I put my hand up in the air, not at all surprised he’d assumed it was a female. “I’m saying I might have benefited from sleeping with her a few years ago when she worked at my firm.”“Does anyone know about this? Hannah? Your team—”“Fuck no. No one knows.” I pounded his chest as I sensed his worry. I would never incriminate any of his employees—that was what he was asking and why there was concern in his voice. “Even you don’t know, Dominick, because we never had this conversation.” I pulled my hand back. “I don’t always play fair, but Kennedy is going to win because he deserves to.”“Jesus, this could get you disbarred.”“It won’t, I assure you.”He glanced around the bar, finally looking at me. “I give you a lot of shit for being an asshole, but deep down, you’re a good man, Declan, and you’re doing right by my client.” He clinked his glass against mine. “I appreciate that.”“You know me; I don’t fucking lose.”At least when it came to law.When it came to Hannah … that was a whole
“I don’t know; your cupcakes are pretty serious, but—” Oaklyn licked the Nutella off her lip. “Hannah, what the heck are these?” She looked at the brownie in her hand as though it were an alien. “My God, girl. Damn.”“I know.” I took another bite, eyeing my next victim—a middle piece in the center of the plate that was gooey on all four sides. “Everything about them is everything I need at this moment.” I took a drink of my wine.“If you weren’t such a good attorney, I’d be telling you to open a bakery,” my brother said, going in for his second brownie.“Calm down with the attorney title. Neither of us can use that quite yet.” I licked the chocolate off my fingers as I finished. “Besides, I might not even pass the bar—ever. So, there’s a chance I might never get that title.” I picked up the brownie I’d been eyeing and took a bite. “If all else fails, you can loan me the money to open the bakery. With you billing out at least four hundred an hour, you’ll definitely be rich enough.”He
I probably shouldn’t have said that.But the wine was making my lips a little looser than normal.“Am I supposed to feel bad for you?” His brows rose. “Welcome to the life of a lawyer, Hannah. This is what happens when you’re successful. Things come up at all hours, and you have to make yourself available.”I cleared my throat, holding the doorway, wishing I hadn’t barked back at him. “What do you need me for?”He pointed at one of the chairs. “Sit.”I set the bag on my lap as I settled in the seat.He placed his arms on the desk, his teeth piercing his bottom lip as he looked at me. “We have a problem.”God, I wished he weren’t so good-looking.His hair was a tad messy on the top, his tie loosened.His scruff was even thicker than it had been this morning.Those were the only problems I could see.There was a folder in front of him that he pushed toward me. “Read.”I lifted it into my hands and opened the top, scanning the first few lines. “What is this?”“Evidence.”There were only
“I used the microwave.” She set the container she’d taken from the chair onto the table and pushed it toward me. “Here, have one.” She licked a chunk of something off her thumb that must have accidentally dipped into the dessert. “Before you say it, I wasn’t getting distracted by my stomach or paying more attention to my hunger instead of this case. Chocolate actually helps me focus.”That fucking mouth.That was my distraction.Not what was coming out of it, but what it looked like.The thickness of her lips. The way she licked them.How she chewed the inside of her cheek when she feared what my response was going to be.“Tell me how chocolate helps you focus.”She pointed toward the container. “Try one. Trust me.”“You want me to trust you?” I chuckled.Trust wasn’t what had been built between us.There was a brownie sitting in front of her, resting on a napkin, and she lifted it toward her mouth. “I didn’t poison them, if that’s what you’re worried about.”I wasn’t worried.I just
“Yes.” I waited until her stare met mine. “Now, take it further. Did I put that brownie there for my advantage? Or because there were too many in the container and I wanted to make room for something else?” I paused, waiting. “Not everything is what it seems.”Her mouth opened, teeth stabbing her bottom lip.“Remember, there’s going to be times when the opposition presents something you’re unprepared for. You have to go into court, expecting this, or you’ll risk the chance of being destroyed. So, when it happens, are you going to roll onto your back and take it?”Goose bumps rose over her bare arms.“Or are you going to spin what’s presented and dominate the trial?” I lowered my voice and said, “What kind of lawyer are you going to be?”She turned her body toward me, releasing the lip she’d been gnawing. “The kind that wins.”“Show me.” I placed my hand on the folder she was still holding. “I’ll be in my office.”I walked out of the conference room and stopped the second I reached the
“Fuck you, Declan.” Her stare changed to a glare. “Not that it’s any of your business, but it was my roommate. The fire alarm had gone off in our building. She’s hanging out with my brother, and they had to evacuate. She was just letting me know.” Her hands balled into fists. “She sounded stressed, and I told her I loved her—that’s what you heard.”Fuck … me?She was playing naughty—and I liked it.At the same time, the relief came in hard and fast.I didn’t know why. It shouldn’t matter.But it did.“Stop deviating. You’re wasting my time.” I nodded toward the stack of papers. “What does this revelation—as you would call it—have to do with the evidence?” I ignored the way my hard-on was pressing against my zipper. “Our client has two email addresses. Most of us do. So what?”As she took a deep inhale, I glanced down her body, seeing her nipples were even harder than they had been before.She caught me staring, and I pushed the chair back, getting ready to stand.“Maybe you called me
“Why?” She paused. “I haven’t said no.”“But you haven’t said yes either.” I set my ear next to her mouth. “Tell me you want me, Hannah.”Each of her breaths echoed inside me as she teased the folds of my ear with her tongue. “I want you … but you’re such a dick to me.”“But don’t you love that about me?” I asked, using her own words. “When I treat you so roughly, you can’t stop thinking about what else I might do that’s rough. Would my teeth bite as hard as my shouting?” I cinched her waist, feeling her breath hitch again. “Would my tongue whip you the same way as when I bark at you?”“Love … that’s a strong word. Especially given that all you do is treat me like shit.”I raised my hands to her neck, wrapping my fingers around both sides. “You’re not the only one who notices, Hannah. I see the way you look at me. The way you watch me. The way you get lost in your thoughts, your mind wandering.”“And you think those daydreams are all about you?” She was gnawing the same lip that I’d t
It was a game.But this wasn’t about winning.This was about ownership.Hannah’s orgasms were mine.I decided when they happened.But that didn’t mean she wasn’t fighting for one, wringing my hair like it was a fucking sponge, screaming like she wanted security to hear.“Declan,” she gasped as I dived back in. “Yes!”She was too close, so I slowed.A cycle I continued to repeat.A pattern I didn’t want to stop.“Please,” she urged, staring down at me, lips wet and parted. Feral. “Please let me come.”Maybe I just wanted to hear her beg.Or maybe I wanted to reach the point where my dick couldn’t wait another second to sink into her.Both of her hands were in my hair now, and, “Oh God, yes,” was filling my ears.It would only take a few more swipes, and she’d be shuddering.Was that what I wanted?To have her cum pool on my tongue?Or did I want her first orgasm to be on my cock?Knowing her pussy was so tight that it’d felt like I was taking her virginity even though I knew I wasn’t.