Page 13 of Hard Boss

“What changed?” I ask.

“The conference call,” he says. “I realized that I was in that situation because I wasn’t doing anything to stop it. I kept thinking I was helpless, but I wasn’t. I knew that all I had to do was start taking away her job duties and showing her that she was not in control, and then she would quit. It was selfish of me to hire you, because that decision was strictly based on me wanting you closer. I wanted you in my home, by my side, and just… with me. I have unintentionally made you her target, and you don’t deserve that.”

“I can handle Tuna Tina,” I say. “I will happily fight that war for you because I can punch her in the mouth and get in far less trouble than you would. Now, what really happened? I don’t want the bullshit story that you are feeding Arden.”

“Honestly, she is horrific,” he says. “She came into the room and waited until I was talking and…”

“Be blunt. I am a big girl,” I say. He sighs and lifts me up to sit on the dresser so he can move closer to me.

“She sucked me off,” he says. “I kept trying to get her to stop, but she wouldn’t. I just… froze. I am afraid to try to physically stop her, because she had threatened to turn it on me several times.All it takes is an allegation, and I am done. The investors will pull out, because no one wants to be in business with a rapist.”

“What else has she done?” I ask. He suddenly tries to step away, and I grab his hands to pull him back to me. He has tears in his eyes and it is heartbreaking to see this man crying. “Wilder… What did she do to you?”

“She uh… About a year ago, when she went on a trip with me, she got the front desk to give her a key to my room,” he says. “What I didn’t know is that she had slipped a sedative or something in my drink when she conned me into having dinner with her in the restaurant in the lobby… She tied my wrists to the bed and…”

“I promise, I am not judging you right now,” I say softly. “I know society has a sick way of making men think they are not capable of being raped, but they absolutely are. Your story matters just as much as anyone else’s.”

“I’m sorry,” he chokes out. He drops his head, and I wrap him in a tight hug against my chest. His body shakes as he silently cries, and I rub his back until he calms down. “Fuck, I haven’t said this out loud before.”

“Go slow,” I say.

“She… uh… She tied my wrists to the bed and put tape over my mouth. When I woke up, she was riding me. She just kept going and going. She’d switch it up and jerk me off and then suck me. I lost count of how many times she forced me to come. The entire time, she was telling me how much she loved me and how wewere meant to be together. Once she said I had been bad, and this was a lesson to show me who I belonged to… Every time I have to take her on a trip, she does it again. I freeze up and just lay there. I can’t make myself fight because I’m so afraid of her turning things and telling everyone I raped her. I have done little things, like take her keycard, so she can’t get to me as easily. I have the front gate and the security system now, too. I just want her to leave me alone. I shouldn’t have involved you. It was selfish and now…”

“Stop,” I say when he starts to ramble. “Listen to me, Wilder. I will fight this war for you, because I love you. I didn’t ever plan on saying it like this, but I do. I will go to the ends of the world for you, because you do not deserve to live in fear. You are not selfish; you are asking for help in the only way you know how. Clearly, you trust me, or you wouldn’t have opened up.”

“I would never forgive myself if you got hurt,” he says.

“I will be fine, but she will never touch you again. Understand? If she ever puts her hands on your again, I will break her fucking neck. No one gets to touch you without your permission. I will not sit here knowing someone is hurting you and not help. If you need a short ass five-foot bodyguard, sign me the fuck up. If you want me to stab her in the fucking face for touching you, I am more than willing,” I say firmly. “What do you need, Wilder?”

“You,” he says. “I just need you.”

“I am right here, Wilder. I am not going anywhere.”

Wilder studies me for a moment before saying, “Fuck it,” while grabbing my face and kissing me hard. I immediately loop my arms around his neck and pull him closer. Our tongues explore each other, and he tastes like all that is right in the world. Every bit of doubt that I had about our connection melts away when he grabs the backs of my thighs and picks me up.

“Where are you taking me?” I laugh when he walks us out of the room.

“Where you belong,” he grunts. “To my bed.”

When he sits me down on the bed, he lays me back and moves over top of me to straddle my body as we kiss. I move my legs, so he is settled between them, and he immediately presses his hips into mine, making me break our kiss and gasp. “Fuck,” I groan when he starts kissing my neck and goosebumps break out across my body.

“Shit,” he hisses, pulling away. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have…”

“I love you, but please shut up and fuck me,” I say bluntly. He doesn’t hesitate to start pulling my clothes off as I do the same to him. When he slips his boxers off and moves back between my legs, it all catches up with me. “Oh, holy hell. You are fucking huge, Wilder,” I say with wide eyes.

“I’ll be easy on you,” he says as he kisses my chest. I groan when he swirls his tongue around my nipple before lightly sucking. He moves to the other and repeats. When he starts to kiss down my belly, I blurt out what might be the end of this moment.

“I’ve never had an orgasm,” I say quickly. He stops and moves up to look at me. “I mean… I have. But I did it. No one has ever… I don’t know if I can.”

“Don’t move,” he says with a wicked grin before kissing me and getting off the bed. He disappears into the bathroom before returning with a towel.

“What are you going to do?” I ask when he puts a towel under my hips.

“I am going to blow your fucking mind,” he says. My breath gets caught when he wraps his arms around my thighs to spread my legs wide and drags his tongue across my clit.

“F-Fuck. Oh my God,” I nearly scream when he lightly sucks on my clit, making my eyes roll back and my back arch off the bed. This man’s tongue is like magic. I can’t help but rock my hips, but I moan louder when he pushes two fingers into me and curls them. When he starts to fuck me with his hand, he sucks harder on my clit. He is hitting something inside of me that is systematically shutting down my brain and leaving only blissful pleasure in its wake. I cannot think of anything except the way the pressure is rapidly building in my belly. By the time he has my orgasm simmering just below the surface, I have completely lost my mind. I am moaning wildly and begging him to make me come.

“Oh, God. Please. I wanna come. Please, Wilder. Please, let me come. Oh my God, that’s so good,” I cry out. When it hits, my body tenses and a deep groan rumbles out from deep in my chest. He doesn’t stop and my legs start trembling. I am nearlygasping for air and he is still fucking me hard and deep with his fingers and sucking the soul out of my body through my clit. I am arching dramatically off the bed, but something still won’t break. This pleasure feels like it is stuck inside of me, but it all breaks loose when he abruptly adds a third finger at the same time that he bites down on my clit as he is fucking hard. The pain shocks my body, and I scream as arousal floods from my body. When he pulls back, I grab him and pull him up to kiss me. I groan when I taste my come on his tongue. He pulls away from our kiss but keeps his forehead resting on mine.

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