Kassie frowned as she walked through the building. Her footsteps echoed on the concrete floor, the sound bouncing off the partly built walls as though mocking her and her frustration.

Her father had finally allowed her to be in charge of the new office build, and so far it had been one disaster after another. The building suppliers had sent the wrong materials first, and she’d had a fight on her hands getting them to admit their mistake and send the right stuff. Then the on-site foreman had fallen off a ladder and broken his leg, and Kassie had had to find someone else to take his place.

She looked around her once more. It didn’t look as though the new guy had actually got much accomplished either. There were tools scattered everywhere, but no sign of any men actually working. So much for the guy being the best in the business, she thought to herself as she walked towards the scaffolding at the back of the cavernous office building. Shawn had been recommended to her by a few sources, and everyone had said that he was the man for the job, but all she was seeing was disarray and no evidence of his so-called skill.

Picking up a hardhat she pulled it down over her auburn curls with another frustrated sigh. It was probably just as well he wasn’t here. His first impression of her wouldn’t have been favorable, just like her first impression of him was not a good one. You’d think he’d make sure the men were working even if he wasn’t, she thought sourly. She was definitely going to have a few words with him, if he ever turned up, of course. She picked up her notepad and started to walk deeper into the building, making notes as she went and completely losing track of time until a deep voice caught her attention and made her jump.

She’d hired Shawn over the phone and as such had never met him in person before. She hadn’t known what she’d been expecting, but the hulk of a man walking towards her was definitely not it. He stood at least six and a half feet tall, and the width of his shoulders was just as impressive as his height. Like her, he wore a hardhat but she could see that he had long black hair that was tied back in a masculine ponytail, if there was such a thing.

“You must be Kassie.” His tone was friendly as he walked towards her with an easy gait, his hand outstretched as though to shake hers when he reached her. She wasn’t quite so easily placated though, and rather than place her hand in his she just looked down at it and then up into his face with a haughty expression.

“And you must be Shawn. You’re late.” Her voice was as cold as her expression was, and he was left in no doubt as to just how pissed off she was at him. “When I make an appointment to see people, I expect them to be on time. And where is the crew? They should be here working.”

She watched as Shawn’s deep grey eyes darkened along with his expression. “You didn’t specify where exactly in the building you wanted to meet up. I’ve actually been here for a few hours already.” He had a husky southern drawl that sent shivers of awareness running up Kassie’s spine, and she resolutely straightened her back and turned her coldest glare on him.

“That doesn’t explain where the crew are and why there’s no work going on.” She deliberately made sure not to apologize to him for the misunderstanding, not wanting to show him any signs of weakness. “They won’t get paid if they don’t work.”

“They won’t get paid at all. I sent them all home. None of them were suitable for this kind of job, and I like to bring in my own team when I’m working to a deadline.” He raised an eyebrow imperiously at her, almost as though daring her to disagree with him. “Don’t worry, you’re not going to lose any money and the work will get done a lot faster by using my own men. Besides, I thought that we should have our meeting and make sure that we’re both on the same page before I actually put them to work. Neither one of us wants to waste any time on stupid mistakes and misunderstandings, do we?”

Kassie could feel herself starting to blush, and she inwardly cursed herself for it. His smile as he turned away from her indicated that he was all too aware that he’d won this round, but it made her even more determined to make sure that he figured out really quickly that she was the boss here. She watched as he walked across to the large windowed wall, subconsciously admiring his firm ass and long legs as he walked. His close-fitting jeans and heavy work boots just seemed to make him look even more masculine and she mentally drooled at the sight of him. The fleeting thought that he would look even better undressed was pushed out of her mind as quickly as possible as she rushed to catch up with him on legs that were quite a few inches shorter than his.

“Let’s get something straight, shall we? You might be the foreman, but I shouldn’t have to remind you that I am your boss, so please don’t forget that and we’ll get along just fine.” She was quite proud of the fact that she kept her voice steady, because she was shaking like a leaf inside. She hated confrontation, but there was no way she was going to back down or show any kind of weakness. Not on the first job her dad had let her take charge on, and certainly not to this man.

