Sweet Reflection (13 page)

“God, I want you so much.”

It’s all I can get out
in between the brutal kisses I’m assaulting on her neck, and as she rubs against me I can feel myself straining against my trousers.

“We have to go now, Laurel. I can’t wait until the end of the night.”

She pulls away and I’m worried she thinks it’s a mistake but she looks up at me with the blue eyes that I’m drowning in and pulls her lip between her teeth.

“So don’t.”

She walks over to the door and watches me as she turns the lock. The click sends a shiver straight down to my dick. I need her back in my arms. She’s still standing by the door, so I lean against the wall trying to catch my breath.

“Well, what are you waiting for? Get over here.”

She walks towards me slowly. My shoulder pushes off the side and I go to meet her but she doesn’t stop. She circles me, still biting her bottom lip, and if she doesn’t let me touch her in the next few minutes I’m going to explode.

“What are you doing?” I’m ready to grab her and rip her tight little dress off her.

“Last time I was too drunk to remember. Now I’m sober and I’m taking in every little detail to make sure I never forget. I need this. I need you.”

My body goes rigid. I’m so tense because I need her too. I need to make this something she won’t be able to forget. Even if she tries to.

“Babe, you’ve got to know that this is all I’ve been thinking about since you ripped into me for buying you a glass of wine. Every time I’m around you I want to take you, and there have been so many times I’ve thought about kissing this smart mouth and shutting you up.”

I bring a finger up to trace her lips and she smiles against it, then pulls it into her mouth and bites down on the pad playfully.

“Back at ya. Do you know how many of your little tramps I’ve wanted to wrestle with because they got to have their hands on you?”

Relief seeps through every muscle in my body and I feel like I can breathe again.

I lift her hands and put them against my chest.

“You can put your hands on me whenever you want. But, if you want to wrestle I’ll happily watch.” I smile at her eyes rolling back then I’m grabbing the back of her head crushing her lips to mine. She moans as my tongue finds hers again and I can feel her body shudder as I reach round and grip her butt. I turn her away from me, so her hands are leant against the desk and move her hair so it sweeps down one side, leaving her neck and shoulder bare for me to touch. I slide the straps of her dress down over her shoulders slowly, following with a trail of kisses.

“You deserve more than a quick fuck in your office, Laurel. You deserve to be worshipped, but that will come later, I promise.”

She moans softly as I stroke her hips and legs whilst pushing the dress down so it pools at her feet. Twisting, she rests her hand on
my shoulder as she steps out of it and slings it across the room using her heels. So fucking sexy. I place my hands on either side of her hips and pull her back against my crotch.

“Can you feel that? It’s hard because of you.” I say whilst I run my hands up to cup both breasts covered in bright red lace.

“Can you feel it?” I repeat when she doesn’t answer with words.

“Yes,” she breathes out heavily, leaning her head against my chest and arching her back to fill my hands with her tits. She reaches up to grab the back of my head and pulls me down towards her neck.

“I want your shirt off,” she whispers in my ear and turns in my arms to start unbuttoning the front. It takes too long and by the time the shirt is on the floor I’m aching for her in a way I’ve never felt before. I step back slightly and realise that luck doesn’t even begin to cover what’s happening to me right now. She’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen, her long blonde hair is still pulled to the side, her cheeks are flushed, and her body is insane. She runs her eyes over my chest and down to the belt on my trousers.

“Take these off. Now.”

I love a woman that’s in control and I make quick work of taking them off before reaching down to the pocket of my trousers and taking out a condom. I know I have to make this really count. I have to annihilate all memories of other men so that all she can see is me, and how I make her feel.

She takes the condom off me and rolls it over my cock herself. She pulls me back against her and I coax her leg round my waist, pausing to kiss her neck.

“Are you ready, babe?”

I lower my hand and press it against her core, sliding a finger inside her and she tilts her head back. I can feel how wet she is, so before she can moan again I’m replacing my finger with my cock and thrusting inside her. She takes a sharp breath in and I still, waiting for her to adjust.

“You okay?”

