Page 36 of Devotion

I’m not allowed to attend them since they’re taking place in the president’s office, so my day is long and boring and lonely.

He comes back just after the evening meal has been delivered, and he’s visibly drained and exhausted.

He sits down at his desk like he’s going to get right back to work, but he doesn’t actually do anything but stare down in a tense daze.

I pour him a glass of water and set it in front of him. When he doesn’t move, I pick up his hand and wrap it around the glass.

He lifts it automatically and drinks half of it in several long swallows.

Pleased that he’s responded, I fix him a plate of meat, cheese, and bread and carry it over to him.

He stares down at it as if he doesn’t understand what it is.

“Eat it,” I tell him gently.

He’s really out of it. Without a word, he reaches over and takes a piece of sliced chicken, bringing it up to his mouth and taking a bite.

I watch as he eats. Anytime he drifts off into that daze, I tell him to keep eating. And he does.

When his plate is finished, I tell him to finish his drink. He gulps down the rest of it, and I carry the plate and glass back to the table.

He’s still sitting in that same exhausted trance. I move behind his chair so I can massage his shoulders.

His breathing slows and lengthens as I knead the tension out of his neck and shoulders. I keep going for longer than usual because he’s not objecting or hurrying me along.

It’s been almost fifteen minutes when he says gruffly, “Come around and suck me off now.”

My pulse jumps. My heart jumps. My cheeks warm, and my pussy gives an excited clench.

I was hoping to be able to give him a full release, but I wasn’t sure he was in the condition to do it this evening. I waste no time in lowering myself into position between his legs, undoing his trousers, and taking him in my mouth.

He’s not talkative today. He’s not simply stressed and tense the way he often is. He’s utterly exhausted. But he holds my head in that entitled way that thrills me as I work him with my mouth, tongue, and throat, and he moans uninhibitedly as he gets close.

He makes a choked sound as his cock starts to spasm in my mouth. It gets louder as his hips begin to jerk. I swallow him down as I always do now, and I don’t raise my head until his hands finally let me go.

“Thank you,” he says on a thick exhale. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

His eyes fall closed as I get him back into his clothes. He’s almost asleep.

Feeling tender and protective, I’m moving away quietly when he jerks himself back awake. “Oh wait, Jess.”

I turn back around.

He’s still groggy as he fumbles with his notebook, pulling a folded page out from the inner pocket. “I found a job for your dad.”

“What?” I’m shocked. I can’t even move.

“A job.” He frowns at me. “The information is here. He’ll need to start tomorrow morning, so if you think it looks good, we’ll have to send a messenger over to your family to let him know this evening.”

He’s holding out the paper toward me, so I take it. I blink at the name of the position, and then my eyes grow round at the number of credits it will earn weekly. “But… but…”

“I thought it sounded good for him,” Gabriel says, “since he can read and write in both languages. It’s twice what he’s earning now, so it should more than make up for your uncle’s earnings. Don’t you think it sounds okay?”

“Okay? It’s amazing! But… but it’s a desk job!”

“I know. I asked around, but there’s no laborer’s job that would pay enough for them to cover that rent. But if he’s as smart and literate as you are, he’ll be able to do this job without too much trouble.”

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