her lips.

  He must have sensed her staring at him because he looked up with a scowl that quickly became an assessing smile lined with all the same bedroom related thoughts she was just having. He pulled off his headphones, almost leapt from his chair to close the gap between them in only a few long strides. He said nothing, only looked into her eyes and kissed her. Her body collapsed into his. Surprisingly the coffee in her hands remained in the cups and did not spill all over him.

  He broke the kiss and looked at her almost embarrassed. “Sorry, I meant to say good morning not attack you.”

  “I like the way you say good morning.” She purred.

  “I’m also sorry I didn’t get your text until this morning.” He began to kiss her neck.

  Her brain barely registered his statement under the feel of his lips on her neck. “Mmmmm what text?” She inquired mindlessly.

  “The text about wanting my hands on you.” Derek drawled. “Had I seen it last night when you sent it, we could have had a not so nice text conversation.” His hands were exploring her body now. He took the coffees from her and set them on his desk, grabbing her hands. Her face lit up with embarrassment. “Don’t be embarrassed, please. I thought they were hot. Like I said had I looked at my phone last night, you would have been reading all the naughty thoughts I have been having about you.” He kissed her quickly.

  “I can’t believe I sent one of those to you. I thought I had deleted them.” She shook her head at her own ineptness towards electronics. He looked at every spot in the office, but at her. “What?” He simply handed her his phone. She looked at the opened text message box in horror. “Three, I sent three? I am just going to go throw myself off the building now.” He pulled her close as she buried her head into his chest.

  He kissed the top of her head. “I personally am glad your clumsiness seems to include electronics. It made my morning.” He kissed the top of her head again.

  “Ok, I guess I am glad you enjoyed them.” Desperate to change the subject, she started to talk about work. “I’m going to go start working on the project for Alex. Unless you have something you need me to complete?”

  Reluctantly Derek let her out of his arms. “Check Jemma’s list and schedule. Make me aware of anything pressing on either.” He kissed her briefly before sitting down to work again.

  She began to walk out, ok her strides were more of a runs pace than a stroll. “Oh Roni one last thing.” She turned to see him giving her a panty dropping smile. “Please feel free to text me any time today.” Her eyes went wide and her cheeks turned bright red. He laughed as he put his headphones back on.

  Roni had been working for a few hours when an older lady knocked lightly on the corner of her desk to gain her attention. Roni’s attention shifted to the small framed gray haired women in front of her desk. The woman was stylishly dressed in a pair of black pants and purple cashmere sweater. “You must be Mrs. Frostberry?” Roni held out her hand as a greeting. “I’m Roni Atlas.”

  The woman immediately smiled and shook Roni’s hand. “It is nice to meet you Ms. Atlas. Derek and Alex have spoken so kindly about you in the past few days.”

  Roni blushed slightly at the knowledge that both Alex and Derek had spoken in regards to her. “That is very nice to hear. Alex said you worked for his father before him.” Roni looked around to be sure that neither Derek nor Alex were around before asking, “Will you tell me what they were like when they were younger?”

  Mrs. Frostberry stiffened slightly than the sides of her lips turned up. “Normally I would never gossip to another assistant about the boys, but you are not just another assistant though are you?” She looked like a mother begging for information about her son’s love life.

  Roni shook her head. “No, I guess not. This job is temporary but I am hoping to still be around after the job for other reasons.”

  Mrs. Frostberry took a moment to stare at Roni, assessing her for sincerity. Roni’s blush grew and she started to fidget under the assessing gleam on her counterparts face. Mrs. Frostberry must have seen something she liked because she began to talk to Roni as an old friend rather than another assistant. “Those boys have been joined at the hip for as long as I can remember. Where one went the other did. Along with their every present shadow, Caroline.” Mrs. Frostberry smiled at the memories of the two alpha males being nothing more than children. “I remember one weekend when Alice and George, Alex’s parents, went out of town. They trusted the boys to stay alone believing they would not do anything wrong. Little did they know, Alex had decided Derek needed to meet new people. You see, Alex was
always trying to get Derek away from his computer and into the real word. Anyway, Alex decided the best way to do this was to throw a party. He must have invited the entire school. Well, needless to say the cops showed up and they were in a world of hurt. Since Derek’s parents were off on business and the Porters were hours away, they called me when they were arrested.”

