The look on Bob’s weasel-like face confirmed he was the one stealing from the company. He’d been doing so all along. And she’d fallen for it. “Anna Marie. You were supposed to be the dumb blond.”
“I’m not that dumb. Or that blond.” Her hair was more brown than blond.
“You were dumb enough to go along with my plan.” Bob laughed as he leaned back in his chair. “See Baxter…he’s one of the best and brightest here. And with all his security, he just might have caught me. But not with being distracted by Miss Big Tits.”
“You weasel.”
Bob grinned, settling back in his chair. “I’m downloading some information from his computer right now. Soon as I get it all, it’s getting backed up and I’m out of this shithole for a shitload of money. I’m going to retire rich. Your boy Baxter sure won’t. Now who’s talented?”
“You’re not a quarter of the man Baxter is.”
“But I’ll be five times as rich and away from here before anyone knows anything.” His eyes narrowed.
“No, you won’t. I’m going to tell everyone I can find. I’m going to sing it from the rooftops.” She was on a roll. He wasn’t going to get away with this. She stomped her foot which made little sound on the carpeted floor. Somehow she’d prove Bob had done all this.
“I thought you might say that.” Bob’s hand came up with a gun and pointed it right at Anna Marie. “Which is why you can’t leave.”
Her heart pounded in her chest as her breathing went erratic. It was hard to think with a gun pointed at you. “I…”
He got up and pulled an extension cord out of his desk drawer. “Sit.” He motioned with the gun to the chair.
She looked longingly at the door behind her but she didn’t think she could make it before he’d catch her. Or maybe he’d just shoot her. After all, she knew his secret. She’d never thought that Bob would be packing heat. Never in a million years. She’d come there intending to confront him but she hadn’t considered that he’d be dangerous. This was Bob after all. Guess a cornered rat could turn into a lion if backed up enough. She sat.
“Put your arms through the arms of the chair.”
She complied. He kept the gun on her while he ran the cord through the arms of the chair, tying her arms to it.
He then went down on his knees. He secured her feet to the legs of the chair. “Now, no one is in and I don’t expect anyone to be in before I get this file to download. Still, I don’t want you to make any noise. Got it?” He brandished the gun near her face.
She nodded. Was it her imagination or did she smell oil and metal?
He laughed heartily. “You are gullible. First I get you to help me distract Baxter. Now you think I’m going to shoot you?” He tossed back his head and pulled the trigger.
She closed her eyes and jumped as far as she could in the chair, trying to escape the inevitable. He’d fired the gun. Only there was no sound. She opened her eyes to look at him.
Flame came from the end.
It was a lighter. He’d tied her up by using a fricking lighter.
She gritted her teeth.
“I’m into corporate espionage. Not murder. I’ll leave a couple of files around to throw suspicion on you and Mr. Baxter. That will throw the trail off and by the time it’s sorted out, I’ll be in Mexico. Sipping on a drink at a villa that costs more than a college education.” He sauntered back to the other side of his desk. “Thanks for playing into all my plans. This is going to get tied up nicely.”
No one would come for her. Baxter hated her now. It was what she deserved. She’d never deserved a nice guy like him and look what had been brought down on her head?
No. She was more than the sum of her childhood. She was going to be someone. She did deserve Baxter.
Even if he hated her right now.
She’d get out of this. Someone had to come into the office soon and she had lungs. A good pair of lungs if the boys from high school told the truth.
Bob tapped impatiently on his keyboard. “Why won’t this file download? It’s been trying for hours. Dammit.”
“Maybe because you stole my honey-pot, you son of a bitch.”
Baxter.
Anna Marie breathed in deeply. She’d not expected to see him again. Not that she could see him from her position, but she could hear him.
Baxter moved into the room and into her line of sight. “Are you okay?” he said, looking at her.
“Yeah. I am.” He was checking on her. That had to be a good sign right?
“I’ve got you, Bob.” Baxter shook his head. “You got caught on tape.”
“Tape?” Bob glared at Baxter.
“I set up a video monitor in Rodney’s office. We got you coming in to take off the keylogger. And I set up a dummy file. A honey-pot. The one you’re trying to get right now. I traced it. Right to your house which is where you routed the computer through.” Baxter waved a hand. “It’s over.”
“Please. You have nothing on me. Besides…what are you going to do about it?”
“Rescue the girl. Catch the villain. Live to fight another day.”
Sounded like a superhero plot from a comic book. She was willing to do it as long as she was the girl involved.
“You came here alone. Foolish. You really think you can get the best of me? Now that I have you, I can use her against you. Get those files I need. See I already have to be out of the country soon. I don’t care anymore.” Bob’s mouth went into a snarl and he pulled out the gun again.
