“Anna,” he groaned out her name.

The heat of her surrounding and pleasuring him was almost too much to bear but he held strong for as long as he could. Once he tried to pull her away but she smacked his hand away from her. If she continued this, he wouldn’t last two more minutes, let alone long enough for her to see her pleasure.

“You have to stop,” he said.

Anna backed away this time and grabbed a condom packet, tearing it open with her teeth before rolling it down his length. He wasn’t one to typically enjoy the woman taking charge in the bedroom but it was different with her.

Letting her continue to lead, he watched as she quickly removed her panties, tossing them to the floor before straddling him. Brian raised enough to pull her to him in a kiss as he undid the clasps on her bra.

Anna lifted her hips, hovering over him until she had him right at her entrance. Sliding down onto him, taking him fully in one move, she let out a moan. Brian hissed out a breath at the move, gripping her hips.

She began to move at his urging and he moved his hands to her breasts, taking one peak between his fingers and squeezing. Anna faltered her movements but moaned. He did the other and she arched her back, pushing them into his hands.

Brian pulled her down to him and took the pebbled peak into his mouth, causing Anna to cry out. He slid the other hand between them, finding her center as she continued to ride him.

She started to collapse onto him as she neared her climax. It wasn’t long until she released, crying out his name as she did.

Brian gripped her hips yet again, holding her still as he sought his release from beneath her. It didn’t take him long either as the waves of her own release continued to roll through her, Brian roared as he thrust into her one last time.

Both satisfied, they lay on the bed, Anna still on top of him as he stroked her back. He had no desire to move but knew she would be getting cold so he rolled her over. Gripping the condom at its base, he pulled himself away to clean up and cover Anna with blankets.

He did what he needed to do and returned to the bedroom, finding Anna slipping her panties back on.

“Stay with me,” he asked. He wanted to crawl back into the bed with her and hold her through the night.

“I can’t,” she told him, continuing to pick her clothes up.

“What? Why?” he asked.

“Look.” She stopped and turned to face him. “I needed this. You needed this. But we both know we shouldn’t have done this.”

Brian tensed. “What does that mean?”

“This shouldn’t have happened,” Anna repeated.

“Why the fuck not?” He was trying to keep a hold of his emotions, but they were slipping through.

“Brian. I’m not slipping out. I’m standing here, talking to you. I have to leave tonight. We can’t do this again.”

He didn’t say another word. Brian yanked open a drawer, grabbed some joggers, and pulled them on. Not another word passed between them as he walked her to the front door and watched her get in another car.

Once she was gone, he slammed the door closed and let out a yell of frustration at the empty room.What the hell had just happened?

Pissed, he grabbed a bottle of beer from the fridge and went back to his room. He didn’t want her scent, that sweet smell of peaches, on his sheets anymore. He pulled all his covers off and tossed them to the side, grabbing clean sheets from the closet.

Satisfied that he wouldn’t smell her anymore, he dropped into bed and ran the night through his mind trying to figure out what went wrong.

Chapter nine

Shecouldadmititnow, she was an idiot. Stupidly she thought one more time with Brian would get him out of her system and she knew now that she was very wrong. This wasn’t just a vacation fling that she was left wondering what could have been. It was something more.

Anna stretched out on her sofa and wondered how the hell she was going to continue to work with Brian if she wanted to jump him every time, she saw him. Friday had been awful, but he was also mad at her again.

Panic was the only thing she felt afterward on Thursday. She needed a job, and couldn’t afford to be without one, and yet there she was, sleeping with her big boss. By leaving she’d made it even worse. If she’d thought he was short with her before, she had no idea how much worse it could get.

He declined her meeting invite for their update and told her, through Pete, to email it to him because he didn’t have time to deal with her. Exactly like that. It meant that after this project was over, she was probably already going to be looking for a new job.

Anna grabbed the bottle of wine she’d almost finished and took a sip straight from the bottle. No sense in dirtying up dishes when it was just her and she fully intended to finish it off tonight.