Seeing Linc's trim, muscled figure in his form-fitting grey suit, his devastatingly handsome, resistant-to-aging face with those dark, piercing onyx eyes has reminded me just how easily my body gives in to him.
His quiet, effective charm has reminded me why I ran. Why that summer really tough for me. Fighting this forbidden attraction to my middle-aged stepfather, who is forty-one while I am just twenty-one. He is literally old enough to be my father. But yet he pulls me. And I am powerless once he pins me with those eyes. I am weak. My body surrenders without much resistance. "Drop them on the desk," he says, his dark eyes still trained on me, his back to the woman frozen at the door glaring at me with such venom it scares me. I move further away. I need to escape him. But I know it is futile. Linc would find me. This attraction between us feels inevitable now. There is a quiet countdown ringing like a third heartbeat between us. Coming back was a mistake. Linc Tanner is not the kind of man one forgets. Or moves on from. I still feel the same way as I did three years ago, if not stronger. And now there is one less excuse as to why we shouldn't give in to this dark desire. "Uhm, sir, it needs your signature so I can send it back to..." "Charlotte, drop them on the damn desk!" Linc raised voice startles me and the woman, who quickly drops the files and hurries out. Linc doesn't turn away from me. He keeps his eyes on me, watching me like a hunter hunting his prey. I try to swallow, but my mouth is dry. Naked hunger is present in the depth of those shimmery dark eyes, and I have to press my thighs together to gain some control over my senses. This is all shades of wrong. And yet so right. So necessary. It is official, I have lost my damn mind. How the hell are we going to sleep in the same house tonight without something forbidden happening between us? I can almost picture it, and it makes my pulse race faster. I look at him, standing a few feet away from me. My eyes get drawn southwards to the visible bulge in his pants, and I look away quickly, but not before he catches me looking. Heat rises to my face, making me blush harder. I feel my limbs tingling, and the sensation travels to a concentrated spot in my clit, making it throb and jump. I clench my thighs together tighter, biting on my lower lip as the morning sun splashes across his features, highlighting him like a greek god of vitality and eroticism. "Um. I should go." I say when I reach the door. Where am I going? I have no idea but I know I have to get away from this office right now before I find myself climbing my stepfather like a tree right here in his office. I know the naked hunger in his eyes reflects mine. I am just as aroused. Just as willing to be reckless. Caution was thrown to the wind as soon as I agreed to come back. "Okay." His usually smooth baritone comes out cracked, he pauses and clears his throat, he starts walking towards me and my heart skips a beat, but then he turns to the left, towards his desk and I blink back my disappointment. "Take a tour of the firm. Choose whatever department you want to intern at. Then we can go to dinner." His mouth is a set line as he settles at his desk like he wasn't just about to kiss me a moment ago. "Dinner?" I croak, still visibly shaken up by what almost happened between us. I still feel the weight of his strong arm wound tightly around my waist. The possessiveness of his hold. The way his eyes narrowed in on my lips before he leaned in to me for the kiss. It all makes me feel heady. "Yes. I made a reservation." He says looking up to meet my eyes, I hold his gaze. "I don't feel up to that." I say, looking away first as his eyes bore into me. One day, I will win our spontaneous silent staring contests. "What? Let me guess, you are not hungry?" He asks with a small chuckle. It brings flashbacks of that summer three years ago when I used to deny being hungry so I could stay away from him and my mother. Only to sneak back to the kitchen at midnight to raid the fridge for leftovers. Linc caught me several times and the embarrassment still feels so heavy right now with the way he is watching me. Mischievous amusement shining in his eyes. "Fuck off." I snap. I can't stand his teasing in moments like this. I hate that he knows me all too well. "Now, now, Ames darling. I don't appreciate that tone." He says but his voice is still teasing and light. I can't believe we almost kissed just a moment ago and here he is, teasing. He confuses me. And somehow, that seems to be the allure. Other than the fact that he is my fucking stepfather. "Whatever. I am not going out to dinner with you." I cross my arms over my chest, his eyes follow the motion and heat rises up my cheeks. A moment passes between us. An impasse. "Okay, we will eat at home. I'll call my private chef." He