Take Me (Power Play #1) (6 page)

I fix him with a huge smile, shaking my head. “I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

* * * * *

I shut the door behind Declan and take a few deep breaths, steadying myself. When I turn back around, I can't help but feel overwhelmed, and overjoyed, by everything going on in my life.

The office is absolutely gorgeous. But more importantly, it's all mine. I'm finally getting on with my life, finally doing what I've been wanting to do for the last four years. I'm overwhelmed by so much emotion that I can feel heat rushing to my cheeks. It's like my dreams are coming true so fast that I don't know how to keep up with them.

I spend the next few hours getting settled into my new space. I admire the plants that Declan has had brought in, and a skinny brunette with short hair swings by to make sure I've got all of the office supplies I could possibly need. Lilith says that it's good to have me around, that Declan hired her soon after he took control of the company and that he's had nothing but good things to say about both my father and me. I thank her for her kind words, feeling even more certain that life is finally where it's supposed to be. All of the years of hard work at Harvard are about to begin paying off.

Maybe one day I’ll actually deserve half of the things that have been handed to me on a silver platter.

It isn't long after Lilith leaves that my thoughts stray back to Isaac. My body quivers again when I think about him. Memories of the night before and of earlier that morning flash in my head. Thin beads of heat break out on my forehead as I lean back in my chair.

I can't help but wonder about how long it's been since I had been with a man. I'd had a few boyfriends at Harvard, but cut the last relationship off when he started getting too serious. That had been halfway through my junior year, and felt like a lifetime ago. I wasn't looking to settle down with anyone anytime soon. There were more important things that I needed to focus on.

But now that I'm out of school and living in the city, would it really be so bad if I started dating again? Nothing serious, of course. I still have a long list of things I'd like to accomplish. But Isaac had awoken something inside of me, something that I'd kept tucked away since I'd ended it with my last boyfriend so long ago. He'd reminded me that I'm a sexual creature, too. He'd touched me in such a way that let me know I wasn't going to be able to go long before I let myself get touched again.

My body aches at the thought of him touching me right there in my office. Before I realize it, I'm settling deeper into my chair and my legs are lolling outwards. My fingertips glide up my thigh, beneath my dress, until they find the steaming center of my panties. I'm already impossibly wet after thinking about Isaac so much. Even though I'll never see him again, my body craves him.

My fingers rub tiny circles around the nub of my clit. Shivers extend from my center down through my legs as I feel the tightness of an orgasm begin to take hold in my depths. My jaw tightens as I bite down, trying my hardest to stifle any noise from escaping my lips.

Images of Isaac hovering over me fill my head. His enormous cock haunts and teases me from a distance. It’s as though I can feel him burying himself inside of me.

Filling me.

Taking me.

Breaking me.

I’m on the brink of my orgasm when the worst possible thing I can imagine happens. I’m only seconds away from release, only seconds away from bliss, when there’s a strong knock at the door.

Declan ducks his head into the office. And his eyes lock straight onto me.

I jump to my feet, shuffling my hands along the length of my dress to straighten it out. Declan gives me a wide smile as he enters the office.

Did he see anything? Did he know what I was just doing on the other side of my desk? How could he not know? I was probably making a whole lot more noise than I even realized.

“Are you ready?” he asks.

My body is still trembling and Declan is now asking me vague questions. He’s probably toying with me because he knows what I was doing. That sounds exactly like something he would do just to have a little fun.

“Ready?” I ask, giving him a quizzical frown.

“The meeting?” His brow lifts, slightly. “Did you forget already?”

A soft breath of relief escapes me when I realize what he’s asking about. I’d completely lost track of time and forgotten about the meeting with the European distributor. But I couldn’t let Declan know that.

“No, of course not,” I say, too quickly.

“Well, then, let’s go.” He tilts his head toward the door and begins to leave.

“I need to use the ladies real quick,” I say. “I’ll meet you in there.”

Declan’s brow tightens as he studies me, then he gives me a tight nod.

“The meeting is in the conference room at the end of the hall. Be quick.”

