by Rose Marie
“Thanks Channing, I know you want to get home, so I appreciate the sacrifice you’re making for me.”
“Don’t worry about it. What are brothers for?” He only nodded, got in his car and followed me to the bar. Sacrifices like these are worth it. I’ll help my brother get his girl just like he helped me.
Office Exposure
Angel
“Angel I brought you your favorite Matcha Green Tea Latte.” Seriously how has Channing gone from the boss from hell to the perfect man? I walk from the closet immediately noticing his face fall and go red. “Thank you! You’re always so good to me.” I take a sip humming at its goodness and go back to the closet to get dressed for work and to pack for my trip, but this time Channing’s on my tail. “May I help you Channing?”
“Yes. Thank you for asking. Uhmm, I’d like for you to remove what you have on and find something else to wear to work.” I turn to him with a raised brow in question. Oh, I see this much hasn’t changed huh? He still hates my choice of clothing.
“And pray tell why exactly I must do that?” His greedy eyes scan my body and I quickly see now why my attire has been such an issue with him. I can see the wheels turning in his perverted head.
“How do you expect me to concentrate at work while you look this edible? It was a struggle before we were together. Looking this good isn’t good for my heart.” He licked his lips and I could feel my pussy muscles tighten.
“I’m sure you’ll be fine Channing; besides I won’t even be at work for the full day. So no sir get any of those nasty thoughts out of your head, because I will not be changing.” I turn back to my jewelry drawer and grab a watch, choosing a modest one because the jewelry he bought me is just way out of my comfort zone to wear. Who needs this much jewelry anyways? When I feel him come up on me from behind and try to slide my romper down, I swat him on the arm and move away.
“Aww come on Angel… Can’t you just change into a dress or a skir- wait did you just say you won’t be at the office all day?”
“Sure did big man remember you signed me up to go the that all day seminar with Gavin.” I spritz some perfume on and throw it in my overnight bag. When I turn to him, I almost have a heart attack because he’s choking. “CHANNING! What’s wrong?” I scream patting his back. Gasping he puts his hand on his throat and looks to me with red bloodshot eyes.
“I did what?” Oh my God he’s so dramatic. I roll my eyes at him after smacking him upside his head for causing me to worry. I grab my heels and leave the closet.
“You signed me up to go to an overnight seminar with Gaven. You know he’s the little cutie that’s in my department.”
“The who from where? Did you say cute? He’s fired.” Smiling I strap on my heels and stand.
“You play entirely too much, you know that. Relax big papa, you know you have nothing to worry about.”
“Who said anything about playing? I’m dead serious. Regardless of being mine, I can’t let you go somewhere overnight with anyone. Especially not fucking Gavin, the so-called cutie from your department.”
“You know that I have no choice it’s a corporate wide event. My hotel an-“
“Ooooohh hellllllll naw.” Now I burst out laughing. Why the hell does he sound like a black country cowboy? I guess my zydeco music is getting to him.
“Why do you sound like a bootleg Texas cowboy? Channing seriously chill baby you’re getting yourself worked up over nothing. Aren’t you supposed to trust your girlfriend who you’ve been dating for a month now?”
“Chill? You want me to chill when my wi- girlfriend is going off to some hotel with another man?”
“Yes, that’s exactly what I want you to do. Now come on we have to get to work.”
“But what if he tries something?”
“First off Gavin will not hit on me, second even if he did, he’s only a cool co-worker who I respect. Nothing more.”
“Yeah it better be that way if he wants his job and his fingers. I have friends in high places don’t make me call them.” His face darkened and his eyes squinted.
“Can you please be serious for a second! I’m trying to tell you not to smother me and to trust me. It’s only overnight and Nia said she’d cover as your assistant an-”
“I don’t want Nia, I want you.”
“Channing you sound like a child. Also the millionth time, I am NOT an assistant. I work in payroll, when are you going to hire an ACTUAL personal assistant? When you signed me up to go to the seminar, I told you I didn’t want to attend it. You’re the one who said it was mandatory.”
