Chapter 23

Mick

8:57 A.M.

It felt weird to stop at the Beanery and not get a large iced decaf, soy milk and sugar with extra whip. Janet was on maternity leave and today Simon was signing over the company to me. I should be thrilled, but I hated having to leave it hanging with Terri. We had both been exhausted from Vegas and worn out emotionally from finding out her brother was in a coma. It hadn’t been fair to pressure Terri while her brother was fighting for his life. I just needed to tell her what was going on. If my mother had gotten to her first, Bette might have caused irreconcilable damage.

“Just a large black coffee today, Elaine,” I said, noting her surprise.

I drank it in the car on the way to work. Part of me wanted to drive in myself, but I didn’t trust myself not to get on the highway and drive until I hit Key West. I dragged myself through the lobby to the tenth floor and then went straight to Simon’s office. Better to get it over with. Opening his door, I stopped dead in my tracks. Janet was there, crying. And Simon was holding the newborn baby.

“Shouldn’t you be in the hospital or resting at home?” I asked.

“They kick you out after forty-eight hours,” Simon said, because Janet was incoherent.

“Are we going to sign these papers or what?” I peeked over at my newest nephew. “Cute kid.”

“Deal’s off,” Simon said.

My whole body froze. “What?”

“I’m sorry. I can’t give him up. He’s my son. I love him. And I’m in love with Janet.”

Janet wailed some more.

“Laila and I are a good team. She’s my friend, but I’m not in love with her.” Simon took a deep breath. “I asked her for a divorce this morning.”

“What happened?”

“She wanted to go to counseling until I told her about the baby and then she threw a frying pan filled with eggs at me.”

“You deserved it.”

“I did. I’m sorry I hurt her. And Janet, I’m sorry I hurt you too.”

I was starting to get a headache from her high-pitched sobbing. “All right, then. Business as usual on a Monday morning. I’ll be in my office. Janet, take as long as you need on leave. I wish you both the best.”

I closed the door behind me and made a mental note to price out what soundproofing the office would cost. I stared at Janet’s desk as I let myself into my office. I should call the temp agency for a new secretary for both me and Simon. I know I shouldn’t discriminate, but I was going to hire either men or ugly women. I didn’t want to tempt fate with Simon and Janet.

“Fuck me,” I groaned as I made my way to my desk. I had dodged a bullet. At least things were back to normal. I heard a noise in my bathroom. “Or for fuck’s sake, now what?”

Terri came out of the bathroom wearing nothing but the gold bracelets I bought her. My eyes darted to the door and she slowly walked over to it and locked it.

“How’s your brother?” I forced out, willing myself to look into her beautiful eyes instead of her luscious tits.

“He’s gained consciousness, but he’s still flat out. He had an allergic reaction to one of the binders in the pills he was taking. They’re giving it to him in liquid form to see if that will work. They’re going to keep him under observation. Elaine’s with him now.”

“I think there’s something going on between the two of them,” I said, hoping she didn’t expect me to keep my hands to myself.

“She’s Maeva.”

“What?”

“Yup. He didn’t want to tell me because he knew I hated her as my boss and he felt bad that he liked her.”

“Holy shit,” I said and then I refused to think about it.

“I wanted to apologize.” She walked up to me and unbuckled my belt. Drawing it through the loops slowly, she smiled up at me. “I never gave you an answer. That was rude of me.”

“About that,” I began, but then she unbuttoned my pants and pulled out my cock.

All thoughts fled when she touched me like that. I enjoyed her stroking me before I realized, hey dumbass, she’s naked, and my hands sprang to life. I touched her between her thighs because I couldn’t get enough of how fucking hot and wet she always was. We rubbed each other until I was about to come in her hand.

“Not yet.” I stopped her from jerking me off. Leading her to the window, I stood behind her with my arms around her body. “You first.” I went back to flicking her hard little clit and tugging on her nipples. Sucking on her neck, I ground my cock into her ass as she sighed and moaned in my arms. Terri squirmed and tried to get away as my fingers stroked her relentlessly. Then she gasped and went limp as she soaked my hand.

“Oh, yeah,” I said, turning her around so I could suck on her tits and grab handfuls of her ass while I did it.

She pushed me down into my chair and straddled me. I was deep within her before I realized we didn’t have a condom. I froze. “Wait. We need a condom.” Holy crap, though, did it feel incredible without it. I could come by just her squeezing me with the walls of her pussy. “Stop. Baby. Please.”

“It doesn’t matter. I’m going to marry you. I’m going to be a stepmother to Janet’s baby. And if we make another one, then he’ll have someone to play with.”

“Wait,” I managed to croak out before she rode me hard and I didn’t give a fuck about anything else but coming while my face was buried in her chest.

Her nails dug deep into my shoulders and I helped her along, with two handfuls of her ass. She swore and threw her head back, coming with a litany of yeses.

I couldn’t take any more and came inside her wet heat. I almost passed out from the intensity. I was still hard so I turned her over my desk. Pushing everything off the desk with a sweep of her hand, Terri spread her legs wide open for me and I continued to fuck her fast and hard, just like she liked it. She moaned into my desk blotter and I wondered if we were making too much noise, but I just didn’t care enough to try to be quiet.

“Mick,” she panted. “Mick, I love you.”

She made me come again and my knees went weak. I managed to get her to the couch and held her until we both stopped shaking.

“I love you too, Kitten.”