Insufferable Proximity (8 page)

She sprinted down the hallway and through the large door that led her to the elevator. She barely held her composure as she ran to her car, flashbacks of her ninth birthday were overwhelming her, forcing her to remember the horrific vision she had hidden so deep in her mind. She had forgotten all about that terrible day, until now. She had never hated Julian more than she did at that particular moment, wanting to run back up there and tell him exactly what she thought of his unprofessional conduct and what an embarrassment he was turning out to be to his own father. Instead, she took a deep breath then drove home, trying to not focus on what she had witnessed or even engage the hatred she felt for the man.

Julian, upon seeing Heaven standing in his window watching him have sex with Candy, had instantly spewed his seed into the condom covering his now flaccid manhood.

Had he really just ejaculated due to intense hatred?

He felt strangely exhilarated after what he had just experienced and had an intense desire to chase after Ms. Deville. The fact that just the sight of his enemy had brought an overwhelming feeling of lust, the likes of which he had not experienced since he was an eager teenager, had Julian stunned as well as erotically mystified. Candy, realizing Julian was finished, stood up and wrapped her long thin arms around him.

“Let’s go back to your place,” she purred in his ear and Julian felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up. He turned to look at her with a slight frown, he was unsure of what he wanted, but he knew his need was intense and Candy was definitely not a part of that. He would rather go home and jack off to his unclear feelings then continue to have sex with Candy tonight.

“No, I have to get up early in the morning.” he said then grabbed his keys and his briefcase.

“But-”

“Another night.” he said simply then opened the door and waved for her to go.

“You promise?” Candy asked with hope in her eyes, not the least bit concerned with the desperation in her voice.

“I’ll call you.” he said then shut the door.

Candy walked alone to the elevator, she had grown accustomed to King’s abrupt dismissals, especially since they had become as customary as a cigarette after sex. She did not take it personally, as some of the other women in his life had, she knew that was one of the reasons he always came back to her. He was dismissive with all of the women he had sex with and that was the very reason certain women went to extremes to keep him close. It was the combination of his indifference coupled with the most amazing sex she had ever had, that always brought Candy to such a frenzied state and kept her coming back. Candy knew that King was nowhere near ready to settle down, but she would be there waiting for him the moment that he did, and she was confident that her sexually enhanced skills would help him make the right decision. She smiled to herself as the elevator door opened, despite her abrupt departure, her body was still humming with the aftereffects of an intense orgasm and she knew she would have amazing dreams tonight.

***

Heaven relaxed in the lilac scented bath water, the mountain of bubbles that had spilled over the sides of the tub, had now been reduced to a few tiny hills floating on the top. The invitingly warm water she had begun with had cooled significantly while she laid there pondering the nights events. Her mind was far from the visions of her ninth birthday and she was trying not to focus on the flashes of Julian’s bare upper body that were now plaguing her mind. She was desperately trying to focus on her job and when that did not work, she turned the music up hoping the sound would drown out her thoughts. Just as she felt herself begin to relax, the water shifted between her legs and the picture of Julian slamming into that girl invaded her brain once again. With a curse, she stood up, grabbed her towel and quickly dried herself off, since she was unable to relax in the bath, she might as well try to get some rest. She slid between her red, Egyptian-cotton sheets and closed her eyes, forcing herself not to think about what she had witnessed.

***

It was a bright beautiful morning, the sun shone in through the parted black drapes, and illuminated the sheer white curtains below.  The suns intense rays ignited the red painted walls and cast a comforting red glow over the room. However, despite the pleasant surroundings, Heaven lay in bed filled with anxieties that popped like bubbles through her veins as she cursed her insistent alarm clock. She should be forcing herself to get up and embrace the day, but instead she laid there distressed, twiddling a loose string on her red pajamas as she watched the minutes pass by.

With her mind congested with the images she had seen in Julian’s office, she found it impossible to sleep, she had never seen such an animalistic act in her life. Despite the traumatic experience, she actually expected herself to get up and go to work as if nothing had ever happened. She felt a shiver of unease in her belly at just the thought of running into Julian today.

She was never one to back down from a fight and she was never embarrassed, so she was confused as to why she would rather take a day off from work then face him? She was angry with herself for not turning around and leaving when she saw what he was doing with the redhead. She was also irritated that she stood there like a fool and angry with herself for allowing him to catch her peeping through the window. But she was most furious with herself for allowing those awkward, yet effervescent feelings to take control of her mind and her lower torso. Despite the fact that her mind was refusing to let her move, her body felt unusually exhilarated and she knew exactly why she felt this strange way, but refused to admit it to herself. She would fall to the floor and die rather than acknowledge that her enemy’s tasteless display of sexual deviancy had actually stimulated her.

Therefore, despite her need to stay home, she got up and quickly got ready for work. She would not let that deviant affect her nor would she allow him to make her hide.

***

Heaven walked the office hallway with her head held high and staring straight ahead, not wanting to accidentally lock eyes with Julian. She grabbed her coffee, ignoring the group of secretaries that were trying not to stare at her before walking back to her office.

“Morning Ms. Deville.” she heard the voice from behind and turned to see Gavin Grant. She knew immediately it was Gavin, his nasally tone was much higher pitched then Julian’s deep husky voice.

“Good morning Mr. Grant.” she nodded curtly then continued on her way. Gavin was nice and all, but he was a bit of a nuisance to her, constantly asking her work related questions when she had enough of her own to answer. Worrying that he would attempt to ask for her help again, she continued walking towards her office.

The day had been going better than expected, until lunchtime rolled around. She had been refilling her silver coffee mug when Julian walked into the cafeteria. She kept her head turned away from him as he walked over to stand next to her and fill his own coffee mug. She kept her head turned from him as she continued shoveling spoonful after spoonful of sugar in her cup, and was surprised that he hadn’t even turned towards her direction. She had expected something sarcastic from him, so she was pleasantly surprised to find him all but ignoring her.