  “They were arrested?” Roni was shocked.

  “Yes, for a multitude of offenses. Including having a concert in the backyard without a permit. The funny thing was by the time the case went to court, most of the records were lost in the system and a permit was suddenly produced.”

  “How did they…. oh you have to be kidding me?”

  “Nope, all the arrest records and tickets were computerized. So Derek spent a few moments, and I am sure it only took him a few moments, getting rid of the key pieces to the case, as well as creating a backdated permit. The case was dropped. However, they still ended up doing time in Porter Prison as they called it.”

  “I can’t believe they did that.”

  “Those boys were generally good kids, but when they stepped in it, they did mess up to the nth degree. Nothing truly bad, but I am sure I only know about a third of what they actually did.” Mrs. Frostberry clearly loved Alex and Derek as though they were her own. “Even with all the pranks and teenager games they managed to become an incredible success. I am so proud of them. Anyway, enough about the past, Alex gave me these examples of past estimates and costing for you to use as a template for the Maddox file.” She handed the file to Roni. “I hope you do stick around after the job I think you would be good for the workaholic in there.” She nodded her head towards Derek’s door, her eyes lingering on the passageway. “The boy has no confidence beyond the computer. Sad really he has so much heart to offer the right person.” Mrs. Frostberry turned to Roni. “Please be good to Derek, he deserves to have someone finally care for him.”

  Before Roni could even respond, Mrs. Frostberry was on her way down the hall. It was the last sentence that held Roni’s attention. Had no one ever cared for Derek? Well, she was determined to be the first then. She would make sure she showed him every day how much she cared.

  Chapter Thirteen

  Derek looked at his clock, his vision blurred from exhaustion. Rubbing his eyes, he saw it was 2:00. He barely even knew what day it was, after all his time being spent in this building. For all he knew the world outside had been devastated by a nuclear disaster or a zombie apocalypse. He needed rest, he also needed to get through his work. He reached for his faithful Dr. Pepper, only to find it empty. Caffeine, he just needed a little more caffeine and he would make it through the day. Derek made his way over to his small office refrigerator, as he bent down he heard footsteps.

  “Love this view.”

  He grabbed his soda and turned to see Roni smiling at him. Did he say he needed caffeine? He was wrong, he only needed to see her million watt smile. “I bet you do.” He walked over to her, needing to touch her. One small touch, ok, maybe he wanted to touch more than just a little bit of her, would bring him back to life. He stood inches from her, noticing his office door was wide open. Instead of devouring her like he had intended he settled for running his hand down her arm. They both shivered at the contact.

  “You know man cannot live on Dr. Pepper alone. Grab your jacket let’s go Boss Man.” She turned and started walking out the door without explaining where they were going. Curious, he locked his computer and grabbed his jacket. He jogged to catch up to her. Her purse in her hand, they were heading for the elevators. “You sir, need some fresh air and food before your meeting.”

  “Meeting?” Derek was really confused now.

  Roni smiled at him, laughing lightly and shaking her head. “Yes a meeting. As in you have one. With the financial team. Remember, you had me set aside time for you to meet with them? I even managed to put it in your stupid online calendar thing.”

  “Oh, that.” No Derek didn’t remember anything about it.

  “You have no idea what I am talking about do you?” Roni asked with the biggest smile on her face.

  Feeling like a child caught with his hand in the cookie jar he answered her. “To be honest with you, I have no clue what you are talking about.”

  “How on earth does Jemma put up with you? Is her title CEO nanny?” She teased.

  “HA HA very funny. I have no idea how she puts up with me. She is very organized and makes sure I get to the places I need to be.”

  “You have me for the moment, so on top of getting you to meetings on time, I am going to make sure you eat and rest a little.” She seemed like a woman on a mission with her statement.

