Dane

He got her to stop without revealing himself—she stood in the doorway while he stood alongside her, behind the wall. No one would be able to see him from outside the room, and Lila would see anyone coming long before they got close since she was standing in the doorway.

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He'd only meant to stop her from walking away mad. He wanted to soothe her. To make it right. But this close, he could smell her perfume—something slightly fruity, with a hint of spice—it made him want to lick her. When she said, "Go on," and leaned against the door, so close—mere inches from him—he almost groaned with the desire to pull her into his arms.

"It's…difficult, pretending to be unaffected by you," he said, his voice gravel because of the lust building in him.

"I'm aware," she said. She'd pulled out her phone so it looked like she was busy with that. Clever girl.

"I look at you and I just want to touch you. Everywhere. All the time."

Her cheeks pinked. "I might be able to relate to that feeling," she said carefully, but didn't look at him.

"When other men look at you, talk to you…I'm afraid of losing you. I'm afraid you'll give up on me for someone you can talk to whenever you want. Touch. Be open with. I'm afraid of that, Lila."

She sighed. "You don't need to be."

Unable to resist, he let his fingertips slide down the side of her arm slowly…so slowly. He could hear himself breathing. "So beautiful," he whispered. She blinked more than once, but didn't move. "So tempting. Even right now, just standing there, I want you. Do you know how I ache for you, Lila?" he whispered. "Every time you turn around…"

"Like I said, I can relate," she muttered through her teeth.

Dane swallowed and let his fingers trail back up her arm, so softly. "Do you see it, though?" he said, his voice thick.

"What do you mean?" she asked quietly, frowning at the phone.

"I can see it. I can see what I want to do to you. With you." He swallowed. His mouth had gone dry. "For example… when I go into your office and you're standing behind your desk, I want to walk up behind you. Right behind you. So you can feel me all… the way… down." She swallowed. Hard.

"I want to take that jacket off you," he rasped. "Slide it off your shoulders so for a few seconds it pulls your arms back and your breasts get pushed forward, and I can see right between them, because I'm standing so close."

He saw her chest rise with a quick breath and leaned even closer.

"I want to turn you around and unbutton your blouse slowly, one by one, starting at the top, so it falls open and I see you even before I'm done."

Her breath short, she frowned at the phone, but he wondered if she realized she was leaning closer to him. Leaving his arm low so it would be hidden by her back, he slid his hand up from the middle of her back until his fingers were at her nape, under her hair. He felt her back move as she sucked in a deep breath.

"Then turn you back again, so I can hike up that skirt and slide your underwear off—"

"What if I'm not wearing any?" she whispered and a shudder rocked him. He swore. His fingers tightened in her hair, just the tiniest bit and she shivered. Her breath was coming faster now too.

He leaned as close as he dared, breathing the words across the inches between his lips and her ear.

"I wouldn't take the blouse off," he rasped. "But I'd leave it open. I'd stand behind you, put myself around you, over you, slide my hands under your skirt and find the place where you're so warm. Ready for me. I'd kiss your neck while I touched you until you were gasping my name." He trailed his fingers down her back, swallowing convulsively. "Then I'd pull that blouse off you, and peel the straps of your bra down from your shoulders with my fingertips, until you could get your arms free and I could fully cup your breasts."

He paused and she stopped breathing.

"Then I'd bend you over."

She made a little noise in her throat. Dane shifted to give his groin more room against the wall. He was panting. So was she. What the fuck was he doing? But he couldn't stop. He was ready to plunge into her right there, and she hadn't even touched him.

"I'd leave one hand to play with your nipples, but I'd wrap the other in your hair." His breath came harsh and short. "I'd lean over you and… fuck…" her mouth was falling open and her chest moving quickly. He let his trembling fingers slide down to her butt and cupped her there. "Lila, I'd take you like that, so you could feel me on every inch—inside you, along your back, touching your breasts—and I'd pull your head back and kiss you while I took you—"

She swore and pushed away from the door suddenly. Dane yanked his hand back, panting, adrenalin coursing through him—was someone coming? But no, she turned then, her cheeks hot and breathing quick and short, but there was anger flashing in her eyes. What had he said? Did she not like—

"Stop," she croaked. Dane stared at her and she held his gaze, a dozen emotions chasing themselves across her features—joy, sadness, lust, anger—so fast he couldn't keep track. "Just stop."

"Lila," he wanted to reach for her, but stopped himself before his hand crossed the threshold of the door. He couldn't afford for someone to see him. "I'm sorry if you didn't like that. I was just—"

"Are you kidding me, Dane?" she whispered with a squeak. "Are you fucking playing me right now? Not like it? Not like it???"

Confused, he stared at her. "Then what—"

"It doesn't have to be a fantasy, Dane. We don't have to think about what it might be like. We could have that. Tonight. Tomorrow. Next week. As many times as we want, we could have that. The only person standing in our way is you."

And she turned on her heel and stalked back to her office.

Dane was left, stunned, sitting at one of the tables, sipping a coffee he didn't want, until he could get his body to calm down enough to walk through the office.

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