Shawn didn’t say a word. He just turned his head, looked at her with a thoughtful look in his eyes and gave a curt nod. They both stood facing each other, and then he smiled in a way that made her think that she may have won the battle, but the war was most definitely not over. “I’ve arranged for my crew to be here in an hour, so if it’s okay with you, boss, shall we get on with things?”

She felt her blood start to boil all over again at the sarcastic way he called her boss, but she decided to take the higher ground and ignore it. Nodding her head in agreement she opened her notepad and started to go through the job specs with him, gaining a new appreciation for him as he gave her valid feedback on certain things that she wouldn’t have considered usually. They disagreed over a few matters, but they managed to reach an amicable solution to most of them, much to Kassie’s relief.

They were just finishing up going over the floor plans when Shawn’s crew arrived, and after a few words from their foreman they quickly got to work while he and Kassie walked outside to discuss the last few matters that needed sorting out. She blinked against the bright sunlight and removed her hardhat, letting her curls tumble around her shoulders in glorious disarray. She was busy looking at her notebook so she missed the look that crossed Shawn’s face as he saw her properly for the first time. While they had been indoors it had been dim and he hadn’t managed to get a good look at her, but out here with her hat off and the sun shining she almost took his breath away.

When he had first met her he had wanted to bend her over his knee and spank some sense into her spoilt, rich girl ass. Now he wanted to do the same thing, but for a totally different reason. He adjusted his stance uncomfortably to try and ease the ache that had sprung up between his legs. He was all for having some sexual fun with a beautiful woman, but she was his boss, as she’d reminded him on more than one occasion already, and the last thing he needed was the complications that would arise if he tried to teach her a lesson or two sexually. But, God, he was tempted. He was very tempted.

He watched her as she opened up the blueprints and spread them over the hood of her car, bending over as she pointed something out to him, and he had to give himself a mental shake to get his mind out of the gutter. Did she have any idea just how provocative she looked bent that way, with her legs straight and her ass just ripe for the taking, he wondered to himself. The fact that she was wearing skin-tight jeans tucked into work boots only seemed to add to the seductive picture.

He brought his attention back to what she was saying, his mind quickly filling in the blanks of what she had been saying while he had been thinking about doing all kinds of bad things to her. “Wait a minute. Say that again. You want stage one to be completed by when?”

He wasn’t sure that he’d heard her right, but when she answered him he knew that he had. “By the middle of the month. We need to get stage one completed as soon as possible so that we can move on to stage two. Time is money, or have you forgotten that?” She had her haughty voice back, and Shawn could have screamed.

“Of course I haven’t forgotten it, but there’s no way in hell that the guys are going to be able to get it done that quickly. Not unless you want them to compromise on the quality of the job.” Kassie was looking up at him with a pretty scowl on her face, her green eyes flashing fire as she anticipated yet another argument springing up between them. “If we rush it, mistakes will be made. That’s going to have a knock-on effect and end up costing more time and money to put right. I know there has to be a deadline, but make it a realistic one, for God’s sake.”

Kassie could have quite happily screamed in frustration. What made it worse was the fact that he was right, and she knew it. “Well, don’t take too much time, Shawn. Please be mindful of the end goal here. We have six months in total to get this place ready for business, and if I have to start adding on time to the contract then I’m going to start penalizing you and your crew financially. Am I making myself clear?”

“Yes, boss. Crystal clear, boss.” He didn’t even try to hide the sarcasm in his tone, and Kassie felt her hackles rise again. “Let me make something clear, Kassie. I take pride in my work, and I take pride in the work my crew does.” His voice had hardened, and Kassie, typically someone who never got nervous when dealing with members of the opposite sex, felt herself take an unwilling step backwards. “If you have a problem with any of them or with the work they do, you come to me first and I’ll deal with them. You have my business card, so you can get hold of me day or night. If I find that you’ve gone around me and dealt with whoever it is before talking to me first, it will be you who is penalized, and I don’t mean financially. Am I making myself clear?”

For the first time in her adult life, Kassie had no come-back or biting response. His words had been biting enough, but it was something in the way he said them that had her insides quivering; and it wasn’t only with nerves either. She straightened her shoulders and raised her chin up a notch to give her time to steady her voice before answering. “Perfectly clear, thank you.” She gave him a curt nod as she spoke and then turned and walked away on legs that weren’t quite as steady as they should have been.

