by K. S. Martin
“Bed.” She tells me and leads me down the hall. I follow like an obedient pup. If she wants to lead I will follow her anywhere. My phone chirps again. Damnit. I never realized how many phone calls and texts I get until she complained. She keeps walking and I pull it out. It’s from security. Max is sending Mikey home for the night. She will return tomorrow morning at nine for more training with him. I don’t respond. I don’t care. All I care about it what’s in front of me right now. The long dark hair that’s swaying as she walks, the hips that are swaying as she walks, and the ass I’m anxious to see again.
Jane drops my hand and takes her clothes off then climbs into bed. I pick them up and throw them in the hamper with mine. I climb in after her and pull her close to me. “I love you Jane.”
“Love you too.” She snuggling close to me and already falling asleep. She feels incredible in my arms but for now I’m satisfied.
~18~
I wake up and Jake is snoring softly behind me. I don’t think we moved all night. I untangle myself and go to the bathroom. Once I’ve emptied my bladder, I turn the shower on and step inside. My thighs are sticky from the balcony sex we had last night. I think he really liked that. It was fast. I kept looking for anyone that might see us but didn’t find anyone. It was my attempt at forgiveness. I know he said that he was sorry and he wanted me to forgive him but I didn’t feel right until we finished on the balcony. I scrub my hair and condition it then use the shower gel on the rest of my skin. I turn it off and get out. Jake is coming in when I’m wrapping my head. I raise up and he smirks at me.
“That’s a good look.” I stick my tongue out at him and go to the sink to brush my teeth. He leans over and kisses my temple. I put on some mascara then brush my hair and blow it dry. I’m thinking about cutting it off but I don’t think he’d like that. I’m going to get Jesse to cut it while I’m home though. I at least need a trim. If she’s home and if she has time that is. Jesse is a pack mate and our private barber slash hairdresser. I put it all up in a ponytail and leave the bathroom. I’m in my closet deciding what to wear when Jake comes to the door. “I’m going to the kitchen, what do you want for breakfast?” I shrug. I haven’t thought that far ahead and I’m not that hungry. “I’ll surprise you.”
“Nothing big. I’m still digesting my meatloaf.” He gives me a salute and leaves. I don’t know what to wear so I settle on a pair of black pants and a cream silk blouse. I put the black flats on that are sitting on the floor under the outfit. Everything fits perfectly. That woman has skills I have to hand it to her. I go to find Jake.
When I get to the kitchen, I find Jocelyn instead. “Good morning Jane.” She says. “What can I get you for breakfast? Mr. Williams is having an omelet.”
“That’s fine.” I answer her.
“What would you like in it?” She’s looking at me expectantly.
“Whatever he is having is fine. Just half the size of his, please.” She nods. I don’t know if I’m going to like it and I know if I don’t, I’ll have trouble eating it. Jake comes into the kitchen and kisses my temple again. I give him a look. I’d prefer his kisses to land on my lips once in a while. The temple kiss seems so…brotherly. Ugh, I don’t want to think about that, it still freaks me out a little. God. I can just imagine the fun Laurie Tickle would have with that piece of gossip.
“How is your sister Jocelyn?” Jake interrupts my thoughts and sits at the bar. He pats the chair next to him. Jocelyn pours coffee for both of us.
“She’s fine now sir. Thank you for everything.” He nods and sips his coffee. She puts orange juice out next. “Are you having Thanksgiving dinner here sir?”
“No. We are going to my Dads. Don’t worry about us. We will leave first thing tomorrow after breakfast and won’t return until the weekend.” She gives him a nod. “If you want to cook for the security crew, feel free but don’t feel obligated. They can feed themselves if you don’t.” She smiles and goes back to the stove. She brings two omelets over. It smells like ham and cheese. There are fried potatoes and onions on the side. Yum. I dig in. It’s better than I expected and I’m suddenly hungry. Jake watches me eat and sips his coffee. He’s waiting until it cools off, I don’t mind blowing on mine to cool it off. He’s always waited. He’ll sit there and sip coffee for a while then he’ll destroy the omelet.
