KadenLifting my shoulders, I flashed her what I knew was a winning smile. “For your information, we’re not robbing the company. I bought these myself to restock the supply after my last meeting in there.”Smirking, she muttered under her breath. “I should have known.”“Yeah,” I replied. “You should have. Now follow me.”We rode the elevator to the top floor, where I led her to a locked door in the corner. It was a nondescript emergency door with an electronic key reader installed beside the handle. Reaching for my wallet, I extracted a key card I hadn’t used in forever.Ember eyed it curiously, watching without questioning me. The door unlocked with a low beep after I swiped the card, and I used my elbow to push down the handle and open it. “After you.”I gestured into the darkened staircase with the hand carrying the glasses, sighing when Ember shook her head. “No, really. You can go first. Age before beauty, after all.”I had the insane urge to stick my tongue out at her, but inste

Ember“Want some pizza for lunch?” she asked, drawing me out of my thoughts. “It’s almost noon, and we still haven’t even had breakfast.”“Sleeping in was more important than food to me this morning.”Gracie laughed. “While I totally agree, I didn’t think I would ever hear those words coming out of your mouth.”“Don’t expect to hear it again soon,” I warned jokingly, hopping off my stool. “Let’s go get ready and meet at the front door when we’re done.”“I’ll race you to it,” she said, jumping into action faster than I could even agree.The place we went to wasn’t as good as the one Kaden took me to weeks ago, but it was close to our loft and cheap. Once we were settled at a plastic table overlooking the stampede of people out on the sidewalk, we placed our orders and sipped lemonade while we waited.Gracie was lost in thought, not speaking much. She was more reserved than I was, but she wasn’t usually this quiet. Not with me anyway. “What’s on your mind?”She sighed, watching the peop

KadenBesides, she came here to seek comfort from me. It wasn’t a role I was used to fulfilling for people. If anything, I was usually the person they needed to be comforted about. Whether in my personal or professional life, I tended to be the harsh one. No one had ever accused me of being soft or comforting before, yet I found myself slipping easily into that role for my kitten.Tightening my grip on her shoulders, I pressed a kiss to the top of her head. “Have you tried reaching out to Ryan? He did say he was going to try make more time for you.”I felt her head shaking on my shoulder. “I shouldn’t be the one who has to do everything. I took the job here to be close to him. I went to see him. I’ve texted a few times. If he wants to see me, he knows how to get in touch with me.”For the first time since I met him, I wanted to wring Ryan’s goddamn neck. It broke off little pieces of my heart to hear the hurt in her voice when she talked about him. And for a guy whose heart had turned

EmberA smirk touched his lips, but he released the loofah and let it float away. “You haven’t, but you can tell me now.”“How about I let you feel instead?” I reached for his hand and brought it between my legs, letting him feel my slickness under the water and graze my hard clit with the backs of his fingers.Kaden cursed, releasing another groan. “Fuck. You’re really trying to kill me, aren’t you?”“Why would I do that?” My eyes burned into his. I was shocked at the depth of the need I saw lurking in them. Suddenly aware of the fact that I was the only one who had found any kind of release yet, I scooted closer and wrapped my hand around his length. “I wouldn’t kill you before getting at least a few more orgasms out of you.”“Yeah,” he gritted out, but all traces of humor had vanished from his expression. His jaw was tight as I ran my thumb along his slit. He let me work him over in silence for a few more minutes before grabbing my wrist. “We need to talk.”“What?” I would have sti

Kaden“What the fuck was that?” she asked in a scathing tone, planting her hands on her hips. It was so unexpected, it took me a few seconds to reel my mind back from where it had already gone: lifting that tight-ass pencil skirt, bending her over her desk, and fucking her from behind.Christ, being inside her with nothing between us? My dick started hardening behind my zipper, straining for a repeat. I came so hard, I— “Wait, what?”“Why would you badmouth the company like that?” she asked, indignant fire raging in her eyes.“You’re asking me what the fuck that was?” I retorted, all thoughts about fucking her flying from my mind. “What about you?”“What about me?” Her eyes became slits, her mouth pressed into a hard line. “I didn’t do anything. You, on the other hand, were talking smack about a company you no longer work for.”“Exactly,” I said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Which it was to me anyway.She tilted her head and surveyed me as though she was waiting fo