Building Billions [Part 1]

by Lexy Timms

  “So do direct deposits. He can print out his bank statement anytime,” I said.

  “Exactly. He’s becoming more and more difficult. I have a meeting set up with him next week to discuss how we can resolve the issue before it slams us into another wall like it did this morning.”

  I studied Ashley while she spoke. The tension in her shoulders. The way her lips downturned in a displeasing way. The impatient fire behind her eyes. This was more than Mr. Matthews, though he could be frustrating.

  There was something else wrong.

  “Is your mother all right?” I asked.

  “She’s fine,” Ashley said.

  “Has she gotten home from the hospital?”

  “Is that all, Mr. Sheldon? Because I’ve still got some work to get done before I get out of here, and I’ve got plans.”

  Mr. Sheldon.

  She hadn’t called me that in a few days now.

  “You seem ... on edge,” I said.

  “Been a rollercoaster of a day. I’m looking forward to pizza and drinks with my friend,” Ashley said.

  “Sounds fun.”

  “When did you get married?” she asked.

  My eyes fell to my ring before they flickered back to Ashley. She was staring at it, wringing her hands in her lap. Was that what was bothering her?

  Why would that have been bothering her?

  “I’m not married,” I said.

  “Then why are you wearing a wedding ring?” Ashley asked.

  “Nina and I split up, and I needed to still seem like a commitment kind of man,” I said.

  “You’re wearing a wedding ring because you’re no longer dating Nina?”

  “It’s a long, drawn-out argument I don’t really feel like going into right now. Like yourself, I’m looking forward to my Friday evening, but in the business world, men like me have to appear committed. Breaking things off with Nina caused some turmoil with some future clients, so I went and bought this to make it look like I’m now a married man.”

  “To the girl you broke up with,” she said.

  “I’m working it out as I go along,” I said with a grin.

  Ashley snickered and shook her head, but that snicker turned into a giggle. The smile that spread across her face lit something on fire in my chest. Her eyes were gorgeous when she smiled. They lit up a room whenever she walked into it. “If I may say, it’s kind of a dumb idea. Not sure it’s going to work.”

  I stood from my chair and strode around the desk, stopping to lean against the edge of it.

  If she had been so concerned about my getting married, then it meant only one thing.

  “I’m having a hard time not thinking about that night,” I said.

  Ashley turned her smiling face to me as a blush crept into her cheeks.

  “The night at the party?” she asked.

  “That one. Yes,” I said.

  “I don’t know why,” she said. “It was only a night.”

  “Is that how you feel about it?”

  I watched her swallow thickly as her gaze dipped to her lap. I stood from my desk and reached for her hands, wrapping my fingers around them. I took one of her hands in mine and pulled her from her seat, and she followed my lead like she had that night. Her skin felt soft against mine, warm and inviting like her thighs had been to my hips. I could see her chest panting slightly, her skin flushing with anticipation at what I could possibly do next.

  I crooked my finger underneath her chin and pulled that beautiful emerald gaze to mine.

  “Jimmy.”

  “When I told you that night was the best night I’d ever experienced, I was being serious,” I said.

  “This isn’t—”

  “And it wasn’t because we were drinking or had gotten caught up in our dancing. It was because of you, Ashley. You were the reason I got caught up in the heat of the moment.”

  I watched her lips part to speak before she stopped herself.

  Slowly, I bent to her level. My eyes stayed connected with hers as our lips grew closer and closer. I could feel her pressing into me. I could feel her hands sliding up my torso. Her breath was hot against my lips as she fell into me, my arms caressing her back. Her tongue was fire, and mine was ice. I could feel her trembling as I tasted her sweetness. Our lips melded together, and I could feel hers swelling underneath the impact.

  Underneath the ministrations of mine.

  She let out a little moan, and I grinned against her. I had her right where I wanted her, how I’d thought about her since that night. In my arms, against my chest, unable to resist me like I had tried so hard to do with her.

  Then, someone cleared their throat in my doorway.

  Ashley pushed away from me and whipped her head around. She pushed me so hard I almost went stumbling backward. My eyes opened and flickered to the door, plotting revenge on whoever had soiled this moment between the two of us.

  But nothing could have prepared me for the person standing in the doorway of my office.

  “Hello, Jimmy,” Nina said flatly. “Nice to see you found a slutty replacement.”

  THE END

  Building Billions Part #2 Blurb

  IT WAS ONLY SUPPOSED to be one night.

  Except making out with your boss when his girlfriend walks into his office, doesn’t sound as innocent as it seems.

  Maybe Jimmy’s ex-girlfriend has a bit of a grudge against them. Maybe running into them a week later out together only fuels the fire and her determination to take them down. And if not them, at least Jimmy’s company.

  For Ashley, focusing on work is a lot better than looking at social media. She’s good with numbers—it’s her thing—and when she can’t figure out why the numbers aren’t lining up for the company, she starts investigating.

  When the truth comes out, Jimmy doesn’t believe her. Left with no other choice, she quits her job and breaks up with him.

  Like the hit song, LOVE HURTS.

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