“Well I changed my mind…I’m making it unmandatory.” Growling with frustration I grab my latte and purse and stomp from the room. “Angel, baby wait!” He’s being ridiculous.
Outside I unlock the car and slide in. Shit I left my duffel bag. I pull out my phone and quickly dial Channing praying he’s still upstairs because I do not want to have to walk up those stairs again. When he picks up I ask him if he’s still in the room, and he says no.
“But what do you need love? I can get it for you.”
“I left my overnight bag, can you please grab it for me?” For a second his voice doesn’t come through.
“Uhhh ok sure, I’ll be down in a minute
“Thank you.” When I hang up, I grab my purse and flip down the visor to finish applying my makeup.
~*~
Channing
When the call cut off, I run to the room and grab her bag that’s sitting by the bed. This is my chance! Placing it on the bed, I unzip it and my heart drops and breathing escalates. She doesn’t need thongs on this overnight. Quickly I riffle through the bag heart growing heavy with everything that I see. This just won’t do. I take everything out except her sleep wear… She looks adorable wearing my shirt and boxers to sleep.
In her closet I put the pile of clothes on the floor and then go over to my own. Quickly because we were going to be late for work I pull out two of my nice work shirts, then back in her closet I grab two pairS of black dress pants along with some panties form her drawer labeled comfortable panties. Last, I take a pair of the most plain black heels she owns and place everything in the bag neatly.
“That’s much better.” When I hear my phone ring, I know I’ve taken too much time, so I lift the bag over my shoulder and run downstairs to the car where I see her applying lipstick and holding the phone up to her ear. When she spots me, she drops the phone smiling and right away I feel guilty, but not guilty enough to tell her what I’ve done. I go over to the car, place her bag in the back seat and get inside, give her kiss and start the car.
“Thank you, babe, you seem to be feeling better about me leaving?” I tightened my grip on the steering wheel and smiled even though I’m feeling like shit.
“Yes, Babylove I’m feeling better, sorry about earlier, I simply hate being away from you.” She gave me one of her gorgeous smiles then a peck on the cheek.
“I can tell you don’t like being away from me, I’m the same Channing. It’s a good feeling, this is the first time I’ve been in a relationship with someone so clingy… in a good way. It’s usually only me, so it’s nice knowing you want to spend as much time with me as you can. I can’t fault you for something that I feel the exact some way about.” Damn the guilt is growing.
“I’m with you one thousand percent, speaking of our relationship I’m ready to express the fact that we are dating... to everyone, including the office. I don-”
“No, I’m not ready for people to know about us.” Not that expected her to be gung-ho about telling everyone she works with she’s fucking her boss, but to be completely turned down makes me feel like some dirty little secret.
“Okay, I see you feel rather strongly about this, but so do I. Why don’t you tell me some of the reasons you don’t want to?”
“Channing, I just don’t I don’t like people being privy to my business and I don’t want people to think I’m fucking my boss for a come up. Think about how it’ll look on my pa
rt. NO, let’s just keep this between us?” I clench my teeth together and try to keep my cool. Keep this between us? Little does she know I want to beat fucking my chest and shout it to the roof tops just how much I love and adore her.
“Well I’ll tell you now I don’t want to hide you like a dirty secret.”
“I don’t think of us as a dirty secret.”
“Then what is you think of us as? I believe when you want to hide what we have going on because you’re afraid of getting adverse reactions and opinions that sounds like a dirty secret.” When she doesn’t say anything, I look over to see she’s looking out the window, making a face. Shaking my head, I drop the conversation knowing I’ll have to show her my thoughts on wanting to keep us a secret rather than tell her.