Sat in her apartment later on that evening she poured herself yet another glass of wine, and then shook the bottle in disgust when she realized it was now empty. The nerve of the man, talking to me as though I was nothing more than an incompetent schoolgirl. She took a large gulp from her glass and then continued having a conversation with herself. It’s not like it’s my first rodeo. I mean, I do know what I’m doing. Most of the time anyway. She took another mouthful of wine and got unsteadily to her feet, walking across to the kitchen with the intention of liberating another bottle from the fridge.

She wasn’t usually prone to drinking all that much, and she hardly ever drank when she was alone. But, the meeting with Shawn had left her shaken and unnerved and a few glasses of wine after she’d got home had seemed like a good idea at the time. Rather than calm her down though, it had made her belligerent and more pissed off than she was earlier.

She reached for the bottle of wine in the fridge and then paused. I should call him and give him a piece of my mind, she thought. In fact, that’s exactly what I’m going to do. She closed the fridge door again, the wine all but forgotten in her determination to let the sexy foreman know exactly what she thought about him. Reaching for her bag she pulled out her notepad and went to her contacts list to pull up his telephone number. She dialed the first few digits and then hesitated, her eyes still on his contact information in front of her.

Fuck calling him. I should pay him a visit and tell him face to face what an arrogant bastard he is. His contact information didn’t just show her his phone number, it had his business address as well as his home address listed as well. Kassie put the phone down without completing the call and reached for her boots. Realizing that she’d had too much to drink for her to drive, she reached for the phone again and called the taxi service she usually used, then she went outside and sat on the front step while she waited.

A short time later, her nerves still steely with wine, she got out of the back of the taxi outside Shawn’s house. The car had pulled away before she thought that she should have asked him to wait to make sure that Shawn was even home, and she heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that there were lights on in the house. She walked to the door with determination in her step and kept her finger on the doorbell until she heard footsteps inside.

Her foot tapped impatiently on the concrete step as she waited for the door to be opened. “I’ve got a few things I need to say to you.” Her voice was louder than was necessary, but she was too tipsy to notice or care.

“What the hell? You do know that it’s almost midnight, right? This couldn’t have waited until tomorrow?” Shawn sounded pissed off and for a fleeting moment Kassie had the grace wonder if he was married, or if he had a girlfriend warmly ensconced inside his home. She pushed the thought aside though and stood outside of the door with her arms on her hips.

“No, it couldn’t have waited. Because if I’d waited then I wouldn’t be able to say what I wanted to say. I mean, I wouldn’t have been able to say what needed to be said to you.” She had been rehearsing what she was going to say to him while in the taxi, but now she was here and he was in front of her she couldn’t seem to get her words out properly. “What I mean is…”

Shawn was trying hard not to laugh at how flustered she was getting. “Have you been drinking?”

“I might’ve had a couple of glasses of wine, but that’s got nothing to do with this.” She sounded like a petulant child, and she knew it, but there didn’t seem to be anything she could do to stop it. “Anyway, we need to talk.”

“I guess you’d better come in then, hadn’t you.” It was a rhetorical question and he stood to one side and held the door open for her to walk past him. “Keep walking straight and go into the room in front of you. I’m going to go make a pot of coffee to sober you up.”

Kassie started to walk in the direction he’d indicated and then paused and turned back to him. “Can’t I come to the kitchen with you? What I need to say shouldn’t take long and then I’ll leave you alone. After I’ve called a taxi. Would it be okay if I called a taxi from here? I think I left my cell phone at home.” She was still rambling drunkenly although thankfully she was unaware of it. Shawn had a feeling that she was going to feel mortified in the morning when she realized exactly what she’d done in her drunken state.

“Of course you can come into the kitchen. Are you sure you can walk that far without falling over?” He couldn’t resist teasing her, and as a blush spread over her high cheekbones he mentally cursed his cock as it twitched in awareness. The last thing he needed right now was an affair with his boss, although what he had in mind could hardly be classed as an affair. The woman needed taking down a peg or two, and if she wasn’t careful he was just the man to do it.