She nods a yes and I move slowly and grip her hips to me forcefully. I pull her leg upwards and she gets my hint, lifting herself up and wrapping her arms around my neck. Her other leg moves round my waist and I’m cupping her butt and slamming into her against the wall. As if we can read each other’s minds she grinds into me, both of us realising we won’t have much longer in here together, especially with all our friends outside. I kiss her mouth and her neck, then reach lower and take her hard nipple in my mouth, sucking gently. She grips my hair and tugs on it whilst biting into my shoulder to keep from screaming. I could never get enough of this feeling. I pound into her harder, and her heavy breathing tells me she’s close. I slide out a few inches and drive into her again, repeating the movement over and over again until she digs her fingernails into my back. Her orgasm ripples through her as the sound of her moans spilling from her lips has me coming with a deep groan into her neck. My forehead rests on her shoulder whilst we both catch our breaths.

“That was…” the words start but I can’t finish them, no-one will ever feel this good wrapped round me.

“Yeah, it was,” she breathes out and all too soon she’s letting her legs hit the floor and pulling away from me and I’m missing her touch. How do I say I want to do this again? That I only want to do this with her. She picks up her clothes so I do the same and I’m watching her as she gets dressed, trying to read her body language.

There’s a knock at the door and within seconds we are scrambling to straighten ourselves.

“Laurel?” A voice sings from the corridor, “Are you in there?”

“Yeah, I’ll be out in a minute Cass, just making some last minute phone calls to confirm appointments tomorrow,” she shouts back.

“Okay,” The response comes immediately and we hear heels clicking away on the wooden floors. My heart returns to normal speed.

“That was close,” Laurel smiles at me and I’m wondering if it would actually be so bad for people to know. It means I could kiss her whenever I feel like it and not worry. My smile matches hers and I realise that I can’t let her go this time. Within seconds I’m across the room and kissing her again, I feel like I can’t get enough of her taste. She moves her head back and I think she wants to say something but I’ve not had enough yet so I pull her back with her lips pressed squarely against mine. My tongue searches for a way in again and she moans as her lips part and the kisses come hard and fast.

“James…” She sighs in the seconds that I’ve pulled away to kiss the corner of her mouth, her jaw, her cheek.

“Yeah?” I murmur into the sexy hollow between her shoulder and neck, running my tongue along her collarbone, soliciting a shiver that spreads over her body. She doesn’t say anything but I can hear her breath quickening so I press the issue thinking it could be an admission of her actual feelings.

“Tell me babe, what is it?” My hands tighten round her back and I pull her as close to my body as I can take without launching myself at her again.

She pulls her bottom lip between her teeth and hesitates before speaking.

“I think we better get out there now before someone comes looking for us again. I’m being a terrible host.”

I burst out laughing, “I thought you were gonna tell me how great I was, babe. I wasn’t expecting that!”

She elbows me in the side, “Don’t be an ass.”

I grin down at her and place one last kiss on her lips, making sure I savour the feeling so I can get through the rest of the evening.

“Let’s go then princess. Your public awaits.”

I open the door and gesture for her to walk through. She smiles as she brushes past me and her body turns to me, hand catching mine, and she stands on her tiptoes to kiss my cheek. It’s a simple gesture and if I was a girl I would be swooning right about now. But I’m a man, and I’m grinning like a fool. My hand reaches out to stroke her cheek, just enjoying the contact and feeling her warm soft skin under my fingers. “Babe, I’m so proud of you. Of what you’ve achieved. And what you’re going to achieve in the future. You know your dad would be too, right?”

Her sharp intake of breath and the tears gathering in her eyes make me wonder whether I’ve said the wrong thing. I’m about to apologise but the smile comes back as quickly as it left.

“Thank you,” she whispers and I nod and kiss her forehead before wiping the tears away and throwing my arm round her shoulder. As we walk through the corridor the sound of the music and people laughing and chatting gets louder signalling we are nearly back to reality. I don’t know what this means for us, but we will definitely have to talk. Now is not the time though, tonight is all about Laurel, and her dream.

“Let me know when you’re ready to leave. I’ll drive and we can talk.”

