Page 6 of Forever His This Christmas

“None,” he lied brushing a strand of hair from her shoulder with a smile. “What do you say we take the files you’ll need over to my office?”

“What if I have plans?” she asked, a grin slipping onto her lips that he wanted to claim the way he wanted to claim her.

“Do you?”

“No.”

“Then you shouldn’t have any objections when we don’t get those files to my office until tomorrow morning and this time when you steal my favorite shirt, I’d better get to see you in it,” he stated, relieved that she didn’t try to claim she did.

“I can’t wear the same thing to work tomorrow because how likely is it that I’ll be at your office all day?”

“Then how about we stop by your place before we head to mine and you can stay the night?”

“No arguments here,” Lisa agreed then gathered herself as she moved to the door with him. It was stupid to do this, but her body was speaking louder than her mind and she was going to give it what it wanted.

She spent ten minutes getting the files together as she grabbed her laptop and sent the last statement to Donald. At least she’d gotten them done and didn’t still have them on her plate to finish this week.

Donald met them in the hallway and Lisa could tell Corey saw the way Donald’s gaze lingered on her chest. She didn’t like it either and normally could ignore it, not wanting to deal with the hassle of it. The man had never attempted to touch her, so she wasn’t going to rock the boat without more of a reason. If that ever changed, then she’d sure as hell put a stop to it.

Corey gave Donald a veiled look as he informed him, “Lisa will be at my office reviewing the files we discussed with my accounting staff. If you need her just call the number for my office and someone will get the message to her.”

“Of course, Mr. Cantwell,” he stated. “We’ll see you later Lisa.”

“Goodnight Donald,” she said letting Corey take the files as they headed out. She paused when they reached the parking garage not sure what Corey was thinking right now with the way he held himself.

“Do you drive?” he asked, surprising her slightly with the question.

“Not usually, my apartment is only four blocks away and there’s a grocery store just around the corner.”

“Convenient,” he said as he settled the files into the backseat.

“Lets me go home and escape this place easily during lunch.”

“And to refuse rides home from your boss?” he asked, his tone a bit harder and the last thing she wanted was to start the night off with a subject like Donald.

“Why would I refuse a ride from you?” she teased, giving him a little grin.

“I meant Donald.”

“You picked up on it, huh?”

“I take it he’s one of the issues you have regarding men?”

“Only a minor part of them, the others are mostly the same but at least with them I don’t have to worry that what I say will possibly affect my job.”

“And what would you like to say to Donald?” he questioned opening the passenger door for her.

“To stop staring at my chest unless he’d like my foot up his ass,” she said with a light smile and a little nose crinkle that pulled a laugh from him.

“Some men might be into that,” he teased as he backed out of the spot and let her direct him to her place. He pulled into the visitor’s lot and reached out for her when he parked the car. She couldn’t help the slight startle of surprise that pulled a gasp from her when his hands pulled her face towards him, but she quicklyrelaxed fitting her lips to his, letting the kiss take her straight back to their night. He let out a deep groan and stopped the kiss before it went further, making her sigh at the shortness of it. “I see the warning label’s not just for when you’re drinking.”

“It’s simply more noticeable and combustible then,” she teased, liking their even footing now far better than the way it’d felt at the office. “Want to come up?”

“Yes, but if I do, we’re likely to end up in bed and I’d rather not have to drive all the way across town in the morning. Especially if it means getting to stay in bed with you a bit longer,” he said sliding his hand into her hair kissing her again.

This one was soft and slow, leaving her breathless. “Mmm…let me grab a couple things and I’ll be back down.”

“Pack enough for the week, I don’t think this will fade out that quickly,” he suggested as she pushed open the door and headed inside with a smile.

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