The two of them made their way to the kitchen with Shawn leading the way, and he pulled out a chair at the kitchen table for her to sit down while he made the coffee. “So what is it you need to say to me?” He put the coffee pot on and then turned to face her, leaning back against the counter and crossing his arms over his muscular chest. “It must be important for you to come out of this time of night.”

“You’re a jackass, and I don’t like the way you talk to me on site.” Okay, that had so not been what she had been wanting to say to him and it definitely wasn’t what she’d rehearsed in the taxi, but the words fell from her mouth before she could stop them.

“Sweetheart, if you don’t like the way I talk to you on site, you’re going to hate the way I talk to you off it.” His voice had deepened to a husky drawl that sent shivers running through Kassie’s veins. “We’re not on site now and you’re in my home and on my time not company time, so be very careful what you say because I can’t guarantee that you’ll like the response you get.”

Kassie’s eyes were huge in her face as she listened to him. She could honestly say that no man had ever made her feel such a mix of emotions before. He was infuriating and opinionating, but he was incredibly sexy and, dare she say it, masterful. She wasn’t sure how to feel about him, or even if she was capable of forming any kind of rational impression of him in her current state.

“I didn’t come here to be insulted.” She got unsteadily to her feet, ignoring the pull of sexual awareness that her treacherous body was willing her to act on. Her breasts ached and her clit throbbed, and all he’d done was stand up to her. She needed to get out of here fast, before she made an even bigger fool of herself. “I came here to discuss work matters, but I was obviously mistaken.” She wasn’t sure what she was rambling on about or what exactly she felt mistaken about, but she had to do something to try and save face.

“You were mistaken about what, Kassie?” He pushed away from the work counter and walked towards her. “Mistaken about coming to talk to me, or mistaken about the real reason that you felt you had to come and see me at this time of night?”

She had to swallow before she could talk. “I don’t know what you mean.” She almost didn’t recognize her own voice.

He walked closer until Kassie could feel the heat emanating from him, and she took an involuntary step backwards until her ass came into contact with the table. “Tell me that I haven’t been on your mind since our meeting earlier.” He took another step. “And don’t tell me that when you’ve thought of me it’s all been about work, because I’ll call you a liar.” He reached out a hand and his fingers tucked a stray lock of her hair behind her ear.

She tried not to show any reaction. She really did. But she felt her head tilting into his hand as his palm cupped her cheek and his thumb gently brushed against her skin. She felt hot and bothered, and she had no idea what to say or do. All she could think about was how good his hand felt against her skin.

Shawn stepped closer still, until his body was a whisper away from touching hers, and Kassie forgot to breathe as she waited with baited breath for whatever he was going to do next. She watched his face get closer to hers until she could feel his day-old stubble tickle her cheek as he whispered in her ear. “What do you really want, Kassie?”

She tried her hardest to not react to his closeness. She really did. But as she felt his lips gently come into contact with the side of her neck she knew she was lost. “Is this what you want?” His breath was warm against her ear and she shivered in response. “Or is it this?” His strong arms came up and wrapped around her, crushing her to him in an embrace that took what little breath she had left away.

His lips came down and met hers in a kiss that was as erotic as it was tender; firm but gentle, and totally in charge as he slid his tongue over her startled mouth. He probed until her lips parted and granted him access, and then his tongue mingled with hers in a dance as old as time. Kassie sighed as her arms crept up around his neck and she gave herself up to his kiss. Her hand tangled in his thick hair as she strained against him, trying to deepen the kiss even more as she moaned against his mouth.

Shawn’s hands moved down her back until he reached her hips, and then he pulled her lower body into his and she was left in no doubt as to just how aroused he was as well. As her body came into contact with the very large and very hard bulge he was sporting in his jeans they both gasped in reaction.

Kassie thought about pulling away. She thought about it really hard for a split second. And then she pushed the thought away as he pulled her into him even harder. She might be a little tipsy, and that might make her judgment a little off, but she would be insane to turn down what he was so blatantly offering. Or maybe I was the one doing the offering when I came here, she thought briefly before pushing the thought away and concentrating on the kiss that Shawn seemed in no hurry to end.