“Okay…”

“There you are, it’s about time. I thought I was going to have to break down the door to stop you from working.” Cassie rushes to Laurel’s side and her head whips towards me as she realises she has interrupted us talking, “Oh. Hey James. Blake’s been looking for you, he thought you’d left.”

“No, I’ve just been talking to Laurel about her investment. Anyway I’ll leave you ladies to it now and go find him. I’m guessing he’s by the buffet?” She smiles and nods at me before turning back to Laurel and lowers her voice as I walk away, even though I’m desperate to know what they’re saying about me. I whistle as I walk through the door to the showroom, thinking tonight is going to be a great night, but my body freezes and tightens as my gaze locks on to a pair of eyes I did not want to see tonight. Alex. What the fuck is she doing here?

Laurel

“My lips are sealed.” I shake my head and try to keep the smile off my face but Cassie is persistent.

“Oh my God, you did it, didn’t you? You weren’t making phone calls, you were doing it on your desk?” Her voice is so high-pitched it feels like everyone will have heard it.

“Shh, will you keep your voice down,” I giggle. “I’m not saying anything, apart from...holy crap that boy is good!”

I bite my lip remembering the feel of him inside me. I don’t normally blush but I know my cheeks are the same colour as my dress at the moment.

“Stop picturing him naked, you’re like a beetroot right now.” She nudges me and I laugh with her, “Sorry. He’s just…”

She holds up her hand, “I can imagine. The boys went out last week and he stayed over at Blake’s. You can tell he’s used to living on his own because he did not lock the bathroom door and I definitely saw more than I should have.” She wiggles her eyebrows and I can’t help but laugh at the thought of her bursting in on him. “You have to swear that will not come out though, Blake would kill him if he knew that.”

“I’ll keep your dirty little secret if you keep mine?”

“You have a deal, sister!”

I grab her hand and make my way over to the front of the store where Alex has just walked in and helped herself to a drink from the waiters. Heads have turned, both women and men are looking at her as though she’s a rare and exotic bird they’re seeing for the first time. I have to admit she looks stunning though with her curls pulled back in a loose ponytail and a navy cocktail dress that shows off her slim figure. She turns to face me and there’s a flicker of something in her eyes which I can’t make out, but it’s gone before I have the chance to really think about.

“Darling, it’s so good to see you again. How’s business?” Her free arm comes out to mine as she air kisses both cheeks and holds her champagne glass out to the side with the other.

“Amazing actually. I’m so busy I’m going to have to take on an extra few staff to handle the workload. At the moment I’m having to turn people away though because I haven’t got the room to accommodate them.”

“Right well we definitely need to rectify that ASAP. And I’ve been talking to a few venues about some more advertising so we’ll discuss those at our next meeting.”

Wow, I didn’t expect so much help from her, and I’m in awe of the effort she’s putting in. She made it seem like she was just going to be investing money, not time.

“Darling you can close your mouth until we get the all clear from Belvoir Castle about advertising.” She smiles and winks and my gasp says it all.

“They’re…Belvoir Castle?” I’ve been there a few times for weddings over the years and it’s the venue of my dreams. It’s the ancestral home of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland and is the most beautiful and magical setting for a wedding I could imagine.

“Yes, any day now.”

I shake my head in disbelief and I know Cassie gets how special this would be because I can feel her arms around me. Alex’s deep laugh echoes through me and she knocks back her champagne before replacing her empty glass for a full one from the passing waiter.

“I’m going to mingle, I’ll see you shortly.”

The party starts winding down after a while and one of my sales assistants, Sarah, tells me she will close down the store so after I’ve done the rounds and said goodbye there isn’t anything left for me to do but find James and get our talk out the way. I’m scared he’s going to change his mind about what’s finally happening between us. I scan the room and find him talking to Alex by the bar.

James

I know people are going to sense something’s wrong if I keep this mood up but I can’t shake it. Not until I speak to Alex and find out what the hell she’s playing at. She’s by the bar helping herself to a drink and Laurel’s on the other side of the room so I see the opportunity and take it.