I didn’t understand what was happening, but I knew that I wanted it badly in that moment. I was completely out of control when it came to Ross. He had triggered something in me that I’d thought was completely dead. I tried to reach for him, but he had both my hands locked in his. Then he let go of one and gently squeezed my breast. I gasped into his mouth which only made him chuckle softly. Then that hand moved to my ass in a slow glide that held my attention until he moved to the curve of my hips. Was he going to go down further again? I needed him to, I thought as our eyes locked, mouths together but not actually touching.Then he kissed me, and I forgot to think. He didn’t kiss me the same way that he did the bar. If anything, this was just a promise of what he could do to me. He was exploring my body and his fingers felt as if they were everywhere at once and my body burned in reaction to his touch. I don’t know how long we were standing there. I was conflicted. I hadn’t been t

Everyone was drinking excessively and taking advantage of my generosity. Alec had to leave early, but I found that as soon as he left, I didn't have much to say to anyone else. The whole point of taking the department out, wasn’t so that they could talk about work. If I wanted to do that, then I would have put a bottle of wine in the kitchen and offered for everyone to have a glass. If anything, it just proved to me that I wasn’t the only boring one in the office. All they talked about were people in the office who had left in the past or clients.Boring!Then again, someone did start talking about Scarlett and that was when I knew that it was my cue to leave. I wasn’t interested as I ditched them at the bar and walked up to Olivia, whispering, “Let’s get the fuck out of here.”She didn’t need asking twice as she slid off the bar stool and took my hand. I was done pretending. I wanted her; not just once, but for the rest of the night. I didn’t care if others noticed and saw us. Most o

Over the last couple of weeks, spending time with Aunt Veronica on a Friday night and Olivia nearly every night had made everything that was complicated in my life, plain sailing. I didn’t feel frustrated when I wasn’t with Olivia. Instead, I’d taken up trying to figure out what to do when the takeover took place. I would be working thirty hours per week, something that I hadn’t done since college. Even then I didn’t think that I studied that much. I seemed to have a natural gift for figures. I suppose it runs in the family. Dad used to work with hedge funders and so do a couple of my uncles. We all work in finance, and the women in my family seemed to love the law. A perfect combination. It was Thursday night and we were due to meet both Alec and his wife, Erika, to go out for dinner. We were going on a double-date, something that I’d done so infrequently that I could count on one hand how many times I’d actually done it. The last couple of times that I did do it, it was because E

Olivia and I had been seeing each other for a couple of months. Yet, I still couldn’t fucking believe that I was going along with what we were doing that night. I was simultaneously trying to keep a straight face and put a smile on it. But it was so fucking hard, especially with Olivia smiling at me every minute. “Ross, if you don’t want to go in, then we can just go home.”I patted her hand, thinking about us having sex anywhere and everywhere and now we were going to talk about it with a bunch of strangers. I should have fucking backed out. That’s what Alec used to do with his wife. Speak off the devil. “Shit, can’t believe you came,” he laughed as he patted me on the back. “Olivia, you’re a good woman.” She winked back at him. I wished there was less of this secret language between the two of them and more talking. Erika took Olivia’s hand and they entered the building. The one that I really didn’t want to go into. “Why should I suffer alone?” Alec said as he opened the door f