"More!" Felicity screams as she grips my shoulders and moves her hips against the fingers I have inside her. "Harder! Deeper!"I grin as I look at her flushed face, at the tears clinging to her long lashes, at the swollen, parted lips that her strained voice is spilling out from.To think that when we first started, she was trying so hard to be quiet. She was embarrassed and trying to hide it. She was a virgin, yearning for pleasure but not knowing how to ask for it.Ashamed to ask for it. Afraid she didn't deserve it. Afraid she'd disappoint me, even though I never saw that as a possibility.That feels like ages ago.Yesterday, as soon as I kissed her, she gave in. Earlier, all I had to do was brush my fingers against her thigh, whisper something in her ear, and she practically threw herself at me.She planted her mouth on top of mine and pushed her tongue inside my mouth, even though she had never kissed any man before me. She unbuttoned my shirt and took off her own blouse and skir
I let out a breath against her navel and then plant a kiss on it.She sucks in her stomach but doesn't make a sound. Okay. Not there. I rub my lips against her ribs next. To my surprise, Felicity giggles.That's something I haven't heard before. And I like it.I lick that same spot and Felicity twitches and squirms. She gasps and giggles. I guess I hit the jackpot."Stop!" Felicity screams mid-giggle.I mischievously give just one more lick before stopping. Then I move on.I find myself staring at her underwear, the front moist. I know if I take it off and lick her there I'll get a wild reaction for sure, but I decide to save that for later. I move my mouth to the inside of her thigh and suck the soft flesh. I slide my lips a few inches lower, and she gasps again before giving a soft giggle.I've found another ticklish spot. Not as ticklish as the other one, but still worth noting.Before she can beg me to stop, I move on to her knees. Just like her armpits, the backs of her knees seem
I'm in love with Shawn.As I walk by his side on the trail up to the top of Uetliberg, my heart won't stay still. My eyes keep wandering over to his face, to those sublime features that have long been appearing in my dreams, and each time our gazes meet by accident, my breath catches. I look away quickly,before he can see my cheeks blazing, then smile to myself. The same whenever my hand brushes unintentionally against his.I'm in love.I thought I just had a grown woman crush. It started out as piqued curiosity, interest in a man with good looks and impressive credentials, which spiked when I first met him and saw how much hotter he looked in a suit in person. That turned into admiration after I started working for him. How could I not admire someone who works so hard day after day, who makes difficult decisions without breaking a sweat, who keeps his shoulders straight when they're carrying the weight of the world?Then, because I am a grown woman, some of that became lust. I tried
It is.A sausage and cheese salad.Salt-crusted rack of lamb. And now, a raspberry and spiced rose meringue parfait with whipped cream, a drizzle of chocolate syrup and thin honey biscuits on top. I pick one up and marvel at the design on it. It looks like a bouquet of flowers."It's called a tirggel," Shawn informs me. "Traditionally, they're baked during Christmas with designs of old buildings, knights and horse-drawn carriages."Interesting.I take a bite out of it and get a loud crunch. It's a little too hard for my liking, but it does taste good."You should see Zurich at Christmas," Shawn says. "It's beautiful.""I can imagine." I gather some of the whipped cream with the rest of the biscuit and pop it into my mouth. "I've never been anywhere but home forChristmas."For the past two years, I spent the holidays alone at my apartment, which I don't want to think about."In fact, I've hardly been anywhere.""Oh, you'll get around," Shawn tells me before taking a sip from his glass
Suddenly, the boy cries. The dog goes back to him and licks his face. Shawn approaches him, too, but backs off when two adults arrive. I'm guessing they're his parents.They talk in German but only briefly, the child's parents in a hurry to whisk him and the dog away. Shawn lets out a sigh.I stand by his side and touch his arm. "Are you okay?"He says nothing. He doesn't look okay. In fact, he seems upset. Is it because the dog's gone?I squeeze his arm. "Hey. It's fine. You can get a Samoyed when you get back to Chicago."He can probably afford a hundred of them."I don't have time for a dog," he replies.Right. If I don't have time to take care of a dog, Shawn has even less."Well, at least you were able to pet this one," I say. "And he seemed to really like you."Or was it a she? I wasn't able to tell."But the boy cried."I look at Shawn with arched eyebrows. Is that what he's worried about?"That wasn't your fault," I tell him.He doesn't look convinced. In fact, he looks like h
Shawn doesn't give any further details about the call as we walk to the car, or during the ride back to the hotel. I don't ask because he looks troubled enough. I haven't seen him this troubled in a while.When we get to the hotel, I follow him straight to our floor. Ryker is waiting in the hallway. They disappear inside his room. I wait outside and pace the floor.I know I look like someone in a hospital corridor, restlessly waiting for an update on surgery. I should probably go to my own room.Whatever Shawn is dealing with, I don't think I'll be able to help him. Still, I can't help but worry. I want to make sure he's alright.Or at least that he will be.Please let everything be alright.After what feels like an eternity, the door opens. I hold my breath, hoping to see Shawn and talk to him, but it's Ryker who comes out."Is everything okay? I ask him.If I can't get an update from the surgeon himself, maybe I can get one from the other doctor in the room."No," he answers. "There
This is a fucking mess.I slam the lid of my laptop shut and lean back on the couch. Then I rub my temples as I contemplate the current situation.The acquisition of Odermatt Corp. is on hold, thanks to that fucking employee who disappeared with the company's program files, including Simone Odermatt's original code. No one knows where he is or what he's planning to do with the files. We don't even know if he did this all on his own or if he's working with someone, possibly another company. If it's the latter, we screwed. There won't be any point in continuing with the acquisition.Odermatt Corp. might even shut down while another company rises because of their hard work. If that company turns out to be one of the handful that have been trying to bring down Colby Holdings for the past several years — and I know some of them were interested in Odermatt Corp, too — the problem will be even bigger.One of our major stakeholders, an elderly fellow named Reuben called just to chew my head o
Felicity tucks a strand of hair behind her ear. "I decided to help them since I didn't have anything better to do, since you didn't have anything for me to do."So is that why she's acting like this? Because she thinks I've been ignoring her? Is she disappointed that we didn't get to finish what we started last night?Come to think of it, I am, too.I set my glass down. "Well, now I do have something for you to do." I pat the cushion beside me. "Sit."Felicity sits down more than a foot away from me and doesn't say anything."Aren't you going to come closer?" I ask her.No answer."Didn't you miss me? I'm offended.""You're drunk," she says without looking at me.What's this? Is she playing hard to get? Well, it is sort of cute."So?" I move closer to her and brush my fingers against her shoulder. "I can still fuck."She looks at me with narrowed eyes. "Is sex all you ever think about?""When I'm with you? Yes." I grasp her chin and capture her lips. She gives a muffled groan. Then sh