I assure him that I will and let out a deep breath when he leaves me standing there alone. That was a close one. I need to get a hold of myself—what was I
thinking
doing something like that in the office? And on my first day, no less!

I race to the ladies room, still feeling the wet throbbing between my legs. My body still needs release, but there’s no time for it. I know it’s going to be a long afternoon if I’m unable to finish what I started, but it serves me right. I do my best to freshen up in the restroom, though there’s nothing I can do that is going to quell the soreness between my legs.

Nothing besides having Isaac again.

Stop it. I can’t think about him anymore. He’s the reason I got myself into this mess in the first place. Any thoughts I may have had about beginning a little romance now that I’m done with school are quickly pushed aside. It’s obvious that I can’t handle something like that just yet. If one night with a guy was enough to rattle me this much, then the best thing for me to do is forget about men completely. At least until I’m able to get myself more established, more comfortable with what will be expected of me at my new job.

But what a magical night it had been. I’d never felt more alive than when Isaac had first entered me. Every other sensation is dull by comparison.

Leaving the restroom I make a quick stop at the break room. I fill a tiny, paper cup from the water cooler and take a quick drink. The water is cold as it runs down my throat, and it instantly helps soothe my nerves. I take another drink, closing my eyes and letting the water sift around in my mouth before swallowing.

Then the hairs on the back of my neck prick up and tingle. I sense a heavy presence behind me before I even hear him speak. My eyes are still closed, but there’s no mistaking who it is. It’s as though I can feel him enter the room. I don’t even need him to announce himself.

“Hello, kitten.”

Isaac Drake.

I recognize his voice, immediately. As if that British accent could belong to anyone else. My eyes fly open as I whirl around to face him. He’s standing so close to me. His muscular, sexy body is nearly pressed into mine.

“What are you doing here?” I gasp, quickly looking around to make sure we’re alone.

The corners of his lips curl into a tiny smile as he watches me.

“I could ask you the same thing,” he says. He runs a finger along my chin, snapping my attention back to him. I swat his hand away and give one more glance around, breathing a sigh of relief when I see that no one is around.

“What am
I
doing here? I
work
here!”

“Ah, so this is the shit job you ditched me for?” His fiery, gray eyes never leave mine. “And here I was hoping that you just couldn’t get enough of me.” He gives a little scrunch of his nose as he says it, sending trembles through my center.

“It’s not a shit job,” I argue.

“Anything that steals you away from me is shitty.”

His language is foul and crude, but at least it’s him. The part about him I don’t recognize right then is the expensive, charcoal suit he’s wearing. I eye him up and down, once.

“Are you following me or something? I could call the police and have you arrested for harassment.”

What in the world is he doing here? Has my mind gone completely off the deep end? Have I lusted after him so much in the past few hours that I’ve conjured up some kind of illusion of him in the break room?

“You know, I haven’t stopped thinking about you since you hopped into that cab this morning.” He moves closer, pressing his body into mine. I can feel the bulge in his pants but can’t bring myself to move away. “If I’d known I wasn’t going to have to wait long to see you I would have been here sooner. I’ve spent the whole morning jerking off in my hotel room, thinking about our night together.”

His body shifts a little and I feel the enormity of his bulging cock rub along my stomach. My mouth dries as I gaze up into his eyes.

“How did you find me here?” I ask, dumbly, like he’s some knight in shining armor that’s come to satisfy every single one of my sexual cravings, like him being here isn’t one of the scariest and creepiest things that someone’s ever done to me.

His eyes sink down over the length of my body. Even more quivers run through me as I feel him drinking in every part of me.

“I need to have you again,” he says. “Right now. It can’t wait.”

“Are you insane? We can’t do that, this is my job.”

“I’ve got my own job for you.” He grabs my hand and places it on his crotch. The fabric of his trousers is soft as silk, and his heavy cock shifts and jerks beneath my touch. A deep groan rumbles from his chest as my fingers curl around him through his pants. Heat rushes to my center and I run my tongue along my dried lips.

