Chapter Three

Matt

“Come for me,” he growled, pumping her hips up and down over his cock. “Damn it, Candy. Give me your sweet goodness.” She moaned and sighed before belting out, “Ryan,” while Matt emptied his release into her. He roared and cummed himself awake.

He shot out of his bed looking around and realized he had been dreaming a very intense and jealousy filled dream of her. He was still in his hotel room in London. It had been four days since he’d seen her. Ryan had been a major cockblocker when it came to Candice. Every time Matt tried to talk to her, he’d take her away. It had become really annoying. He knew enough of her, and what Ryan didn’t know was that he’d drove her home the last two nights. Matt hated where she lived, but he planned to change that after he came back from London. They barely had a chance to speak because the ride home was so short, but she told him the truth about her education. It was hard for him to leave her when they were getting closer and closer to breaking the rules.

He looked at his watch, which was set to Boston time, and it was already midnight. He closed his eyes and tried to go back to sleep, but he sent a text to his brother.

 

Candice

She’d worked so late at her other job that she got dressed and decided to go to work early. She took her travel mug with coffee and headed out.  Her mind was wrapped up in seeing Matt. He would be back the next day, but she knew that he wasn’t going to show until after the holidays. His assistant talked to him all the time on the phone, but Candice didn’t. Candice didn’t have a good personal phone. It was one of those prepaid cell phones with terrible reception. He called twice while she was at work, but she couldn’t call him back. She missed him like crazy. The two nights he drove her home were sweet with nothing sexual about them, but when she got back from her job she picked up a special Trojan toy they sold there. It was an intimate massager and she screamed out Matt’s name several times that night. She was going to have to buy herself batteries for Christmas.

When she got into the office only the security was in for the day. After getting started, she went in Ryan’s office and his cell phone was buzzing. She wondered why he left his phone there. If she had this fancy phone, she wouldn’t forget it anywhere. Being nosy, she hit the button and the backlight came on. A notification with a text message was displayed on the lock screen. FIRE CANDY TODAY. She dropped the phone back on the desk and ran to the bathroom. She was heaving and panting, thinking why he could want her fired.

Ryan told her to ignore Matthew, and that was what she was going to do. Hopefully, Ryan did, too. She needed this job, and it didn’t make sense why he wanted her fired. He acted like she was special. Was it because he almost kissed her and pulled back? Did he not want her around because he was seeing Mara? Did Mara have something to do with the message?

“Good morning, Candice,” Mara the wench said.

“Morning.”

“You seem out of sorts. Could it be you realized that Mattie wants nothing to do with you? I told you to leave him alone, but you didn’t stop flirting with him. Now, I’m not going to tell you again, he’s mine.”

“Whatever.”

“Morning, ladies. What’s going on?”

“Nothing, just girl talk,” Mara lied, acting sweetly before stepping away back to her desk.

“By any chance have you seen my phone?”

“Yes, it’s in your office.”

“Okay, great. I was in such a hurry to go Christmas shopping that I forgot it. By the time I noticed, I had left four different stores, some of them already closed.”

“Well it’s safe and sound in your office,” she said with a smile that didn’t spread to her eyes.

“Hey, I have a meeting today. It should last all day, can you come with me? I know you have a second job, but I need you. It would include dinner.”

“Oh, I don’t know.”

“Yes, you do. You’re coming because I’m sure that job doesn’t offer shit compared to here.”

“Yes, but who knows how long I’ll be here.”

“As long as you do your job, I don’t see a problem. So here is two hundred dollars, get something to wear for tonight. Thanks.” She did what he asked and went shopping after lunch.

Three hours later she got dressed for the event and looked stunning. They were in the cab when he asked, “Did you look at my phone this morning?”

“I didn’t go through it,” she offered and tried to explain before Ryan raised his hand for her to stop.

“No, but you saw the message from Matt, didn’t you?”

“Yes.”

“It’s not what you think. You know we have a no dating policy. Well, Matt wants you and it’s his way of making it happen.”

“So, he doesn’t care that I don’t have a living wage if I’m fired just so he can get me into bed?”

“No. Look at this message.” He handed her the phone. “I fucking need her. She’s going to be my Candy Kane.” Candice clasp her hand over her shocked mouth. He wanted her for more than sex. He wanted her to take his name.

“Is this just a play on my name?” In school, people had called her Candy all the time.

“No. He’s warning me off. He wants you to be His Candy Kane.”

“Oh.”