Sleeping With My Boss: A Standalone Novel (An Alpha Billionaire Romance Love Story) (A Dirty Office Romance) (110 page)

“And if I should choose not to smear your
clients so called ‘good name,’ what would be in that for me?”

I could tell that although she was doing a
great job of keeping her facial features neutral, her eyes were daring me to
offer her some sort of bribe. I thought about what Alicia had said about being
careful. I got the feeling she was dead on in this case. Rose Dugan was hoping
that I would turn out to be a dirty, slimy S.O.B. Smiling what I thought was my
most charming smile I said,

“Going to bed at night, happy in the
knowledge that you’ve done the right thing?”

She laughed. “I sleep very well at night,
thank you for your concern.” Her phone vibrated, and looking at it, she said,
“If that’s all, I really need to be going.”

I was confused. I just got here. Was she
only just trying to set me up for a bribe? “I thought you wanted an interview
from someone close to Brigham Oil? You’ve hardly gotten anything but my name.”
Rose stood up with her phone in her hand and her purse on her arm and as she
started walking away said,

“No, Mr. Hanson, I do believe I also got
your number. Have a nice day.” And with that, she was gone.

I sat motionless for a moment. I was
infuriated by this practical child’s holier than thou attitude. What could
someone so young and inexperienced know about anything? My number? What the
hell does she think she means by that? I shook my head and mumbled out loud to
myself as I left the restaurant, “She's way in over her head. I hope she knows
what she’s in for.”

********

When
I got to Alicia’s apartment that night, she was just putting the

finishing touches on the table for dinner.
I realized as soon as I saw her how much I’d missed her. God, she's beautiful.
I pulled her into my arms and gave her a long, deep kiss. “Wow!” she said,
breathlessly when I allowed her to come up for air. “What was that for?”

“Because I missed you, and I needed that.”
She had her pretty dark auburn hair braided along the side of her face and
wasn’t wearing any make-up. The freckles across her nose were visible and it
made her look a lot younger than her twenty-seven years. I kissed the tip of
her nose and said, “I barely slept without you next to me last night.” I moved
into the living room and she followed me. I loosened my silk tie and plunked my
lanky frame down on her couch.

She sat down next to me and put her hand
on my thigh. As tired as I was, I felt an erection rising from her simple
touch. “Rough day?” she asked.

I ignored the erection for now. I really
was afraid that I was too tired. I sighed instead and rubbed my temples. “Rose
Dugan is not our only problem where the press is concerned. This entire case is
being tried in the press. I talked to Alex today. The president’s campaign
manager wants a meeting with me. We want our name taken out of everything
concerning this lawsuit. Brigham’s people, however, are holding onto the fact
that we are politically connected and want to use that our advantage. I’m
exhausted.”

I leaned my head back into the couch and
closed my eyes. When Alicia asked if I’d like a glass of wine I nodded, but
left my eyes closed. I felt her get up and go into the kitchen. I opened them
when I heard her come back in, and as I took the glass with one hand, I patted
the couch next to me with the other hand and told her, “Sit.”

She sat, and I put my arm around her and
pulled her in close. She smelled so good. It was just more encouragement for my
cock to stretch out the front of my pants. “Some days I wish it was like this
always,” I told her. “Just you and I, a glass of good wine, and a comfy couch.
That’s all a man really needs.”

Alicia smiled and laid her head on my
shoulder and agreed, “Me, too.” We sat that way for a while before she finally
mentioned that dinner was probably getting cold.

I reluctantly got off the couch and
followed her to the dining room. “It smells delicious,” I told her as my senses
came alive at the smells coming from the kitchen.

“I made lobster bisque soup, boiled snow
crab, and asparagus with hollandaise sauce.”

