And, once again, she hung up on me.
Little did she know…them really were fighting words.
Quinn~
It took the entire three hours of the rest of the work day for me to calm down enough to face Chase without murdering him.
I knew Ray was laying it on thick, but I truly didn’t think Chase would lose his shit like that. I was certain professionalism would win out over a Jerry Springer episode.
Boy, was I wrong.
After I had spilled all to Ace and assured a quivering Ray that he wasn’t going to lose his job, I had managed to get through the rest of the day without losing my shit. I was trying to take this slow and he was just not letting me. Chase was determined to break through all my defenses, and after three hours of being angry, I realized I didn’t mind as much as I may have led him to believe I did. The second he yelled at me in the elevator that he would always choose me, I knew I was done for.
I loved Chase and he deserved to know it.
I waved to Sylvia as I walked past her. Before Chase had decided to announce it to the world, she had been one of the few who knew we were dating, so she knew I didn’t need permission to enter his office.
I opened the door to Chase’s office, and as always, the site of him took my breath away. He was sex on two legs.
He narrowed his gaze on me as I kept walking forward. “Are you here to apologize?”
We were so going to become a future Snapped episode. I felt it deep in my bones. “No, you twit,” I snapped. “I’m here to give you a chance to apologize.”
He stood up behind his desk and planted his hands down flat, leaning forward. “Take it back, Quinn.”
I crossed my arms over my chest. “No. And I’m not going to until you regain some sense of basic sanity.”
“Sanity?”
“Jesus Christ, Chase! You damn near threatened an employee. In front of other employees, no less!” How could he not see his behavior for what it was?
“He was hitting on you right in front of me!” he bellowed.
Oh my God, he’s so damn dense. “He didn’t know you were my boyfriend, Chase. It’s not like he did it on purpose. He asked me out on a date. It’s not like he was groping me or making lewd suggestions,” I tried to reason.
His face was pure masculine fury. “Do I look like I give a fuck, Quinn? I don’t care if he was commenting on your new shoes. You’re mine!”
I lowered my arms and balled my fists at my sides. “I love you, Chase. But you’re driving me fucking crazy.”
I watched as his face blanked in astonishment. After a few seconds, he closed his eyes and lowered his head. “Say it again.”
This was it.
He was it.
I softened my voice, hoping he could hear how serious I was. “I love you, Chase.”
“Again.”
I couldn’t stop the moisture pooling in my eyes. “I love you.”
He looked up and rounded on me before I finished. He took my face in his hands. “Again.”
I didn’t hold back. I grabbed his wrists as he held me. “I love you, Chase. I realized it when you were yelling at me in the elevator and I’m not going to pretend that it’s not a big deal.”
Chase leaned down and kissed me so tenderly, my heart lurched. “Thank fuck for that.”
I looked into his gorgeous blue eyes and wondered how I ever thought I could keep things between us casual. Never mind that the man had a huge dick and a body carved from the gods. But he was so much more that all that. He was kind, loyal, funny, caring and just an all-around good man.
I can’t believe I let my fears blind me.
He kissed my cheek and then my forehead. “Now that we have that out of the way, take back with you said, Quinn.”
Okay…maybe I spoke too soon.
I stink-eyed him. “Fine. I take it back. I hope The Raiders have a winning season, but you have got to stop acting ridiculous, Chase. Promise me.”
He stepped back from me. “To be fair, babe, this is kind of your fault too.”
My eyes bugged out of my head. “My fault? How in the hell is this my fault?”
He shrugged a shoulder. “If you had told me you loved me sooner, I wouldn’t have had to resort to being an insecure asshole and Ray’s day wouldn’t have been ruined.”
Sweet Baby Jesus.
“Are you kidding me?” I wanted to smack him upside his head.
“I’m just saying…”
I put my head down and started rubbing my temples as I spoke to the floor. “I’m going to go home, take a long, hot bath and then sleep this day away.”
I felt hands rubbing up and the sides of my arms. “That sounds like a good idea. I’ll be over when I’m done here.”
I looked up at him. “Just like that, huh?”
His face clearly displayed incredulous. “Well…yeah. I mean, I was never planning on leaving you alone before you told me you loved me, did you really think I’d leave you alone now?” He flapped his hand at me. “That’s crazy talk, Q.”
Whatever this thing was and wherever it went, one thing was certain. A relationship with Chase would never be boring. “Okay, I’ll see you at my place.”
He leaned down and took my face in his hands again as he kissed me goodbye. I wrapped my arms around his neck and the next thing I knew, my legs were wrapped around his waist and he was setting me down on top of his desk.
And I didn’t care.
For all the accusations I threw at him for not acting professional, whenever he got his hands on me, all thoughts of professionalism flew out the window. There was no feeling in this world like the feeling of Chase’s hands on my body.
He pulled away as I planted my hands flat on the desk propping me up. I watched in rapt fascination as he undid his pants and pulled his already hard dick out. That monstrosity has been inside me so many times, but I still felt in awe whenever I saw or touched it.
I spread my legs farther apart as Chase reached under my skirt with his left hand and yanked down my panties. “This isn’t going to be sweet and pretty, baby.”