I go to the media room when I finish and turn the TV on. No small feat. I watch the morning news while I wait for Jake. I’m curled up in a chair finishing my coffee when he comes in and sits next to me. “What’s going on?”
“It’s cold outside today.” All I’ve seen is the weather. “Are you ready?” He nods and offers me a hand to get up. He turns the TV off.
“Do you like to watch the news during breakfast?” I do but I don’t want to eat in this room. If I spill something…I nod and grimace.
“Okay.” It’s all he says then he leads me out the front door to the elevator. “Jocelyn will pack for us while we are gone today. I think she was anxious to get rid of us so she can clean. The doors open and I follow him inside.
“I can pack my own clothes.”
“I told her to put jeans and tee shirts with words all over them in your suitcase.” I giggle at that. I wonder if he’s lying. The doors open and we’re in his office.
“Do you want more coffee?” He nods and I go to the machine. I don’t want more. I bring it to him and go to my desk. “Should I check your email and calendar?” He nods. He’s checking messages on his desk phone. How does he have messages when the cell phone rings all the time? I’m glad no one calls me.
He has an email from Mikey thanking him for the interview and the opportunity. I leave it. She should thank him. She caused many problems, no matter who her sister was and no matter how funny she is. She hacked our TV for goodness sake and I have trouble turning the thing on. The one at Dad’s has a remote for the cable box. You push the red button and everything comes on. Easy breezy, not Jake’s junk. It’s like mission control on the international space station in there. I click the next email.
Mr. Williams- We are declining your offer to buy our company at this time. If you would like to make another offer, we would be happy to entertain it.
E.A.Lyons
I blow out a breath. Jake won’t like this. I leave it too. I scroll through the rest of them and file accordingly. When I finish, I get up and go into his office. “You have an email from Mr. Lyons. He said he’s turning your offer down. I’m sorry.” Jake’s smile broadens slowly until it stretches across his face. “What?” I think he’s lost it.
“Hostile takeover.” I quirk my mouth. What does that mean? “Let the games begin.” He leans back in his chair and puts his hands behind his head, fully relaxed. I don’t understand. “I offered to keep them on board as part of the deal. They were going to make a tidy profit and still get to run it. They would have had stock options and kept benefits like company cars. It was stupid to turn all of that down.”
“Would you have accepted that offer?” I squeak and he shakes his head. “No, I don’t have to, my company is financially healthy. His is not. He is in trouble.”
“So what does all this mean?”
“It means that I am going to finish my coffee, have some desk sex, and then I am going to annihilate them. It will not be a pleasant Thanksgiving at the Lyons compound.” I sit down hard on the visitor chair and fold my arms over my chest while I stare at him. He waits while I formulate my thoughts. Jake folds his arms over his chest and lifts an eyebrow. “I think I am about to get dressed down.” I nod. “Okay. What Jane?”
“It’s not necessary to be unkind.” His jaw flexes. “Would anything change if you waited until Friday to annihilate them?” He shrugged. “If it won’t wait until Friday then go ahead but if it can, choose the high road and let them enjoy the holiday.” Jake starts banging on his keyboard. I get up and go back to my desk. I just think it’s rude to spoil dinner. Someone is bound to be working on a nice meal for the family. What did he expect them to say
? Sure, come on over, steal our life’s work! I shake my head and check his calendar. He has four meetings today. Two of them are scheduled to last more than two hours. Crap. I’m not a fan of meetings already. Legal is first and it starts in five minutes. I gather my things.
“You have a meeting in legal in five minutes. Should I go ahead and listen to the room or wait?”
“Wait. Those guys won’t talk in front of you and they’ll already know who you are when you walk in the room. Stay with me, sit beside me, and don’t talk to any of them. Take notes and pay attention. This is about the takeover.”
“How did you schedule a meeting about this before it happened? They just turned you down a minute ago.” I don’t think I’m cut out for this job, there’s too much strategy.
“They had until this morning to accept. If they had I would have cancelled this meeting, but I anticipated they would turn me down. They are way too arrogant to accept their failures. Come.”
