Page 22 of Wrapped Up in You
“Now you’ve done it. You could keep your mouth shut until later to offer that up. Say, when they aren’t around andaccounting can send you the bill?” Crew says with a tone of disbelief that his friend broke some cardinal alpha male rule.
“Um, no you won’t. LITHE is paying for this. It’s our business, our taxes, and that’s that,” Shae argues before Coralynn can wind up and add to it.
“Brother, you’ve been beat,” Crew states the obvious.
“No kidding.”
“I’ll have accounting send the bill to the email on file. I’m sure Crew will be giving you the family discount all the same.” That seems to do the trick.
“I knew you’d fit in perfectly with us from the moment we spoke on the phone. Thanks for helping a girl out.” We say our goodbyes. The meeting is over entirely too fast for my liking.
Apparently, Crew feels the same way, since he’s made it his mission to keep me wrapped up in his arms.
“I much prefer being up here, even if it’s only for the time being,” I tell Crew as I make my way toward him. When he called me to his office, it almost seemed like I’d been sent to the principal’s office by a co-worker.
“And I’d rather you be up here with me full-time.” The door isn’t closed. We’re asking for trouble, but ask me if I care. Crew’s mouth lands on mine, hands delving into my hair, causing a moan to escape. I dig my fingers into any surface available on his body. Time is dwindling. Soon, my uncle will know the meeting is over and will be looking for me like he always does.
I swear working for family is a double-edged sword. Especially when you want the man who’s been told to stay away from you.
“Have you seen Serena, Mary?” My eyes pop open, and the moment starts to fizzle out, or so I think. Crew has other plans. He guides me into the bathroom, closes the door, and my back meets the wall.
“Crew, we can’t stay in here all day,” I mumble. Still, he doesn’t stop. If anything, he goes harder and faster. He whips the skirt of my dress up, the tips of his fingers meet bare skin, and the thong panties I’m wearing do little to stop him from sliding between my legs. I hear the clanking of his belt as two thick fingers move the gusset of my panties to the side and sink inside my wet heat.
“I’ll be fast, and we know you can be quiet, don’t we, sweetheart.”
“Yes, god, yes.” He makes quick work of our clothing, getting it out of the way. Sadly, I lose his fingers, but what I gain is more than pleasurable. You wouldn’t know that he took me in the shower earlier this morning. It was nearly impossible to drag ourselves away from one another. We managed, after two long drawn-out orgasms. Crew made breakfast and coffee to-go while I finished getting ready. Whereas he could come and go from C & T as he pleased, I needed to have my ass in my seat shortly after the doors opened.
“I’ll never get enough of you, Serena. Not of your noises, not of your facial expressions, and not of the way you feel pulsing around me,” Crew says a moment before I feel the head of his cock at my entrance. One hard push of his hips, and he’s planted completely inside me. “When we’re done here, we’re going to your uncle’s office. There’s no hiding us, not anymore.”
I close my eyes, head tossing from side to side, completely lost in the haze of lust. Feeling so many feelings and loving every minute of it.
“What’s it going to be, Serena? Are you in or are you out?” He times the words with each punch of his thrusts. And right as I’m about to tumble over, Crew goes in for the kill. His mouth goes to my neck, teeth grazing along my pulse point. This man has figured out everything about me in a short amount of time,making my head spin, my heart pound, and all I can think about is being with him forever.
“I’m in. God, Crew, I’m in. Please, more. Don’t stop.” I’m going delirious with craving.
“Fuck yeah, you are, every morning, every afternoon, and every night.” My center locks down on his dick, coating him with my wetness, and Crew attaches his mouth to mine at the last minute, swallowing every last cry while coming deep inside me.
16
CREW
“You ready for this?” I ask Serena. I persuaded her while buried inside her that we’d bring it all out on the table to Todd today, and there’s no time like the fucking present. Of course, I made sure she was still good with telling her uncle after we came down from some of the best goddamn sex I’ve ever had. We also waited until the flush of her skin and my sweat dried off. As for our clothes, smoothing out the wrinkles became impossible, this is as good as we’re going to get.
“It’s now or never.” I’d be worried about her statement if it weren’t for the fact that she has a smile plastered on her face.
“Hell yeah, it’s you and me. The next matter of business will be moving you off the main floor and having you work in my office with me.” I drop the bomb in her lap just as I knock on Todd’s office door. While my friends are dumb and leave room for argument, it’s kind of hard to do that when the man you’re about to spill you guts to opens the door to his office. He’s also my partner, and this could make for some rocky ground, which is why I stayed up well after Serena fell asleep last night. I was tempted to call an emergency meeting and ask for a contingency plan until I crunched the numbers.
I didn’t tell Serena, but if Todd decides to part ways, I needed to make sure the funds were available to buy him out. Sure, we could close down the business, and I could start something new, but then our employees would lose their jobs, and that didn’t sit right with me. Which meant pouring over my accounts, looking up my investments, and having my feet on solid ground. Sheer luck or paying my accountant a whack has it to where I’ll be okay if shit goes sideways, and if it doesn’t, well, I’ll be able to keep my money where I like it, in my bank account and with my eyes on it.
“Crew, Serena. The two people I was looking for. Val is here and wanted to take a look at where you worked. Only you weren’t where I thought you’d be, in Crew’s office or downstairs,” Todd says in a suspicious sort of way.
“Mind if we come in?” He notices theweI used in my statement and more or less realizes that when he steps back, holding the door open for us, my hand is on Serena’s lower back.
“Sure thing.” I guess this is a good sign. He could have very well slammed the door in my face or told me no and let Serena enter.
“There you are. Todd has told me you’re doing amazing and working closely with Crew on the plans for LITHE. That’s wonderful.” Val, Todd’s wife, stands up to greet Serena with a hug.
“Thank you. I had help. There were a few times I got stuck and had to really look into some things for the historical society. Remind me to never buy a home in an area where they can pick and choose what you can and can’t do. It’s like a home owner’s association except worse.” Serena has been on a tangent about the rules the downtown area has. I get it, it’s a nightmare, but they want things to look historically accurate as well as keep the preservation to the standards of the past while updating the necessities with electrical, plumbing, and ADA requirements.
