Page 12 of Anathema
“Ugh, whatever. Just give me my laptop, and I’ll be out of your way.” I ordered, gesturing my hand out as if my laptop would fit in my tiny palm.
I’d puff up my chest if it wouldn’t cause my breasts to push out and turn him on at the same time. The last thing I was here to do was get him all horned up over me.No thanks.
Why was my mind so far in the gutter today?I seriously needed to get myshit together.
“By all means, come and get it. I’m not going to stop you.” He smirked, stepping back into his room and gesturing me inside.
I didn’t move from where I stood. I wasn’t ignorant; I knew what he was trying to do. The man was predictable; in a sense, all men were. Luring their victims into small enclosed spaces with only one exit, blocked by their hard bodies.
My eyes inadvertently dropped to his jeans.Hard… he was so hard…Knock it the fuck off.
I don’t sleep with my enemy—unlike some women I know, but fuck if it wasn’t the most tempting thing right now.
“Why don’t you act the gentleman you aren’t and just bring it to me instead.” A sweet smile graced my lips, and I moved to lean back against one of the cubicle panels behind me.
I could wait all evening and night for him to come to me. Better yet, if he just left right now, he would be doing us both a favor.
“I love it when you play games with me, Lex. Don’t ever forget that. The harder you fight me… well… I’ll assume you know where I’m going with this. Now, get over here because if I have to come to you, you won’t be walking out of here tonight.”
I huffed, trying to hold back my smile.Was that a threat?
Derek licked his lips with a charming smirk, and I narrowed my eyes at him in silent challenge.
“Fucking try me, pretty boy. I don’t have the patience for your empty threats and crap flirting techniques today. Give me my laptop andleave me the fuck alone.” I spat my words with enough venom that even I felt their sting.
I meant what I said, didn’t I? I do want him to leave me alone… right? Fuck sake Alexis you and your indecisiveness.
Complicated didn’t even scratch the bare surface of my feelings towards Derek. Yes, he was hot and had my body burning with desire for him. But once I met with Anathema and agreed to their offer, we would never work—we couldn’t. Enemies through and through. Our careers would prevent us from even getting remotely close to one another. There would be no room for any kind of relationship with him—or anyone, for that matter.
I had been so caught up in my rambling thoughts that I didn’t even notice Derek had started making his way towards me. He was only a few short strides away before my eyes met his, and he stepped into me, pressing my body firmly against the wall.
My breath caught as his scent wrapped around me, and my cunt tightened with intense need.
“Derek, enough with this shit.” I barked, pushing my hands against his chest, fighting to put space between us. I couldn’t breathe. He was suffocating, all-consuming.
Derek gripped my wrists and pinned them up on either side of my head. I hated when he disarmed me like this, making me feel weak and helpless. I growled at him like the feral animal I was.
“Why don’t you stop lying to yourself and give in to me for once? I know you want me just as badly as I want you… I can make you feel sofuckinggood, Lex.” His lips grazed the shell of my ear. “I won’t stop until you are mine, so you can either give me what I want or continue to fight me, but this… this isn’t going away anytime soon, pretty viper.” He murmured, pressing his hips into mine.
I could feel his rock-hard length growing through his jeans, and if that motion alone didn’t just set me on fire… I was ready to burst into flames.
He was right; I was lying to myself, but that’s what I always did—call it self-sabotage. I knew he wasn’t good for me, and I wasn’t good for him. We were oil and vinegar. But that didn’t mean that a small toxic part of me didn’t want to claim him for herself.
“I’ll give in to you when you finally realize that you can’t get what you want when it comes to me, Derek. I decide who owns me, and right now, it’s not you. Now get the fuck off me before I make you.” I growled with a low hiss.
If he was going to call me a viper, I would act like one, and my venom was deadly.
Consider this practice for my new career path. I won’t let men like him walk all over me, not anymore.
I’m the badass, and I fucking own it.
I could see Derek’s jaw tick out of the corner of my eye. He was fuming, but he knew he lost this round with me. I may have given him what he wanted in that back alley, that smug satisfaction of getting me off, but I wasn’t going to give him any more pieces of me.
Not until I was ready—if I ever would be.
He pushed off the wall and took a step back.Good.
I glared at him as I headed towards his office, removing my laptop from his desk and staring at him from the doorway.