I stay beside Jake and keep my mouth shut. I take notes. Jot down names and descriptions of these men in the fancy suits. They all look very well paid and very successful. When the one sitting closest to me leans over to see what I’m writing I move my chair away from him discreetly. It thankfully has wheels. Jake notices but keeps talking. They are plotting together. When the oldest looking attorney Edmund tells Jake that he can have this closed before the bird is served, I perk up. Jake puts his hand up.
“I don’t want you to begin until Friday morning. Let them enjoy the bird.” Edmund is flustered and angry. His face is beet red and he smacks the table with his hand. Jake cocks his head and folds his arms over his chest. His biceps bulge under his dress shirt. Wow. He is so good looking and I can’t help but think about that desk sex that I gave up to protect someone else’s dinner.
“Jake, that’s stupid. You have to strike now.” Jake looks at me. He wants me to speak, so I do.
“Why?”
“Why what? Who the fuck are you anyway? You don’t make decisions in this company. You started when? Yesterday? This was your idea, this waiting bullshit, wasn’t it? Jake, you can’t listen to some stupid skirt.” I swallow.
“You haven’t answered her question.” Jake says calmly. “Answer it or you’re off this team.”
“Why do I need to answer her? She isn’t the boss.” What an ass.
“He doesn’t have an answer.” I say quietly. The other lawyers laugh. Jake smirks.
Edmund stands. “I’ll tell you why you stupid little cunt, because they may have another offer and it might be better than ours. We have acquired the stock to take them over, now is the time.”
“If they had another offer, they would’ve asked for a counter offer, not turned ours down.” I say it calmly and wonder where that glimpse of brilliance came from. “And if I ever hear the word stupid or the word cunt from your mouth ever again, you’ll need a lawyer of your own.” I stare him down. No pasty human is going to talk down to me like that. I have no problem waiting in the garage for him and tearing his throat out like an old school wolf. Nasty bastard.
“I think she’s right.” Jake muses. “About all of it.” He raises a brow at Edmund. Edmund flops down in his chair. “There is something she didn’t cover though. If you ever say those words to anyone inside this building again, I will fire you.” Jake finishes his coffee. “I have another meeting. You can begin Friday, or Monday if you have plans. It won’t change anything and if it does, that’s on me. Let them enjoy the holiday.” Jake stands and I follow him out. The glass door clicks shut behind me and I hear the yelling start. Jake chuckles and presses the button on the elevator.
We ride to software. This is a project status meeting. They talk about the app and where it stands developmentally, so I take notes. Before the meeting ends, I have a new app on my phone. So does Jake. My stomach growls loudly as we enter the elevator. “Hungry baby?” I nod. He pulls out his phone and texts someone.
“Milkshake?” I’m suddenly excited and happy. I think I’m forming a dairy addiction.
“No, I sent Jocelyn a message to fix lunch, we have another short meeting with legal, and then we have an hour to eat.” Not them again. “Different team.” Jake winks. “You’ve seen them before, in the elevator.” Oh, those guys again. I follow him into the same boardroom we were in before. There are different guys here now. I recognize two of them. “This is Jane. She is my new secretary and will be taking notes during the meeting.” It’s the same thing he’s said at the start of every meeting. I hear the young lawyer at the end of the table whisper to the older one sitting next to him. ‘She’s the stupid cunt that Edmund is so pissed about.’ Jake pulls his cell phone from his pocket. “Excuse me one moment.” Jake says and calls someone. “Mack. Jake. I want you to escort Edmund Brenner from the building.” He watches the mouthy guy at the other end of the building pale. “Bring someone with you.” I can’t hear Mack. “She’s fine, bring her. Let her walk him out.” Jake ends the call and slides the phone into his shirt pocket.
“If you’re wondering. Mr. Brenner was instructed not to every repeat those words in my building. I was very clear when I told him that if he said them to anyone else in this building that I would fire him. If I hear them from any of you, I have no problem letting you go as well. Understood?” Everyone is suddenly a bobble head doll. “Now, Jane was in the elevator with you and over heard that you believe the new app is a copy. Is it or isn’t it?” Jake waits. I get some nasty stares. “Gentlemen?”
