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Saturday
The next morning, Abby rolled out of bed much later than usual. It was all Dalen’s fault, she concluded. He had troubled her sleep all through the night with his suggestions of kisses and sharing his bed. In her dreams, she had experienced it all and it didn’t improve her mood. The man was too sexy for his own good. Well, at least for her good.
Already she longed for the weekend to end so she could retreat to her sex toys and get rid of her frustration. She didn’t dare indulge herself in case he’d hear her, but she feared that another day in his presence would make her more than desperate to find release. In that case, it was better to admonish it herself than beg him to fuck her.
Somewhere in her sleep, she had actually considered taking advantage of their situation and find out if the rumours of his sexual prowess were true. It was a sure sign of her mental instability, she thought, and she wanted to kick herself for even thinking about it.
She straightened her resolve and walked into the kitchen to the worst sight she could have imagined - or the best, once she thought it over. A half-naked Dalen was standing by the counter and cutting apples while whistling a familiar tune.
His muscled body was barely covered in a pair of pants that hung low on his hips and revealed more details than was good for a woman that had been celibate for the last two years.
She gasped before she could stop herself and he turned immediately, flashing her a cocky grin as he winked at her. He seemed to know exactly what effect he caused on her. Still she couldn’t help herself from roaming her eyes all over his muscled chest and following the dark patch of hair from his chest and down to his pants.
She swallowed hard as she took in the large bulge at his crotch that was so clearly visible through his pants and she tried to move her eyes away from him.
“Good morning,” he smiled at her. “What do you want to eat?”
You, she wanted to say. Naked and aroused in my bed. She blushed at her erratic thoughts.
“Depends on what you’re offering,” she croaked.
“Does pancakes, coffee and fruit salad sound okay with you?”
“God, I love a man that can cook,” she blurted out before she could stop herself.
He smiled as he handed her a plate and some pancakes.
“What? So that lover of yours isn’t any good in the kitchen, eh?”
Damn it, why was he always nagging her about that fantasy lover of hers. She’d invented him just to divert Dalen when he’d started asking a lot of personal questions. She didn’t want him to know about her single status and the fact that her best lover had always been her dildo.
He’d probably never been single in his entire life – not with the load of women that were throwing themselves at his feet all the time. He probably had someone shacked at home right now, waiting for him to finish his boring work-weekend and return to her bed to fuck her senseless.
“Nope. He has his forte in some other part of the house,” she said cheekily.
“But I don’t see any ring on your finger. Aren’t you living together? You’ve never brought him to the office either,” he prodded on.
“Why the curiosity, Sherlock? I don’t need a ring to enjoy a man in bed, do I?”
“No, I guess not,” he said glumly.
“Besides, we have an open relationship,” she continued.
“Meaning?”
“We share sex – but little else.”
“Sounds boring.”
“It isn’t. The sex is the best part. Why bother with the rest?” she asked lightly.
“You’re a strange woman then. I thought most women were looking for happily-ever-afters.”
“Not all of us. Besides, it’s the 21st century so basically we don’t require a man anymore.”
“To have children, you do,” he insisted.
“Oh, come on. That can easily be solved by a sperm donor and a syringe.”
“How about wanting a man to share your life and warm your bed?”
“I sleep much better alone and I prefer having sex outside the bed.”
“You do?” he just gaped at her.
“Sure, I do. The bed is so boring,” she lied easily.
“I’ll be damned,” he blurted out as if she had rattled his core.
However, all too soon, the heat returned to his eyes and he retaliated.
“How about having sex with me against the counter here?”
“No, thanks,” she hastily replied.
“Why not? You said that you were only interested in the sex.”
“I prefer having a sex partner a little less well-worn than you. It’s a major difference between ‘fresh’ and ‘used’, you know.”
“You don’t value experience, then?”
“Not on your level. You’re probably fed up with the whole thing judging by how busy you are.”
“Busy? You have no idea what you’re talking about,” he glared at her, before moving to the counter and filling up his coffee cup.
“No? I suggest you keep it in the pants and save it for your present lover.”
“I don’t have a lover,” he mumbled so low that she could barely hear him.
“Pardon?”
He turned around and folded his arms in front of his chest. “I said I don’t have a lover.”
“I’m sure that can be easily rectified,” she answered as her insides hopped with joy.
He was single?
“I haven’t had a woman in twelve months,” he continued. “Ever since you started in the firm.”
“What?” she spit out the coffee she had just sipped into her mouth. “What did you say?” she whispered.
She must have heard him wrong.
“Why not?” she blurted out before she could stop herself.
“I want you. I haven’t been able to be with another woman since meeting you.”
She just gaped at him for a long time.
“I don’t believe you,” she finally whispered.
“I know,” he said quietly. “You think I’m just a playboy running around with a different woman every week and incapable of having any feelings.”
She continued gaping at him as he repeated her sentiments to the core.
“And you’re not even letting me close enough so that I can prove how wrong you are about me.”
He sighed.
“I’m going for a run,” he said as he quickly left the kitchen.
Oh my god, Abby thought as she concentrated on the difficult task of breathing as she stared after his retreating form. Oh my god.
Talk about dropping a bomb on her, Abby thought. She heard him slam the door on his way out. Her brain was finally functioning again. He had to be joking. That was the only solution. Maybe he’d used this trick on all the other women as well, and that could easily explain why he was so popular.
He was even harder to resist once he dropped the arrogant-flirt-look and instead settled for lonely-man-looking-for-love.
Damn him. He was bad for her health and too difficult to resist. Could he really be telling her the truth? More likely this was just another of his silly games to even the score between them. After all, the man had to be the biggest flirt on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.
She put the rest of her breakfast aside; her appetite had disappeared completely.
She needed some fresh air in order to think clearly, she thought, as she put on her jacket and ventured outside.
Walking around in a neighbouring park, she went over their discussion, looking for clues as to whether he was telling the truth or not, or if this was just another of his schemes to get her into his bed.
***
An hour later, she was still pondering his words, and she was still puzzled by what he’d said. Whether he was truthful or not she had to admit that she was still attracted to him.
It was more tempting than ever to follow up on her dream from last night and have sex with him, especially if she could make a deal with him about sharing a weekend of sex and go their separate ways afterwards.
She didn’t want to become a part of his harem and she could quite easily transfer to another department so she didn’t have to meet him after this weekend. The trouble was whether she should dare to live out her fantasy.
She’d only had a few boyfriends in her life and all of them had meant something to her. At least at the time they were together. In retrospect, she knew that she hadn’t loved any of them deep down in her heart.
Still, it had hurt when they broke up. Could she be sure that the same feelings weren’t involved here?
What if
his
feelings were hurt by her suggestion? Could such a man have genuine feelings?
She laughed a little. Pining after the only woman that rejected him seemed more like injured pride than pure love, in her mind.
No, she wasn’t too sure about his sincerity when he’d said those things to her. He was an experienced flirt and this was probably just another of his plans to get all women into his bed at least once. He was an expert in making a woman feel special – making her succumb to his tricks.
She wasn’t anything different than the rest of them.
As she closed in on the apartment building again, she resolved herself to maintain the light tone between them. Pretending that he’d never revealed anything of such a magnitude that it shook her foundation. Pretending that they were only colleagues.
She was a coward, she admitted to herself - choosing the easiest way out. She would try to ignore what he had said and leave it to Dalen to push the matter if he wanted to.