Page 66 of All That She Needs

When the door opened to my floor, the hallway was empty. He wasn't there either, and I racked my mind thinking about what went wrong.

He kissed me again before I got out of the car. The kiss didn't start slow and sweet like before. It started with madness, like he was ready to tear my clothes off right then and there. He kissed and nipped and licked his way through my mouth, my cheeks, my neck and my shoulders. Didn't give a damn who would see from the outside. We only stopped when a car'sheadlights flashed, followed by a loud honk, snapping us back to reality.

My mind was lost in a fog of memories as I walked toward my door. Just before I reached the handle, I heard a voice shouting, "Asha!"

My heart skipped a beat, and a grin spread across my face before I could stop it. I spun around and gasped at the sight of Liam. He was only wearing jeans, barefoot and bare-chested; his face was still groggy, like he'd just rolled out of bed. Behind him, Theo, still in his pajamas, stood with a tube of something in one hand and cotton swabs in the other, panting like he had just been running, and looking absolutely livid.

"Asha, can youpleasetell this boorish man to sit still so I can apply this to his jaw?" Theo huffed, exasperated. "I wanted to ask Keith to handcuff his leg, but that guy was useless. When he sleeps, he's out like a rock—impossible to wake up."

I barely registered what Theo was saying. I stood there, grinning so wide my cheeks hurt. Liam was there too, staring at me with that same intensity—we stared at each other as if the world had shrunk to just the two of us.

Theo, who obviously didn't like being ignored, planted his hands on his hips and scowled. "Fine. Have it your way then. Don't blame me if your jaw took weeks to heal and you cannot eat." With another huff, he swiveled around and went back inside.

Liam walked towards me. "Hi," he dimpled at me when he reached me.

"Morning," I flushed, butterflies dancing in my stomach, feeling like a teenager all over again. I pointed at his bare chest, my eyes taking in the muscles, the intricate designs on his chest, and the masculine arch of his throat in all its glory. "Nice outfit."

"You like?" he asked in a low, sultry voice, turquoise eyes twinkling. Shivers licked all over my body at the sound. When he noticed my flush deepen, he nodded to himself. "You do like."

I chuckled, "Searching for compliments, aren't we?"

"Only from you," he whispered, his eyes dropping to my lips.

"We're in the office, if you remember. It might breach some code showing up like this."

"My office is closed for today." When I raised my brows, because it was Friday, he added, "We get an extra day off every first Friday of the month."

"Oh, wow. Must be nice working for you," I grinned back, but then my smile faded. "But not my office." Even with only seven of us on this floor, I didn't think my coworkers would appreciate seeing a half-naked man waltzing around and chatting with me.

"How's your arms?" he asked, concern flashed over his face.

"It's fine." When he didn't look convinced, I added, "It's only a little sore. How's your jaw?"

He shook his head, suddenly looking frustrated. "I'm fine. Asha, if he–"

"He won't," I interjected quickly. I didn't want Liam to remember last night and get angry again. "I won't let him touch me like that again."

Liam opened his mouth to respond, but at that moment, the elevator doors slid open, and Dennis stepped out. He was glued to his phone, but when he looked up, he did a double-take.

"What the—" His eyes were blown wide, and then he fanned himself, looking flushed. "Oh, my, my," he muttered,continuing down the hall. As he passed me, he said, "Morning, boss," and then, turning to Liam, added, "Morning, handsome. Better put on some clothes real fast before you cause people some serious injuries with all those muscles."

Liam just chuckled while I felt my cheeks burn with heat. Dennis opened the door to our office and stepped inside, but he kept glancing back over his shoulder, clearly not wanting to miss a thing.

I scowled at my assistant; he didn't even seem to notice me.

"Do you really need to work today?" Liam asked, pulling my attention back to him.

"Yeah. I have two meetings today," I replied. Two were actually quite few for me; I could have up to six meetings in a single day.

"Can you get out of it?"

I narrowed my eyes at him suspiciously. "What do you have in mind?"

He grinned. "Just spend the day with me."

"Liam," I chuckled. "You're asking me to bail on work just to hang out with you?"

"Hang out, make out..." he mumbled, his grin widening even more. When he noticed I wasn't completely sold on his idea, he leaned in a little closer. "Come on, Asha. When was the last time you broke the rules?"

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