Baxter took a step back. “Bob.”
“It’s a lighter.” She couldn’t believe Bob didn’t think that Anna Marie would tell him. Did he think she was a shrinking violet?
“But this one is real.” Joel’s voice came from the doorway. He stood holding a gun and had two beefy guys behind him. “And the police that are on their way have even more guns.”
Baxter hurried to her side as Joel swept in to detain Bob. He’d have a lot of answering to do.
“Baxter.” Anna Marie startled babbling. “I had no idea that Bob was behind the thefts. He said he’d give me a promotion. But then I started falling for you.” She hardly knew what she said. She was a babbling fool.
He began to undo the bindings at her wrists and ankles. Held one finger to her lips to halt the onslaught of emotion pouring from her. “I believe you.”
“You do?” Her heart began to throb in her chest.
“Yeah. I should have before. I was an idiot. Just…” He gave her a small smile. “Don’t keep anything from me like this again. I want to know it all.”
As soon as her arms were free, she grabbed him. “I won’t. You’ll know everything about me.”
* * * *
“How are you doing?” Baxter stroked her hair gently. It had been several months since Bob’s arrest. She’d been testifying in court today.
“Okay.” It had felt good to get this out. She stretched out her legs which were resting in Baxter’s lap.
“How’s school? Did you get too far behind with the time you missed?”
“It’s going well. I got an A on the computer project.” A good thing she’d gotten to know Baxter. Not only was he a wonderful boyfriend but he made a good teacher. He helped her study. He wanted her to finish school as much as she did and she’d learned he would never stand in her way. He’d made that perfectly clear. All her fears about a boyfriend interfering with her studies had been fruitless. He made her study more than she would have on her own.
“I turned in my two week’s notice today.” His voice was measured as though he wasn’t sure of her reaction.
“Wonderful. I’ve been waiting for that.” He needed to. His company had exploded beyond even what it had been a couple of months ago. “You’re going to do wonderful.”
He looked relieved. He knew the whole story about her mother now, which made him understand her better and how she felt about working. She’d even told him the story about her mother wearing flip-flops to every major event, which was why she alw
ays wore closed toe shoes, and how her grandmother had given her a locket that she always wore because her mother might steal it. Sad when her mother’s own mother had told her to wear it all the time for that reason.
He must have been worried about her reaction. She wasn’t worried. He was a hard worker in whatever he did. He patted her calf. “Look at the time. We both have to get up for work in the morning.”
She grabbed his arm. “You know…you don’t have to go.”
His gaze shifted to her eyes. “I don’t?”
She shook her head. They had only been together that one time. They’d done some making out and some playing around but hadn’t taken it all the way again since that night. He’d been taking it slow, trying to get to know her.
“Are you sure?” He stroked along her calf. “We sort of rushed it last time. I don’t want to do that again.”
She shook her head. “It’s not rushing. I’m ready. Are you?” She held her breath, worried he’d say no. She would wait if he did but she wanted him. Had for a long time. They were ready to take this step.
His smile was huge. “Hell yeah.” He reached down into his pocket as if checking for something. “I’ve got a condom.” His voice was hushed. Hurried.
He moved so quickly she was stunned. He scooped her up into his arms and headed for her bedroom.
“You don’t waste any time.”
“Nope.” He swung her through the doorway and deposited her on her bed in her small bedroom. “Strip.”
They both did in record time. This had been a long time coming so they were both frantic to be naked and on each other.
She was going to be with the code monkey. What an interesting turn her life had taken. She never would have pictured this moment six months ago. Now it was all she could think about.
She’d forgotten how good he looked. How much she liked his body. She wanted to be everywhere at once, devouring her. Her mouth watered with her desire.
It wasn’t just his body that she liked. His mind was the counterbalance and made her love his body all the more.
She loved him. Figured. She would fall in love when she least expected it.
She wasn’t sure when that had happened. Sometime during game night before Bob had been exposed. But she did. She sighed, looking him over. She still couldn’t believe he was hers.
“I was thinking…” Baxter climbed on her bed, crawling up to her. “Maybe it’s time Joel and Sam moved into together.”
She nodded. Stroking his cheek. “That would leave you without roommate. But I think I know where you could find one.” With most men she would have been unsure if that had been what they meant. With Baxter, she knew him well enough to know what he meant.
“Doesn’t have to be right now. But soon. Maybe?”
“Maybe.” He was the first man she’d even thought about living with. Another big step. They’d take it together.
His smile was bigger than before and infectious. He leaned over and kissed her. It started slow and gentle but quickly moved into fast and furious.
