- Chapter 4
“Come see my fancy room,” Liz said over the phone to Harrison after arriving in the fabulous suite he had reserved for her.
“Well, Miss Cleveland, are you propositioning your boss?” Harrison joked.
“Yes. In fact, I’m currently taking off my clothes and getting ready to lay naked on this giant bed and wait for you.”
“Oh, what a beautiful picture that would be. I can see it now.”
“Come see me in person.”
Harrison wanted to go see Liz. His body physically pulsed with a desire to see her sprawled out naked on the elegant hotel sheets. But this week was important to him, and he actually did need her to be his assistant. The fun stuff would have to be postponed.
“Why don’t you get some sleep? We have to get to work early tomorrow.” Harrison quickly turned the conversation from hot to absolutely ice cold.
Liz didn’t know how to react to that. She wanted to keep pushing him. Liz wanted to entice him to spend the night with her, but from the tone of his voice it was apparent he had much better will power than she did.
“Ok, then Mr. Wellington,” Liz said in the sexiest voice she could gather. “I guess I’ll just have to sleep naked in the bed all alone.”
“Alright. See you in the morning.” Harrison had said before he hung up.
The next morning Harrison continued his streak of excellent self-control. It quickly became apparent to Liz that he needed to get work done this week, and she was going to have to stop with the flirting.
Every time she attempted to be seductive, Harrison made some request for a document to be copied, or something to be faxed. Soon Liz felt like it was a regular job, and she was in fact working for the great Mr. Wellington again. He had set up a professional wall that she just could not break down.
Tuesday, Wednesday and even Thursday Liz tried to pull Harrison back into his lust for her. She wasn’t quite sure if the feelings were totally gone or if he was just utterly caught up in his work. Perhaps this is what his ex-wife felt like? Liz thought she could certainly see why a woman would not know where she stood with a man like Harrison.
Finally on Friday Liz decided to invite Bella out to Boston for the weekend. They still had a little bit of work to do, but certainly she could spend some time having fun.
“Hey, I hope you don’t mind. I invited Bella to come stay with me at the hotel this weekend.” Liz said to Harrison just before lunch was delivered Friday afternoon.
“Well, I hope you guys have fun. But I like Bella to stay with me when she is in town,” Harrison said without even looking up.
“Ok. I’ll tell her.”
What was going on? Liz could not figure this out. Last weekend the two of them were naked in bed together and all this week he was practically too busy to even look at her. Liz decided it was about time to pull out all the stops.
When lunch arrived, she pulled up her skirt and made it into a miniskirt. She unbuttoned the top three buttons of her blouse and walked into Harrison’s office. She made her way around to his side of the desk.
“Your lunch is here,” Liz said as she sat his salad on his desk.
But Liz was not about to stop there. She slid up onto the desk and sat right next to him. Harrison couldn’t help but look up from his papers. There it was that glimmer of lust that Liz had wanted to see again so desperately.
“Mmmm yes, I’m starving,” Harrison said. Then he reached for his salad and opened the box.
Liz was not about to give up that easily. She slid over, so she was sitting right in front of Harrison. She put one leg on either side of his large executive office chair. Harrison wanted her; she could see it in his eyes. The lust. The desire. It was there.
“How is your lunch?” Liz asked.
Harrison had to adjust himself in the chair as his body started to react to seeing Liz sitting on his desk. He wanted to throw that damn salad across the room. Hike up her skirt and start eating her for lunch, he wanted to taste her. Harrison wanted Liz desperately. He wanted to feel her skin against his body. Her lips on his. Harrison just wanted to make it through this project though. As soon as Liz was not his assistant anymore, then he would give into his desire for her again. For right now, he would have to resist.
“My lunch is excellent. Thanks so much for getting this.” Harrison said as he stood up and moved over to the table on the other side of the room.
Well, that was it Liz thought. She had done everything she could do. He must be over her. There is no way he would have resisted that obvious attempt for his affection if he still wanted her. Liz realized she might be having way more feelings about Harrison than he was having about her.
She made it through the day and resigned herself to moving on without him. There was a small amount of anger though. Particularly because she couldn’t figure out what had changed his mind. Harrison had not given her even the simplest of clues as to why he was no longer interested.