No words were needed between them; their bodies said everything, and more. Kassie pulled her hands between their bodies and started to pull at the hem of the T-shirt he was wearing, raising it up enough so that her hands could explore the flat, muscular plain of his stomach. Shawn responded in kind by reaching for the buttons of her blouse and undoing them as quickly as he could. She moaned as the cold air of the kitchen hit her bare midriff, and her nipples puckered and hardened in the lace confines of her bra.

She wanted to feel his hands on her. She wanted to feel him cup and squeeze her breasts while she held his head to them and made him suckle on her aching nipples. Her hands came up to take hold of his and she started to direct his touch to where she wanted, but Shawn stopped kissing her and pulled his head back to look into her face.

“It’s not going to happen, Kassie.” For one awful moment she thought that he meant that their love-making wasn’t going to happen, and she felt her heart sink to her toes. “You might be able to take charge on site, and you’re perfectly justified to there. But, if you think you can take charge of me here, like this, you’ve got another thing coming.” He placed his hands firmly back onto her hips again, making it clear that he would touch her where and how he wanted to.

Kassie took a step back, breaking the contact between them as she scowled up at him. “So what you’re saying is that I can’t tell you what I want or how I like things?” She didn’t like the sound of that. Not at all.

“That’s not what I’m saying at all. I like a woman who’s not afraid to take charge when it comes to sex, and I love to give up control to her if the mood takes me. But I don’t think you like giving up control to anybody at any time, do you, Kassie?” He smiled at her knowingly, and she had the feeling that he understood her better than she understood herself, although there was no way on God’s earth she was going to admit that to him.

She automatically went on the defensive and crossed her arms in front of her half naked body. “And how the hell would you know something like that about me? You think you know it all, Shawn, but you know nothing. Hell, you’re nothing but a glorified bricklayer anyway and you think you know better than I do? I’ve got news for you, buddy, you’re wrong.”

She watched as the smile disappeared from his face and his expression darkened to one that she couldn’t quite put her finger on. “You did not just call me a glorified bricklayer. Not even you could be that much of a bitch. You think just because I use my hands for a living that you’re somehow better than me? I don’t know whether to be pissed off at you or pity you if that’s really the way you think.” A thoughtful look came over his face and Kassie felt her heart start to race with a mixture of nervousness and excitement as he reached for her again. “Your problem is that you probably never had a good spanking when you were a child. You’re opinionated and spoilt and I’m not going to take it from you in my own damn home. Fire me if you must, but you need to be taught a lesson in just how well a man like me can actually use his damn hands.”

Kassie actually squealed as he pulled her back into his arms and then turned her around quickly so that she was facing the table. He placed a hand on her shoulder and pushed her so that her body bent at the waist, and his hand held her in place that way while her heart raced and she gasped in response. She had never thought that being man-handled would be a turn on, but she could honestly say that right now she was more turned on than she could ever remember.

Shawn reached around her for the fastening of her jeans, undoing them and pushing them down off her hips impatiently. “You’re probably used to a gentleman doing everything that you want, aren’t you, you spoiled little brat? I doubt you’ve ever felt the rough hands of a glorified bricklayer touching your delicate ladylike body. Well guess what? You’re about to find out exactly how rough-skinned working hands can make you feel.”

Her jeans were now down around her ankles and her thong-clad ass was on full show for his attention. She couldn’t breathe, and even if she’d wanted to object or tell him to stop she didn’t think she would have been able to. Deep down she knew that she should probably have been afraid, but she instinctively knew that Shawn wouldn’t do anything that she didn’t actually want him to do. She had a feeling that he knew what she wanted better than she knew herself, and she held her breath in anticipation while she waited to feel his cock up against her almost naked body.

She wasn’t expecting the harsh sting of his hand as it connected with her ass, and she let out another squeal of surprise. The smack didn’t hurt too much, but it did sting enough for her to wince and wriggle out of his hold. “Ouch! What the fuck, Shawn!”

His hand on her shoulder made it impossible for her to move away, and then he spanked her ass again and she wasn’t even sure that she wanted to move anyway. “This is something that should’ve been done to you when you were a child. Maybe then you would’ve learned some manners.” His hand came down again, a little harder this time and Kassie felt tears of indignation well up in her eyes. “This is what you need. This is what I need to give you.” His hand came down for a fourth time and Kassie’s ass felt like it was on fire.

