"Why would I say no?" Linc asks, cocking his head at me, a slight amused curve of his lips tell me he is considering what I might be thinking. Well, fuck him. He is not the mind reader he thinks he is."I don't know. Titan's Construct has a reputation of not taking interns." I say, feeling my irritation climbing with that annoying calmness on his face. I can't believe I will be saying this but I kind of miss when he used to look at me with ferocious lust."And yet, here you are. Why? Because Titan's Construct does what I want it to do." Linc's steely voice takes me by surprise, I look at his face and he still has that calm façade on.Is that pride I detect in his voice? Annoyance? The nerve of this man. I shouldn't have fucking come to ask him. I should have just told Ashley some lie or something. But I couldn't live with the damn guilt. I have to remember that life doesn't end here in New York. I will still have to go back to my life in Boston. In fact, I can't fucking wait. I have

"He is my stepdad, and my mother is dead. Of course, we are awkward because, in theory, we have no reason to be in each other's life anymore, but in practice, things are a bit more muddled, so awkward is our middle ground. Now, please, drop it. I don't want to talk about it." It is so easy to lie by omission.I am not exactly lying, but it is not the full truth anyway. We are awkward because we fucked and then he basically called me a child and said I should stay away from him because I can't control my emotions as well as he can. But he still wants to mess around with me on his own terms and shit. So yeah, of course, we are fucking awkward around each other in public."Okay, okay. I am sorry. I was just teasing around." Ashley puts her hand up. I glare at her and she tickles my feet."Yeah right." I go back to my phone."But, Charlotte has been going around with an explanation for the awkwardness." Ashley says cautiously after a few seconds of silence."Look at you, already caught up

Linc Dmitri POV:"Come in." I call out, irritated at the knocking. Charlotte keeps interrupting me this morning, I know she is just doing her job, but I am extra irritable today. After the message I got from that French artist Kathryn was messing around two days ago, I have been a stressed mess.Amelia walks in, and I do a double take. There is something immediately different about her. Her makeup is bolder. Her pale blue eyes are highlighted beautifully, and her golden hair is done up with loose curls framing her face. My eyes take in her wanton body in the tight corporate dress, hugging her curves firmly, and I feel my breath catch in my throat. Every feeling of irritation slips out of me to be replaced instantly with desire. It is too easy with her. I always want her."Amelia." I want to ask why she is here, but I hold my tongue at the look of determination on her face. I believe she is supposed to be mad at me, and whilst I don't like it, I respect it enough to not just grab onto

Amelia POV:I don't know how much time passes with us still just holding onto eachother, revelling in the explosive magic of our orgasms. The world adopts a colourful haze in my peripheral vision. I want this moment to last forever before logical thinking sets in. I want to freeze this moment in time and revel in this clearheaded bliss forever. God, I am so far gone. And this man is my stepfather.Maybe the distance was good afterall. It made the sex between us feel all the more desperate and delicious. My body missed him. Also the fact that it was happening in his office where anyone could literally walk in added an extra layer of daredevil that I could get used to.I don't know where the bravado came from for me to walk in and suck him off like I did but I am glad for it. Ashley got into my head a few days ago but if I am to be totally honest with myself, it was something that I was already toying with in my head. Throwing my shame to the wind and seducing him. Testing his self co

Amelia POV:"What the fuck are you doing home?" Ashley's loud voice echoes around in my head from her spot at the door. I am curled on the couch where I have been since this afternoon when I ran away from Linc's office. I couldn't handle facing anyone when it could have been any one of the professional faces around the firm that saw us."Oh, are you alright?" Ashley's voice goes soft when she walks into the living room to see me on the couch. I have cried myself to a short dreamless sleep and woken up again to my dread still sitting heavy in my throat.What the fuck was I thinking being that reckless? Oh God. I didn't even check whether the door was locked before going on my knees in front of him immediately I stepped in.I have driven myself insane thinking about who it could have been. Who stepped in on us without us even noticing. Only when the door clicked shut did we hear it. The fact that it could have been literally any one doesn't help my paranoia. I break into a cold sweat o