Page 80 of Tactically Acquired

“Right,” he snorted. “So, if I chose Audrey’s room, you’d just let me walk in there and share her bed?”

“Yeah,” I answered, ignoring the way my stomach tightened.

“Take the fucking bed, Slider. I’m not sleeping with a dude, and there’s no way in hell I’m sleeping in the same room as another woman. Bree would castrate me.”

I wasn’t sleeping with a man either, but Audrey…fuck, how the hell was I going to survive another night in her bed?

“Look, you’re just sleeping. You already gave her pills, right?” he asked.

I nodded. “Yeah, that’s right.”

“She’s knocked out. She can’t grope you in your sleep. She can’t climb all over you and suck your dick. So, go in there, build a wall, and get some fucking sleep.”

“And in the morning?”

He shrugged. “Get the hell out of there before she wakes up.”

That seemed reasonable. “Yeah, I can do that.”

“Of course you can.”

He was cheering me on. Actually fucking encouraging me like I was a teenager that needed to be built up in order to do a simple fucking thing. It was pathetic. I puffed up my chest and decided to man up. I had this. I could control my fucking libido for one fucking night. It wasn’t like I couldn’t contain my dick.

“What are you waiting for?” he asked.

Right. I had to actually leave. I gave a half-hearted wave goodnight—to which he rolled his fucking eyes at me—and headed down the hall to the bedroom. I stood outside the bedroom door for a good three minutes, trying to talk myself into walking inside. This was nothing I couldn’t handle. I was the master of my domain. I could handle a single night in bed with her. Besides, I hardly knew her. It wasn’t like I slept with women I didn’t know.

I mean, not all the time.

I shoved the door open, holding my breath the whole time, but when I entered, I realized how fucking pathetic I was. Audrey was asleep in bed, and I was terrified for no reason at all. I shook my head and closed the door, then grabbed my shit for the bathroom. I ignored the woman in bed, pretending she wasn’t even there.

After showering and brushing my teeth, I headed back into the room and dropped my towel, pulling on a pair of boxers. I contemplated putting on some pants, but I never slept in anything unless I absolutely had to. Hell, I was only wearing underwear because she was in bed with me. Besides, I was going to put a barrier between us.

Decision made, I grabbed some pillows, including the one I would have used, and built Fort Knox between us, making sure I couldn’t even fucking see her when I laid down. I had less space, but when my head hit the mattress, I was confident that the divide would keep both of us contained on our own sides.

I closed my eyes and settled in for the night, but now that I was sure nothing would happen, I couldn’t shut my mind off. I kept thinking about how she was just on the other side of my pillow fort. Her nice, tight body laying over there…smooth skin that I had my hands on just hours ago. I knew what her breastsfelt like in my palm. I felt her nipples pebble from my touch and heard her sharp intake of breath when she was turned on.

I groaned when my dick twitched at the thought. There was no way I was going to be able to fall asleep like this. I needed to take the edge off. And she was asleep…But it was wrong to think of her. She was a client, after all.

I snatched my phone off the nightstand and pulled up a site I used when I didn’t have anyone in my bed. Yeah, some people found porn disgusting, but hell, if you found the right stuff, it could be sexy as hell. I scrolled through the videos until I found one that looked promising.

Before clicking on the video, I peeked over the pillows one more time to make sure Audrey was out, then dragged my boxers down my hips and fisted my cock. Fuck, relief poured through me instantly. I closed my eyes and started stroking myself, building up the pleasure as I took a moment to imagine I was back at home in my own bed. Once I had that in mind, it was easier to get in the mood.

I hit play, watching as a man walked up behind a naked woman and ran his hands over her body, cupping her breasts before sliding one hand up to her throat. His hand squeezed tight and her mouth fell open on a silent scream.

My hand jerked my cock as I watched his other hand move south, slipping into her pussy and fingering her. Fuck, I could almost feel that wet warmth wrapped around my dick right now. God, what I wouldn’t give to have a woman’s cream coating my fingers right now.

My eyes involuntarily slid over to Audrey, but I jerked them away instantly. Fuck, I couldn’t think about her. I shook the thoughts of her from my mind and focused on the video. The man bent her over the couch and lined up behind her, sliding into her in one long thrust. As he gripped her waist, his hipssnapped against her over and over, pummeling her as she screamed while clutching the couch.

My hand moved faster as I closed my eyes and imagined it. “Fuck, that’s it,” I groaned. The woman in front of me was screaming my name, calling out to me and begging me to fuck her harder. Then she glanced over her shoulder and—fuck, it was Audrey.

The phone slipped in my hand and I snatched it before it could fall to the ground, but in my haste, I hit a button and the volume turned on. Moans blasted through the room, along with the sound of skin slapping against skin. With my dick in one hand, I tried in desperation to turn the damn thing off, but the video wouldn’t stop.

“Are you watching porn?”

I jerked at the sound of her voice, still holding my dick and the phone. Fuck, this was bad. Her eyes slid from my phone to my hand, and I could see the desire on her face. Fuck, this was bad.

“This is not what it looks like,” I said stupidly.

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