Good. I didn’t want sweet and pretty.
“I don’t care how you give it to me, just as long as you give it to me, Chase,” I pleaded.
He placed his big hands on the inside of my thighs and opened them as far as they’d stretch. My ass was half hanging off the edge of the desk, and because I was so wet, it took no effort at all for Chase to slam home.
I threw my head back, my arms buckling and I fell back on the desk screaming out his name, “Chase!”
He grabbed my hips and started plowing into my body. His grip was so hard it hurt, but it was the good kind of hurt. I could feel the high taking over with each thrust of his cock. The sensation of being split open by this man felt so euphoric, I’d let him continue to fuck me if someone walked into his office right now.
I could see he was looking at where our bodies were joined and the idea that he was watching my body take him in sent a flood of wetness through my pussy. I was so wet you could hear it blend in with the sounds of the desk and my moaning.
“Fuck, yeah, baby. I love that I can make your pussy so wet.”
“Harder, Chase.” He drilled his entire length into me and I begged and pleaded like a slut with absolute no shame.
He was panting, and when I opened my eyes to look at him, I could see sweat gathering at his hairline. He must have sensed me looking at him, because he speared me with his blue gaze, and held it, as he kept pumping into me. “Say it,” he demanded.
I wasn’t confused in the slightest about his request. “I love you.”
And, because he was Chase, he didn’t hold anything back. “I want you screaming how much you fucking love me when you cum on my cock, Quinn.”
I could feel my body building that miracle of pleasure around Chase’s thrusts. I closed my eyes when he placed a hand flat on my abdomen, angling his thumb to play with my clit. “Oh, Jesus, Chase,” I encouraged.
“I swea
r, I can’t get enough of watching you cum all over me, baby, I fucking live for this.” He reached his arm around my back and brought my chest flushed up against his, his gaze never wavering, his rhythm never breaking. “I live for you.”
That’s all it took and I was tightening around him, throwing my head back and screaming his demand. “Chase, oh God, Chase! I love you. I love you.”
He let out a roar and kissed me so hard; my lips were going to be swollen. I held onto his neck as he kept pushing into me, draining himself inside me.
After a few minutes of silence, save for our heavy breathing, Chase picked my panties up off the floor and slid them back up my thighs. I jumped off the desk, but needed to lean against the desk again once it was clear my legs weren’t as sturdy as they needed to be. “Jesus, Chase. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to this.”
He was righting himself. “I hope not, babe.” He stepped up to me and caressed my cheek. “I’m going to make sure you’re never bored with me. Q. Pissed off, frustrated, irritated, annoyed, angry, livid, exasperated…sure, but never bored, baby.”
The edge of my lip lifted. “You know we’re destined to end up on YouTube, right?”
He engulfed me in his warm embrace. “Yeah, but I don’t have a problem with the world seeing how tied up in knots I am over you, Quinn. I’m not fucking around. I really do love you.”
I returned his embrace and pressed my cheek up against his sternum, breathing him in. “We’re really doing this, huh?”
“Babe, we were always doing this. It just took you awhile to jump on board.”
I pulled back and looked up at him. “You do know that I will do the most unspeakably evil things to you if you ever break my heart, right?”
He threw his head back and laughed. “Quinn, I’ve already went over my Will & Testament. Nick and Julian know what they’re supposed to do in the event that I randomly disappear.”
I gave him a cheeky smile. “I’m just putting it out there that I don’t watch ID TV for nothing.”
“What happens if you break mine?”
I shook my head and let out a soft laugh. “That’s not possible.”
He lifted a brow at me. “Really? How do you figure?”
“Because you’re everything I never knew I wanted, and now that I know you’re what I want, I would never jeopardize you.” I told him honestly. “Never, Chase.”
I desperately wanted him to believe me. Chase and I were going to argue more times than we were going to see eye to eye, so it was important for us to ease each other’s insecurities. Besides, fighting wasn’t as scary and detrimental as indifference.
He kissed me on the top of my head before sending me away. “Okay, get home so I can hurry and finish up here.”
I smoothed down my outfit and headed towards the door. His words reached me as I was turning the knob. “I’m going to love you forever, Quinn.”
I looked back over my shoulder at him and took in the sight of this stunning human being standing there with his hands in his pockets giving me all his attention. No one else’s words ever made me feel so special. “And I’m going to let you.”
I walked out knowing my parents would have loved him.
Chapter 16
Wrath: Because a leopard doesn’t change its spots.
Quinn~
“Are you sure we’re going to be able to afford this place, Quinn?”
Audrey and I stood outside Valentino’s, and no; I wasn’t entirely too sure that we could afford this place. My palms were slightly sweating with the fear that we’d get presented with menus that had no prices on them. “We’ll be fine. I’ll just transfer some of my savings into my checking account and eat Top Ramen for the next month. No problem.”
She side eyed me like I was crazy. “We can still hit a Taco Bell drive through, you know.”
I let out the most unladylike snort. “And let this outfit go to waste? I think not, hooker.”
