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Reaching up to grip his shoulder, I thrust up into him again, another climax rocking through me as I shot even more cum into him, setting him screaming again as he took my load.

Panting, I nipped at his neck. “Be a good boy and milk my cock while I finish my work.”

Ryder’s grumble of outrage wasn’t anywhere near as much as I expected as I pushed the chair closer to the desk and clicked through to the email I’d been drafting so I could finish it.

“Why do you have to be this way?” Ryder complained into my neck.

His moan as I flexed my cock inside him in response was enough to distract my train of thought, and my typing paused. Sensing weakness, he did just what I’d told him to and started pulsing around my cock inside him, milking me.

It was hours before I got back to that email.

CHAPTER 11

RYDER

When I interviewed for this job, I thought the most intense it would get would be the glitzy Christmas party fundraiser I was currently coordinating. The past week had proven me wrong. Every fucking day was intense when you had the undivided attention of someone like Alexei. I now had a Pavlovian response to the click of his door shutting. I’d also had the soundproofing upgraded the morning after that first spanking. I was no stranger to people listening to me have sex, but most paid for the privilege and consent was important. Not that any of the staff on our floor had minded, judging by the ribbing I’d been given.

I was determined not to spend this party bent over in a bathroom or closet somewhere, though. I’d worked too damned hard to get it up to the standard the international media would appreciate. It wasn’t until I stepped foot on the ice-blue and silver carpet that I realised I’d inadvertently become the main attraction. Everyone wanted a picture of the man who finally captured Alexei Vilcrest’s ‘heart’. I’d be damned if that picture was one in a compromising position.

Alexei, surprisingly, was being relatively well-behaved. Did he need to be standing behind me with one hand on my nape as I directed the caterers and wrangled the players to their photo ops? No. But he wasn’t biting me or groping me, so I was calling that a win. He also kept introducing me to people who looked as rich and powerful as him as his mate. We weren’t going to talk about the little thrill that went through me every time he said it.

“You’re incredible, Ryder. No way could I have pulled this off.”

Turning to the speaker, I smiled and went to hug Nate, only to find myself held in place by the arm at my waist.

“Alexei, let me go. Even if Nate and I were compatible, which we’re not, you know he’s already mated.”

“One hug. Make it quick,” Alexei murmured, pressing a kiss to my temple.

Okay, so maybe not quite as chill as he seemed.

“Wow, I knew he was into you, but I did not expect that,” Nate laughed, clasping my hand to shake it instead of risking the hug he’d gone in for.

I rolled my eyes. “He’s very needy. And don’t put yourself down like that. You would’ve pulled it off if you’d stuck around.”

“Not like this,” Nate said, gesturing to the glittering trees hanging upside down from the ceiling and the children tearing around the fantasy ice-skating rink, laughing as they tried to shoot pucks into a dragon’s mouth. “It’s like if Christmas and romantasy had a baby.”

I grinned. “Shhhh… none of the manly men has realised.”

“It’s good to see you, sir,” Nate said, turning to nod at Alexei.

Alexei’s eyes stayed trained on mine, glittering with something suspiciously like pride. “You too, Nate.”

Nate laughed. “You haven’t taken your eyes off Ryder for a moment. I could be naked for all you know.”

Alexei growled and glared at him. I elbowed him in the side before Nate’s Alphas came to investigate. “Stop that. Play nice.”

“What do I get if I do?”

“A successful evening and only the right kind of front-page headline,” I said, huffing in frustration before hooking my arm through Nate’s and dragging him off to the grazing table.

“Sorry about that. He needs to relax.”

Nate disentangled his arm from mine and reached out to grab a plate. “It’s a miracle he even lets you out of his sight. Anyone can see how compatible you two are. I can’t think of another Alpha who would wait in that situation. Especially when you went into heat.”

“How did you know about that?”

Nate winced apologetically. “You’re kind of a big deal now, didn’t you notice? It hit the gossip pages barely a day after you were back in the office.”