Page 44 of Vows In Corruption

The second our lips touch, is as if everything in my mind clears and the fact that he paid for Charlie’s school no longer matters.

His lips are soft against mine and that is all that matters. And that is all I can think about until a hand lands against my waist and I swear I can feel his touch burn me through my clothing.

That should have been my sign to pull away, but I don’t come to my senses and realize what I’m doing until one of us makes a sound. Who? I don’t know because I start to spiral.

I’m kissing Bennett, my boss. Right away I pull away and put as much distance between us as I possibly can.

“Omigod. I’m so sorry.” I let out as soon as there is a good five feet between us.

Why the hell was I thinking?

You were thanking him for his generosity.

I could have used my damn words!

My eyes meet Bennett’s and for a second I forget how to speak. His eyes are slightly wide, and from the looks of it, he is just as stunned by my actions as I am, but there is something else rolling through his blue green eyes that I can’t pinpoint.

Is it anger?

Is it lust?

A combination of the two? I don’t know but right now, with all the embarrassment flowing through my body I don’t want to find out.

“I’m so sorry.” I repeat because that seems like the only thing I can say right now.

Bennett shakes his head, but I don’t know if he is doing it at me and the situation or to possibly clear his head.

“It okay.”

“It’s not okay. I just kissed you. I kissed my boss at our place of work.”

I feel like I’m having an out of body expericane.

Why did I do something so damn stupid?

Oh my god. I’m going to get fired.

Kissing your boss is a fireable offense, ins’t? I should have read my employee manual more throughly.

“Ella, it’s fine.”

My heart beats so damn loudly that I’m sure Bennett can hear from where he stands.

“Please don’t fire me.” The words escape without me even thinking about it, but I guess my mind is spiraling so much by what I did, it’s trying to find ways to keep me at the best job I’ve ever had.

The looks of confusing crosses Bennett’s face.

“I’m not going to fire you.”

“But I kissed you.”

“I know and it’s fine. We can forget that it never happened and move on. It was just a simple mistake.”

Forget that it never happen.

Those words shouldn’t sting but for some reason they do. Even more when you add the words simple mistake. But Bennett is right. It was a simple mistake and we need to forget that it ever happen.

So I push my feelings down and give him a nod.

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