“Sounds great.” We sat down and ate mostly
in silence, making a little small talk here and there, but both of us trying to
avoid the subject of work. Dinner was as good as it smelled. I was surprised
sometimes at how domestic she was since she was raised in a house with wealthy
parents and a full-time staff. She told me it was part of her “training” to be
a lady. I helped her wash the dishes and tidy the kitchen. As we made our way
back to the living room, I let out a big yawn.

“Would you like to turn in early tonight?”
she asked. I was tired, but I needed her worse than sleep. I grabbed her from
behind pulled her up against me so her round butt was against my rising
erection.

I bent down and put my mouth to her ear
and said, “I want to go to bed, but I’m not sleepy.”

She laughed and wriggled her way around so
that she was facing me and then she rose up on her toes and kissed my lips.
“Then let’s stop screwing around in here.” We walked backwards down the hall
with our lips and tongues connected. My hands were busy removing her clothes
while we walked and by the time we made it to her bedroom, I had her out of her
shirt and bra. Her body is incredible.

I pulled out of the kiss and began
unbuttoning her skirt while my hands reveled in the feel of her soft skin. I
teased her nipples gently until they stood at full attention and watched as her
skirt fell to the floor. I didn’t wait for her to finish taking off her panties
before I lifted her up and lay her back on the bed. I grabbed the panties and
pulled them down myself and then stood there for a minute just drinking her in.

“God, you’re beautiful,” I breathed out
while I began taking off my own clothes. I couldn’t stand her lying there like
that and not touching her, so I used one hand to play with her nipples while I
finished undressing with the other.

Once I was naked, I lay down on the bed
and pulled her up on top of me. I pulled her down for another hot kiss and ran
my hands down her back until I got to her ass. I clutched her cheeks in my
hands, squeezing and massaging them while she slid her lips down and attached
them to my neck. She kissed softly at first, but the harder I touched her, the
harder she sucked and nibbled at my neck. My core felt like it was on fire and
my cock was rock hard now. She kissed down to my chest as I continued my
massage on her shoulders. By the time she had slid all the way down to my
stomach, I couldn’t stand it anymore. If she took me in her mouth tonight, I
was going to explode. I pulled her back up. She smiled down at me and while I
slid her now soaking wet pussy back and forth across my hard cock, I reached up
and took out the band holding her braid in place. I ran my fingers through her
hair until it was loose around her smooth white shoulders and then I pulled her
down for another kiss. I felt her hand slide down between us while we kissed
and take hold of my cock. I groaned into her mouth as she gave it a couple of
strokes. It was covered with her warm, sticky juices. She pulled her hips up
slightly and lined me up with her opening before pulling out of the kiss to sit
up straight. She lowered herself down on my cock slowly until I was buried
inside of her and we were skin to skin. She whimpered when she hit bottom. God,
I love making her moan. My wife had been one cold, uptight bitch. Alicia is
just the opposite. She's a little wildcat in bed and I fucking love it.

I reached up and played with her perfect
tits while she moved up and down on top of me. I thrust up my hips to meet hers
and each time I hit bottom, she cried out. I pulled her down so that I could
take one of her nipples in my mouth and sucked her whole breast in. I licked
and sucked on it and the harder I sucked and scraped my teeth along the edge of
her nipples, the faster she moved and the more noise she made.

She wasn’t a screamer, but she was a
moaner. She let me know with her sounds and her movements what she wanted and I
aimed to please. She’s the hottest woman I’ve ever been with, and on top of
that, she’s got a heart and a brain, too. Sometimes I’m not sure how I got so
lucky.

After getting my fill of her breasts, I
grabbed her back and held her in place while I flipped us over. Nudging her
legs so they were wide open, I began to plunge into her with more force. She
had her hands on my shoulders and was digging her fingernails into me. The
lines between pain and pleasure were blurred as nothing else mattered but the
feel of her tight, wet pussy wrapped firmly around my throbbing cock. I reached
down and slid my arms underneath her legs and picked them up and rested her
feet on my shoulders so I could pound her deeper and harder. I felt her body
tense, and she cried out my name in ecstasy as she came. That sent me over the
edge and I let go of my own massive orgasm filling her up and then collapsing
down next to her in a sweaty heap.