~*~
Angel
In the past month dating Channing, my life has changed drastically. For one I’m not used to having so much money at my disposal, especially not after paying my brother’s room and board fees. This month I feel like a new woman. I was about to put actual dollar bills in my savings account and even send some money to my mama to help her pay the bills back home. Living with Channing has also been a dream because I don’t have to provide every meal for myself anymore. Channing cooks five days out the week and the days he can’t cook he has a chef come in. It’s as if I’m living in some type of fairytale.
Even Nia said I was living the life when she came over and saw the way Channing set me up in comfort. Though there are a few things I had to put my foot down on, like him wanting to pay my brother’s way through school. He quickly understood that I wanted to do that myself. Aside from that everything has been smooth sailing, but I knew it was only a matter of time before it all came crashing down around me.
Why does he want everyone to know about us? I understand he’s happy we’re together and so am I but I’m not comfortable having the people I work around knowing my personal business. I thought we were on the same page, but I guess I was wrong. To top it off he thinks I consider him a dirty little secret? Tsk, yeah right! The way he’s been treating me I’d be happy for people to know about us… if he weren’t my fucking boss
I know a small part of me is worried about the criticism that I’ll receive and that people will think I’m less than the other women he’s dated and brought to the office. Even for being the confident strong black woman that I am, I still have feelings of doubt. I know that I don’t look like any of the women I’d ever seen him with and none of them were my size. Double whammy. I hate this feeling of being insecure and I hate the thought of being ridiculed even more. I won’t be setting myself up for failure like that. Channing will just have to understand and get over it.
When he pulls up to the office, I grab my things and hurry out the car slamming the door, damn near running, so he can’t catch up to me. I don’t want people seeing us come into the building together even though they most likely would never guess we are together.
Quickly I go through security and run to the elevators. When I step in, I press the number to my floor thanking the Gods that Channing’s office is no longer on the same floor as us regular employees. Just as the doors were about to close, I see big hand cut them off, when they slide back open, he smoothly walked over to stand by me with a big ass frown on his face.
“Baby are you okay? Are you ma-” he didn’t even let me complete me sentence as he growled and pulled me in his arms with a mind-numbing kiss. Instantly I forget who I am, what my name is and where I’m at, as I wrap my arms his neck as he buried his face in mine, sucking hard. “Mmm baby you know that’s my sweet spot.” It feels so damn good. He purred in my ear sending shivers down my spine and straight to my pussy.
“I know Angel.” He picked me up and ground his length into my core, grunting, making me damn near cum.
“Ugnn, just a little more and I’m going to- shhhiiiit!!” I throw my head back and shake with the pent-up energy I feel. Ever since I started dating Channing my body has become super sensitive to his touch. I used to have to fake orgasms or only cum when I was ate out whenever my boyfriend decided to return the favor. Now all Channing has to do is touch me and I’m panting like a bitch in heat.
I pull his hair to bring his lips to mine and close my eyes as he slips his tongue in my mouth, owning me only in a way I’d only seen in movies or read about in books. Ready for him to strip me bare and take me here and now I pause when I hear a ding. The hell was that? Opening my eyes, my jaw hits the floor. I go to push out of Channing’s arms but he holds and kisses me one more time.
Hanging like a rag doll in his arms, he turns us around so that my back is to the onlookers and he’s facing them. Thinking he’s giving me time to get myself together I go to push myself from his arms again but stop when I feel a solid smack and grab of my right ass cheek.
“This is mine. If I hear even one person utter one disrespectful word about it, you’re fired.” Feeling completely humiliated, I cover my face when he lets me down. Removing my hands from my face, he gives me a peck on the lips and step back into the elevator, pressing the button to his floor. When the doors close, I could feel my neck and ears turn hot. Channing Stohurst I’m going to kill you!
Now facing my peers, I only look up once and see that I’m not the only person in shock. I hurry over to my desk bypassing all the curious stares and nasty jealous looks. At my desk I boot up my computer and pull out my phone to see I have an unread text message from Nia.
Nia: Do you think Channing will want the office to know?
