Page 6 of On Your Knees

He moves swiftly, facing me in a split second, then sweeps my legs out from under me. In turn, I fall on my ass and smirk up at him as he unbuckles his belt.

We don’t fuck as much as we did as horny teenagers trapped under the same roof. It started one night after a party, when I drunkenly kissed him, and he told me the only place I could put my lips was his cock. He was probably trying to scare me away, but at the time, he didn’t know I was bisexual. I barely knew myself. Turns out I don’t discriminate who I fuck. Ridge, however, is more conservative in his selections. The asshole doesn’t believe in love; everything is a transaction to him. You would think with that mentalitythat he had a shitty upbringing, but no, his parents love him and even their divorce was amicable—they just didn’t love each other. Shit, after my mother did a number on his father, they still allowed me to live in their house and Harrison treated me like a son. He still does.

But Ridge has some notion in his head that falling in love will derail his career.

He is just about to undo his fly when his assistant’s voice filters through the intercom. “Mr. Ellington, Genevieve Lancaster is here to see you.”

I huff and push myself to my feet and Ridge redoes his belt as he walks toward his office phone.

“Let her in.”

I whine at the thought of her.

“Don’t start with me,” Ridge snaps.

“She’s the devil dressed in really expensive clothes.”

Ridge shakes his head. “She’s been our friend since we were kids. She really isn’t that bad.”

“Mark my words, that woman is going to drug you and take what she wants to get what she wants.”

“And what is that?” he snaps.

“Your spawn, so she can trap you.”

“Is that right? You Aussie brat,” Genevieve purrs as she struts into Ridge’s office. “I will have you know I don’t need to trap anyone. I’m beautiful, rich, and have a lot to offer.”

“Enjoy being woven into her web. I’m off to watch our new houseguest.”

I turn and walk toward the door, giving Genevieve awide berth—even her perfume could trap a man, luring them in to their unexpecting death.

“It’s illegal, you know,” Ridge throws at me.

“Is not, she is in our house. Plus, I plan to make this fun. You remember what fun is, don’t you?”

I don’t wait for his reply. Instead, as I leave his office, I wink at his receptionist, Carmen; she is adorable, and we may have hooked up once. When I told Aspen I don’t shit where I eat, I meant onmyfloor of Ridgeland Global Enterprises. Ridge’s floor is fair game. Mainly because it annoys him when I screw his staff, but even more when I take them upstairs to the top floor and into his penthouse apartment. I never stay there; I only stop to fuck. It’s a quick commute from the office and I won’t have anyone turn up on my doorstep afterward.

I take the elevator down one floor and as the doors open, my grin widens. My office is way more fun than Ridge’s. My staff have a fun work environment, and I watch as my assistant Eliott flies past me on a hoverboard and circles back.

“Morning, boss man. I left all of your messages on your desk, though I got a call earlier from your mother?—”

I hold up my hand, interrupting him. “And what did she want?”

He smirks at me. “Money, of course. I told her you were out of the country, and I didn’t know when you were due back.”

“Good man.”

“There’s also a reporter sniffing around with accusations that there was a minor on your app.”

Isnort at that. There is no way. Ridge and I—well, mainly Ridge, who is a computer genius—make sure that everyone who signs up provides identification. Then we run it through a program designed by Ridge to make sure it’s not fake. All our content is scanned before it’s uploaded to make sure it does not have anyone in it who hasn’t provided their identification. All our content providers and all our subscribers are twenty-one or older.

“Divert any of their calls to our legal department.”

“Already did,” he says, circling me again.

“I think you deserve a raise—you leave me no work to do.”

“Nah, but I wouldn’t say no to a date,” he says with a flirty wink.

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