Chapter 6 - Carter

I knew that Vivian was starting the following day and arrived early as always. I was looking forward to being close to her as I trained her on her duties. I planned to break her down and take her as soon as possible.

I got some coffee and waited in my office as I warmed up the computer and stared over the city. I never thought I’d see Vivian again, much less in New York. I knew that she was something I regretted leaving behind, but I wasn’t sure just checking her name off a list was going to cure that.

I thought back to the way we had drifted apart and would get back together like fucking magnets. There had always been something between us and now, six years later, it was still there.

I busied myself dealing with some emails as I waited for her to arrive, mulling over my feelings and desires. I knew that I cared for her when we were younger but I was so driven by making money that I could only think of New York. I enjoyed the girls in my home town, but Vivian was my favorite. I just didn’t know how much I missed her until she was standing in my building for the interview.

I heard footsteps and turned to see her standing in the doorway. She was wearing the dress and a white sweater. She let my eyes skim over her body as she blushed. She walked inside on her heels and looked around. “I signed everything at HR. I’m officially an employee. Where is my desk?”

“I have a small office for you that connects to mine,” I gestured towards a door as she followed my hand. “You’ll be in my office a lot anyway, so this is most convenient. Everything is already set up for you, top-of-the-line equipment. You’ll need a little training, I’m guessing.” I gave her a hungry look as she widened her eyes at me.

“Yeah. I will.” She walked over to the window as I watched her tight, full calves and moved my eyes up to her ass, the skirt swishing around her knees. “Gorgeous view.”

“It never gets old,” I agreed as I walked up behind her and rested my hands on her hips. Vivian stilled and I stroked her skin gently over the material of the dress. “We’ll start with tech stuff today. I have a series of programs that I use here and you’ll also need to understand the email system. I’ll always be here to answer any questions that you might have.” I reached forward and slipped my arms around her stomach, feeling her gentle curves as she sucked in her breath. “It’s good to see you again, Vivian.”

“What are you doing, Carter?” she whispered as she pushed me away from her. “I’m here to work. I can’t start anything with you.”

“It never went away, Vivian.” I stared at her as she opened her mouth to speak, turning her head to look at me.

“I need some coffee. I’ll be right back.” She walked out of the office as I watched her. I had noticed her physical reaction to me, the way she’d held her breath, the way her skin colored. It was obvious that Vivian remembered how it had been between us as well as I did. I smiled, walking over to the computer to start setting things up for her training.

Vivian seemed like she had herself together when she walked back in with a cup of coffee. I sat her down at my desk, moving into another chair and pressing close to her. I reached across to point things out to her or move the mouse when I needed to, always making sure to touch her. She gave me several confused looks in return. I saw the heat, as well as some pain in her eyes and I covered her hand with mine as she pressed her lips together. “Are you okay?”

She nodded. We continued with the training and she seemed to be catching on quickly. As we worked, tension continued to build up in the room. I never felt this before and I inhaled the light citrus perfume that she used. It made me hungry for more than just dinner tonight. I stared at the soft curls hanging down her back as she read over the large number of emails that I received on a daily basis. “Every day?”

“Yes,” I responded with laughter in my voice. “You can break it down into spam, new clients, and current clients, and then go from there. I have a response set up for the new clients, that they’ll be contacted within twenty-four hours by one of our representatives. You can send that out first and work on the current ones after that. You can discuss any issues they’re having with me and if I can’t help, I’ll let you know whom you can forward the email to. It sounds time-consuming, but it’s not too bad once you get used to it.” She shook her head.

“That sounds like an all-day project to me,” she murmured as I smiled and placed my hand on her lower back, stroking her gently. My cock hardened as I felt her heat and smelled her scent, making me want her right now. This was becoming so much more than crossing off a name on a list. She turned to look at me. “What else will I be doing?”

“We’ll work together on various things. I am a busy man here.” I stared into her eyes as Vivian licked her lips slowly, blue eyes stormy as she met my gaze.

We went on to complete the training. Afterwards, I showed her to her office, watching her look around before she walked to the window. It offered another incredible view.

I went out to lunch, letting Vivian adjust to her new working environment. I asked if she wanted me to bring her back anything, but she shook her head and thanked me. I left to meet with some of the top employees of the company to discuss strategy. Vivian and I were going to dinner tonight under the guise of business, even though I knew that it had nothing to do with work. I just wanted her alone in a good setting where we could talk and catch up, maybe with some wine and candlelight. I wanted to woo her. This was more of an effort than I’d taken with other women but I sensed that Vivian was closed off somehow. It would take some time to earn her trust and I wondered who hurt her so badly to make her walls be up this high.

I returned after lunch and took her around the building with me while I took care of some things before it was five and her shift ended. I asked her if she wanted me to pick her up at home for the dinner but Vivian hesitated as she looked at me.

“Where do you live?” I asked her. She looked at me shyly.

“Brooklyn. I wasn’t planning on going home beforehand. It doesn’t really make sense to be home for a few minutes only to leave again.”

“Yeah, you’re right. I had my driver bring me in today. Want to leave a little early and have a drink at the restaurant?”

She considered the offer before she nodded. “Sure. Is that what the others are going to do?”

Shit. She thought this was a group dinner. “I’m not sure but we’ll find out,” I mumbled. She gave me a curious look and reached for her purse as she shut down the computer. I let her walk out of the office first, staring at her gorgeous ass. I closed her door a little too loudly and then locked mine for the night.

Others were leaving as well as we walked towards the elevator. There was a lot of chatter about the upcoming weekend and events that were happening, but Vivian remained quiet and just looked around with a sense of awe in her eyes. It seemed like she hadn’t experienced the city properly yet since she’d moved here. How come? There were enough young people around here to go out with and have a good time. I knew that was the first thing I did when I arrived here.

I opened the door to my limo as she parted her lips in a smile, sliding in as I followed. “You are rich, aren’t you?”

“I made my money through hard work, Vivian. You know where I came from.” She nodded. We pulled away from the curb and she looked at the city as we drove, caught up in the lights and action. “Have you been around the city much?” I asked. She shook her head and turned her face away from me.

She was silent when we walked into the restaurant. She slipped the sweater off to reveal her curves which got me hard instantly. I took a deep breath to calm myself down and walked to the front to tell them my name. The black-haired girl gave me a long look as she gathered up two menus. She handed them to a waitress who was taking me in openly. But I had only eyes for Vivian tonight. We walked through the intimate, low-lit dining room to a table in the back of the room near a fireplace. It was a small table and Vivian looked at me with accusatory eyes. “Nobody else is coming, are they?”

I just stared back at her as she sighed.

“I’m not going out with you, Carter. This is just a job.” Vivian looked past me and shook her head as a hint of resolve burned in her eyes.

I leaned in closely after we’d ordered some wine and described to her everything that I had done to her before and that I wanted to repeat. I described some of my favorite activities as she blushed furiously. I had a good idea of what she liked from before and there was so much more to do now that I was older and more experienced.