Chapter 11

 

“I swear Laura…” Jared starts, as they both make their way towards one of the larger conference rooms in the Love in the Net office. “If you pull another one on me…I swear…”

 

Laura doesn’t feel threatened, and instead, rolls her eyes at him. “I already sent you the proposal in advance. Why will I want to waste my time just to get a good laugh at your expense?” Jared seriously doesn’t know if she’s being serious or is just mocking him. “Tell me the truth. What do you think of the business?”

 

“A student-run consultation business that caters to small enterprises?” Jared then says rhetorically. “I think it’s great, and I’d like to be an investor.”

 

“And that’s why I invited you here – to set up a meeting with the Founder, so we three can talk details,” responds Laura, as she leads the way towards the conference room. “Now, hurry up. We can’t keep anyone waiting.”

 

“Alex and Nate don’t want ‘in’ on this?” Jared asks curiously. It’s almost an unspoken competition between their circle of friends. Who invests in the most promising companies? It’s no secret eight out of ten startups fail within the first eighteen months, and as ex-military men, they are all competitive.

 

“Consultancy and education? Add in tech?” Laura says, her tone obvious. “You’re more valuable for this particular venture.”

 

“Gee, thanks,” Jared says sarcastically, adding an eye roll to that. “You make it hard to hate you, no matter the shit you give me.”

 

When they finally reach the conference room, Jared opens the door and is the first one to step inside. He almost drops his phone and bag on the floor. At the other end of the room is Anna, sitting at the head of the table. Her head is bent down towards the keyboard of her laptop. Then, Jared turns around so fast Laura has to duck to avoid crashing into him.
 

“You two will thank me later!” Laura shouts abruptly, making a move to close the door. “Iron out your problems, and when you two have your heads back in the game, we can talk business.”

 

At this, Anna finally lifts her head and opens her mouth when she meets familiar hazel brown eyes. “Ja-Jared…?”

 

“Fucking Laura…” he mouths out to himself, as he runs a hand through his hair. “Shaped for You my ass.”

 

“You know about the business?” Anna then says, shock and curiosity lacing her tone. When Jared raises an eyebrow up at her, she then clarifies, “Shaped for You?”

 

“Uh-…you know about it too?”

 

Looking at her, he realizes it’s going to be hard, impossible most likely, to stay mad at the woman before him. It’s been a couple weeks since their confrontation in his office, and in all those days, he missed her. His heart kept telling him to suck it up, apologize, and reconcile with Anna. His brain just wouldn’t let himself succumb to his feelings so easily.

 

“Y-yeah…” she stutters and then a pause. “I’m the Founder…”

 

When Jared keeps silent, having no idea what to say, Anna decides to speak up.

 

“I realized I was looking for love for the wrong reasons…or looking for a man for the wrong reasons rather…” she then corrects her words. “I don’t want to make the same mistakes I did last time, Jared…” When she tips her head up to look at him, he meets her eyes at the exact same moment. “I don’t want to be in a relationship because I love someone out of need…” Jared feels his heart skip a beat. No matter how much he tries to act apathetic and unyielding, her words are reaching each and every part of his body. “I want to love you because I want to, not because I need you…” A singular pause. “And I do.”

 

Slowly, Jared feels his whole demeanor and body soften at her words, and there’s no controlling the smile surfacing on his face. He feels like a heavy weight has been lifted off his shoulders. Then, his feet move themselves and bring him closer to Anna. When he’s standing right in front of her, he raises his arms and cups her face in his hands.

 

“I missed you so much…” He doesn’t want to let her go. “…I love you so much.”

 

Then, slowly, Anna starts to smile, as she stands on her tiptoes and closes the distance between their lips. Jared’s arm instinctively wraps around her waist to pull her closer against him, and she lets out a sigh of relief. Anna doesn’t know how long they’ve been kissing, but when his hands start to close around her breasts, she hesitantly pulls away, her lips automatically turning down into a frown.

 

“Jared, we’re in Laura’s office…” she says, voice almost a whisper.

 

With that, he can’t help but grin at her as he says, “She wants this to happen. That’s why she left us alone…”

 

With that, and a smile to add, Anna shakes her head before she meets Jared’s eyes once again. With no complaints, she meets his lips mid-way when he moves his head closer to hers.

 

Before they know it, their clothes are discarded and scattered all over the room. As Anna’s back lies against the glass conference table, Jared moves his head closer to her entrance. He swipes his tongue against the lips of her pussy, and Anna’s back automatically arches off the table. She feels a tingling sensation building up in her most intimate region, as it spreads like fire to the rest of her body. Her hands search for his hair to take a fistful of his blond mop. Her fingers tighten their grasp when Jared starts to suck desperately. And when she opens her eyes at the surge of pleasure, Anna starts to sees stars. She wants to scream; she wants to shout. But right outside of the conference room are Laura’s employees. At the thought, she can’t help but grin. She has to thank Laura later.

 

“Jared…stop…” Anna then says, when she feels the build-up inside her nearing its peak.

 

His mouth pulls away from her entrance, as Anna sits up and starts to crawl forward until her mouth is a hairsbreadth away from Jared’s groin. Slowly, she wraps her fingers around his member, and in response, he stretches his arms above his head and clasps his fingers to rest behind his hair. He keeps his eyes shut, reveling in the feel of Anna’s lips and tongue working their magic on his erection.

 

Anna moans softly, almost a whisper, as her tongue glides along the tip of Jared’s dick. She kisses and sucks the soft, sensitive area as her hands wrap and twist around his length. She feels the twitch of his erection against her hands, pulsating at the attention it’s receiving. Before he knows it, Anna starts to move her mouth along his length. Her lips tighten around his groin, and Jared tries his best not to groan so loudly. What will Laura’s employees think…?

 

“Babe…” Jared then says as he slowly pulls his erection away from her mouth. “Lie down.”

 

Anna follows and rests her back against the glass before she spreads her legs out. Then, he positions himself right at her entrance and starts to push inside her, the lips of her pussy parting to give way to his erection. When he can’t push any further, he starts thrusting in and out.  With her fingers grasping his shoulders so tightly, Anna starts to match his movements, and it isn’t long before they start to pick up the pace, both of them frantic and desperate to close the non-existent distance between then. Anna clenches her vagina, giving Jared’s erection a tighter landscape to work with. He bites into her neck when he’s about to groan. They can’t be too loud. Still, he doesn’t stop thrusting. On and on they move in sync, and when they meet one another’s eyes, they only see passion and love.

 

There’s no other way to best describe the relationship between them.