The entire time Jordan was speaking in the front of the room, I was biting my nails. I almost wished that I didn’t know so much about California law, but I had been diligent in my research since I moved to the state. I really didn’t want to burst his bubble. God, he was cute…but I also needed to honor my position for which I had been hired. As an omega, I was in such an odd place to be telling an alpha that he couldn’t do what he wanted to do, but it was my job. It was going to be hard, but I knew if I didn’t act now, I wouldn’t be able to.

When he finished, I put up my hand. Hearing myself speak and seeing the grin fade off of Jordan’s face, I wanted to fade into darkness. “…I also need to confer with outside council before you proceed.”

I hoped he wouldn’t hate me. Unfortunately, that thought was dashed as soon as I allowed my eyes to meet his.

As he stormed out of the room, I decided to go after him.

“Jordan, wait,” I called out after him. He was already down the hall about to turn the corner to his office.

“Nice, Mason. Fucking nice. Not only is this going to completely delay my business strategy, but you totally cut my nuts off in front of the entire company.” We entered his office and he slammed the door before continuing. “I’ve never gotten along with HR people and I thought I could get along with you. I really did. I’ve thought about you a lot…” His voice trailed off.

“You’ve thought about me a lot?” I asked, stepping toward him until his scent intoxicated me; a perfect balance of musk and cherries. I felt my dick beginning to swell, so I instinctively stepped away. This was SO unethical on my part.

But as I stepped back, Jordan moved forward. “Yes. I have. I don’t know why, but I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you. And it sucks what you did to me in the conference room because I had hoped you felt the same way.” He put his hands on my face. Since the company-wide meeting was still in progress, I supposed that he wasn’t worried about someone interrupting or seeing us.

I hadn’t even thought about another partner since Roy. But, damn if I didn’t want to try this one on for size. Still, I was the HR person and he was head of sales. Company policy stated that this was not technically forbidden, but I knew it would be highly frowned upon. Jordan was untouchable with the cash he was bringing in. It was me who would suffer professionally if we entered into a relationship. Add to that the fact that I still wasn’t sure if this was just part of his game; that he did this to all of his conquests.

I pulled his hands away from my face and looked into his eyes…those gorgeous brown eyes. “Jordan. I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t interested. But we can’t. I can’t. It’s not ethical.”

“Fuck ethics.” Jordan said as he placed his hands back on my face and began to caress my lips with his own. The warmth of his mouth against mine sent a wave of electricity down my spine, which ended at my cock which was beginning to rise.

As I slowly began to melt into his arms, the sound of voices quickly snapped us back to reality. We pulled away at just the right moment as Dominic barreled through the door, followed closely behind by his secretary.

“Okay, folks, let’s get down to this. Mason, what’s it going to take to get this strategy into place, legally?”