  “What part of your mission statement is this little field trip?” He hadn’t been paying attention as they were talking, too tired to focus on more than his conversation. They were now walking out of the office building.

  “To feed you and let your eyes rest from the computer.” She grabbed his hand, linking their fingers, and led him down the street toward a little bistro.

  They ordered lunch, Roni insists that they eat at the restaurant instead of taking it back to the office. They once again sat toward the back of the restaurant at a small circle table.

  “How close are you to having the project complete?” Roni asked.

  “Close, the hacker test last night was one of the final steps. Now that I have fixed the problem and not even the original hacker that made it through could crack it again, I think we are looking good to present the full package to the client.” Derek answered, taking a large drink of his beloved Dr. Pepper.

  “That’s great. Who do you present your product, since this is a government contract?”

  “High ranking generals, senators, and the Director of Homeland Security.” He answered, watching her jaw drop.

  “Doesn’t that make you nervous? Those people run our country.” She sounded scared for him.

  He shook his head. “No, in business, I am never nervous. I know that the package I am about to deliver is the top of the line. No one could create what we have.”

  She smiled at him again. “I like confident Derek.”

  He smiled back suddenly shyly.

  “Since you have been working on this one project for so long, do you plan on taking some time off after it is completed?” Roni asked before taking a bite of her pasta.

  “Nope, I will simply move on to the next high level project.”

  “High level?”

  “I only handle the large clients or top security contracts now. I have other employees who manage the small corporate accounts.” He answered.

  “That makes sense, I guess. Have you heard from Jemma?”

  He wondered why she was asking so many work questions but decided to go with it for now. “Only a quick text telling me she was planning on checking in this evening. I hope her mom is ok. Her mom is the only family she has.”

  “Did you ever find out what happened?”

  “No, I hope to get more information tonight. Are you ok staying on if she needs more time?” He asked anxiously.

  “Of course. At some point I will have to put some effort into finding a real job, but I can stay on for a few weeks if you need me too. Is Jemma close to her mom?”

  “Yes, she is. I think it was just the two of them when Jemma was growing up. She grew up somewhere in Indiana. Her mom still lives there.” He reached across the table. “Thanks for staying while she is gone, I know I am not easy to work for.”

  “That’s the thing you are easy to work for. You stay in your little bat cave, never demand anything and the task list Jemma left isn’t so bad now that I have figured out her abbreviations.” Roni replied with a wink.

  Derek smiled. “Bat cave? I’m now a super hero?”

  “Yes, let’s look at the facts. You’re handsome, rich, and have some kick ass toys that the government wants to get their hands on. All traits of the modern day superhero.” She declared with a great deal of enthusiasm.

  “Thos
e are the requirements for a superhero? What happened to special powers like flying?”

  “Nope the new super heroes are super smart, super rich and look like a GQ model.” She waved her hand toward him. “All of which you are.”

  “Ok, so if I am the super hero in this scenario, what does that make you?” He leaned forward, taking her hand in his, rubbing his thumb over her knuckles. Looking directly into her eyes.

  She never wavered when she answered. “I am hoping to play the part of the super hero’s love interest.”

  “I think you would be great for that part.” Not being able to help himself he leaned over and kissed her deeply.

  “Well super hero we need to get you back to your bat cave. You have a meeting.” She kissed him briefly before rising to put on her jacket.

  They walked back to the office hand in hand.

  ***

  Roni worked on the report for Alex while Derek met with the financial team. Hearing his door click open she turned. Seeing the financial team walk out, minus Alex.

  “The guy is a total cyborg.” Finance guy one said.

  “I know he has no personality. I guess when you’re that brilliant it doesn’t matter if you can carry on a normal conversation or not.” Finance guy two replied as they walked by her desk.

  She couldn’t help feeling bad for Derek. She also didn’t understand why he behaved like a robot at work. The Derek she knew was funny and outgoing. The persona he portrayed at work was barely human let alone friendly. She never saw him say hi to any of his employees, or ask about their weekends or life. It was such a contrast of personalities.