The tenuous walls I’ve begun erecting come crashing down as the need to have Isaac’s cock nearly overwhelms me. Every ounce of me craves him, wants him to have his way with me. If something doesn’t stop us soon, I know I’m going to make possibly the biggest mistake of my life.

But something
does
happen.

“Here you are,” Lilith says, appearing in the entryway to the break room. I jerk my hand away from him as soon as I see her. Her hair is dark and cut short, and she’s wearing a pencil skirt with a tight blouse that outlines her sleek frame. Her eyes bounce between me and Isaac, though he doesn’t even seem to notice her arrival. “Oh, hello, Mr. Drake. Funny finding the two of you in the same place.” She gives us a nervous smile as confusion settles into my chest. She’s looking for
us
? As in
both
of us? “Mr. Cross asked me to let both of you know that the meeting is beginning presently.”

“Tell him we’ll be along soon enough,” Isaac says, never taking his eyes off of me. “Ms. Barnes here was just showing me to the loo.” The tone of his voice leaves no room for questions.

Lilith gives us a nervous smile. She mutters, “Of course, right away,” as she disappears from the break room.

I give Isaac a puzzled stare for a moment before everything falls into place.

He cocks a devious eyebrow and says, “Shall we?”

Thankfully the women’s bathroom is empty, because Isaac doesn’t even slow as he bursts into it. He locks the door behind us and before he can even turn to face me, questions are already flowing forth.

“You’re the European distributor?” I say, staring at him, wide-eyed.

His arms wrap around me, pulling me tight into his body as he presses his lips into mine. My heart races as our tongues dance tiny, wet circles around each other. Before I know it, his hands are pulling the bottom of my dress up and my hands are undoing his belt buckle. His enormous cock springs to life when his trousers fall to his ankles. I gape at it as though I didn’t have it inside of me all night.

“I see you’re as excited as I am,” he says.

His fingers slide their way along my wet folds. He lifts them to his mouth and sucks each of them, slowly. A satisfied groan rumbles through his chest. “I love the way you taste.”

My hand is still clutching his cock when I think better of what’s going on.

“We can’t do this here. Last night was supposed to be a one-time thing.”

“Your body disagrees.”

I sink back against the counter as his finger delves back under my dress.

“Last night you were just a hookup. You weren’t someone from work.”

“You’re always thinking about work.” He slides his finger even deeper into me—my breath hitches. “But that didn’t stop you this morning…,” he presses harder—deeper—and I let out a gasped moan, “…and it’s not going to stop you now.”

Damn him.

Despite all of the questions circling through my head, I can’t take it anymore. I need to have him inside of me. I need him to make me come so I can clear my head. It’s the only thing I’ve needed since I left him this morning. And the fact that he knows that is so infuriating.

“We have to make it fast,” I say, my voice frail.

The grin he gives me is so sexy it belongs on a billboard.

Isaac’s hands wrap around behind me as he lifts me onto the counter. His cock finds no resistance as it plunges its way deep into my soaking interior. I gasp as I feel the full extent of him fill me. My fingers claw at his muscular chest as he pumps himself deeper and deeper. A low growl rumbles from the depths of him as his fingers clamp down onto my hips, pulling me tighter against him.

“Shit, you have such a tight little cunt,” he growls.

Again, his language turns me on more than offending me. It’s like he can do no wrong. My body wants him for who he is, and is eager to accept anything from him.

I wrap my legs around him, pulling him into me. Every muscle in my body is tense as I sense the beginning of my orgasm. My core tightens around his cock as my head lilts back in ecstasy. This spurs Isaac on and he pumps me even harder, even faster. The seed of my bliss explodes into a rapturous blur that leaves me dazed and whimpering into his chest.

“Fuck,” he groans as he wilts against me.

A moment passes before I realize that I can feel him dripping out of me, before I realize that my orgasm was so intense and powerful that it drove him to climax at the same time.

We take a moment to catch our breaths before Isaac pulls himself out of me. Like before, he leaves an empty chasm inside of me. I can barely move as he grabs some paper towels and cleans himself off. When he finishes with himself, he grabs a few more and begins cleaning me off, too. His touch is soft and delicate, the exact opposite of how he just fucked me.