Page 76 of Devious Corruption
Nicolette lifts a shoulder. “I kinda got that impression.”
She leans back in her chair, brining a cappuccino to her lips. “Like if she didn’t do everything they asked her to, she’d never see them again.”
I drum my fingertips on my desk.
“Lev?” Her voice softens and she leans into the camera. “You didn’t do anything to her, did you?”
“Why would ask that?” My mood instantly darkens.
I’m no angel. There’s definitely no place in heaven for me when I get there. I’ve squeezed the life out of men with my bare hands and left their bodies rotting while I went off to dinner.
But Maxine isn’t some lowlife thug. She’s…well, she’s Maxine.
“I don’t mean hurt her. I mean, you’re not you know…” She lifts her eyebrows, waggling them at me and I get her meaning.
“It’s not really your business.”
“Lev.” She sighs with disappointment. “You better know what you’re doing.”
“I don’t need a lecture.” I snap. “I’m keeping her safe.”
“By making her sleep in your bed?” She shoots back at me. “If you hurt her?—”
“I’m keeping her from getting hurt.” I move closer to the camera. “No one is going to hurt her.”
“Not even you?” She quirks her brow and tilts her head.
There’s a soft knock on the door right before it opens. From my side vision Maxine appears in the doorway.
When I turn to look at her, she steps back and holds herself up straighter. I realize the scowl meant for my sister is pointed at Maxine.
“I don’t mean to interrupt, but Dmitri said the car’s ready.” Her voice is steady but uncertainty flashes in her eyes. And I’m the asshole who put it there.
“Hey, Max!” Nicolette yells through the iPad. “Don’t mind him, he’s grumpy because of me. Come here so I can see you!”
Maxine’s expression lightens. “Are you talking with Nicolette?”
Apparently over her apprehension at interrupting me, she hurries over to my desk and leans over me to wave at my sister.
“Hey! You got there.” Maxine nudges me with her hip, trying to nudge me out of the way.
Taking the opportunity given me, I grab her by the hips and pull her into my lap. She shoots me a glare over her shoulder, but Nicolette snatches up her attention by telling her about the loft she’s rented for the year.
“It sounds amazing.” Max says with genuine enthusiasm. “You’re going to have such a good time. And when you get back, you’ll have a huge career ahead of you!”
Nicolette laughs. “I’ll be happy if I get through this year without embarrassing myself.”
“Why would you embarrass yourself?” Max wiggles on my lap, probably trying to find a comfortableposition.
But in doing so, her plump, sweet ass rubs against my cock. I’m already hard simply from having her so close, I can smell the gentle fragrance of my soap on her. The fact that it’s my soap clinging to her soft skin, makes me want to lick her skin. Now with her ass pressed up against my cock, I have to bite back a growl before I cut off the call with Nicolette and bend Maxine over the desk.
“He’s not even listening.” Nicolette’s chiding laughter pulls me from my erotic thoughts.
“I am listening. You’re talking about a party you’re going to this weekend that I would tell you not to go to, but you’d only defy me.”
“Oh, so that is something a person can do?” Maxine looks over her shoulder at me with a teasing smile. “Defy you?”
I lift an eyebrow. “Not you, no.”