says at last. I can't argue with that, so I just nod in passive agreement and push the door behind my back so I can escape the office. Escape his impossible charm. ♠︎♠︎♠︎ "So, which department are you going to intern at?" Linc says, wiping his mouth with a triangle shaped napkin. The table is being cleared by the chef's assistants, I nod my appreciation to them for a great home dining experience. Linc doesn't even acknowledge them. " "So, which department are you going to intern at?" Linc says, wiping his mouth with a triangle shaped napkin. The table is being cleared by the chef's assistants, I nod my appreciation to them for a great home dining experience. Linc doesn't even acknowledge them. "I don't know yet." I say because I truly don't. His firm is so large. So multifaceted. I have so many options but I have narrowed it down to either the creative designing or engineering departments since I have majored in both at college. "Okay. Take your time." He says. I refuse to allow myself feel the impact of his smooth baritone as it washes over me across the dining table. "Yeah." I should probably add my thanks but I don't. The staff finishes clearing out the table and they leave immediately, leaving us alone to our awkwardness. I swallow. The soft light of the overhead chandelier is cast directly on my face and I feel like he is watching me closely. His eyes, those dreamy but predatory eyes watches my every move. I could literally feel like he was looking at me to expose me, to expose my deepest secrets, secrets I would kill to have them concealed, but with Linc, just one move from him, his mouth on me and his hand in-between my legs, my entire being will open up to him on it's own accord, and when his fire burns me, my secrets will be revealed.Linc had the house restructured, and so it doesn't hold much sentiment for me. I was slightly shocked when I first got in, but now it has ebbed. The mansion is like a luxurious minimalist hotel. Oddly, I felt comfortable and at ease. But I know I can't stay here for too long. I simply can't."Um, so, about the apartment you would rent for me. How is that coming along?" I say, enunciating my words carefully. I see a tic in his jaw, and I swallow.I remember the way he asked me why I didn't want to stay with him as he held me in his arms earlier in his office. The naked vulnerability in his eyes. The way he was looking at me, it scares me, hypnotize me and locks me in."You just told me a few hours ago." He says, interlacing his svelte fingers on the table as he leans forward, cocking his head to the side. I can't read the expression on his face, whether it is annoyance or amusement."Yeah. But it is something that you can sort out in a really short time. Aren't you like a billionaire
Linc Tanner's POV:Fuck! So damn soft. She is so damn soft and sweet, like I have always thought she would be.She tenses in my arms for a second as my mouth claims hers, but then she eases into me and I lose all sense of control as she parts her lips for better access to the hot sweetness that was her mouth.I am so frickin' turned on. I can't think. I wrap a hand behind her neck and pull her head back for a deeper kiss and she moans hotly into my mouth, the erotic sound makes my blood pump faster, through my veins, all heading southwards. My cock lurched forward, I could feel the tip weeping precum. My thigh tighten, my brief tightened unable to accommodate my erection anymore, threatening to rip it out.I just wanted to kiss her, to taste those cherry lips and satiate this mad desire that has gripped me since Kathryn introduced her to me, squirming, shy, and avoiding my eyes even as she tried to watch me when she thinks I wasn't aware.But the kiss is slowly getting out of control
I slide my hands down her body, cupping her ass. They are shaped perfectly and so soft even as I grab them through her dress. She arches deeper into me. There's no space between us, yet her legs part for me as my hand finds their way to her core, the damn panties a barrier to touching her wet eager flesh.I rip my mouth away from her lips to kiss down her exquisite neck, I bite on the sensitive spot where her neck curves into her shoulders, she cries out, her leg tightens around my waist.Her dress has already ridden up her thighs, so my fingers find her underwear in the darkness easily, and I press my thumb to her spot. She is soaking wet, eager and ready for me and raw hunger ripples through me at the realization."Linc. Linc. Stop." Amelia cries out, and I freeze immediately, feeling my heart pounding hard in my chest."I... I am sorry, I... I can't do this. We can't... can't... do this. I c-can't... please." Amelia slips out of my hold. I let her go because if I don't, I can't pro
