Page 10 of Insufferable Boss

Now I could look my feel and had to admit that his eyes were striking, they appeared to be even more gray than I remembered them being and the longer he stared the more uncomfortable I became.

When his sly remark from years earlier came to mind as well as his curt behavior so far with getting me to join the company, I reminded myself that he had the looks and that was it. I was dealing with a brute and shrewd person, and I had to act accordingly.

My nipples, however, I soon found didn’t share the same sentiment because in no time I couldn’t help but notice how they jutted out against the soft fabric.

Sighing and after setting my purse down I grabbed the menu and got ready to deal with the consequences of my actions as professionally as I could.

4

Kane

I couldn't take my eyes off her breasts. I didn't think I'd actually seen any recent photos of her body, only her face, and given the recent circumstances, there had been no thought on my mind beyond the best legal moves to make to prevent her stubbornness from making my life difficult. But now, as I watched those full, heavy mounds bounce in that sin of a dress, creamy shoulders exposed, as well as her impossibly long legs, I realized that I hadn't been paying much attention. But now I was, and I couldn't stop staring at the hardened peaks as they jutted against the fabric, and just like that, I was hard.

I also went deaf since it took me a while to hear that Matthias was still on the phone with me, talking me through the material of the agreement he had dropped off for me to show Lena. Eventually, and after settling down, soft tendrils of her hair making her look much younger than she actually was, she met my gaze. She was bold, always had been, as I especially recalled how she had watched me fuck that woman years earlier at one of our endless family gatherings. I'd been surprised to see her there, but at the passion in her gaze and her refusal to leave, I couldn't help but taunt her. I couldn't remember how she had shot back, but I did know that whatever she had said had made me laugh and come. Hard. I'd been on the lookout for her then but had eventually lost interest, especially when I found out that she was eighteen. I wasn't much older myself, but older women then had been my forte and preference at the time. Now though, this woman before me, coupled with all the stubbornness and feistiness I now knew her to hold, was indeed my forte. However, nothing could happen between us. I didn't mix business with pleasure and given how serious-minded I am, I was certain she was, I didn't think she did the same either. But then, what was this dress about? She wasn't exactly provocatively dressed, but I was immensely provoked. I couldn't get the picture out of my mind of sucking every part of her skin and then fucking her on the closest hardest surface I could find. This table was a great option, and as I lowered to peruse it, my eyes finally left hers.

I closed the file that had been open before me and straightened.

"Sure," I told Matthias on the phone, for whatever he had said and ended the call. Then I linked my hands together and looked at Lena.

"Long time no see," I said, and she gave me a sort of confused look which made me wonder if she was thinking of the last time we'd actually seen each other months earlier at the hotel or eight years earlier in her father's library. It didn't seem likely that she'd forgotten the time in her father's library, but for the benefit of the meeting, I chose to proceed as though she had.

"How are you?" I asked, and she nodded in response.

"Good." She held out her hand for a handshake, and I could see that she was intentionally trying to be as businesslike as possible, but not in that fucking dress. She had to be joking.

"So... what's this meeting about?" she went straight to the point, and I couldn't help but smile. It was going to be very interesting relating with her, especially if our communications went beyond tonight.

"A lot," I replied. "As agreed, you're coming to the office tomorrow to discuss and review the terms of our agreement, but before then, I wanted to touch base with you to try to get our interests to align.”

She smiled at my words and at that moment my heart skipped a beat. She was gorgeous, but there was something about that smile... about the boldness of it… the confidence of it that instantly reflected all that she was now and the incredible strength that she now possessed.

She was no longer eighteen and scurrying away from a most improper scene. But she was now a grown fucking woman, ripe for the taking and astute to boot. Her strength, I was beginning to suspect, could rival mine and that was something that I could handle.

I sat up even straighter and gave her all of my attention.

“Sure,” she replied. “Let us indeed see if our interests can align.”

I understood every single word she was saying and not saying and couldn’t wait to begin.

“But first we should eat,” I said, and she nodded as she picked up the menu.

“Sure.”

I called the waiter over and couldn’t help but watch her as she perused the page. She bit down on her bottom lip, and whether she did this on purpose or absent-mindedly, I would never be able to know, but it didn’t matter because once again I found my entire body reacting.

The blood began to rush away from my head, and I couldn’t believe how attracted I was to her. I couldn’t recall ever feeling this instantly attracted to other women, even in my younger, more promiscuous days. Perhaps I had been too busy in the past several years and completely removed my attention from dating or relationships, and so my body was hyper-aware and paying rapt attention.

She lifted her head just as the waiter arrived, and I watched her send him that smile once again.

He nodded eagerly, and I watched the effect she had on a man that wasn’t me. He was practically drooling over her, answering her questions and completely abandoning, or rather forgetting, the notepad and pen he had in hand.

He was young and impressionable, but still, he was so mesmerized that he forgot to ask me if I had any interest in eating. He started to walk away, and only a few seconds later did he return, apologizing profusely.

“I understand,” I said, and relief came to his eyes.

He took my order and finally took his leave, leaving us both together.

“That's quite the effect you had on him,” I said, and she met my gaze once again.

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