“Stop! Oh God, please stop!” She was openly sobbing now, unable to stop the flow of tears that dripped onto the table and equally as unable to stop the flood of desire that was coursing through her helpless body. She didn’t know if she was begging him to stop what he was doing, or if she was pleading with herself to stop wanting him to carry on doing it. “Please, Shawn!”

“Please what, Kassie? Please stop making you feel like a woman instead of a bitch? Please stop making you feel as though you’re losing control?” His warm palm came down on her ass again, but this time he rubbed the quivering flesh gently, soothing the burn that his spanking had created. “Or please fuck you? Is that what you want? Are you ready to admit that this is what you came here for?” His voice had deepened and she could hear the desire in his tone which made her moan again.

“Yes! No! I don’t know!” She hardly recognized her own voice. This snooty cold tone of the woman who had a point to prove was gone, and in its place was the softer, dulcet tones of a woman who had met her match and liked it.

“Do you want me to stop?” His hand was still rubbing her ass, and Kassie could feel the pool of moisture that had gathered between her legs. “You want me, Kassie. Admit it.”

She wanted to deny it. She wanted to shake her head, stand up, turn around and slap him across his face so hard that his teeth would rattle. But she wanted to feel him inside her more, so she stayed where she was, draped across the table at his mercy.

“Answer me, Kassie. If you want me to stop you only have to say the word and I will.” She felt him move up close behind her and as his foot parted her legs she felt the heat of his cock rest against the cheeks of her ass. His hand moved from her shoulder and tangled in the hair at the nape of her neck, his fingers tightening just enough to make her wince. “What do you want?” He’d bent over her body to whisper the words in her ear, making her shiver and moan in response.

“You! I want you!” She couldn’t have stopped the words from falling from her lips even if she tried. “I want to feel you inside me. Fuck me, Shawn. Please!” She never begged before. She’d never had to. The concept felt totally alien to her, but right now she would have got down on her knees in front of him and begged him to do whatever he wanted to her.

Thankfully he didn’t seem inclined to want her to do that, however. “Now there’s a good girl. That wasn’t so hard, was it?” He shifted his position slightly and she sensed him taking his cock in his hand a split second before she felt the tip of it touch her quivering pussy lips. She was already wet for him and as he slid himself between her lips his entrance was easy and so fulfilling.

They both moaned out loud as he sheathed himself in her moist warmth, filling her completely with his length and making her gasp at the sheer size of him. “Like this? Is this what you want?” He pulled out slowly, and then just as slowly slid back into her before doing it again. His strokes were infuriatingly gentle and determined and Kassie could have screamed with frustration.

“Harder! Please, Shawn.” Her body was a mass of raw nerve endings, silently screaming to be manhandled as he’d done to her just minutes before. “Fuck me! Don’t make love to me, fuck me!”

Shawn groaned at her words and she could almost hear his self-control slipping. His hand slid from the nape of her neck back to her shoulder and as he thrust back into her he pulled her towards him, making the movement that much more physical and intense. Kassie gasped as the head of his cock hit up against her G-spot, and the muscles of her pussy-walls clenched around his shaft in response. He pulled out of her and a split second later slammed back into her trembling body again with such force that the table shifted beneath her and scraped against the floor and the air was knocked out of her lungs in a whoosh.

“Is. This. What. You. Want?” He emphasized every word with a thrust so hard that she had to grip hold of the table for fear of being pushed off it. She could feel his balls slapping against her throbbing clit as he pounded into her again and again, his fingers digging into her shoulder so tightly that she was sure she was going to be bruised in the morning.

But she didn’t care. All she cared about what how he was making her feel. Her breasts were flattened against the table top and her nipples ached. Her ass still stung from the spanking he had given her and her cunt felt so wonderfully abused that she never wanted it to end. “Yes! Just like that!” She finally remembered to answer his question and her words escaped her parched lips on another gasp as he thrust back inside her.

She could feel her climax building up as he pounded even harder. Her clit throbbed and her pussy felt so tight and swollen that she was amazed that he could still fit inside her. She could feel her body tensing as it readied itself, and her fingertips clawed at the table as her body tensed and trembled uncontrollably. Her orgasm when it came washed over her in waves of pure unadulterated pleasure, leaving her unable to do anything but moan and grind back against Shawn’s lower body.

