Page 3 of The Enemies With Benefits Deal

I spent two weeks chasing down this lead. I spent another week trying to convince her that coming forward was the right thing to do and that I would protect my source.

The project I’ve been working on all semester is down the drain, and I don’t have a backup.

I’m going to lose the internship.

Dad is never going to let me live this down.

If I ever want to be CEO, this is not the way to go about it.

After taking a deep breath, I spin and head back to the library, knowing that Jade is going to be waiting there to rub it in my face.

If I wasn’t so angry, I might be able to admit that she’s more underhanded than me — and smarter, too.

After weeks of going back and forth with each other, she finally won.

She thought ahead. While I was busy doing childish things like changing words in her papers and keeping her up all night so she couldn’t focus, she was playing the long game.

There’s something admirable in her dedication.

Jade is sitting at the desk I claimed as my own, her skirt climbing high up her thighs and that little crop top grazing the skin just beneath her breasts.

She smirks and crosses her arms, showcasing the low neckline of the shirt. “You look like you just got some bad news.”

“You took it too far, Jade. That was my entire project for this semester, and now it’s gone.” My hands ball into fists at my side, and I can already feel the vein in the side of my neck pulsing.

Jade taps a finger to her lips. “You know, I don’t think I know what you’re talking about.”

“I’m sure you do know, since my lead said you were the one who put her up to the entire thing!” I slam my hands down onto the desk on either side of her toned thighs.

The scent of her lemon and vanilla perfume is making it hard to think, and when her tongue darts out to lick her bottom lip, my cock strains against the front of my jeans.

Now isn’t the time to want her. Not when she just screwed everything up for me.

And yet, when her thighs press closer together, I can’t help but lean in and drag her bottom lip between my teeth.

“You’re screwing with the wrong person, Jade. I can make your life miserable with a snap of my fingers.”

Her breathy laugh is my undoing. “Is that supposed to intimidate me, Grayson? I eat boys like you for breakfast.”

I skate my hand up the outside of her thigh, fingers disappearing just beneath the hem of her skirt. “You went too far this time.”

Her fingers trail up the buttons of my shirt, flicking open a couple as her thighs part to accommodate my hips between them. She scoots to the edge of the table as I slide my fingers over a silky thong covering her already-soaked core.

“You’ve been sitting here, thinking about this moment, haven’t you?” I ask, my voice raspy as I lean into her.

“Please, you’re the last person in the world I would be thinking about.”

I push the material to the side, fingers sliding along her slick folds. “Your wet pussy says otherwise, Jade. You’ve been sitting in here thinking that I was going to storm in here, pissed, and bend you over a table.”

Her inner walls clench around me as I slide two fingers into her. She bites her bottom lip on a moan, her hips rocking forward.

With a press of my thumb against her clit, her back arches. “So responsive. You don’t think I’m going to give you what you want after that little stunt you pulled, do you?”

“You don’t like being called inadequate.” She smirks, one hand sliding down the front of my slacks and dipping into my boxers.

My cock throbs as her hand wraps around it. “Based on the way you call out my name when you come, I know I’m anything but.”

I slide my fingers deeper into her core, circling her clit with my thumb. She moans, rolling her hips and meeting every thrust I give her.

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