Page 99 of My Forbidden Boss

“I’m not going to let them hold me back. I won’t give them my power. Not anymore,” I say.

Instead of listening to people who only want to bring me down, I’ll listen to the people who build me up. It’s up to me to honor myself. David can give me joy. Happiness.

And love.

So much love.

I’ve let the past shape my future and that’s not good enough. I’m not the same person I was a month ago. A new perspective has changed me. A powerful simple thing.

I won’t be that person again. I won’t let others shape me. I won’t become words others have prophesied for me.

I will not be that woman any more.

My past doesn’t serve me and I choose a better, brighter future. I breathe in, filling my lungs and I’m…light. Free. There are no weights on my shoulders. No shackles bolting me in place.

Nothing but David standing before me.

I wind my arm around David’s neck. Clench my fingers in the short, soft strands of his hair and I make a new promise to myself. The kindness I give to others, I will also give to myself. The help I offer to others, I will also give back to myself. There is enough love in my heart to give to everyone I care about freely and without restriction, including myself. If I don’t allow that for myself, then I’m not honoring the people I care for. If I accept for myself what I readily offer others, I can give the same to the people I love.

To the man I love. I’ll do that, because David deserves everything.

There’s so much I want to say. So much he has to know I barely know where to start. Words fall from my mouth in a jumble. “I am worthy. I’m worthy enough to be in love with you. I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you before. Sorry it’s taken me so long to…”

He puts a finger to my mouth. “There’s nothing to forgive. Now, can I please kiss you? I’ve been dying to have my slice of you for days.”

I lift a brow. “Only a slice? I’m offering you the entire cake.”

David growls. My abdomen clenches and a thrill shoots through me. “And I’m going to eat every crumb.”

His eyes smolder. Heat races down my spine, and he wastes no time covering the distance between us. He licks into my mouth and moans as he devours me. His hands cradle my face, pinning me in place as though there’s somewhere else I want to be, as though I would escape him.

He nibbles my lips, pressing sucking kisses to my mouth, taking, stealing, giving. I lose myself in this kiss. This kiss is my first as a newborn woman who has shed her skin for something better than she ever thought possible.

David’s hand drifts down my back to squeeze my hip. He presses his erection against me shamelessly, letting me feel what I do to him. He lifts me to the desk and steps between my parted thighs. I groan as he grinds himself against my core.

“Want you so badly, love,” he says.

“But…we’re in your office.” To be honest, I don’t care where we are, as long as I’m with him, but this is the middle of the work day and everyone will know what we’re doing in here.

After today, there will be no more hiding if we stay and do what my blood burns for.

“I know exactly where we are. I can take you home, but your mother and my daughter are there,” he says, kissing me again. “And I don’t want to wait.”

“What about everyone out there?” I say.

“What about them? The only person I want is you,” he says. His fingers squeeze. It’s the faint tremble in his hand that makes my core clench.

If he doesn’t care about them knowing, then I don’t either and being here is infinitely better than making love in the same apartment as my mother. Here it is then. We can stay all night if we want to and my foreseeable plans don’t include going anywhere.

I kiss him long and deep, sliding my hands over his shoulders and under his jacket. His body heat scorches my palms as I run them across the ridges of his abs. His nipples are hard points. I press on them with my thumbs, circling the peaks before sliding downwards until I grip his behind and pull him hard against into me. His cock pulses and he groans into my mouth. The sound vibrates down my spine and settles in my core.

“Love,” he murmurs, breaking our kiss. He slides his parted lips down my neck. My eyes flutter closed and I tilt my head back.

He kneels, runs his open hands up my thighs, unbuttons and unzips my jeans. He hooks his thumbs into the elastic of my underwear and I help him slide them down and off my legs. I’m awkward, but I’m too focussed on getting these jeans off to care. I’m half undressed but his gaze drops to my core and the rest of my clothing is too hot. Too tight.

He looks up at me and I see heaven in those dark depths. “Have to taste you.”

I shiver and he wastes no time. He settles me on the edge of the desk, grabs my ankles, and brings my feet to his shoulders. I have time to prop myself with my arms behind me before he ducks his head between my thighs. The first sweep of his tongue brings a cry to my lips. I’m so ready, so primed, that my insides liquefy in an instant.

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