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Author: C.M. Steele
burden. I missed her. Tears pooled in my eyes.
My mother passed her work ethic down to me. Working was something I had been great at before my mother got sick. Between going to college full-time and working forty hours a week, I still managed a 4.0. I graduated a week before we learned that the doctors had botched her surgery, and there was only a little time left before I lost her. How do you remove the wrong kidney? Time with her became my sole priority.
It took a few months after her death for me to come back to the world of the living. I was managing to survive on the savings we had left, but I’d needed a job ASAP. Trying to land a job had been harder than I thought though. So I lied on my application about my experience and landed a decent job, through the temp agency, that paid well over entry-level pay.
After learning who I was working for, I understood why they paid so much. The man was rumored to be a fucking manwhore with a thing for his assistants. I’d hated him for it, and I shouldn’t have, because he hadn’t done anything to me. But it was only the first day. Did he work his way under your guard, fuck you stupid, then toss you on your ass?
It didn’t matter either way. I was staying away from his swinging dick. And once the malpractice lawsuit paid out, I would quit. I just had to avoid looking at him and his sexiness. Then I could withstand his pull. Which would be hard.
~~~~~
When I got to the office that morning, Nate wasn’t there yet. My mind began to wonder where he was. Had he been delayed in traffic, or was he leaving his lover’s house after lazily making love to her? That train of thought bothered me. I started typing hard, my nails crashing down on the keyboard, clickity-clacking with my frustration. Why the fuck was I concerned about his love life? Why was I freaking jealous?
I was already done with most of the work that I needed to do for the day, and I needed him to assign me another task or I was going to bust out a game of Candy Crush on my phone. He walked into the office an hour late and didn’t look too happy to be there. He looked as if someone had run over his dog. I didn’t want to say anything, but I was really concerned.
“Is everything all right, sir?” I asked.
He gave me a quick once-over, then he snarled, “It’s Nathaniel or Nate. Everything is as fine as it can be. My workout lasted longer than it should have.”
He stormed into his office, and I wondered if my question had been out of line. Shaking my head, I went back to work. It was looking more like his assistants had quit because he was an asshole than a playboy. I’d be on that boat as well. Any day now, I would be receiving my settlement. Five million dollars didn’t bring my mother back, but it would give me what I needed to start over and determine what I wanted in life.
Two hours and ten emails later, he came out of the office with his coat on. “Jessica, I have a lunch appointment with my lawyer. I’ll be back later. If you need me, call me, okay?” The attitude was missing from his voice, and that completely changed the atmosphere in the room.
“Okay, Mr.… I mean, Nate.”
He smiled at me before he walked out. And just like that, I was fascinated with him all over again.
Since the first moment we met, an attraction had been there between us. I didn’t want it to be there, but it was. Running my hands all over his face and chest seemed to pop into my head every few minutes. I tried to focus on my work and his reputation, but neither seemed to ease the ache or gross me out enough to stay away from him. Thoughts of letting him take my virginity just to get rid of it were becoming more and more prevalent. He had sex god written all over that chiseled face, so at least with him, my first time would be awesome.
Chapter 3
I got to the gym earlier than normal because I hated myself for wanting to see her as soon as I woke up. That dream should have been enough to deter me. Over the
My mother passed her work ethic down to me. Working was something I had been great at before my mother got sick. Between going to college full-time and working forty hours a week, I still managed a 4.0. I graduated a week before we learned that the doctors had botched her surgery, and there was only a little time left before I lost her. How do you remove the wrong kidney? Time with her became my sole priority.
It took a few months after her death for me to come back to the world of the living. I was managing to survive on the savings we had left, but I’d needed a job ASAP. Trying to land a job had been harder than I thought though. So I lied on my application about my experience and landed a decent job, through the temp agency, that paid well over entry-level pay.
After learning who I was working for, I understood why they paid so much. The man was rumored to be a fucking manwhore with a thing for his assistants. I’d hated him for it, and I shouldn’t have, because he hadn’t done anything to me. But it was only the first day. Did he work his way under your guard, fuck you stupid, then toss you on your ass?
It didn’t matter either way. I was staying away from his swinging dick. And once the malpractice lawsuit paid out, I would quit. I just had to avoid looking at him and his sexiness. Then I could withstand his pull. Which would be hard.
~~~~~
When I got to the office that morning, Nate wasn’t there yet. My mind began to wonder where he was. Had he been delayed in traffic, or was he leaving his lover’s house after lazily making love to her? That train of thought bothered me. I started typing hard, my nails crashing down on the keyboard, clickity-clacking with my frustration. Why the fuck was I concerned about his love life? Why was I freaking jealous?
I was already done with most of the work that I needed to do for the day, and I needed him to assign me another task or I was going to bust out a game of Candy Crush on my phone. He walked into the office an hour late and didn’t look too happy to be there. He looked as if someone had run over his dog. I didn’t want to say anything, but I was really concerned.
“Is everything all right, sir?” I asked.
He gave me a quick once-over, then he snarled, “It’s Nathaniel or Nate. Everything is as fine as it can be. My workout lasted longer than it should have.”
He stormed into his office, and I wondered if my question had been out of line. Shaking my head, I went back to work. It was looking more like his assistants had quit because he was an asshole than a playboy. I’d be on that boat as well. Any day now, I would be receiving my settlement. Five million dollars didn’t bring my mother back, but it would give me what I needed to start over and determine what I wanted in life.
Two hours and ten emails later, he came out of the office with his coat on. “Jessica, I have a lunch appointment with my lawyer. I’ll be back later. If you need me, call me, okay?” The attitude was missing from his voice, and that completely changed the atmosphere in the room.
“Okay, Mr.… I mean, Nate.”
He smiled at me before he walked out. And just like that, I was fascinated with him all over again.
Since the first moment we met, an attraction had been there between us. I didn’t want it to be there, but it was. Running my hands all over his face and chest seemed to pop into my head every few minutes. I tried to focus on my work and his reputation, but neither seemed to ease the ache or gross me out enough to stay away from him. Thoughts of letting him take my virginity just to get rid of it were becoming more and more prevalent. He had sex god written all over that chiseled face, so at least with him, my first time would be awesome.
Chapter 3
I got to the gym earlier than normal because I hated myself for wanting to see her as soon as I woke up. That dream should have been enough to deter me. Over the
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