Page 63 of Trial of Deceit

“Mr.Richardson,” came a deep voice, causing Ashari to stiffen while footsteps drew closer.

“I will not shake your hand.Sit.”Jediah nudged Ashari with the side of his thigh, possibly wondering why she hadn’t started yet.

Forcing herself to relax, Ashari fisted Jediah’s semi-hard dick.It throbbed in her palm as she removed it and placed a hesitant kiss against the tip.She shuddered — from disgust or excitement?She couldn’t tell.She’d never sucked a dick before, but she was great with her tongue, and she hoped that could count for something.

Still, a dick tasted much different than a pussy.

“What’s the latest with the Valcourts?”Jediah asked.

“Mi think mi have them under control.”

“Think or you know?”Jediah asked, his body stiffening as Ashari’s mouth closed around the tip before she sucked it into her mouth.His taste of body wash covered her tongue.

“It’s complicated.Mi have elections—”

“Ow!”Jediah exclaimed.His hand darted beneath the table, his fingers burying into Ashari’s hair with a deathlike grip.

Ashari’s mouth loosened around Jediah’s dick.She dropped it from her hands.Her eyes widened while her heart raced from guilt and fright.She didn’t mean to bite him, but the confirmation had stunned her.

“Get out and come back when you have actual answers,” Jediah hissed, his low tone holding the promise of a terrible threat.The door slammed seconds before Jediah pushed the chair back.Concern pushed away the anger in his eyes as he assessed his dick.

“I’m sorry!”Ashari rushed out.

His eyes met hers, causing her to gulp hard.“Yu know how hard yu just bite mi?”Jediah hissed, gently using his thumb to rub the spot.“There are teeth marks on my dick.”

“Sorry,” she said again.“I’ve never…”

The anger in his eyes sizzled out.“Really?”Jediah asked, and Ashari nodded.He sighed, releasing his dick to tenderly put it back into his boxers.“That explains a lot.”

Filled with embarrassment, she crawled from beneath the desk.“Where’s the bathroom?”she asked, unable to meet his gaze.

“The door to the right.”

“Is there another bathroom?”Ashari asked, finally looking at him.Her embarrassment soared after seeing the pained expression lingering on his face.“You probably need that one more than me…”

“Afta wa happen last night, yu ’fraid fi use the same bathroom as me?”

“Jed,” she groaned.

“Why do you refuse to kiss me?”

Her brows furrowed.“What?”

“You heard me.”

She motioned below his waist.“You really wanna talk about this right now?”

“Yes.”

Ashari sighed.She pinched the space between her brows as she turned her head toward the ceiling.Ashari thought of the best way to tell Jediah that it was because kissing him was too intimate, but she didn’t know how to say it.She couldn’t even think of a lousy lie.“Where’s the bathroom?”she asked, moving her hand while she looked at him.

She could tell that Jediah was displeased by her brushing him off, but he didn’t make a comment.He placed his hands on the armrest, then pushed himself to his feet.“Go through the door and ask the first worker to show you to it,” he said before taking slow, careful steps toward the bathroom.

Gulping hard did nothing to ease her embarrassment as she exited the room.Instead of seeking out a worker, she slipped through a door that led to the backrooms.She followed the noises bouncing off the walls.She hadn’t heard this commotion when Tsai had shown the team the footage she’d managed to capture during a patrol visit.Down a hallway, she realized she hadn’t been hearing noise inside Jediah’s office, either.That could only mean that the backrooms weren’t soundproof, but the offices and display rooms, where customers shopped, had to be.

Theclangingnoise became louder as she approached a door at the end of the hallway.Ashari’s heart raced as she paused to look over her shoulder.The hallway was empty, so she continued on.Stopping before the door, she was about to tip to peer through the small window on the door.

“Wa you a do here?”

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