Was he embarrassed? 

It was a relief to her that he obviously didn’t want to acknowledge what she had seen either. Maybe there was some modesty left in the smutty-dog after all. She was almost happy now that she had suffered through it, and she would do it all over again if she knew it would keep his mouth shut. Holding her grin back, she walked out of the cafeteria and made her way back to her office.

***

By the end of the day Heaven was ready to call it a night, refusing to stay too late, she locked up her office then headed to the elevator.

“It’s been a long day.” Hilda said to Heaven, who nodded before walking inside of the elevator.

Heaven was standing there waiting for the door to close and listening to Hilda as she continued to complain, when Julian walked in. She held the gasp threatening to escape from her lips, refusing to look towards him, instead keeping her eyes focused on the elevator panel.

“Well hello Mr. King, you’re not working late tonight?” Hilda asked with a smile.

“Not tonight.” he answered and Heaven balked at the question and its subliminal reminder. Heaven could hear him moving beside her and she felt her face flush then a light flutter spread throughout her torso.

What the hell was wrong with her?

She refused to acknowledge Julian, despite the fact that he refused to take his eyes off her. She could feel those pale grey eyes burning holes into her back as he stood directly behind her. She feared he would hear her heart racing from inside of her chest or notice her trying not to squirm.

“Well this is me,” Hilda said as the elevator stopped on the third floor, “have a good night.” she winked before stepping out of the elevator.

The heavy door closed behind Hilda and sealed Heavens fate. It was just the two of them and she felt her heart race wildly with dread, praying he just followed suite and continued ignoring her as well. She even tried to not breathe aloud for fear he would speak, it was silent for a whole 13 seconds before he reached over and pushed the stop button on the elevator.

“What are you doing?” she looked at him as if he were insane, as if she had not just witnessed him having sex with some smutty chick in his office the night before.

“Who would have ever guessed that the prudish, star attorney at the firm was a peeping tom.” he smiled, knowing it would make her uncomfortable.

“I was not peeping on you, I was bringing paperwork for you to sign.”

“So why didn’t you knock on the door instead of looking through the open curtain?” he asked seeing her unease and relishing it. The girl was naturally unshakable, so to see her actually show a form of hesitation was delightful to him.

“I was going to then I saw that you were-” she hesitated for a moment thinking of an appropriate word “busy, so I decided to wait until the morning.”

“So why did you continue standing there watching me after you realized I was busy?”  He asked standing very close to her and she felt her self-sway slightly to the side.

“It’s not my fault my colleague is a pervert who leaves his office curtains parted while he dabbles in depravity.” she said then hit the go button, restarting the elevator. He stepped directly behind her, almost trapping her against the elevator button panel then pressed the stop button again. “Please remove yourself from my person Mr. King.”

“Admit you liked what you saw.” she could feel his breath against the sensitive skin behind her ear as he spoke.

“No I didn’t, I thought it was perverse and I further question your morals for doing something like that at your place of work.” she answered him.

“You’re full of shit, I know you liked it,” he pressed closer against her, “I can tell by that blush spreading across your face, the way you keep squirming your hips and won’t look me in the eye. You always look me directly in the eyes.” he bent his head closer to her ear, pushing her against the button panel, “I know it turned you on.”

“Get off!” she tried to buck against him and he groaned in satisfaction.

“I would love to get off.” he said sliding his hand up her thigh “are you going to help me?”

“No but I am going to scream rape at the top of my lungs if you don’t get off me.”

“That will definitely help me get off,” he said “I could cum right now just thinking about you screaming.” he leaned into her and she fought him trying to reach behind and hit him, when she finally connected, he chuckled then grabbed her wrist.

“Let go!” she cried in frustration, feeling that unnatural warmth spread through her torso.

“I’ll let you go but I want you to do me a favor,” he spoke, holding her perfectly still, letting her know that fighting him was useless. “at some point tonight I want you to take 15 seconds and think about what you saw last night.” his hand slid up her arm, right below her breast, “then I want you to slid your hand in your panties and if you’re wet, then I’m right, you did like it.” he kissed the side of her head, “and it will be our little secret.”

“Get off me you dirty-rotten whoremonger!” she hissed shoving at him and he suddenly released her and stepped back with a smug look on his face, damn he wanted to make this stony bitch bend than sink his phallus deep inside of her. “You’re a sick disgusting deviant!” she hit the go button “There is something really wrong with you!” she snapped at him, she was livid with him for thinking he could touch her like that and even more angry with herself for liking it when he did. The door opened quickly and she fled the elevator, sprinting down to the parking garage to hide in the safety of her car.

Julian knew he had a tendency to go too far, but he couldn’t control himself when it came to that particular woman. She was driving him insane, he could not stand her but he had never wanted a woman in his life as badly as he wanted her right now. He saw the look on Ms. Deville’s face when he was having sex with Candy, he knew that look very well and wondered if she was really as prudish as she seemed.

***

When Heaven had finally gotten home, her first instinct was to jump in the shower and scrub from head to toe. Instead she sat in her panties and her corset on the edge of the tub watching the water sprinkle down from the shower head, her mind absorbed with what Mr. King had done to her in the elevator. She was getting hot flashes throughout her body, her mind was trying to delve into a subject that she refused to even acknowledge. Julian King was her nemesis, he was an unprofessional pervert and she would focus on his inevitable destruction instead of the perversity he was trying to inflict on her. She refused to let him use such tactics to screw with her mind, she was no fool and she knew exactly what he was up to. Mr. King wanted to make sure she lost the position and he would do anything in his power to shake her up.