go.” He said throwing his t-shirt on. I dropped my eyes trying to find the rest of my clothes.
“Fuck baby, can’t you call in sick?” He grabbed me from behind, as I was trying to get dressed. “Looking at you just makes me hard.” I could feel him pressing himself into me. Low blow Suit, low blow.
“I can’t. I’m opening the store, plus I’ve never called in sick ever.”
He smiled leaning into my hair, close to my ear. “There’s a first time for everything!”
I elbowed him in the gut. “Stop tempting me, you evil man.”
I tried to go around him, but he pulled me back. “Lukas I really have to go!” I tried moving again. “At this rate I won’t have time to take a shower.” He lowered himself down onto his knees and hugged me from the waist.
“Good, you’ll have me all over you.” He said softly. I played with his hair trying to calm it down a bit.
“What is it with you and marking me?” I asked playfully. He nuzzled his face into my stomach. “You belong to me.” He kissed my belly. “so I take it I’m forgiven?” He asked looking up at me smiling, his eyes half closed, beckoning their master to sleep more.
“Not by a long shot ace.” I laughed and pushed him off me. “I need to go” I said, finally gathering the last of my belongings. He looked affronted as I left him on the floor.
He drove me to my condo, waiting for me in his car. I frantically changed and tried to comb my hair and tie it up in a slick tight ponytail. God, I was going to have a headache at the end of the night. I quickly got dressed and put in a second outfit, with a pair of black runners for the evening shift in my bag. I then ran down five flights of stairs, no point in waiting for the elevator, the thing took forever especially when you needed to go somewhere. I opened the front door of the condo building to an awaiting Lukas who wore his sunglasses now, only because the sun had come out. I stopped dead in my tracks, was he going to do this every time I looked at him? I opened the car door and was cocooned with his smell. I loved his smell. He smiled widely, his million dollar smile nearly taking me for a loop.
“Ready?” He asked still smiling at me. I swooned, damn it. I shook my head and regained some sense. I pointed to the front windshield.
“Onward Jeeves.” I ordered. He laughed and shifted the gears.
I arrived just as Gavin had gotten there. He looked at me in Lukas’s car and a wide grin spread across his face. I shook my head. Lukas took my hand and kissed it.
“I’ll pick you up after you’re finished.” I watched as he made this small gesture feel like something out of those old school romance books.
“First off you work.” I said.
“And?” He asked plainly.
I rolled my eyes “And I don’t want to interfere with what you are doing professionally. Lukas…” I stopped and thought “I don’t even know what you do?”
He laughed “I’ll tell you over dinner.”
“Can’t!” I said bluntly.
He pulled his glasses down, his icy blue eyes peering at me, his voice not too pleased. “Why?” Demanding Suit was also growing on me.
“I’m also working the dinner rush.” I stated.
“Why are you working the dinner rush?” He asked annoyed at me. I looked over to see Gavin waving at me in a sarcastic manner.
“I took on a few doubles, to train the new staff, but I’ll have a small break between two to five so…” He kept looking at me, no humor anywhere on his face. I relented. “No one likes split shifts but I need the money plus…” I stopped not wanting to go further.
“Plus?” He demanded.
“I needed a distraction to keep my mind off you and what had happened between us.” I admitted sheepishly. He sucked in air, closing his eyes and looking away from me.
“Alexia if you need money, I’ll take care of you. Don’t accept these damn extra shifts to stay away from me.” He barked.
I put my hand on the car door to open it, not really wanting to have
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