He couldn't stand it any longer. A powerful CEO sitting in his office each day distracted from budgets, investors and decisions...distracted by one woman he barely knew. Sure, he had met her during the interview for her middle management position, but generic questions about her work ethic and future were little use in what he wanted to do to her. For the past few months, he was tortured by her presence. Everyday she walked by the open door of his office on her way to the lunch room. Everyday he waited for the brief moments he could drink in her image. She always dressed so classy yet it drove him made with sexual tension. Her button down shirts formed a subconscious arrow pointing toward her breasts. Her dress pants clung perfectly against the curve of her hips and ass. Even the soft fall of her dark hair drove him mad, some primal need to bury his fingers into its length, twisting, tugging, gripping.
He realized that he had completely lost himself in his thoughts, the paperwork in front of him neglected as he stared out of his office. There had to be some solution . . . even pleasuring himself in his private bathroom didn't help anymore. He wanted HER. He needed HER. No, he needed to clear his head. He made his way to the bathroom, bracing his hands on the sink as he stared in the mirror. He was a handsome enough man, right? Women like tall guys, don't they? His helpless internal questions weren't helping as he reviewed his own features. His usually well groomed brown hair, often held in a fashionable style with gel or some other concoction his assistant was sold by a stylist, was now a tousled mess in need of a trim. Small pieces fell onto his forehead, their ends brushing against his lashes when he blinked. His dark eyes used to be intimidating and piercing, making even the hardest business man uneasy. Now they just stared back at him helplessly, a mix of untamed passion with uncertainty. But he was never uncertain. Dammit, he was NEVER uncertain. And now he was self-conscious, too, which was starting to piss him off. His straight nose was too angular, his mouth turned into a scowl to change the curve of his lower lip into straight line. Women are supposed to have full bottom lips, not men . . . right? He grunted at all the questions in his head and turned the cold water on. Splashing the cool rush against his face, he started to focus again. Sort of. As focused as he was going to get anyway. A quick encounter with a soft towel to dry his face and he opened the door to return to work.
Apparently, the world had a sense of humor. Perched in a chair on the other side of his desk was a dream, her rich, dark hair slipping from its placement behind her pale little ear to softly rest against her downturned face. She scribbled notes into her calendar as she patiently waited, her legs crossed and her mind obviously distracted as she did not notice him in the room again. He took a moment to appreciate her presence, his body and mind at war. Short in stature and slenderly curved, it would have been easy for his large frame to overpower her. Then again, he couldn't really afford to get arrested for that. With her head bent down and a thick fall of bangs mixing with shorter locks of her layered hair, he could only capture glimpses of her face. Part of a pale cheek, a hint of full lips, the tip of her cute little nose. Cute? Did he just use the word "cute" in his mind?
That's when she noticed he was there, her face turning up, their eyes meeting. He could hardly breathe when he looked into those eyes. He had always thought he liked brown eyes on a girl, dark and mysterious, but now he realized he was so wrong. She had bright green eyes, not the soft sage or dark forest green of most people. They were like leaves in springtime with an added sparkle that made him uneasy. It was as though she were smiling, yet her lips remained neutrally still. Trying to act as though everything was perfectly normal, he cocked a friendly - yet professional - smile onto his face and walked toward his desk.
"How are you doing today?" He was trying to keep the conversation as mundane as possible. One slip, one false word and she might retreat like a small animal from its prey.
"I'm just anxious to get these budgets and reports done and out of the way," she replied with a small smile.
"Oh, right. We're meeting about your budgets and expense reports." Now he felt like a total asshole. "It's been a long week, and I completely forgot that my assistant told me. I'm so sorry. Would you like something to drink?" He got up and went to the small refrigerator he kept filled with water and sodas (and a secret bottle of vodka hidden in the freezer). She agreed to some water, and he then shut the door for "privacy" for their meeting. Sitting down in a chair next to her, he tried his best to act calm and collected.
She took a small sip of water before shakily starting to talk about a proposal for next year's budget. He needed to focus on something to keep him mind clear. Her eyes. Eye contact is good when someone talks. But my God, wouldn't those eyes be beautiful, looking up at him...glazed over with pass----- Not her eyes. Her mouth? Watch the words she's forming. Focus on what she's talking about. Bad idea . . . the images of what those lips could do were worse than focusing on her eyes. The wall? That seems the only safe thing to look at. Then again, you can have a lot of fun against a wall. That's when he realized she had stopped talking and was looking at him oddly. It was as though she stripped away his entire facade and knew exactly what he was thinking. Her cheeks turned slightly pink, as though she were embarrassed or shy about something. Maybe she did know...
"Um..." she started uneasily. "I don't really know how to . . . that is, I don't usually do this . . . but . . . " She pushed a lock of hair behind her ear and took a deep breath, trying to figure out the words to say as he began to panic. Is thinking about a co-worker sexual harassment? Or is it actually saying and doing things that counts? But her words broke through his thought pattern. "Do you want me to help you with that?"
That? Help with what? Then he noticed her gaze. Those beautiful green eyes dropped from his face to his lap and then slowly lifted their gaze back to his through a veil of thick black lashes. Her face was burning pink from shyness, and she was gently biting her bottom lip in fearful doubt. She was terrified at what she had just said. She didn't know if the rejection would be worse than getting fired or not.
"You want to help with what?" he choked out, fearing he had misunderstood.
"With um . . . you know . . . " she gestured toward his pants where his hasty decision that morning to forego underwear was now obvious. "I really don't want to lose my job over this, and I'm sorry, but you seem really distracted and I..." She bit her lip again, this time to silence herself.
"You . . .?" He leaned forward in his chair, his forearms resting on his thighs as he stared into her eyes.