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Nina nodded. “Yeah, that sounds right. But how do you know the difference between a date and just grabbing a bite to eat together? That’s what I want to know. Would our boss see Ashton and me eating together as a date? I mean, I see now that it would’ve been fine and that I was being overly cautious. But now that I’ve told Ashton no, he may never feel comfortable enough to ask me again, and I kind of hatethat.”
“Well, how about you casually invite him to grab a bite sometime?” I piped up. “That should let him know that you’re fine with being friends who occasionally eat meals together. I don’t see what would be wrong withthat.”
She looked at her wineglass with drooping eyes. “And if he says no, then what? Like what if he goes to the boss and tells him I asked him out or something likethat?”
Duke was quick to say, “Ashton would never do a thing like that. Not over a simple meal. Now, what Gretchen did, that was lewd, and he didn’t even turn her in. Neither did I, even. Artimus saw what she was doing to both of us, and after talking to Artimus about it, we realized we should’ve gone to him and told him. He understood that we just felt it wasn’t the manly thing to do. The woman couldn’t actually hurt us or make us a do anything we didn’t want to, so why bother turning herin?”
The hairs on the back of my neck stood up, and I grew angry all over again about that woman. “I’ll tell you why. Because she shouldn’t be able to get away with something a man can’t. Just because she’s a woman doesn’t give her carte blanche to say anything she wants to a man. So what if she didn’t hold anything over your head when you turned her down. You have no idea if she would’ve stooped to blackmailing you both if you didn’t give her what she wanted. She could’ve told you guys that she’d turn you both in for sexual misconduct and then what would you have done? Given into her? Or reportedher?”
Duke shook his head. “Well, I definitely wouldn’t have given into her—not in a million years. If she’d pulled a card like that, I definitely would’ve reported her. And I’m sure Ashton would havetoo.”
“I’m glad it didn’t get that far,” Nina commented. “And I’m like you guys. If a guy was just coming on to me, I don’t think I’d run and tattle on him. If he were lewd though, as you say Gretchen was, then I would’ve reported him. It would just be easier if everyone could just keep it in their pants and stop harassing each, but I guess it isn’t going to be a quickfix.”
Duke stood up after drinking the last bit of his Scotch. “No, it’s not. We all have things to learn. I dropped the ball when it came to stopping someone from making unwelcomed advances, and I won’t do it again, I can tell you that much. I hope no woman I know lets unwelcomed advances go unreported. And with that, I’ll leave you ladies to your visit. I’ll see you both tomorrow at work. Have a greatevening.”
I didn’t know what to say. I wanted him to stay. Or I wanted to go with him. I’d had big plans for us tonight, and now I would be spending it all alone. What adisappointment.
Chapter Twenty-Four
Duke
I waited an hour before I texted Lila, telling her to give me a call when she could. She called me right away. “Youleft!”
“Hello, Lila,” I said with a laugh. “I thought that was what you wanted me to do. And I felt like you two needed time totalk.”
“That was nice of you.” She sighed. “She left about a half hour ago, and I’ve been moping around ever since. I had big plans for you. Our car ride to work this morning was very …inspirational.”
“And that’s why I’m currently waiting at the curb by the bed and breakfast. Pack a bag, baby. You’re coming home with metonight.”
She squealed with delight, and I loved the sound. “I’ll be rightdown!”
I ended the call and waited for her to come join me in the cab. Rolling down the window, I waved at her when she came out, then scooted over so she could get in. It all felt rathercovert.
She kissed me right away, the wine still on her tongue. “Yum.”
Her eyes were bright and shining as she looked at me. “You tasted the wine,huh?”
“Yep. And I can’t wait to taste every last inch of you, my dear.” I licked up one side of her neck. She still had the braid in, and I tugged atit.
Her hands gripped my biceps as she looked at me with pure lust. “Oh, tonight’s going to be good. I cantell.”
We pawed at each other the entire ride to my place, and barely got inside my door before removing all our clothes. She tossed her bag on the floor, and I pushed her to her knees right there on the living roomfloor.
Giving her ass a good smack, I moved around behind her, biting her sweet ass before kissing it and running my hand around to play with her clit, which was already swollen witharousal.
She moaned with pleasure. “God, you’re going to destroy me, aren’tyou?”
“Destroy, no. Reinvent, yes.” I grabbed her by the waist and thrust my aching cock into her, moving at a slow speed that had her mewling in seconds, begging me to gofaster.
Sweet little Lila was a full-on slut in my hands. She’d do anything I wanted. But she’d only do it for me, and that made me one hell of a happyman.
Her body began to tense, on the cusp of orgasm, so when I pulled my cock out of her, she leveled me with a frustrated look. “What’re youdoing?”
“You’ll see.” I pulled her up and led her to the sofa. “I want you to suck me off, but stop before I come. I read something today and want to give it ashot.”
“Care to share that information?” she asked as she followedme.
“Nope.” There was no way I was going to try to explain what I was about to do to her. She’d see it as torture, I was sure, and would protest. But I was confident she’d be thanking me in theend.
