Finally, he pulled back and stared into her eyes. Although no longer pressing against her, his leg remained between hers, effectively pinning her to the cabinets. His left hand released her jaw to cup the side of her face. Her cheeks were flushed and her lips were swollen. Like him, she was panting slightly.
As soon as he kissed her his eyes closed in ecstasy, but he knew hers were open the whole time, possibly except when she squeezed them shut in exertion. Now those glorious hazel eyes glared up into his, blazing indignantly. He continued his silence just drinking in the sight of her, amazed that a girl could look so seductively sultry and infinitely adorable at the same time. She was perfect.
"You- you-!" Lips feeling bruised from his kiss, Sandra couldn't find words to express her shock and fury. Never had a man forced himself upon her, and she couldn't believe that the man was Simon, someone she always respected.
But at that moment his gaze was so disconcertingly obsessive she was temporarily lost for words. Not anything like the Simon she knew, his eyes were heavy-lidded with desire, in his excitement their colour seemed to have darkened into liquid pools of black.
"This is illegal," she said, her voice trembling with anger and fright. "This is assault. It's unacceptable. Let me go!"
Simon shook his head apologetically. "You don't understand," he tried to explain, "I'm still that same guy you've worked with for half a year. It's just...I can't resist you. And you like me, I know you do."
As she shook her head to deny it, his right hand trailed down her body.
"I can't forget what we just shared - I want more." On the last word he bent his head to kiss her again, but this time she managed to duck to the side and his lips grazed her right ear.
As she tried to dash around him he caught her easily and pulled her close into a bear-hug, pinning her arms to her sides.
"Don't fight me, Sandra," he murmured into her ear, his mouth on that sensitive area sending shivers through her body. "I can make this good for both of us."
"You're sick," she snapped, jerking her head back. "I didn't take you for the type to have an ego that can't take rejection."
Twisting her torso, she tried to kick him. Simon grinned and tightened his hold on her, making her whimper. Realising her efforts were useless, she tried to placate him.
"Simon, please!" she insisted, "Enough already! Let me go!"
She squirmed, trying to loosen his hold. "You're holding me too tight!"
Simon didn't think it was possible, but her begging made his erection even harder than before, bordering on painful. Without loosening his grip he easily hoisted her up, chest to his, so their faces were level. She lost a shoe as her feet left the ground.
"Are you going to cooperate?" he asked roughly.
Sandra tried to look away but she couldn't. The desire in his gaze alarmed her, and she could feel his erection more prominently in this position. Crushed against him, she noticed his eyes had hardened in his determination. In that moment she knew he was going to get his way regardless, and possibly hurt her in the process.
For a long moment they faced each other - one apprehensive and uncertain, the other predatory and confident. A tear rolled down Sandra's cheek, and she dropped her head to his chest, hating further intimate contact with him but wanting to escape the tension in her body and most of all, his terrifying stare.
"Please don't hurt me, Simon," she relented, "I'll do what you want."
"Look at me when you say it."
"No." She shook her head against his chest and her soft hair brushed his chin.
Struggling with the temptation to breathe in the scent of her, he gave her a little shake. Always business before pleasure, Simon needed to assert his control first.
"Look at me. Tell me," he persisted.
When she still didn't answer he shook her harder.
"Say what I want to hear, or you'll just drag out the experience," he said.
How she hated him! She heard the smirk in his voice - he said 'experience' it as though it was something for him to enjoy, at her expense. If he was going to be an animal, she wouldn't give him the satisfaction of her reactions.
On an angry sigh she raised her head, stared right through him as though he wasn't there, and repeated herself, her voice completely devoid of emotion.
"Please don't hurt me, Simon, I'll do what you want," she said mechanically.
Simon tiled one head to the side, wondering how to tame her. Whilst the first plea fuelled his urges, her second attempt irritated him. By deliberately withholding the emotion from her voice, she lessened his pleasure.
'Strong-willed,' he thought, carefully watching her face.
Although Sandra feigned indifference, Simon noticed her eyes wandered over his face warily, anticipating his next move. He initially planned more kissing and then some heavy petting, but at that moment he changed his tactics. He knew how to curb stubbornness.
Suddenly he dropped Sandra to the ground, startling her, but making sure he supplied enough support so that she wouldn't hurt herself in the fall. She promptly sat on the ground - her legs were not strong enough to stand after a combination of struggling and being held mid-air. Simon grinned down at her from his intimidating height and slipped his hands into his trousers, his erection still visible.
"So, you're going to do what I want, right?" he checked.
Gazing up at him, she nodded apprehensively. He stood between her and the door, and there wasn't room to dodge around him.
Looking desperately past Simon at the exit, Sandra wondered how she ended up in this hellish situation. She thought about how normal things were less than half an hour ago, what she wouldn't give to turn back the clock and hightail it out of there, before Simon had the opportunity to trap her.
Simon held a hand up to his ear, as though he was hard of hearing. "Sorry, I didn't quite catch that?"
'What a cocky bastard,' she thought, reluctantly breaking her gaze from the door to meet his eyes. Though she knew deep down that he had complete power over her, and she was in big trouble.
"You win, Simon," she gave in, "I'll do what you want."