As the feeling subsided Shawn slowed his movements down until he was merely rocking her gently. She felt his lips against her back as he kissed her damp skin, brushing her hair out of the way so that he could reach her neck. “I want to come so badly right now that my balls are aching, but I want to watch your face while you come around me again.” His words were a breathy whisper in her ear and she felt desire spring up all over again as she moaned in response.

Her moan turned into a groan of despair as he pulled out of her completely, leaving her feeling empty and longing for his cock to be inside her again. “It’s okay, darlin’, I haven’t finished with you just yet.” Her sweat -soaked back felt instantly cold as he stood up, and then she felt his hand on his shoulder again as he helped her straighten and stand on shaky legs. He turned her around so that they were facing each other and for the first time Kassie could see the passion in his face that quickly ignited a passion of her own.

She placed one hand on his chest, loving the way that she could feel his heart racing beneath her palm. Her other hand trailed down his rib cage and over his stomach, heading for the erection that still jutted out proudly from his body. She was stopped in her tracks by his hand coming to rest over hers and she bit back the moan of disappointment and frustration. “I want to touch you, Shawn.” Her voice was pleading and petulant and unbeknown to her she pouted up at him prettily.

“The minute that hand touches my cock I’m going to come. There’s only so much self-control a man can have, and I’m just about at my limit.” He took both of her hands in his and walked backwards until he reached the chair she had vacated not too long ago, sitting down and tugging her down on top of him. His cock nestled between her legs, rubbing between her lips and brushing against her still throbbing clit.

Kassie’s long hair hung damply around her shoulders and she moved it out of the way with a shaky hand as she dipped her head down towards his. This time when their lips met there was no sign of either of them being in charge of the other. It was a mutual meeting of mouths in a kiss that knew exactly what was to come. Their tongues met and probed, sliding across each other’s lips before delving into open mouths and tangling together deliciously, tasting the passion they were both feeling for each other.

Shawn reached down between their bodies and wrapped his hand around his shaft, and Kassie lifted herself up so that he could gain easy access to her wet and waiting pussy. As she felt the tip of his knob at her entrance she lowered her body down on to him, impaling herself on his length and sighing with satisfaction against his mouth as he filled her again. She let her body rest for the briefest of moments as it adjusted to his size, and then she tightened her inner muscles around him and raised herself back up.

“That’s it, darlin’. Just like that.” His hands were cupping her buttocks, kneading the flesh as he helped her ride him. Her back arched as she moved, and she watched as his eyes went to her breasts, his heated gaze making her nipples pucker and ache as he looked at them. She placed a hand on the back of the chair behind his back and her other hand came up to cup herself and offer a breast up to his mouth.

As his lips closed around her pebbled nipple a rush of sensation coursed through her body in a lightning bolt that seemed to go directly from her tit to her clit, and she gasped at the sensation. With his hands still helping her move up and down on top of him, his teeth closed around her nipple and he started to suckle greedily. “Oh God, that feels so good.” Her voice was hoarse and she was finding it hard to breathe, but her body kept rising up off his length and then grinding back down on to him.

She completely lost track of time as she rode up and down on him, and then he took control by pushing up into her, picking up the pace to such an extent that she was literally bouncing on top of him. Her second climax hit her out of nowhere and she cried out with the force of it as her body collapsed down around him. Her juices were soaking her inner thighs and his balls and he slowed his movements down to give her time to catch her breath and come back down to earth, stroking her back and saying things softly to her that her mind just couldn’t comprehend.

Without warning, Shawn got to his feet, his arms wrapped firmly around her and holding her in place on the cock that was still firmly ensconced inside her. He walked back across to the table and lay her down on top of it with her legs hanging off the end. And then he took charge again and his hips started to move backwards and forwards as his cock slid in and out of her.

Kassie raised her legs slightly, and Shawn slid his hands down her thighs until he reached her knees, sliding his hands behind them and lifting her legs up to place her feet on his chest. The change in angle added a new dimension to the pleasure she was feeling; his cock went even deeper inside her, hitting against her G-spot with every stroke and pushing her towards yet another orgasm. She looked up into his face and moaned again at the intensity in his eyes. He looked as though he could devour her, and she would have been quite happy to let him.