"What is there to talk about?" I say, avoiding the intensity of those dark swirling pools of his onyx eyes."A lot, Amelia. A lot and I know you know exactly what I am talking about," he says, then he takes a couple of steps towards me and I brace against the wall of the elevator, my heart jumping wildly in my rib cage, he looks especially stunning in the charcoal black three-piece suit he has on this morning, "except you need me to jolt your memory?" He is suddenly too close to me. His minty breath caresses my face, and I bite back the moan that threatens to escape my lips. My treacherous body. It responds to him too easily. I give in without even being aware of it."Yes...wait, no. What the hell? No." My brain is scrambled as I find the right answer. I push the button behind me, and the door falls open, Linc doesn't move away from me even though we are now exposed to the whole floor. He is insane. His lips curl up in a smirk that almost stops my heart as I back away. I want to giv
Have I mentioned how much I hate how easily my body betrays me when it comes to Linc Tanner? He is my goddamned stepfather for fuck's sake. Why can't I find some other middle-aged man to feel this way for? I will take any other man but him. No matter how much I like to deny it, we are related. Not by blood, but something that might be worse. We are related by commitment. Loyalty. All the things that bound him to my mother. This attraction to him started as a rebellion, but now it has evolved into something completely out of my control.An uncontrolled flashback to that night a week ago rips through my mind, and I feel the heat rise up my neck. I kissed him back. Recklessly. I wrapped my leg around him, wanting more. I wanted more. And he gave me just what I was demanding, and then I ran away like a coward."Let's start," Linc says to the room, his voice authoritative and incredibly hot.I zone out. The more the meeting progresses, the harder it gets for me to keep my eyes away from h
"What is your deal?" She breathes immediately, and the elevator closes behind us. Fuck if I know. I run my hands through my hair to calm my unexplained anger and the vivid memory of her slim fingers running through my scalp as our tongues fought for dominance in her hot mouth flashes through my head. I blink. I am so out of it."What is your relationship with the Tyler kid?" I ask, moving close to her as she moves away from me, her doe-like eyes opening wide when her back touches the wall, and I move closer still to box her in. God, I miss being close to her like this. She smells divine. Her hair is down today in waves of gold, framing her sweet oval face. She is stunning."What the fuck?" She narrows her eyes at me with a well-deserved glare. It only turns me on more. I have lost my damn mind."Answer the question, Amelia." I say, pinning her to the spot with my eyes on hers. She doesn't look away. The elevator stops, and I push the hold button before the door can open, sealing us in
I don't hear the door clicking open, I don't register that Linc's finger pushing the hold button already left it to roam my body, I am mindless in his arms, lost in the kiss and suddenly he rips his mouth away from mine. In a flash, we are clinging to each other and the next, he is across from me on the other side of the elevator, looking normal. I whip my head to the door as it opens, horrified as Charlotte's face comes into view.She looks at me first, I wince and look away immediately. Linc notices and moves away from the wall so he is standing in front of me. His huge body shielding me from the unmistakable judgment in Charlotte's sharp brown eyes. I smooth my dress down my legs quickly, run my hand through my hair to try to put it in some order. I pat at my cheeks discreetly, my lip gloss is gone and I know my cheeks are definitely flushed, but maybe I can wipe the dreamy look in my eyes that comes from being kissed by Linc."Uhh, I am sorry if I interrupted something." Charlot
When the elevator stops, I almost run for it in relief, but Charlotte stops me in my tracks, "You are Kathryn Strongheart's daughter, right?" Fuck. I am frozen in the spot. The elevator door closes. I swallow, absolute dread building in my throat. "What?" I ask, turning around to look at her face. Charlotte's features are what I would call severe. She can't be older than thirty. Her brown hair is always pulled tight in a bun at the base of her neck, and her high cheekbones give her a kind of haughty, typical judgmental look. "Your last name. It is Dimitri. We only knew one Dimitri around here." She says with a brow raise. Fuck. Of course, my mother's marriage to Linc was not some secret thing. Considering how extroverted she was. How obsessed with social standing. She permeated his life and tried to be the new billionaire wife by going above and beyond in his circle. She attended every single corporate dinner on his arm. She introduced herself as Kathryn Dimitri, though sh