“Enjoying seeing my girlfriend for the first time all week. You haven’t stayed over at all.” His little whine would have normally annoyed me, but his lids were heavy, and I knew exactly what he’d been missing. I’d missed it too.
“It’s silly for you to pick me up after work. You only get a few hours to sleep.”
“I know, but it would be worth it.”
“You said this all gets better next week.”
“It does.”
“So I’ll stay over next week.”
“That’s next week.” He leaned down and kissed me lightly.
“Only a few days away.”
“A few days too long.” His fingers settled on the top button of my dress.
“Does stress get you turned on or something?” I put my hand over his after he unbuttoned the top two buttons.
He laughed. “No. Seeing you does.”
“We can’t do anything here.”
“Why not?”
“It’s your office.”
“Keyword ‘mine.’”
Having sex in Colin’s office sounded like a bad idea, but the way his other hand felt as it pushed my panties out of the way sent exactly the opposite message.
“Are you sure you won’t get in trouble? What if your boss catches us?”
Colin shook his head. “Don’t worry. Martin won’t let him. He’ll run interference if he has to.”
“Why would he do that?”
“Because he’s my friend.” He unbuttoned one more button, slipping a hand inside my dress.
“You sure it’s okay?”
“More than okay. Required.” His lips attacked my neck, and any hope of continuing my resistance disappeared.
I pulled out his shirt from his pants, quickly slipping my hand under it and the white t-shirt he wore underneath. He moved his hand from under my dress long enough to undo his belt and unzip his pants. I made quick work of reaching in and getting what I wanted. The faster I did it, the faster his hand would get back to where it had been seconds before.
“I’ve missed you so much, Maddy.” His breath was hot on my face as his lips left kisses all over it.
“I’ve missed you too.”
His lips stilled. “This is a bad time to admit this, but I don’t have a condom.”
“I do.”
“Do you usually carry one?” He didn’t hide his surprise.
“Only since we started dating.”
“You’re good at stoking my ego.”
“You’re good at doing a lot of things.”
“Yeah? Am I about to do one of them now?” He found the condom in my purse and ripped open the wrapper.
“I’ll tell you afterward.”
“You can get away with that comment because of the one you made before.”
“Oh yeah? I thought I could get away with anything?”
“If you continue to give me that look, you can.”
“I don’t know what look you’re talking about.”
“The ‘fuck me’ look you wear so well.” Colin saying f**k? That was a new one.
“I don’t have that look.”
“Oh yes you do.”
“If I have that look on, then what are you waiting for?”
He smiled. “Nothing. I’m not waiting for anything.”
I bit my lip to stop myself from crying out when he thrust into me. There was no slow start with his movements. It was urgent and primal, and better than any sex we’d had before. By the time he reached his release, I could barely contain myself. Who knew how hard it was to stay quiet?
“Wow.” He said the word out loud, but I was thinking the same thing. “Can you bring me lunch every day?” He buttoned his pants, buckling his belt before moving on to the buttons on his shirt.
I fixed my own clothes, still trying to catch my breath. “Or you could pick me up after work tonight.”
“I thought you wanted me to get sleep.”
“I changed my mind.” Determined to make a good exit, I picked up my purse, kissed him on the cheek and headed to the door.
“You kill me, baby.”
“Baby?”
“Do you have a problem with me calling you that?”
“I don’t know. I’ll get back to you on that.” I walked out before he could respond.
I only made it three steps before I ran into someone.
“Oh, I’m sorry.” The man I ran into looked up. My heart dropped to my feet.
“Oh. Hi.” I’m sure I went pale as I stared at a man I’d hoped to never see again after our disastrous date. I definitely didn’t want to see him with Colin so close by.
“Hey. What are you doing here?” Gabriel asked.
“Visiting me.” Colin walked out of his office and put an arm around my shoulder. “This is my girlfriend, Maddy.” The only evidence he wore from what had just occurred in his office was a humongous grin on his face.
Gabriel’s eyes widened slightly and a smile crossed his face. My face was fixed on the floor. Colin worked with Gabriel? How small was this damn island?
“It’s so nice to meet you. Colin’s one of our best.”
The way he said it set off alarm bells. That wasn’t something you said about a co-worker.
“Maddy, this is Gabriel Fitzgerald.”
“Fitzgerald? As in the CEO of Fitzgerald & Hughes?”
“The same.” Gabriel smiled and I wanted—no needed—to melt into the floor.
“Oh. I thought you’d be older.” Could I make things worse?
“Really? I didn’t know you’d even thought about me.” I could feel his eyes bore into me.
“Colin’s mentioned you a lot.”
“He’s mentioned you too, but not by name.”
“Oh.” I still couldn’t meet his eye. I just kept picturing him asking me if I was adventurous.
Colin’s arm tightened around me. I’m sure he could feel my tension.
“You two should come over this weekend. Suzanne would love to get a chance to meet Maddy.”
“Oh. That would be great,” Colin said with way too much enthusiasm.
“I’ll get back to you on a time.”
I finally looked up, just in time to catch the wink Gabriel shot me. “Nice to meet you, Maddy. Glad to see Colin has such good taste.” He continued down the hall.
“Are you okay?” Colin asked as soon as Gabriel disappeared around the corner.
“Yeah. Sorry.” I kept the whole “yeah so your boss is the one who propositioned me to have sex with him and his wife” comment to myself.