Total pages in book: 22
Estimated words: 20736 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 104(@200wpm)___ 83(@250wpm)___ 69(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 20736 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 104(@200wpm)___ 83(@250wpm)___ 69(@300wpm)
“I warned you what would happen to them if they did.”
She lets out a gasp. She shakes her head ever so softly, confusion laced in her eyes. “It wasn’t a dream.”
Chapter Five
Jillian
“No, it wasn’t.” He closes the distance, and I can barely breathe when he runs his tongue along my throat. I moan, tilting my head to the side, allowing him free reign to my neck. “You’re mine, and I was deadly serious, Jillian.”
“Then why don’t you want me here?” I whimper, feeling so vulnerable.
“Because how can I get any work done?” he asks, pressing his hips forward, pinning my body against the desk with his unmistakable length digging into my ass. “When all I want to do is to be inside you.”
I press back, feeling every inch of his body against mine as I weakly plead, “I should leave, then.”
“You’re never leaving me again.”
“I never left you.” Sawyer spins me around and stares into my eyes with his light brown eyes, and they’re full of hurt.
He caresses my cheek, and my body trembles from the slight touch. “I never wanted to hurt you, Jillian, but there was no way we could have been together before.”
“And now?” I question, wanting to know where we stand. I have loved this man for so long. Longer than I knew what real love was, way before I understood what life could be, and then he disappeared from my existence.
“Now…Now you messed up by dropping into my lap before I could hunt you down,” he grumbles like it’s a problem that I didn’t let him make a grand entrance.
“You planned to hunt me down, Mr. Masterson?” He nods, and then his mouth lightly caresses mine. It’s powerful, yet controlled. His hands slide slowly up my arms to my hair, cupping my head. I cling to him, giving in to the kiss I’ve been dreaming of for years.
Our kiss evolves, his tongue sliding into my mouth as I let out a moan. I wrap my legs around his strong thighs, and he pushes me up onto his desk. It’s then I remember where we are. I push against his chest. “No, no. I can’t. I can’t.”
“What? What’s wrong, Jillian?”
I shake my head, tears falling when I told myself I wouldn’t let them. “I don’t want to be just another one of your lovers.”
He chuckles and I shove his chest again, sending him off balance a little. He doesn’t move more than a few steps and drops his head. When he comes back to me, his eyes focus on me, seeing my sadness. He cradles my face and says, “Little Jilly Bean, you and I have a serious misunderstanding. If you thought anything was happening between Cynthia and me other than her picking up the papers on the floor, you’re sorely mistaken. There has never been anything going on between her or any of my employees. Hell, with anyone, for that matter.”
“You’re telling me the truth?”
“I don’t sleep around, Jillian. In fact, my lawyer complained earlier that I needed to find a woman, but he had no idea that I already had a wife all picked out.”
“A wife?” He drags my body to his, sliding his hands to my waist and holding me close.
“Yes, Jillian.”
“We don’t know each other anymore, Sawyer.” I know in my heart that I’ve always loved him, and even now my heart beats for the man who has no love for me.
“We will. I fucked up in so many ways, but my heart and body have always been true to you.”
“That I can’t believe. The model that was blasted all over the internet?”
“That was just a paid publicity stunt to offset any suspicion that I had a connection to a beautiful underage girl.”
“So you had feelings for me back then?”
“At that time…I wasn’t sure what they were until I saw you on the steps because I spent my time worrying about protecting you. Then it became a fear that you’d find someone to love, and I wanted that person to be me.”
“It’s always been you, Sawyer.”
“Then there’s no more waiting, Jillian.” He kisses me again, and this time I give in without reservation. He releases my lips and presses his forehead to mine. “We need to get out of here before I fuck you on my desk.”
“That doesn’t sound so bad.”
“I’m not taking you for the first time where anyone can hear us.”
“I’m afraid you’ll leave me.”
“Jillian. I never really left you. Never, and that’s something I can promise you. From the moment you went to college, I knew your every move, including every party, class, and days when you visited your parents.”
“How? You work full time and…”
“I hired a team to watch over you for the past four years, someone to follow you and assure me you were safe. That’s how Nox was able to get to the party first.”