“Are you serious?” she asks, raising her voice. “You really don’t know what’s wrong?”
He shakes his head, and then pleads, “Please. I can’t fix this if you won’t tell me what’s wrong.”
Lexi then crosses her arms over her shoulders. She looks so disappointed it pains him. She can’t stand seeing her face looking so infuriated. Worse, she’s not only angry, but she’s angry at him.
“My bad…” she says, heading for the double doors of his office. “There’s nothing to fix.”
He rushes up to her and stands in front of her. Now, he’s blocking her way, and he won’t let her out until they fix things between them. Adam has no idea, but there’s a strong pull within him to resolve the issue. If Lexi were some other woman, he would’ve let her walk out. He doesn’t know what is it about Lexi that has him wanting to fix things. Her tirade should infuriate him, but it’s doing the opposite. He’s concerned.
“Don’t lie to me,” he says, his tone hard yet worried at the same time. “Now, answer me...what’s wrong?”
“It’s nothing,” she says, when Adam makes a move to cut her, she lifts a finger up to stop him. “But I’m just so disappointed...I’m so disappointed, and I’m so mad. I know I can’t get mad, but I am. I’m mad because I expected…I expected that we had something more than sex.”
He stays silent and lets her continue. He’s looking at her solemnly with his arms crossed over his chest. His jaw is clenched and his jade-colored eyes never break contact with her hazel ones.
“What’s new?” she asks rhetorically, the tone of her voice dripping with sarcasm. “The virgin falls for the playboy...and now she’s attached. It’s just sex for you, but I can’t separate my feelings from sex. I thought we had something more. I only realized it when the interviewer asked you if you had a girlfriend, and you said ‘no’.” By this point, Lexi’s crying a river. She looks so unflattering with her swollen eyelids and moist, tear-stained cheeks. “I didn’t realize how deep my feelings for you were. That night when I watched your interview, I felt my heart break into pieces. I thought that only happened in the movies and in books.”
When Adam opens his mouth to speak, Lexi shakes her head. She shakes her head because she doesn’t want him to say anything. She knows she’s just going to be disappointed.
“Now, that you know, can I take the rest of the day off?” she asks. “You can deduct it from my pay or whatever.”
Lexi doesn’t wait for his answer. She turns on her heel and walks towards the door. She opens and then closes it behind her before she heads to the elevators. She keeps her head low since she’s not the only one inside and fits herself into a corner. The moment the elevator doors open, she runs as quickly as she can to the building exit. Once outside and with the cool wind calming her senses a bit, she hails a cab to take her home.
On the drive home, she can’t stop thinking about what happened earlier. She’s distraught at acting that way in front of Adam, but she can’t keep her emotions in check, not when she’s realized she’s fallen in love with the man. She won’t deny sex with him is great, but there’s more to Adam than his good looks, corporate achievements, and his skills in the bedroom. She’s fallen in love with his approachable personality and his drive to succeed. He knows what he wants and knows how to get it. Lexi is so unlike him. She knows what she wants – him – but she has no idea how to get the man. In this scenario, she’s on the losing end. She’s already fallen in love, and the man believes he’s still single.
When the cab stops right in front of her apartment building, the one Adam’s paying for. She pays her fare and rushes up to her unit. Once inside the privacy of her bedroom, Lexi plops down on her bed and snuggles up to her pillows and duvet. She just wants to sleep and forget what happened.
Chapter 9
Lexi looks around her apartment. Everything is squeaky clean and the unit looks like no one has been living in the place. By the door is a large carton box with all her things – mostly clothes. Lexi has always been a minimalist instead of a hoarder. Growing up and living on a shoestring budget, she’s learned only to buy the bare essentials to save on expenses.
She grasps the handle of her carry-on suitcase where her personal laptop and a few other knick-knacks are. She takes a look around one last time, making sure that she’s packed everything and that the place is pristine. She doesn’t want to leave a bad impression, a worse impression especially after resigning from her job.
She knows she can’t continue working with Adam, not because he doesn’t want her to. She can’t stand seeing the man she loves. She can’t stand seeing him go about his normal life as if she isn’t hurting. She’s not a masochist. She prefers to just break contact and distance herself from him. With a heavy sigh, she turns around to face the door and walks towards the entrance.
When she opens the door, she’s shocked to see the one and only Adam Sinclair standing by her doorway. He looks like a mess. His espresso black hair is in disarray and his jade green eyes look like they need a rest. But he still looks so gorgeous, and Lexi hates it. His shoulders are tensed and tight despite the day being a weekend morning. When she tips her head up to meet his eyes, she tries her best to keep her resolve. She’s leaving his apartment and out of his life.
“I was just about to leave,” she says. She can’t walk around him since both his arms are spread out. His hands are planted firmly on the doorway. “Excuse me…please.”
He shakes his head and whispers out a single ‘no’. When Adam takes two steps forward, Lexi takes a couple steps back. When he closes the door behind them, he walks to the living room, but Lexi doesn’t follow.
“What are you doing here?” she asks, fingers tightening around the handle of her suitcase.