Feeling played I throw my phone back in my purse and look around to see everyone still standing in place watching me from their desk.
No fucking doubt about it.
Surveillance
Channing
I’ve been hiding from Angel since the debacle with me outing out relationship. She’s sent me countless text cursing me out and multiple voice messages telling me if my dick wasn’t so good, she’d leave me for the disrespectful shit I’ve done. I’ll take that as a compliment thank you very much!
Though as pissed as she is, I was very happy she sent me a text telling me she loves me when she had to leave for her conference. I told her I want to see her before she left but she told me if she saw me she’d cause me bodily harm so I stayed put, sadly.
I’m not worried though. Since finding out she’s going out of town I had that bastard Adam tap into the security system of the hotel she’s staying in so I can watch her and even paid him extra to get cameras into the room she’s staying in. I hate owing him, but he came in handy with this one.
She’s been gone for three hours and she’s sent me a text telling me she made it and was in her room about to call it night. Checking my watch, I see it’s six and I know damn well she’s not “calling it a night.” All day I’ve been on my best behavior and haven’t logged into the camera to spy on her but hell I miss her, and I can’t go home because it’s lonely without her. About to seriously lose it because of how much I miss her. I feel a pain in my heart I can’t explain and wipe my eyes. Are these tears, nope that’s it!
Fed up, I turn to my computer and turn it on, pulling up the link Adam had sent me. Typing in the password he gave me, I pull up the surveillance footage of where my Angel is. Not seeing her in the lobby, I pull up the footage from her room and feel my heart skip a beat when I see my woman there looking so gorgeous but I feel something in my spirit darken and I let out a growl in my throat when I see she’s at her door talking to that fucker from HR. I could chew his face off for- I choke on my saliva when I see him reach out and push her hair behind her ear. Fuck being fired he’s dead!!!
He’s saved though when Angel gently moves back and seems to be telling him good night. When I see his face fall, I already know there’s no helping it. He’s getting let go or transferred to another one of our offices. When she closes the door, I see her lean back against it sighing then stand up straight and immediately start stripping. Oh, fuck yeah! I lean forward into the screen licking my lips watchi
ng her every move. Once’s she’s naked she goes into the bathroom and I go to click on that camera but ball my fist when I see there is none. I specifically told that fucker every room.
I let out a sigh and lean back against my chair waiting for her to come out of the bathroom. When she does emerge, she’s looking fresh faced and her hair is in the cute little hat thing she wears when she goes to sleep. I miss her so much. I watch she as grabs a bottle of water from the fridge and sits on the bed. For a second she doesn’t do anything then she reaches for her purse and pull out her phone, making me frown. Who the hell is she calling? Better be m-
A smile tugs at my lips when Musiq Soul Child starts playing from my phone. She was calling me! Snatching it up I put on my best sleepy voice. Which wasn’t hard because I was tired I just couldn’t sleep without her.
“I love hearing your ring tone. Thank you for setting it for me.” Her cute little chuckle lightens my heart and makes me miss her more.
“You’re welcome baby. Do you miss me yet?” The sound of her sweet voice makes every hair on my body stand on end.
“Yes, I miss you so much it’s hard to sleep. I’m so used to you being next to me to the point it feels unnatural to have you anywhere but here. What about you do you miss me yet?” I watch her lay back on the king sized bed and lift her leg up.
“You know I miss you. Ugh I miss you so much I’m mad at myself because I’m still pissed at you for pulling thar stunt earlier.”
“I’m sorry baby, I really am, but-”
“You know my mama says saying but after an apology makes it obsolete.” I couldn’t help but chuckle at that.
“Oh, well let me correct myself and act accordingly. I’m sorry baby. I was wrong and I should have taken your feelings into consideration more. I never meant to upset you I simply wanted to show you appreciation for being in my life, by expressing that we are in a relationship. I felt that your way has negative connotations about how much I value you being in my life, and I can’t have that. How’s that for an apology?”
