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I need to tell him. I can’t keep this to myself any longer. But now isn’t exactly the best time.

Once he’s finished cleaning me up, he holds out a hand and helps me to stand. As I fix my dress, he ghosts a featherlight kiss on my lips before rushing back to his bathroom and getting rid of the towel.

Just as he exits the bathroom, the phone on his desk rings. We both freeze and stare at it, the reality of where we are and what we were doing hitting us both at the same time.

Anyone could have walked in. Not that I would have cared in that moment, but now, afterward…that’s a different story. We stand, both looking between one another and the phone until it stops ringing.

Dom makes his way back over to me and stops in front of me. “I don’t want this moment to end, Elle.”

I can hear the pleading in his voice. I’m the one who outlined those rules that first night. I’m the one who made it clear we needed to keep things professional. He’s asking me for permission to forget the rules.

I want to – so badly, I want to – but I don’t know if I can. Not right now. Not with how things are. I just need some time.

A knock sounds on his office door. Turning his head, he looks at the door for a beat before coming back to focus on me.

Lifting my hand and giving it a gentle squeeze, he tells me, “We need to talk about this properly. I’m not letting you go this time.”

He’s right. I know he’s right. I’m just not sure how he’s going to react once we do talk.

Taking a step past him, I walk toward the door, but before I can reach it, Dom’s hand is on the handle, twisting it. The door opens to reveal Becca standing on the other side.

What is it with this girl and her timing?

Her eyes drift back and forth between me and Dom. She goes to speak, but not letting her get a word out, Dom is a step ahead.

“Yes, Becca? What is it you need?”

Confusion etches all over her face as she stares up at Dom without saying a word.

“Did you need me for something, Becca?” He tries again as we watch her eyes bouncing back and forth between us.

I try to keep the giggle in as I hear the frustrated tone in his voice.

“Oh, yes. Your ten a.m. is waiting for you in the conference room. I tried to call Elle, but she didn’t pick up, and then when I tried to call you, you didn’t pick up either, so I figured I’d better come check for myself to see if either of you were even here,” she rambles on.

“Yes, well, I had some things I needed to help Miss Parker with, so we were a little tied up, but I’ll be right there. Thank you, Becca,” Dom says, giving her his best fake smile.

Rolling my lips, I lower my head to prevent Becca from seeing the laughter I’m doing my best to hold in.

Turning my head in his direction, I say, “Thank you for that, Mr. Lombardi.”

Becca is still standing, watching our interaction, and I’m not sure how much longer I can hold it in.

“Glad I could be of help,” Dom replies with a cocky smirk splayed across his lips.

Pushing out of the office past Becca, I start walking back over to my desk when she finally decides to head back to hers. As I sit down in my chair, my head whips back up to the open office door.

Shit!I forgot my panties.

CHAPTER28

DOM

I haven’t beenable to get the vision of Elle from yesterday out of my head. The way her eyes fluttered closed when she felt my cock slip inside her soaking wet pussy, how her jaw slacked the higher she climbed to release, and the rasp of her voice when she called out my name.

I’ve been walking around with a permanent semi ever since, and I’ve had to jerk off more times than I care to admit in the past twenty-four hours. I came in to work earlier than normal this morning, hoping the sooner I got here, the sooner she’d be here, and the sooner I could talk to her.

When I got back from my second meeting of the day yesterday, I wanted to talk to her, but I stopped myself. I didn’t want to overwhelm her, between opening myself up and then the amazing sex. I thought perhaps asking her out on top of all that might have been a little much for one day. I mean, things between us have improved since I first took over the company, but I didn’t want to do anything to jeopardize that.

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