Tick tock.
The clock goes.
A near-empty office, lit only by the ceiling lights and a single glowing screen. Fear gripped the lone man hunched before it.
Fear of what?
he asked himself. But not even he knows for certain.
Mindlessly at the keyboard, he tapped away--an endeavor no more than a distraction from the looming storm. To him, it was only a matter of time.
"Sir?"
A voice came from behind. Soft. Silky. Soothing.
He nearly jumped out of his seat. Out of his skin.
But the red-haired woman behind it only smiled--calm, unbothered, unperturbed.
Ever the snake that he always knew.
"Simmons, you should wear a fucking bell," he croaked, straightening his tie with jittery fingers. "What do you want?"
"What would it take for you to call me by my first name?" she mused, handing him a bundle of papers.
"You getting married to me," he said, not missing a single beat. His ring finger glimmered with silver as he took the stack--a stark reminder for her.
Not that it ever served its purpose.
"Now sir, you know that's not fair~"
He didn't have time to protest. She straddled him, long before his mind could catch up. Her eyes--greedy and burning--left no room for doubt.
She wasn't here to flirt.
She was here to
claim
.
Their lips soon crashed beneath the sterile office glow. She buried herself in him, basking in his being, while he did very little to stop her.
He didn't kiss her back. Not at first. But with her grip on his neck, she pulled him in, and his body betrayed him without question.
One second of resistance.
Then none at all.
Her tongue tasted faintly of white wine--a flavor he hated, because he knew he'd chase it anyway. Her jet-black nails dragged down his back, slow and deliberate, like the claws of a starving tigress.
Her other hand held his face, guiding it, tilting it, just like she'd done a hundred times before. And when he groaned--just faintly--she smiled into the kiss.
His wife didn't cross his mind.
Not even once.
And to Anna, it was just another night in the office.
"Nhhuaaa... nmmh~ ♥"
"Ghmmhh... hhaaa..."
To get drunk was all she wanted, and every bit of him was intoxicating.
To escape her was all he wished, but every inch of her was poisonously sweet.
"Simmons... " he heaved, parting their lips for a momentary reprieve. "Anna..."
A low chuckle slipped out of her, one that oozed with pride.
"Yes, sir?"
Silence.
On his face was a terrible scowl, but he couldn't speak. Anxiety seized him, but so did her scent.
Her touch. Her gaze.
Around him, they wrapped like vines, binding his mind, body and soul.
Anna leaned closer, her lips curling into a smirk most wicked. With her breath ghosting over his ear, she whispered,
"That's what I thought~ ♥"
Snap.
His hands went to her waist, faster than she could ever imagine--she barely had time to blink.
His fingers dug in, gripping her like a madman, then he lifted her up, his instincts finally taking the wheel.