Page 9 of If You Could Only Imagine
It wasn’t that he didn’t like women or didn’t feel sexual urges, but a couple of years back when Shane and Mason got together and the ‘sex ban’ was lifted, Michael had confirmed his status and said he’ll take the plunge the day he finds a girl who can handle his intense emotions.
And I didn’t fault him, because Michael was fucking intense.
I stared at Mason. “I have to admit, I never thought there’d be a day when one was.” I shrugged my shoulder. “But because I have had my fair share of women, I can tell you, with unwavering certainty, that Denise is it.” I shook my head at my thoughts. “Hell, Mase, I’ve had threesomes and even a couple of foursomes with some of the hottest women walking the planet. I’ve had women with no gag reflex and who have begged to have me in their ass on the first fucking night.” His brows shot up at my accounts, but he didn’t comment. “The most beautiful faces to the hottest hour glass figures, and not one of those experiences or women have ever made me feel an ounce of what I felt with Denise when we shook hands.” I ran my hands down my face. “A fuckinghandshake, Mason.”
Mason nodded. “Like if you lost everything, but still had her, you’d still feel like you have too much?”
I signed. “How can one woman make a man feel so powerful by just owning her?”
Mason let out a laugh. “Because God knew what he was doing when he pulled that rib from Adam.” I had to agree. This time Mason sighed. “God made sure man would never feel complete without the right woman by his side. A woman’s love, little brother, is our rib being snapped back into place.”
I quirked my upper lip. “So, you’ll have an attorney on standby in case she takes a little bit of persuading?”
“I’ll make the call as soon as you get out of my office,” he promised.
I smiled at my brother as I stood up. I was never really in doubt about Mason’s support. We supported each other no matter what.
Now, all I had to do was convince a certain curvy beauty that I wasn’t a gamble. This was the real deal, and I didn’t care how long it took for me to convince her of that.
I mean, I wasn’t completely insane. I knew shit like this didn’t happen. Instant love happened only in romance novels and romantic comedies. Except for Mason and Shane, I’d never seen or heard of it happening in real life.
And I had no idea how Denise felt about instant chemistry, falling in love within minutes and being married by the end of the week. That was the biggest issue.
I headed back towards my office and wondered how much it would take to bribe Shane into helping me capture my prey.
Chapter 5
Denise~
I had managed to avoid Aiden Buchanan for the rest of the week.
Hallelujah!
He was so busy getting settled in; it was way easier than I had imagined it would be. That Monday, I had lost my mind in a haze of alcohol with Kelly and went over every possible outcome as a result of the kiss, and all we managed to come up with was a killer hangover on Tuesday.
I hadn’t made any progress on what to do about my attraction to him-or rather, his attraction to me. I was fairly certain that if he kept his distance, I’d be able to work with the out of sight, out of mind method. But I didn’t know what I’d do if he kissed me again.
And against all responsible choices, I wanted that man to kiss me again.
I wanted him to do all kinds of unethical things to me.
And Kelly-The-Traitor really hadn’t been much help. She was all for me risking my career and ruining my reputation at a chance to fall in bed with Aiden. We had pulled up all four brothers on my phone and when she had gotten a good look at the whole lot of them, she had damn near pushed me out the door, instructing me to run after him and turn him into my sex slave.
I’m not saying her idea didn’t have any merit, but…Christ, this was so goddamn reckless.
Forget that I haven’t had sex in over a year. Forget that I worked my butt off to get where I am today. Forget that Aiden’s rich, ruthless and my boss. Everyone knew that you just didn’t sleep with your boss. Itneverturned out well.
Mason and Shane Buchanan were different because she came to BIwithMason. No one could accuse her of sleeping her way to the top. Rumor is Mason married her after only dating a few weeks. Rumor is also that, while he was a vicious bastard in the world of business, he positively adored his wife. The fairytale story goes that he was willing to give up Buchanan Industries for her.
God, could you imagine what that kind of love is like? Who falls in love and willingly gives up everything for someone after only a few weeks?
And that thought brought me back to Aiden and that kiss.
And it also made me think who the hell risks everything they’ve worked for after one kiss?
It was almost quitting time, but I needed some air. The memory of that kiss and Aiden’s hands in my hair had me feeling heated from the inside out.
I headed towards the elevator, and since Sarah was already gone for the day, I contemplated just walking back to my office and closing up shop. It was Friday, after all, and at 6pm, the entire building was probably empty.