“Looking for you,” he says, and then, “You can stay here for as long as you like. Don’t leave.”
Lexi shakes her head. ‘What is he trying to do to me?’ she thinks. She stays frozen on her spot and looks at him straight in the eye. She’s searching for emotion, a tell-tale expression of what he feels at the moment. Is he happy she’s here? Sad she’s here? Or irritated? All she can see is that his eyes are clouded and devoid of life.
“Adam…” she says, trying to end the conversation before it can even start.
“Hear me out,” he then says to her.
When the words leave his mouth, Lexi tries not to gape like a fish out of water. Adam’s not the type to pour out his feelings. He’s a ‘this’ and ‘that’ kind of guy and prefers to leave out explanations to save time. When Lexi nods her head, to give him the ‘go’ signal, he heaves a deep sigh.
“I miss you…” he begins, and just like that, Lexi feels her chest tighten and her heart pulls at the gravity of Adam’s words. When he continues, she’s trying to not to tear up. She knows she’s been repressing so much emotion in her. She also knows Adam’s words will be the one to break the dam. “I didn’t realize what was right in front of me until you left. I really miss you, and the office has never been the same since you left last week.”
He lets out another heavy breath before he continues.
“I know we never put a label on us, but I never saw our situation as a ‘friends with benefits’ one. At the same time, when the interviewer asked me if I had a girlfriend, I know I gave the right answer.”
Lexi’s trying to keep a straight face, but deep inside, her feelings are going through a roller coaster ride. She has no clue what Adam’s trying to get at.
“But I know we should’ve talked about what was happening between us. I knew I had feelings for you then. I know because if it’s just a fuck, I’d do it only once with the same woman. You know that isn’t the case with us.”
When Adam takes a step closer to her, Lexi hitches her breath. He looks like he’s about to kiss her, but she doesn’t want to get ahead of herself. She can’t stand her heart breaking for the second time.
“And I’m thirty-two years old already…” he says, and then, the edge of his lips
tip up into a small smile. “I think I’m ready to settle down.”
When Lexi’s eyes widen into saucers, Adam’s trying not to break out into a laugh. Suddenly, there’s fear in the woman’s eyes, and Adam realizes he should’ve chosen his words more carefully.
“I mean…I want us to get there in the future…” he says, retracting his earlier statement. “But I want you to be my girlfriend. I want to date you and show you the world. I don’t want to share you with anybody else.” Lexi’s starting to smile, and for a few seconds, she breathes out a sigh of relief. “I want to have sex with you and with no one else.”
At that, it’s Lexi who closes the distance between them. She wraps her arms around his neck as she pulls his head closer to hers. Adam’s feeling like he is on Cloud Nine and even more so since Lexi’s doing the initiating and the leading. Their lips move against one another as Adam nibbles on her bottom lip. There’s even a little teeth action happening.
Adam’s hands rest just above Lexi’s ass, and she can feel the slow bulge forming in his pants. She’s smirking against his lips, proud of the fact that she has that kind of effect on him. Soon enough, they’re trying to get rid of one another’s clothes. Lexi pulls Adam’s polo shirt above his head before her hands explore the expanse of his torso. Her fingers trail past his tight chest, pinch his nipples, and then wander down his abs. They rest on the ‘v’ peeking out of his khakis before Adam does the same.
He pulls Lexi’s dress over her head, but he’s restless. He hasn’t had sex in weeks, his last time being the night before he left for London when Lexi and he had sex in his bathtub. He’s hot and horny, and he wants her naked, and so, when Adam discards Lexi’s dress to the floor, he works his fingers on the clasp of her bra and throws it to where the dress is. There’s a growing pile on the floor. Then, he takes her hand and leads her to the kitchen before he carries then props her up on the edge of the granite counter.
With his face right in front of her breasts, Adam starts to nibble on Lexi’s taut nipples. Her areolas are a light pink color, and it’s cute and adorable and fits her perfectly. Adam starts to suck on her left nipple while his hand twists and turns her right one. The moans she elicits are growing louder, and he can’t help but smile as he sucks on her breast. Then, he moves over to her right mound, giving it the same attention as the left one. When Lexi cups her hands in Adam’s face and tries to pull his head up closer to hers, he shakes his head then looks at her.
“I’m going to pleasure you today,” he says with a smirk on his lips. “I’m at your service.”
Slowly, he trails kisses down her stomach until his lips are on her underwear. Lexi pulls her legs tight together because of the heat pooling in her most intimate region. She’s looking for his dick insider her, but he knows Adam’s going to take his time.
His lips nibble on her underwear before his tongue swipes over her clit. He’s darting his tongue inside, but Lexi knows he’s teasing her since he hasn’t taken off the lingerie. Then, his lips go back up over to his breasts, sucking and tugging, while his hand rubs her vagina.
“Fuck, Adam…” she moans, as the heat builds up inside her.
She lets out a soft squeal when Adam adds teeth to the sucking. It’s the kind of pain that’s pleasurable, and she moans louder and tells him to not stop. She loves what he’s doing, and she knows her breasts are taking a beating, but she feels euphoric. She’s feels so great she doesn’t realize Adam slips his hand beneath her underwear and pushes a finger inside her. As he pulls in and out of her, she makes a move to remove her underwear. She wants to spread her legs wide open, but Adam has other plans.
