Page 32 of Mailroom Delight
“Dios mios. Lord girl. We have to fix that.”
“No, I…” I looked away and fixed my gaze on the stacks of shelves with the different compartments for the mail.
Bernice reached across the table and took hold of my hands. “Paige, don’t. Don’t do this to yourself. It’s not good. Why don’t you try living a little? It could be fun. I know you haven’t had fun in a while. That much I know because you’re always here.”
I was listening. This was what I needed to hear.
“I need time.”
“Okay, so you’re going to allow the gorgeous man to get away from you?” She laughed.
“He’s really arrogant and cocky, and definitely not my type.”
Bernice only laughed. “Okay. Let’s see how this one plays out.”
“Can I work down here today?”
“Sure. But, I think he knows the way to the mailroom.”
“He won’t look down here for me.” I didn’t think he would even look for me. Men like him just moved on to the next catch.
Just in case though I thought it was best to be somewhere I could work in peace without having him loom into my office or go there to find him waiting for me.
I was wrong.
He found me.
I was busy looking through my emails when I saw him descend from the top of the stairs and lock eyes on me.
Bernice had gone out to get some snacks we could munch on for the day. Frank and the other two assistants had gone to do their rounds upstairs for the internal mail. That left me by myself.
Jason smiled when he saw me. “The mailroom is the next best place to find you.” He said when he got to the bottom of the stairs.
“Can I help you with something?” I was trying to regain some of my former guts.
“Yes, you most definitely can.” He walked up to me and stopped a few inches away. The smile that captivated me filled his face and made his eyes sparkle.
He lowered and crouched next to me then took hold of my hand and kissed it.
“We clicked last night.” As always, he was getting straight to the point.
“Maybe.”
“I like you.” His eyes held mine as he said that.
“I can’t do anything with you, and not here.” His presence, and closeness was making me lose my sense of control. And, him holding my hand didn’t help.
“Doesn’t have to be here baby.” Seduction called to me and flickered in the depths of his eyes.
When he tugged on my hand and pulled me up I went willingly.
My emotions awakened again, and even when my brain screamed to think about what I was doing I wouldn’t listen. Didn’t want to.
Like a puppet I followed him to the storage room.
Jason closed the door and in that moment the part of me that craved what he gave me last night overshadowed my fears.
I moved to him when he covered my lips hungrily. Kissing him last night had unlocked something inside me that needed to feel like this.
