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“Most of them are.” Lila smiled at me. “And I’d be down to do that too, Artimus. If you went that way, we could start rehearsing for that show muchsooner.”
“I’ll have to talk to some people before I give you my answer.” He patted me on the back, smiling at me. “I want you to know I think this is very generous of you,Duke.”
“Not really. I just think we’d get better ratings that way. Since I’ve gotten to know Lila, I’ve found out how similar we are, and I think we can make that work for us and this network.” The way Artimus nodded, his eyes glinting with respect for me, made me feel like I’d come up with something that couldwork.
No more competition meant one less thing getting between Lila and me, and I was set on removing all the obstacles that were in our way. As for the problem with Artimus’s rule, well, I knew we’d need a bit more time before we even brought up that subject with him—if we could atall.
“I’m going to get on that right away, guys. I’ll send you both a message when we’ve come to a decision. I’ll see you both later.” He walked away from us, leaving Lila and Ismiling.
“You sneaky man. You’ve had this idea for a while, haven’t you?” She began walking toward theelevator.
“I’ve been batting it around for a little while. I wasn’t sure about the whole splitting the salary thing, but figured that’d be the only way to get him to consider it. I can make that work for me. Can you make it work for you?” I pressed the button to take us to the groundfloor.
“Are you kidding?” She laughed. “That one salary is three times what we’re making for our other positions. I’d be good with half, easily. But I have to admit that I never thought of splitting it. Artimus is right, you know, you aregenerous.”
I looked over my shoulder to make sure no one was around before I said, “In more ways than one,right?”
The blush that quickly covered her cheeks made my cock thump. I knew this wasn’t the right place for this, but I couldn’t seem to helpmyself.
“Yeah, you’re right about that.” The elevator doors opened, and we stepped inside. No one else got on, and I looked at her as we stood there, side byside.
“I wouldn’t mind if this elevator got stuck right now.” I nudged her with my shoulder. “I’d been all set to wake up with you this morning and get back to making you scream myname.”
“Now that I know that was your plan, I’m sorry I left.” She reached out, putting her hand on my chest. “But I thought you might not want to see me there when you woke up. I thought you might not want to keep messingaround.”
“I’m not messing around. Are you?” I had to ask her because I had no idea if what we were doing would lead anywhere or not. But I knew I wasn’t putting everything on the line just to mess around withher.
“Isn’t that all we can do? We can’t walk around holding hands, going on dates, or any of that kind of stuff. So, that would make what we did messing around, right?” She moved her hand over my jacket, right where my tattoowas.
“I don’t want to just be messing around with you. And I will figure out how we can be open with this. I’ve figured out how to make the competition go away. I can figure out a way to make our boss see that us dating each other won’t lead to any harassment.” The doors opened, and we walked out. I was glad to see that Gretchen had left, as it had gotten late. “We could go back to my place if you wantto.”
But then both of our cells beeped, and we found that Artimus had scheduled a dinner meeting in a couple of hours, making that idea a no-go.
“Crap,” shemuttered.
“Well, there goes that, huh?” I looked around to find only a few people coming through thelobby.
Another idea sprang up in my head. “You know, I think I’ll go back up to the fourth floor. No one will be in those offices at this hour. And there is that really nice private bathroom upthere.”
Her eyes went wide. “Are you telling me you’ve got to poop? Cause I think it’s a little too early to be hearing that kind of thing out ofyou.”
I had to laugh at her. “No. And you don’t have to worry, I’m not usually the kind of guy who announces every bowel movement. I was thinking of having a little fun in that private bathroom. With you. So, what do you say tothat?”
She blinked a few times before she said, “I think you just made me wet with that idea, and I’d love to meet up with you. Say in tenminutes?”
She was on board, and I was on fire for heralready.
ChapterSeventeen
Lila
I couldn’t explain it even to myself, but the way Duke got to me was unlike anything I’d ever experienced. One look from him could set me off. And a few choice words could create a puddle in mypanties.
Would you call it lust? Pure, sexual attraction? Or was it something more thanthat?
Whatever it was, I likedit.
After waiting ten minutes, I headed up to our rendezvous point with my heart pounding, pussy pulsing, and head spinning. This wasn’t like me atall.