Only after a minute she pushed him down onto the bed.
He arched an eyebrow at her.
She ran a fingernail down his chest. “I didn’t get to explore you last time. It’s my turn.” She had dreamed about this moment since they’d been together.
He crossed his arms over his head. “Go right ahead.”
She would whether he invited her to or not but was glad to know she’d been given permission. Her playground. She’d enjoy him.
She leaned over and kissed him fully on the lips. Her tongue stepped in to gently tangle with his.
He groaned a little.
Her mouth left his and went to his neck. She could smell his aftershave. The slight stubble of his beard growing back. It pricked at her skin, electrifying it.
She moved her mouth down his neck to his collarbone and pressed small kisses all over him.
Her hand came up to brush around the hair on his chest. Couldn’t play in the hair without touching his nipples. He sucked in a breath when that happened.
She tweaked one in between her finger tips. Then her mouth went to find his flat nipples as she laved them one by one. They tightened under her ministrations.
He let out a little shiver.
She liked how she could affect him with a simple touch. What power that was. He gave her power in so many ways.
She then moved down his torso and kissed his lean stomach. She nipped and nibbled until he groaned.
Yes, she liked having him as her playground.
Deftly she reached down with one hand to encircle his penis. He was so hard. So soft at the same time. There was a little wetness at the tip.
She’d never gone down on a man before. She hoped she could do it right. She’d seen it in a porno movie once that a roommate had rented. Read about it.
She opened her mouth as far as it would open and slipped him in. The skin was surprisingly smooth. His taste was musky with a little saltiness. She twirled her tongue around his tip.
His hips writhed a little.
More saltiness.
Maybe she was doing it right. She kept her mouth open as she went down to his end, then closed her mouth slightly. She tightened it around him.
Was she giving him too much teeth? She tried to keep her teeth away from him as much as possible.
He moaned and mumbled something incoherently. His hands were bunched up in the sheets and white knuckled.
Must not be doing it wrong, at least, that’s what she hoped his reactions told her.
She shifted her weight and went up and down on him again. Slowly she built up a rhythm, keeping her mouth tight and taking him in and out. How many times she’d done the motions, she’d lost count.
Her jaw ached.
Funny how you never read about that in romance novels. But she soon ached too much to continue. She liked his member in her mouth. Liked giving him this. It must take some doing to build up stamina. She’d have to practice. Considering his reactions, he’d like that.
She released him, intending to take a break before she went back to giving him everything she could.
His head rolled back.
She liked the way he looked, all limp and satisfied. And he hadn’t even come yet. Her skin tingled in anticipation of having him inside of her again.
For the second time tonight he moved as rapidly as a cheetah and came at her with his body.
“Flip over.” His voice brokered no argument. He sounded as commanding as he did when he was working on computers.
She flipped. Wouldn’t have dreamed doing otherwise. Was he going to take her from behind? Oh my. She’d never done that either.
She heard the condom package open and felt the bed move under his weight as he was presumably putting on the condom. That just added to her anticipation.
He put one hand on each of side of her hips and maneuvered her into position, butt in the air. A little uncomfortable. Her body trembled trying to hold the unfamiliar position.
He moved close behind her. Used one hand to guide himself into her willing pussy. Pussy. First time she’d ever used that word even in thought. But it fit here. With him. A lot of things fit with him that she’d never thought about before.
So strange.
She’d never had sex from this angle.
Her channel felt stretched and tight around him. It set off nerve endings she didn’t even know she had. “Oh my.” She echoed her thought from earlier.
He was the only man she trusted to do this with. It still felt odd to be in this position.
He growled something and slowly began to thrust inside of her and all her inhibitions fell away. In and out went the pace as he picked up momentum with each down turn.
The orgasm grasped her in a vise grip before she even knew it was coming. She went spinning into the air and became one with the clouds.
He gripped even tighter as his whole body tensed and he came with a yell of her name. His body slammed one last time an
d shuddered.
Panting, they both settled down in the bed. She thought her heart might explode it was going so fast. He shrugged to his feet after a second to take off the condom and dispose of it. Then he came back and snuggled in beside her. “We make a great team.”
She laid her head on his chest. The code monkey and the telephone monkey. Yes, they did. And she was never letting him go.
The End
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Mechele Armstrong is an author living in Virginia who pretends to clean while writing romance novels. She already found her happily ever after with her computer geek hubby, which led to two kidlets, which led to playing psychiatrist to a neurotic dog, thrower of balls to a spaz cat, and acting as servant to a cat who knows she rules the roost.
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Table of Contents
Code Monkey
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
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