Page 77 of My Lord
“God, I hate jet lag. I feel awful, and we’ve only been away a couple of days.”
I didn’t recall suffering so much before but on occasions past, I’d spend a week away, so I guess I was able to adjust over a slower time frame. This time around we had landed and then spent two days running without stopping.
“I have to head on home in a minute. I’ve left you coffee,” she said.
I sighed. “Wait, let me at least drive you.”
“My driver is on his way.” She turned in my arms and smiled. “I’ll be back later, of course, so keep that erection saved for me, won’t you?”
My cock pressed into her stomach. “I might not be able to wait all that time,” I said, teasing.
She patted my cheek. “Then you better pleasure yourself now so you’re ready for me in a couple of hours.” She smirked as she walked away.
I laughed and shook my head. She was something, for sure. I showered and dressed, and then headed into the office.
“Alex, can you spare me a minute?” Mackenzie said when I answered the phone.
“Sure. I’ll come on up.”
“I’ll come down, I think I need some air,” he said. I frowned as I replaced the handset.
He was in my office in a couple of minutes. “Want to go get a coffee?” I asked. He nodded. As we left the building I asked, “Are you okay?”
“I’m not sure.”
We crossed the road to a small coffee shop, one that Mackenzie owned, and grabbed two take-out Americanos. We found a bench and sat silently for a moment or two just sipping on the piping hot, but delicious drinks.
“This is going to sound odd, but I look at you and Gabriella and I want that for myself. I want aproperrelationship but I’m not sure I’m capable.”
“Okay?” I replied, a little confused by his confession.
He must have caught my expression as he explained further, “Sometimes, I think I’m too like my father. It’s all work and I love it, and I resent any time I’m taken away from the business. On the other hand, I’m bored by a lot of what I do. I’m forty soon and the urge to settle down is tugging at me.
“It just sounds to me, Mackenzie, that you’re in a rut. Perhaps you need a new challenge, we’ve said this before.”
He nodded and then laughed. “Look at us, two grown men, adults, who should know fucking better than this.” He shook his head.
“Slow down a little. Take some time to really understand what you want from life right now. That would be my advice.” I wasn’t sure it was the best advice, but it was all I had on offer. “Which is what I think Gabriella is doing,” I added.
“She hasn’t said anything to me,” he replied.
“It’s just a feeling. One minute she’s all over this living together, the next, coolness and no discussion.”
“Were we like this as teenagers? Or young adults?” he asked, and then laughed.
“I honestly don’t think so. But then, were we ever really this serious about life back then? I feel, Mackenzie, we are late bloomers, as my mother would say.” I smiled as I spoke.
Both Mackenzie and I had spent the best part of our younger adult lives working all the hours. Of course, we’d dated, fucked, and he had married, but we’d never really settled down.
“There’s one other thing, Alex. This might be a lot to ask considering, but would you consider taking over my US businesses for a while? I know while we were there you said you’d swap but I wasn’t sure how serious you were. I don’t want to keep flying back and forth for the moment and I know you and Gabriella together would make an amazing team.”
I paused for a moment. A little in shock. “Oh, I wasn’t expecting that. I’m not sure. I mean, I’d jump at the chance, but would Gabriella? Would we put her in a position where she has to choose between us?” I asked.
“She’d choose you over me any day,” he said, a frown of confusion crossed his forehead.
“I’m not so sure,” I replied.
“Can we at least talk about this another time? I don’t want you to dismiss this out of hand. Once the consolidation is done, we can bring everything back in-house here,” he said.
