Page 12 of Scandalous Secrets

“Well, I’ll leave you two to get better acquainted,” said Kathy curtly.

I noticed her shoot Troy a look before she stepped outside, closing the door behind her. I wondered if it was a warning look. One that said “don’t sleep with her.” Little did she know that had already happened. I could have sworn Troy rolled his eyes when she turned her back to him.

For a moment, I debated following her out the door. Quitting before I even started. It would make things way less complicated, but again, I needed this job. I needed the money. Plus, Troy had done a favor for Daniel in hiring me, and Daniel had done one for me. I couldn’t screw that up. Not when he and Heart had put themselves on the line for me to help me out.

What would my walking out say about them or their judgment? I kept thinking about how Daniel had said Troy trusted him. I wouldn’t be the one to break that trust.

Troy cleared his throat and adjusted the collar of his white shirt, which brought out the tan of his skin that peeked out below the buttons. I remembered my fingers working the buttons of another shirt last night. Fumbling. Desperate. About how I was feeling right about now. I swallowed hard as I pushed the memory away. It was still so fresh in my mind. I didn’t know how I was going to get through today, or any other day after.

I wondered if he was as nervous as I was knowing he knew everything that lay under this cream suit. If he was, he didn’t show it. He had that same confidence about him, whereas I was totally shaken. I was envious of him in this moment.

“Please, take a seat,” he said with a tight-lipped smile as he gestured to the cushy leather chair in front of his massive desk.

I eyed the glossy oak surface. He had definitely had sex on here before. The thought made my stomach turn. Was it jealousy? Or the fact that I had been another one of his apparent conquests?

I sat down and smoothed out my skirt, giving my hands something to do as they shook relentlessly. I took a deep breath and willed myself to calm down as I watched him ease into the chair across from me.Here we go.

Chapter 6

Troy

Itried to keep my wits about me as Monica sat looking somehow even more delectable than the night before. The cream suit brought out her olive skin and hugged her in all the right places. Her dark hair was down and in bouncy waves just past her shoulders. She carefully tucked it behind one ear as her caramel eyes avoided mine. I didn’t mind. It gave me more time to look at her. To take her all in. To take all of this in.

I was totally screwed. That much was for certain. My father had already warned me that if I slept with another personal assistant, he would take full ownership of the firm. Because it was a subsidiary, he had full rights to.

He had no proof I had ever slept with any of my assistants, but the rumors swirled and he caught wind of it. Probably thanks to Kathy. I never denied my sexual encounters, but I never admitted to them either. They were just flings. Nothing serious. Just a bit of fun. All consensual. They were always willing, if not eager. It was hard not to get close to someone you spent so much time with and who knew the ins and outs of most of your life.

Plus, Kathy always seemed to hire the hot ones. It was like she did it on purpose. Like she had it out for me.

Serena, my last assistant, had been unexpected. She played hard to get for a while. I assumed she wasn’t interested after the first few months of takeout and late nights in my office. She had said she had a boyfriend, so I dropped my coy advances and stuck to business. As best I could. I am a man and she was a natural blonde with perky breasts that she let peek out of her blouses in a way that made you want just a little more. She always caught my wandering eye, but never hassled me for it. She seemed proud of it.

Kathy seemed both pleased and disappointed that she had found an assistant who stuck to work and resisted my gentle advances. But then one late night, Serena was emotional and talking about how her boyfriend broke up with her. I consoled her with a hug, and she took it further by putting her mouth on mine and then other places. Right here in this office.

I was happy to be a rebound for her, and her pleasure-filled moans told me she was happy too. But over time, she grew attached and wanted more from me. Things I couldn’t give her, like the stability of a relationship. I told her that from the very beginning, right before she pushed me onto this desk chair and straddled me. She knew it would never turn into anything. Still, she got it in her pretty, young head that she could change me.

She couldn’t. Things got complicated, which was why she quit and moved away. And why Monica sat before me ready to take her place.

This was a different sort of predicament. How was I to know my new personal assistant would be someone I had already slept with? I couldn’t technically get in trouble for that. But I could get in trouble for the thoughts running through my head right now with Monica sitting in front of me.

I couldn’t help but glance at the small amount of cleavage that protruded from under her suit jacket or the way her skirt rode up as she crossed her smooth legs. Those black heels did wonders for her, and I imagined what she would look like standing in them with nothing else on.

The torturous fact was that I had already seen her. Explored every inch of her with my eyes, my hands, my mouth. I knew what she tasted like. I knew what she sounded like when she moaned. I knew what she felt like around me. These thoughts made me hard against my slacks and I was glad we had this desk between us.

A desk I would gladly take her on right here. Right now.

She shifted in her seat and I knew I had to say something.

“I’m surprised to see you again,” I said, leaning back in my chair and waiting for her to meet my gaze.

No such luck.

“I would have hoped I would have seen you when I woke up this morning,” I added.

That got her.

Her brown eyes looked up suddenly, catching mine. “I-I’m sorry…” she stammered.

I held my hand up and shook my head. “It’s okay. I know how a one-night stand works.”

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