He thrust into her even harder, pounding away as though his life depended on it and she could feel his cock swelling inside her. And then he threw his head back and cried out as his own climax hit him and he shot streams of warm come deep inside her. As she felt his release, her own orgasm was triggered and her head thrashed from side to side as the intensity of her climax almost overwhelmed her.

Shawn buried his head in her neck, gasping as he tried to catch his breath. Kassie’s arms came up around his shoulders and her legs dropped off their own accord back down to the table. His cock was still inside her, and she could feel it softening even as it still twitched with life. Her pussy walls clenched around him, milking every last drop from him as she squeezed and making him moan once more.

Nothing was said between them for the longest, until Kassie shifted beneath his weight and he seemed to come back to the reality of where they were. He raised his head and looked down at her with a smile on his face, and she couldn’t help the answering smile that she gave him in return. “I suppose I better move and let you get up, huh?”

She nodded her head and cleared her throat before she could talk. “That might be a good idea.”

He straightened his body and moved away from her, pulling out completely before standing up and holding out a hand to pull her up from the table. “Stay right there.” She watched him walk across the kitchen, admiring his naked body and feeling her own home to life all over again. He reached into a drawer and pulled out a towel before turning around and walking back towards her, holding it out to her when he reached her. “I think you might need to mop up before you get dressed.” He laughed at the blush that spread across her face as she took the towel from him.

“Thanks, I think.” She avoided his gaze as she quickly cleaned herself up and then looked around for her clothes. Shawn had pulled his own jeans back on and then walked back across the kitchen towards the sink, being a gentleman for the first time and giving her a little privacy so that she could get herself together without too much embarrassment.

“I know that probably shouldn’t have happened, but I can’t say that I’m sorry it did. I’d like to think that you’re not sorry either.” He paused as he lifted the coffee pot and turned his head to look at her. Kassie wasn’t sure what to say, but she wasn’t going to lie to him so she just shook her head to indicate that he was right in what he was thinking. “I’m pretty sure that you haven’t been treated quite so roughly before, and I’m damn sure that you’ve never been spanked by anyone, have you?”

She shook her head again, her face blazing red. “You know you didn’t have any right to do that to me.” She really wasn’t trying to be a bitch but she felt that she had to try and save face somehow.

Shawn looked at her again and sighed dramatically as he crossed his arms over his chest. “Are we really going to have that conversation again?” He didn’t wait for an answer this time. “Look, Kassie, we need to get something straight otherwise this working relationship is never going to work. I’ll agree that while were on site you’re the boss, but that doesn’t mean that I’m going to agree to everything you suggest or demand. I’m always going to do the right thing by the job and by my guys and you’re going to have to learn to trust me on that, agreed?”

She knew that he was right, and she also knew that she still had a lot to learn when it came to taking charge of a building project. Maybe he really was the right person to teach her. “I’ll agree that I’ll try. That’s as good as you’re going to get, Shawn.”

“I can work with that. You also have to understand that you need to expect the unexpected if you ever come to my home again and talk to me like you talked to me earlier. I don’t take that shit off anyone, and I can promise you that I will teach you a lesson one way or another.” His words sent shivers down her spine and she quickly banished the thought that she needed to test him on what he was saying sometime soon.

“Fair enough.” She’d sobered up enough to know that she had been totally out of order earlier on, although she couldn’t say that she was sorry about it when she thought about the punishment he’d given her. “But don’t expect me not to say what’s on my mind. I’ll do my best to be a little politer but that doesn’t mean that I’m going to agree with everything you say or do.”

He nodded his head in agreement and then turned to pour a cup of coffee, carrying it across to the table and putting it down in front of her. “You need to drink this what I go and get some more clothes on. I’m assuming that you didn’t drive here drunk and will be lucky to get a taxi at this time of night, so I’m going to drive you home, okay?”

“Thank you, Shawn. I’d appreciate that.” She could have told him that she had the number of a private taxi firm she used in her phone, and that they were always available any time of day or night. But for now she’d let him think that he was doing her a favor.

Besides, it would give her a little more time with him and she might learn something about him that could come in handy in the future. It was always a good idea to keep your options open. You never knew when you might have the opportunity of using what you learned.

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