It was Friday night and Michael was out of town for his school’s first football game of the season, and Chase was having a business dinner with a client. So, Audrey and I decided to use this free time to catch up, since we had ditched each other for dick last time.
Chase’s client dinner was actually with that poisonous wretch of a woman, Valerie Stratton. He told me they were dropping her as a client and he thought it’d be best to do in a public setting where she was less likely to cause a scene. I knew her run in with Avery wasn’t going to just disappear, but I had to admit I was slightly surprised that the guys were going to go so far as to dump her, especially since Ace hadn’t even complained. Avery had said she didn’t have the time to combat every catty woman who was going to think Nick was too good for her. She knew Nick loved her and she didn’t need to prove herself to anyone but him.
I wish I had her restraint and Izzy’s grace, but I didn’t. Had it been me she had verbally bullied, I would have kicked her fucking ass.
“No. No Taco Bell.” I linked my arm around hers. “Come on, Aud. We deserve a fancy night out every now and again.”
“I’m sure you’ll be having a lot of fancy in the near future,” she commented.
We walked in through the doors arm in arm. “What do you mean?”
Her face scrunched up like I was a simpleton. “Your boyfriend’s a freaking gazillionaire, Q. Did you miss that part while you were blowing him?”
The hostess let out a strangled cough, before she said, “Ladies, how may I help you?”
I ignored Audrey’s comment about Chase’s wealth. “A table for two, please.”
I looked at her name tag and…Sarah…didn’t disappoint. “A table just opened up. Please follow me, ladies.”
We followed her like the good little ducklings we were. “It doesn’t matter how much money Chase has. It’s not my money.”
“Sounds all independent-I-am-woman-hear-me-roar, but you’re going to reap some of those benefits whether you want to or not, Q.”
I waited until Sarah seated us and instructed that our server would be with us shortly before responding, “I’d normally agree, Aud, but he’s not like that. None of them are. With the exception of their custom designed homes, they’re all pretty down to earth.”
Our server approached and led with the customary introduction, presenting us with menus before going off to bring us our order of wine.
“But, still, Q, it has to be weird dating a billio…oh, hey? What’s wrong?”
I couldn’t speak.
Hell, I’m not even sure how I was still breathing.
There…sitting a few tables away from us was Chase…and he wasn’t having dinner with a client.
He was having dinner with Olivia Candor.
Chase was having dinner at Valentino’s with Olivia Fucking Candor.
I nodded towards Chase because I still couldn’t quite get any words out. Audrey turned around and darted her eyes about the room to see what had me speechless. She turned back towards me, confusion marring her sweet face. “I don’t understand, Q. What’s going on?” She looked around the restaurant again. “What are you looking at?”
Without tearing my eyes away from Chase and Olivia, I clued her in. “A few tables over, Chase is having dinner with a co-worker of mine…ours. Well, a she’s technically his employee and my co-worker.”
Her eyes rounded in understanding. “Is he not supposed to be?” she whispered.
“He’s supposed to be having dinner with a client whose accounts they were dropping.” I watched in self-torment as Olivia laughed and flirted with Chase. The tables were arranged to where I could see enough to know that it was Chase, but his back was facing me more than anything else.
I was trying to learn from my mistake with the redhead from his apartment, so I dug out my phone. I noticed Olivia standing up and heading towards the restroom as I fired off a text to Chase.
How’s dinner with Valerie going?
The last time my stomach had been this tied up in knots was when my Aunt Shellie had sat Audrey
and I down and told us there had been an accident. Now, finding Chase with another woman was nowhere near the devastating feeling of losing my parents, but the anxiety of it felt the same.
Better than I expected. Tell u about it later
I looked down at my phone and I wondered if the entire restaurant could hear my heart breaking. I mean, how could they not notice another human being’s entire soul being ripped from their body?
Our waiter chose that moment to check on us and take our order, but thank God, for Audrey. “I’m sorry, there’s been an emergency. We’re going to have to leave.” She threw some money on the table and stood up gathering her purse and jacket.
I stood up with her on autopilot. I was hanging my purse over my shoulder when I saw Olivia making her way back to Chase with the biggest smile on her face as I’ve ever seen, and I saw red.
I joked with Chase that we were destined to end up on YouTube and the heat suffocating my entire being told me that tonight was probably the night that prediction was going to come true.
I was heading towards their table before I even realized I was. It wasn’t until I felt Audrey’s hand on my arm that I knew where I was headed. “Quinn, are you sure you want to do this?”
I looked over at my sister, and I knew in that moment, that this was going to be all bad. “You can wait for me outside, if you’d rather.”
She scrunched her face up in anger. “I’m going to excuse that on the account that I know you’re upset, but next time you suggest that I’d prefer to leave you to face anything alone, I’m going to try my best to kick your ass!”
And with that, we went over to their table together as a team.
Audrey had never had a chance to meet Chase yet, so talk about a hell of an introduction. With the exception of Michael meeting Nick, Audrey nor Michael have ever met Julian or Chase. Well, she was going to meet him now.
Olivia’s eyes widened as we approached and it wasn’t until I was standing right next to the table that Chase looked up and saw me.
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