“Like I said…” He’s smirking…“I’m at your service.”
But he doesn’t take off her lace panties yet, and she pouts and sticks her bottom lip out. It amuses Adam, and he lets out a chuckle before he gives her lips a quick yet hard kiss. Then, his mouth roams the expanse of her body, down her breasts, further to her stomach, and then resting just right above her panties. He pulls his finger out of her pussy and finally removes her panties. When Lexi reaches out for the bulge in Adam’s pants, he only shakes his head and smirks at her.
He rubs the folds of her pussy with two fingers and wants her to squirm at his touch. She’s writhing before him, and now her moans are picking up pace. She’s losing breath at the tension building up inside her. He knows she’s about to lose it, and it makes Adam proud. He hasn’t even stuck his dick inside her yet.
When Lexi feels Adam’s fingers enter her, she arches her back against the granite countertop. Her back is cold but the rest of her body is anything but. As Adam’s fingers push and pull in and out of her, he adds his mouth and starts to suck at her entrance. As his lips swipe and his teeth nibble on the skin of her pussy, he sticks two more fingers inside Lexi. There are four fingers now pushing in and out of her.
“Adam…” she moans, her tone almost pleading. “I want you…now…”
At that, he pulls his fingers out of her pussy and makes a move to unbutton his shorts. Soon enough, he sheds his boxers off him, and Lexi’s delighted at seeing his throbbing penis. It’s been a while since she last saw it. When Lexi makes a move to pleasure Adam, he lets out a hearty chuckle and shakes his head.
“Haven’t you been listening?” he asks rhetorically. “I want to pleasure you…”
“B-but…” she starts to reason out.
“We have the entire day…” He can’t help but wink at her. “For now, it’s all about you…”
As Adam climbs above her, Lexi roams her hands up and down his back. He’s already put on the condom, and his penis is right at her entrance. She starts to wonder if sex without a condom is different. She has no idea.
The material’s too thin. It shouldn’t make a difference, right?
Lexi stops her train of thought when Adam starts to push inside her. She arches her back to help him a bit as his hands are planted firmly at each side of her head. Adam relishes the moment and slowly pumps in and out of her. She matches his rhythm and moves in sync. As Adam’s penis thrusts in and out, he moves his lips over to her chest and pleasures the soft mounds of her breasts. He’s doing so much to her that she’s in total euphoria. Her lips and breasts are swelling, and her pussy’s just about to reach that point. As he thrusts inside her, she rubs her clit with her fingers. There’s a pleasurable yet piercing feeling inside her, the feeling of liquid traveling throughout her innermost region. She’s on the verge, and she knows it. When Adam lets out a deep moan, she knows he’s almost at the edge as well. In that moment, their eyes meet, and the way Adam looks at her, Lexi knows he’s not going anywhere.
Epilogue
It’s been a month since Adam Sinclair and Lexi Hayes started seeing each other exclusively. Adam, unable to stay away from her for long periods of time, has hired Lexi back, and she’s more than willing to resume her position as personal assistant to him. Lexi knows of Adam’s lifestyle – Michelin-star dinners, exotic business trips, and billion-dollar ventures. She’s still trying to get used to the red carpet events, luxury transportation jets and cars, and designer couture. She thinks she’s never really going to get used to them, and she doesn’t really see the novelty in them. She still prefers to take the subway over a private car – the time spent lets her think and enjoy the city, but Adam loves spoiling her, and he has no plans of stopping.
The Holiday season is fast approaching, and this means the advent of parties and banquets. Tonight, there’s a benefit dinner to raise funds for the development of a public hospital in the outskirts of the city, and Adam and Lexi are invited.
“You look beautiful,” Adam says, the edge of his lips slowly tipping up, and Lexi knows she won’t tire of his smile. “You’re the most beautiful woman.”
Lexi can’t help but blush at the compliment. It’s something she’ll never get used to – his gushing. She feels like he puts her on a pedestal with the way he talks about her, and it nerves her. She knows she’s not the most gorgeous person on the p
lanet, but she also knows Adam’s being genuine. She brushes the thought away – it’s her insecurity speaking – and smiles back at her boyfriend.
“You don’t look so bad yourself,” she says, hooking her arm around his.
The drive to the gala is a short one, fifteen minutes tops, and during the car ride, Adam talks to Lexi about what to expect during the event. She nods her head absent-mindedly at the names Adam’s rattling off. There are a few familiar names. That is until Adam tells Lexi his parents are attending as well, and that catches her attention.
“Adam…” she says, voice tightening, and he knows she’s scared. “Your parents? What will I say?”
He chuckles lightly before he shakes his head then says, “You’ll be fine. Trust me.”
When the limousine comes to a halt, Lexi is tempted to stay inside. She has no idea what she’s going to say to his parents. What questions will they ask her? What will they think of her? When Adam reaches out for her hand, Lexi heaves a deep sigh and exits the car. She knows resisting will be futile.
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