“We think it is. We can’t prove it yet. The search hasn’t gone through.” The younger of the three says.
“When did you plan on telling me?” Jake asks. They’re in trouble and they know I caused it. He fumbles and sputters looking for something to say.
“Jake, today is the first I’ve heard this.” This one is older even though he doesn’t look like it. He’s seasoned and refined. He is also smart. “We should delay the announcement until we are sure. I know you planned to roll this out just before Christmas but we should take the cautious stance and wait.” I see his eyes flash at me. Shifter. No one else sees it and I nod. I think he is sincere and I think he’s right. Jake looks at me and I nod.
“Fine. Let me know when you are sure.” Jake gets up and I follow him out to our private elevator. We step in almost immediately because it’s been waiting here. “Good job in there and in the first meeting. You are making things hard for me though Jane.” I cringe.
“I’m sorry.” I squeak. He laughs and shakes his head. “What?”
“By hard I mean that when you put Edmund in his place I wanted to fuck you right there. I’ve never been so turned on.” He growls in my ear and I smile. I feel my skin heat. “I’ll tell Jocelyn to keep lunch warm.” I gasp.
“She’ll know.” I’m horrified. Save lunch while I fuck my friend. “I don’t want to face her after. Jake please?” I beg him.
“So. She knows we’re having sex Jane. She’s changed the sheets twice now.” I’m still embarrassed, and my head shakes in denial. I don’t want to tell him no, in fact I wouldn’t be unhappy if he did it right here. It turned me on too. “I’ll take care of it.” He growls. “Go to the bedroom and strip.” Jake says when we get to the front door.
He unlocks it and goes to the kitchen while I go to the bedroom. My hands are trembling. I’m excited and frightened at the same time. The bedroom is clean. The carpet has vacuum tracks and the bed is neat. The duvet is different. Jeez, she knows everything.
I drop my blouse and bra on the chair, my pants and under wear follow. Jake locks the door when he comes in. “She’s gone.” Jake winks and unbuttons his shirt. He lays it on the end of the bed and gathers my clothes then moves them too. I don’t know what his plans are yet. Jake is naked now and sits in the chair. “Come here.” His eyes are amber. I go to him. He lifts me onto his lap and puts my legs over the arms. I’m spread out and suddenly bashful. I put my hands over my center. Jake chuckles.
“I’ve been eye to eye so to speak with your pussy
Jane. Why are you trying to hide from me again?” I shrug and let him pull my hands away and put them behind me on his knees. His erection is thick and standing up in front of him. I see the pearly pre cum bead on the end of it. I wonder what it tastes like. He’s put his mouth all over me but I’ve never tasted him.
“Tell me what you’re thinking? I see your mind working Jane.” I feel my face get hot again.
“I wondered what it tasted like.” He quirks an eyebrow then the corner of his mouth lifts.
“Go ahead if you want to.” He smiles.
“Is it…okay? You wanted to have this.”
“Baby if you want to put your mouth on any part of me, I’m not going to stop you. In fact, I encourage you to explore.” I lift myself off and kneel on the floor between his knees. I wrap my fingers around it and I know he’s watching without looking up at him. I’ve never done this and I hope I don’t hurt him. He knows this though, that I’m inexperienced and that I don’t want to hurt him. “Go on.” He whispers. He wants this. He wants me to do this. I want to do this too. Tentatively, I touch my tongue to the end of him. It’s hot and salty. His fingers tense on the arms of the chair. I wonder if anyone has ever done this to him before.
I run my tongue over its length while my fingers explore. The skin of his sack is warm and soft, rigid wrinkles make the texture odd. I suck him into my mouth and he hisses in a breath of air. His knees lift and the hairs on his legs tickle my sides. I run my tongue over the underside of it and I can feel a vein pulsing. Jake cups the back of my head and I feel pressure to take more of him into my mouth. He growls deep in his chest when I take him all the way to the back of my throat. I like that sound and I rub my tongue over the underside of his length. I look up at Jake. His eyes are pulsing amber. I hear the growl again. He pulls me up off the floor suddenly breaking our connection.