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“Enough. Your managers took three steps back as soon as they got a whiff of me this morning. If I smelled any more of you, they’d be sending me to the hospital to figure out what was wrong.”

“It will never be enough.”

“You’re going to be like this until you bite me, aren’t you?”

My smile broadened. “Nice to see you’re finally admitting it.”

Ryder’s typing paused, and a horrified look came over his face. “That’s not⁠—”

My warning growl had every employee on the floor pretending not to stare. “Think very carefully about what you say next unless you want to be ass-up over my desk.”

Ryder bit his lip, and my nostrils flared as I breathed in his arousal. Unfortunately, movement caught my eye before I could throw him over my shoulder. One of my business managers was here to meet with me, and while I wouldn’t mind keeping him waiting while I fucked the sass out of my omega, it wasn’t going to endear me to Ryder. A shame.

Instead, I kept the manager waiting in the seat before my desk as I hurriedly set up a series of deliveries for my mate-to-be—a snack, flowers, a giant vibrating plug I could control from my desk while I couldn’t escape my afternoon of meetings. Never let it be said I wasn’t a romantic.

A few hours later, Ryder poked his head in my door, cautious question in his eyes.

“Alexei?”

“Yes, sweetheart?”

“Did you tell Raj I could handle the meeting with him?”

I leaned back in my chair, assessing his mood. Was he pleased or annoyed at my high-handedness? “I did.”

“Why?”

“Because you’re more than capable of setting a brand strategy for me. I had better things to be doing with my time.”

Ryder stepped inside my office and shut the door, stalking towards me. “Like ordering butt plugs?”

“Yes.”

“And why does my email signature suddenly say ‘Director’?”

“I told you, because you’re more than capable. And because I need them to know you speak for me. That they should follow your orders as if they were my own.”

“But you don’t even know me! What if I betray you?” Ryder snapped, coming around the desk in an attempt to loom that was somewhat spoiled by how much shorter than me he was.

“You won’t.”

“How do you know that?”

“Are you wearing it?”

“Wearing what?”

Smiling at his vexation, I reached into my pocket and pressed the button on the remote to its maximum setting, catching his body as he fell into me with a cry.

“That’s how I know you won’t betray me. Because you’re mine. My good boy. My perfect boy.”

“Alexei,” Ryder whined, straddling my lap despite himself as the vibration in his ass drove him to grind against my hard cock. “You shouldn’t trust people like that. They’ll take advantage.”

“You’ll protect me from them, though. Won’t you, baby?”

Reaching up, I unbuttoned his shirt, baring his chest to me so I could suck his nipple into my mouth and bite on it hard while I pinched the other one. His cries egged me on, and I stood, lifting him up to splay him on my desk as I tore his pants down. Not willing to take the time to remove his shoes, I flipped him over with his pants still round his knees.

“Alpha—”