I was tired now, in a good way. I knew I
would sleep much better tonight with her in my arms. I also knew that I had to
get Marjorie out of my life soon or I’d lose Alicia, and I couldn’t let that
happen.

CHAPTER
THREE

ALICIA

Monday morning came too soon as far as I
was concerned. I woke up to Adam dressing in the dark. “Are you leaving? What
time is it?” I asked him groggily.

“It’s early, babe. You still have a while
to sleep. I have to go home to shower and change before I go into the office. I
have an early meeting with Miles Brigham IV this morning. I need to be at the
top of my game.”

I sat up and motioned him towards me with
my finger. When he leaned down, I whispered,

“You’re always at the top of your game,
love. You proved it last night.”

He grinned and kissed me on my lips. “You
don’t make it easy for a man to leave, that’s for sure,” he said, “But
unfortunately, I have to go. Good luck in court today, by the way. I’ll call
you later to see how it’s going.”

I sighed. “Okay, good luck to you, too,
and remember – Brigham can’t do this without you. You’re the best attorney in
this city and he knows it. Don’t let him try to intimidate you.”

“No one intimidates Adam Hanson,” he said
with another grin.

“Good,” I told him as I snuggled back down
for a couple more hours sleep. “No one should.” He kissed me once more on my
forehead before he left. I lay there before falling asleep, thinking I was the
luckiest girl in the world that Adam loved me. I had all but forgotten the
argument we had the night of the ball.

********

Kyla and I both arrived at the courthouse
within minutes of each other. Nico showed up as we were climbing the stairs. He
was balancing a cardboard tray with four cups of steaming coffee in one hand
and a briefcase full of legal briefs in the other.

“Here, let me help you,” Kyla said, taking
one of the cups out of the tray and taking a long sip from it. Nico gave her a
look and said,

“Gee, thanks. My load is so much lighter
now.”

“No problem,” Kyla said playfully.

“Here,” I said, taking the tray from his
hand.

“Thank you, Ms. Winston,” Nico said with a
mock bow.

Kyla and I exchanged a look as Nico went
on ahead up the stairs. Maybe Nico hadn’t indulged in too much champagne to
recall our kiss the other night. I had to shake that off for now, though. I had
a client depending on me and right now that was my priority. We made our way
through the busy courthouse to a conference room we had reserved for the day.
Nelson was already there. He was dressed in a nice suit as we told him to wear
and had removed the jewelry he normally wore in the piercings in both his face
and ears. His hair was dyed back to its normal shade of brown from the platinum
blonde it had been bleached at the time of his arrest. I looked him over and
said,

“Wow, Nelson, you look wonderful. I almost
didn’t recognize you.”

Nelson mumbled a simple, “Thanks.” His
dress and grooming exuded confidence and poise, but one look at the boy’s face
told just how anxious he was about the trial that was about to begin. I sat one
of the cardboard coffee cups down in front of him.

“Maybe a double shot of caffeine will help
your mood this morning.”

Nelson mumbled another thanks and picked
up the cup. He didn’t drink; he just rolled it between his palms.

Nico sat across from the boy and said,
“You understand what is happening today, right?” He waited a beat, and when
Nelson didn’t respond, he continued, “Alicia and Kyla have drawn up a motion to
suppress the confession. All you have to do today is tell the truth. Tell the
judge that you did ask for a lawyer before they even began questioning you.”

Nelson looked up at him. I didn’t like the
defeat he already had in his eyes. “Technically, what I said was, ‘Isn’t my
lawyer supposed to be here?’ I guess I should have insisted on it.”

“No, they should have stopped right there
and let you call us. They didn’t do that. Instead, they ignored what you said
and continued on with the interrogation. That’s not acceptable.”