Page 27 of Secret Desire
Our tongues dueled for control while I dry humped her, lost in the moment. Until I heard a gasp.
“What are you doing to my sister?!?!!”
I leapt to my feet like someone had hit me with a cattle prod, promptly bumping into the coffee table and falling back onto the couch. Ashley sat up, staring in shock and consternation at her sister and Grace who’d somehow come into my office without either of us hearing them.
I could tell from Grace’s expression that she was thinking,This all makes sense now.
Ariel’s expression was more like,Who do I kill first?She was shaking with outrage.
“What are you guys doing here?” I asked.
“Last I checked, this was my company too,” Ariel sneered.
Damn, she was really mad.
“Ariel…,” Ashley started.
“You be quiet, Ashley. I should have known you’d pull something like this.”
Ashley jumped to her feet, her face turning angry. “Excuse me? What does that mean?”
“You bring trouble wherever you go,” Ariel said angrily.
“Now you’re just making shit up,” her sister retorted.
“Is this your thing?” Ariel asked. “You seduce your bosses for kicks? Did that guy at the last company really start it, or did you come onto him first?”
Ashley looked like she couldn’t decide whether to punch her sister or burst into tears. I grabbed her hand and gave her a squeeze to let her know I had her back.
“You’re out of line now Ariel,” I said firmly, feeling protective of my girlfriend.
“And you,” Ariel turned to me. “How dare you take advantage of my little sister? She’s practically a child. How desperate are you?”
“Hey!” Ashley and I both spoke in unison.
“It’s not like that, Ariel,” I said softly, earnestly. “I love her.”
“Bullshit,” Ariel spat. “What’s this really about Maeve? Were you so jealous about Grace and I being in committed relationships that you jumped the first girl who dropped her pants for you?”
“Ariel,” Grace spoke up for the first time. “Let’s not say things that we’ll regret later. We don’t even know what’s really going on here. Let’s everyone calm down so we can talk.”
“I don’t want to calm down,” Ariel yelled.
“And I don’t owe you an explanation for who I choose to spend my private time with,” Ashley shouted just as loudly. With them both in the same stances, wearing the same expression, there was no doubt that they were related – they looked like angry twins.
“You may be my boss and my sister, but I’m a grown ass woman who can choose who to date.”
“No wonder you two were sneaking around, because you knew you were doing something wrong. Something depraved.”
“There’s nothing depraved about being in love,” I said softly.
Ariel gave me a look that cut me to the core. “I’m done with you. Both of you. I’ll never forgive you for this.”
She stormed out of my office, leaving an eerie silence in her wake.
“I need to go,” Ashley finally said, breaking the silence. Her eyes were shiny.
“Ash, wait.”
