Page 13 of Her Cocky Client
Chapter7
Nick
I take an extra-long shower,inhaling the steam, clearing my head, resetting after Lily. The woman is abrasive, defensive and competitive, but get her into bed and she’s something else entirely. My cock twitches. It’s willing to put up with her feisty attitude just to get inside of her again.
AmI?
I can’t shut off this new desire to claim her, to rein her in and take control of her. Especially because she lets me. That’s the kicker. Lily’s a spitfire. She is steamrolling her way through her career, busting her ass to prove she’s just as good or better than the major players in our industry. She may be better, but even talent won’t guarantee her a seat at the table.
Helping her conquering the boardroom does not really matter to me. I want to know if she’s been waiting for the right man to come along and put her in her place.
In the bedroom.
No one can do that better thanme.
I dry off and put on a fresh dress shirt and slacks. There’s no telling what else is going to happen between us. The night is still young.
I pull my laptop out and perform a quick search of her name in a few professional software developer databases. If she’s at a meeting with Tapped, she has some experience under her belt. The results impress me. Lily Henderson has a strong development background with top-tier consulting firms. A few clicks get me to the website for her startup. No surprise there. She has worked on complex, multi-year, big budget projects with massive industry leaders. Then she goes off on her own, probably expecting the offers of work would follow. I lean back against the bed’s headboard, wondering why she left and how come no one has swooped in from another firm to hireher.
If that’s what she wants.
Judging from the fact that Forer is interested in her, my guess is it’s only a matter of time before she either lands a deal big enough to support her staying on her own, or she throws in the entrepreneurial towel and returns to work for the bigboys.
Pulling my shoes on and grabbing my wallet, I head down the hall with a seed of a plan forming in my head. If Lily can keep her attitude in check long enough to listen to my proposition, there may be some hope forher.
As I turn a bend on my way to see her, she comes around the corner and crashes intome.
“Oh!” she gasps, staring up at me with curiosity. “Oh. You.”
I notice she’s wearing a coat and carrying a small suitcase.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
Her eyes flash defiantly and she lifts her chin, though she makes no move to break away from my hold. “Really? I need to report to you that I’m leavingtoo?”
“You’re not thinking of leaving the hotel on foot, areyou?”
Her pouty lips purse. No answer.
“That’s exactly what you’re doing. Maybe you need me more than you realize,” I tellher.
“We’re three blocks away from a Holiday Inn. I’ll manage.”
All I can do is shake my head at her poor judgment.
“What?” sheasks.
“You live in New York and you still want to risk going into that storm? I didn’t think I’d have to convince a local to stay indoors.”
“Just watchme.”
“I will, and I’ll enjoy it too, but then I’d have to come out there and drag you back inside kicking and screaming. Can we just skip that part, and get back to sipping on wine and spanking that fine ass of yours?”
“I don’t need this.” She rips her arm away from my hand and starts walking.
“You act like I’m beating down your door, sweetheart,” I growl. “And let me remind you, you’re the one who just kicked me out for fucking you right.”
Her eyes widen. That hint of fast-burning anger causes her breathing to change.
