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Oh my gosh. I love this man.
I crossed the room on tiptoe, slid his glasses off, and set them gently on the coffee table. Then I draped a blanket over them both.
“Love you,” I mouthed, only daring to say it once I was sure he couldn’t hear.
Luc crawled in my bed an hour later, smelling of toothpaste. He pulled me into his arms and buried his face in my neck. “Goodnight, Roe. Sorry I fell asleep.”
“Goodnight, Comte. Sleep well,” I whispered as I snuggled back into his body. It did not take long for sleep to pull me under.
Chapter 14
Luc
After one of the best weekends of my life, walking back into the office with Dawn on Monday almost felt surreal. The world outside seemed sharper but also somehow lighter. We headed to Froth & Flurry together. Both of us needed caffeine more than air.
We waited for the lift on the fourth floor with our drinks in hand, when Carson’s voice thundered down the hall.
“Mr Atkins! Ms Kent!” He strode up, grinning as if he’d just won the lottery, and clapped a hand on my shoulder hard enough to rattle my teeth. “My husband told me what you two did this weekend!”
We played house, fucked like animals, and doted on our new pet?
I shot Dawn a quick look. She looked as stunned as I felt.
Carson barreled on, oblivious. “Perky’s been beside himself about the shelter. When he told me you two stepped up, I said, ‘Perky, this is the heart of our company culture. Kent and Atkins lead by example.’” Carson just kept going, all beaming pride, and I just stood there and tried not to laugh. “I’ve asked Ms Hendry to put together a team-building event at the shelter, and I’ll make sure everyone knows it was you two who put me up to it. Well done, Ms Kent. Good man, Atkins.” With another paternal nod, he swept off to his office, leaving us gaping at his retreating back.
I looked at Dawn, almost choking on my laugh. “Did you hear that?”
She blinked. “A team-building event in our honour?” Her voice was faint, stunned.
I couldn’t help it. I burst out laughing. We grabbed our coffees and ducked into the lift. Once the doors slid shut, we just lost it, shaking with laughter until I had to set my coffee down so I wouldn’t spill it.
“This is the best thing I’ve ever heard,” I managed, wiping tears from my eyes. I reached for her, pressing a kiss to her cheek, then her lips, greedy for the taste of her again.
She smiled against my mouth. “Great job, Comte.”
“And you, sweet Roe,” I murmured, pulling her close. “God, I missed you here last week.”
“I missed you too.” She threaded her fingers through mine. Her touch grounded me in a way nothing else could or ever had.
When I saw that Desmond wasn’t in yet, I pulled her with me. I couldn’t wait another minute. I needed her. The tension crackled between us all the way down the hall. Then we slipped into the server room.
She braced herself on the metal doors, her back arched for me. I took her from behind. Dawn’s breath hitched as I filled her with almost all of me. No knotting even though my animal begged me to do it anyway, but having to stay locked together while we were at risk of being caught was a terrible idea. It was fast and rough, which was exactly what we both needed. I worked her clit and teased her nipple to get her to come for me.
“Give me all of you, Luc! I need you deeper,” she gasped and pulled my arm tighter around her to draw me in even more. My knot slipped into her cunt and my mouth latched onto her damp skin as I desperately tried to keep quiet. She felt so fucking good around me.
“Holy shit, Roe!” I whimpered into her neck as my release hit me like a freight train and my knot swelled inside her as her muscles clamped down. Knotting her in the server room was a bad idea but my one-track mind caught on too late. I came inside her. Dawn’s body shook, and I slid my arms around her to keep her steady as we sagged together against the cold metal.
“I’ll never work from home again,” I gasped. “Unless we build a server room in the cellar.”
She huffed out a laugh. “You’d love that, wouldn’t you? But it wouldn’t be the same. The thrill of getting caught makes it hotter.”
“My little exhibitionist.” I pressed a kiss to her cheek. “You’re right. I’d have you in there every damn day if I could.” When I pulled out fifteen minutes later, a mixture of cum and her arousal seeped down her thighs.
Goddess!
She spun around and dropped to her knees right there, dark eyes wild and hungry. “What are you doing?” I was half scandalised, half desperate again already. We hadn’t had a lot of oral sex yet; my instincts usually wanted to knot her to me. But the way she grabbed my still stiff and messy cock and slid me into her mouth made my knees nearly give way.
“Moon Goddess, you look so fucking pretty,” I moaned, watching her hollow her cheeks, her hands stroking my knot with greed. The sight of her small hands wrapped around me and her glistening lips alone nearly did me in, but the feeling of her tongue working me and the wet heat of her mouth and the little gag she made when I bumped the back of her throat made my head spin.
