She was moving around so gracefully. It was like she had been doing this job forever. I couldn’t stop watching her and that meant my table of friends giving me a hard time. “Hm…Marcus…did you ever look at your beer belly consultant, like Trevor’s looking at his?”

Marcus laughed. “If my beer belly consultant looked half as good in jeans as she does, then maybe I would have.”

The table erupted in laughter, as I turned back around. “Dry up!” I mumbled.

Daxter laughed. “I have to admit that I didn’t know what to expect when everyone told me about the new woman in your life, but she definitely could fit the bill.”

I looked back at Daxter and he was grinning from ear to ear. I had to stop myself from hitting him. “You don’t know what you’re saying or rambling about. She’s an employee. That’s all.”

“Oh sure!” The others said.

I rolled my eyes and shot them each a long and agonizing look. “Enjoy the rest of your night, gentleman.” I arched an eyebrow at them and then walked away.

The fact was that I actually enjoyed them teasing me about her, but then it reminded me that in no way was anything going to happen between us. She had made herself perfectly clear.

I went about the rest of the night, helping out as I could and the hours just seemed to fly by. Before I knew it, the tables had started emptying and people had started leaving. I stood at the door and thanked them as they left, one by one, filtering out of the club.

When the last one had left the building, I locked the door and went back in. I spotted Jasmine wiping down a table and I watched her for a few minutes, unbeknownst to her. Several other employees were working away and it was bound to be a late night. So, we all rolled up our sleeves and cleaned up the areas, putting chairs up as each table was done.

An hour later, we had the place back into prime condition. I shot a look at Jasmine and she was pulling her hair out of her ponytail holder. She fluffed her hair and I was enamored by her looks. She looked at me and I saw a passion in her eyes that had me aroused and rearing to go.

“I’m gonna grab my purse. I can get out of here.”

“Don’t you want to see what the earnings were?” I asked. “Sam and Brayton are tallying it up.”

She smiled. “Alright! I’ll just get my purse anyway.”

I nodded and watched her head to the backroom and disappear.

“I’m heading out,” a couple of employees said, leaving just Sam, Brayton, Jasmine, and myself left behind.

“Okay! Thanks for the great teamwork tonight. You all were amazing.”

They nodded and headed through the back door, both looking equally tired. Jasmine came out of the backroom and I moved closer to her, needing to say something, before she walked out my door and my life forever.

“Whatever happens with the total, I just want you to know that you have changed this club for the better. I know that and I will give you a glowing recommendation to your boss.”

She smiled and even snickered slightly. “Well, I’m sure Monday I’ll be back doing secretarial work anyway.”

I frowned. “What do you mean?”

She looked at me, before revealing her secret.

“You were my first client. I typically am just an assistant at the office. I had been begging for something else to do and it wasn’t until you called, that I was given the opportunity.”

I really couldn’t believe what she was saying.

I would have never guessed that this was her first real job with the consulting firm.

“There was no one else, so you were left with the rookie.”

“Wow!” I muttered. “Jasmine, I had no idea. You seemed perfect for this job and I guess all I can say is lucky me.”

She smiled and we had our first real moment since the kiss the prior week. I wanted to kiss her again, but I held back, being conservative and not rushing anything.

“So, we have the results,” Brayton said. They came up to us and without saying a word, they put a piece of paper in front of us. There was a figure on the paper and I just stared at it. I looked at Jasmine, she looked at me, and we were at a loss. The figure was nearly four times the amount I would take in one week, let alone one day.

Brayton and Sam laughed.

“Yeah…our thoughts exactly. We’re out of here,” Sam said.

I nodded, barely able to speak, and heard the back door swing open and closed.

“Oh my gosh,” I said.

Jasmine laughed. “You can say that again.”

“Oh. My. Gosh!” Then without thinking, I picked her up in my arms and twirled her around. She laughed and I lowered her to the floor. Our eyes remained locked, as the laughing died down and she opened her mouth, but I had to keep the momentum going, so I closed in on her and latched my lips against hers. I kissed her, releasing a groan that I had been dying to let loose.

“Trevor…” she whispered, trying to pull back.

I held her close and stared deep into her eyes.

“You want this. I know you do. What are you afraid of?”

My head rested against hers, but her breathing was unsteady, raspy.

“Everything!” she whispered.

I wanted to comfort her and show her that everything would be alright if she just trusted me.

“Well, don’t be,” I said. “I’m not going to let you down.”

I lifted her into my arms and placed her ass on the bar, then went back in for a kiss. This time she didn’t pull back and there was no sign of ever stopping.