Page 24 of It's Only Make Believe

She smiles and nods her head.

“Same again then please,” she relents.

I go to the bar and get us both another drink and then I go back to the table, and we spend the rest of the night chatting and laughing and flirting. Before long, it doesn’t feel like I’m a boss taking a new employee out for welcome drinks. It feels like we’re friends on a night out, friends that share a lot of chemistry and are waiting for the right moment to take their relationship to the next level.

Is tonight the right moment though? Everything feels right except for the fact that Louisa works for me and of course her father is on the board. If it wasn’t for those two little details, I would say tonight was the night. To be perfectly honest, if I didn’t need Enrique’s backing for my new idea, I would go for it tonight and throw caution to the wind. Plenty of people manageto date and work together and it’s not like I am Louisa’s direct boss. I’m sure we could make it work. But that isn’t the situation, and I guess I will have to do like I did with my business – wait for the right moment, because if I do jump in to early, I’m risking ruining something that could be really good. I hope Louisa has worked out that when I was talking about timing and waiting for the right moment, that I was letting her know that moment will come for us.

Waiting won’t be easy though, and every time Louisa giggles at my jokes, or looks me in the eye and bites her lip, or touches her hair or my arm, I feel it getting harder and harder to wait.

When the bell goes for last orders, I’m shocked to hear it. The night has flown by, and Louisa seems as surprised by the late hour as I am.

“It can’t be that time already,” she says.

I check my watch and nod.

“It is,” I say, and we both laugh. “Would you like me to call you a cab?”

“Yes please,” Louisa says. “I’ll just use the ladies’ room while you do it.”

I watch her walk away from the table and I call her a cab. She comes back to the table, and we drain the last of our drinks.

“The cab driver said it won’t be long, so should we wait outside?” I say.

“Ok,” Louisa says.

We leave the table and walk across the bar.; I open the door for Louisa. She steps outside and I follow her. It’s a warm enough evening and it actually feels nice to get a bit of fresh air. I lean back against the wall and Louisa stands facing me, a couple of feet between us.

“Thank you for tonight,” she says. “I really enjoyed it.”

“Well, that was never in doubt was it when you get to spend the night with someone as charming as me,” I say with a grin.

“Ah that must be it then,” she says, grinning back at me.

“I enjoyed it too,” I say. “So, you must be a bit of a charmer yourself.”

“I can be when the moment calls for it,” she says.

“And do you think this moment calls for it?” I ask.

“No,” she says. “I think this moment calls for something else.”

I start to ask her what, but she closes the gap between us, and the next thing I know, her lips are on mine. I most certainly did not see that coming, but I’m also not complaining. All my reasons why this can’t happen go out of the window now that it is happening, and I wrap my arms around Louisa and pull her against me. She pushes her hands into my hair as our kiss becomes more passionate. Our tongues collide as our lips mash together, the perfect fit.

I have to say, as kisses go, this one is mind blowing. My whole body comes alive as we kiss, and my cock hardens, ready for Louisa to take it inside of her so I can rock both of our worlds. Of course, this isn’t the time or the place for it and I pull back slightly so she can’t feel my hardness against her.

She doesn’t seem to notice me pulling my hips back slightly as she moans into my mouth and kisses me harder, faster, and more passionately than I think I have ever been kissed.

I never want this kiss to end, but end it must, and we come apart at the sound of a car pulling up beside us. I glance over Louisa’s shoulder and the driver gives me a thumb’s up, which I hope means he is our cab driver rather than that he is enjoying the show.

Chapter

Sixteen

TIA

What the hell have I done?

The night has been lovely. I have enjoyed every minute of it. Luke is so different outside of the office. He still has that quiet confidence and somehow, being with him makes me feel safe, but he is much less reserved than he is at work. We have spent the whole night laughing, teasing each other, and flirting. I knew I was on dangerous ground with that, but I really like him, and I couldn’t help but get caught up in the moment with him. Why the fuck did I have to pretend to be Louisa?

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