CHAPTER 7: OFFICE

IZZY’S POV,

“You are amazing!” Jasper said before kissing me once again on the lips. “I actually thought I would never get to see you again after this morning.

He buckled his belt while making his way towards the couch on the left side of the office. I followed after him, looking around the office instead of looking at him, because I was feeling awkward about the way I threw myself at him. However, the big smile on his lips told me he enjoyed my mouth service.

“What happened, Elizabeth?” Jasper asked when he turned to look at me. I shook my head, looking at him for a second before diverting my gaze to somewhere else. “Are you not feeling good? Do you want water or something?”

“Uhh? No, it's not that.” I felt even more embarrassed after that. 

“Then?” He sat down on the couch and gestured for me to come towards him. “Is it about what happened between us just now? Did you not like it? Was I too rough with you?”

“No… no!” I sat next to him, placing my hand on his thigh to make sure he knew it wasn't him. “I liked it, and you didn't do anything wrong. I was the one who wanted it, remember?”

I smiled at him and was hoping he would leave it at that when I started rubbing his thighs. However, he grabbed my hand and pulled it up to his lips and kissed my knuckles softly. There was a hesitation in his movement that told me he wasn't going to leave the topic anytime soon. He wanted to talk more about it with me.

“You can tell me anything, Elizabeth.” His left hand circled my shoulder, and he pulled me closer to himself. “I don't want you to hide anything from me, okay? If you don't feel comfortable with me, you can say it. I am not going to be mad about it.”

“It's not that, Jasper. I-I just have too much in my head, and I don't know what's real anymore,” I said because I didn't want to tell him another lie, and it was how I was feeling at the moment.

“I’m real, and you are real,” he whispered in my ears and then turned my face to make me look into his eyes. “This moment between us is real, and the words I said to you this morning were real too. I don't hope to hear those words back from you anytime soon, but I don't want to lose you either.”

“I can't promise you that,” I answered and placed my head on his shoulder, inhaling his scent. “You know how things turned out with Tyler. I don't think I can trust anyone else this soon.”

He chuckled and I felt the movement of his abdomen under my hand. “Especially his father?”

“I… I didn't mean that.”

“I was kidding, relax,” he placed a kiss on top of my head before continuing. “And I am not going to have you stuck with me either. I am willing to go with your decisions, though, I would like you not to judge me based on what happened with Tyler.”

“I won't.” I felt the way he relaxed hearing that, and it made me feel bad for using him to get my revenge on Tyler. “I just don't want to get into a new relationship this soon.”

“I respect that, even though I'm ready to be yours right now,” he said while rubbing my back.

He then received a call and excused himself. I nodded my head and looked at him, standing by the glass window and talking to whoever it was on the phone. The sunlight was bathing him in its golden light, making him look like he was sparkling.

I gulped, reminding myself that I wasn't into him. He might be the sexiest man in his age group, yet he was more than two decades older than me, and the father of my ex-fiance. It was wrong to be attracted towards him… but then my eyes fell on his torso and how little his shirt was doing to hide anything.

I pressed my legs together when I felt a throbbing sensation down there. It was weird, but just hearing him chuckle on the phone made my nipples hard. I cursed myself and turned my face in the opposite direction, to focus on the potted plant.

“Sorry, it was an old friend,” he said, and I turned to see him standing behind the armchair with his elbow on the back support. “He was talking about the annual Gala.”

“Oh!”

“What happened?” he asked, noticing the shift in my tone. I shook my head once again and he narrowed his eyes, knowing well that I was hiding something. “C’mon, tell me what's going inside your head. I know something is bothering you.”

“It-it's just the things I and Tyler were planning,” I said, trying to take advantage of the situation. “We were talking about the Gala a few weeks ago. Tyler, he wanted to postpone our honeymoon because it was just after our wedding.”

“I am sorry, Elizabeth.” He came to sit next to me and held my hand, as I once again leaned on his shoulder. “And just so you know, you're still invited to the Gala, and you have a plus one if you want to bring a hot date to rub it on his face.”

I chuckled and pulled myself to look him in the eyes. My plan in a way worked because the information was out. “Can I bring this hot guy I met in the club yesterday?”

He laughed, but when I didn't he stopped to look me in the eyes to see if I was being serious about it. I wasn't expecting that response from him and was a little confused about how to handle it, but instead of saying anything, I played into it.

“Do you mean it?” he asked, sounding unsure.

“No!” I laughed, and shook my head, trying to play it down, but I wanted him to notice the hesitation. “I was joking about it.”

“Yeah, because that would be weird.”

“Yeah,” I agreed, giving him a tight-lipped smile, and stood up. “Anyway, I think I should leave.”

“Elizabeth!”

“I will see you again.” I kissed him on the cheeks and made my way towards the door, hoping my plan would work like I wanted. “Don't want to hold you from your work. Bye!”