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“Fine. Take a break,” I say, and she rises, gliding out with the same goddamn perfect posture.

The door closes and I let out the breath I’ve been holding since she walked in. My cock is still hard. I haven’t ever been this worked up.

I curse under my breath, shove the files into a neat pile, and call the next meeting early, just so I can stop thinking about her. It doesn’t work. Every second she’s not in the room, I’m counting down until she’s back.

* * *

Mid-afternoon, there’s a budget review with HR and IT. The HR guy drones on for a while, but I can’t focus. Natalie’s sitting across from me this time, taking notes. Her perfume smells a little different. Now, it’s more musky, almost spicy. I picture licking it off her neck. I can already imagine what her skin will taste like. Fuck. I wonder if she’d let me bend her over this very table.

My eyes flicker to her hands again, tapping out notes on her tablet, her nails short and practical. I think about how those hands would feel on my thighs, nails digging in, scraping marks down my back. These inconvenient motherfucking fantasies won’t let up.

At one point, she looks up and catches me staring again. Her eyes go wide for a second, then she looks down, and I swear her cheeks flush just a little. It’s enough to break my composure.

I interrupt the HR guy mid-sentence. “Unless there’s something you need urgently, I think this can wait until next week.”

He glances at Natalie like she’s going to overrule me. She just nods, stone-faced, and says, “We’ll reschedule.”

The meeting adjourns. The room empties. Quiet. Natalie finishes tapping her notes, stands, and gathers her things. She’s halfway to the door before I say, “Hold up.”

She turns, closes the door quietly behind her, and stands with her back to it, folder clutched to her chest as if it might stop a bullet.

I want to fuck her against that goddamn door, but what comes out is, “You don’t hesitate much, do you?”

She weighs this before responding, “I prep. I don’t like surprises.”

I step closer. “Good.” I never liked surprises much either until Natalie walked in the door and turned my life upside down and inside out.