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She smiles at me. “Who can I say is here?”
“Stone,” I say my name, and she raises her eyebrows. I’m not sure if it’s because she doesn’t believe me or she knows who I am.
She picks up the black phone and punches some numbers in and waits. “Hey,” she says, her voice going low as if I won’t hear her while I’m right in front of her, “there is a Stone here to see you?” She looks at me, then tries to hide her smile. “Standing in the reception area right now.” She tries to keep a straight face. “Um,” she says, and I can just imagine what Ryleigh is saying. “Correct.” She hangs up the phone.
“Should I just go and surprise her?” I say, pointing to the side where I think the offices are. Her eyes go even bigger, and she shakes her head. “She likes me,” I insist. “She’s just not sure of it.”
“If you say so,” she mumbles. I hear the sound of heels clicking and I can’t help the smile that fills my face. I look over and see her walking down the hallway wearing wide-legged red pants with a black belt and a long-sleeved black shirt. Her hair is piled on her head in a bun, leaving me access to bite and kiss her neck.
I’m waiting for her to look up and see me, and when she does, the glare she gives me would make any other man run the other way. Lucky for me, I grew up in a family where glares were given with love. I wait for her to stop in front of me before I say, “gorgeous.” I put one hand on her hip and lean in to kiss her cheek.
“What are you doing here?” She folds her arms over her chest before looking at the receptionist, who watches the scene unfold in front of her like we’re some soap opera. “Ugh, come with me.” She turns back toward her office.
“I’ll follow you anywhere, gorgeous,” I say to her receding back.
“Are you checking out my ass?” she hisses.
“You bet,” I admit, “I’m deciding which side I’m going to bite first.” Her face gets pink, and instead of answering me, she turns into the doorway, stopping to hold the door and wait for me to be clear before she shuts it behind me.
I walk into her office and see her desk with two computer screens on it. Her jacket hangs in the corner with her boots right under. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” she snaps.
“I came to give you a present.” I lift the white bag in my hand. “It looked a lot prettier before the guy downstairs fucked it up.”
“You can’t just show up here, Stone,” she huffs as she walks to meet me in the middle of her office, cocking her hip to the side. “You do realize that I work in a government building and not just a regular office. There are protocols. You can’t just walk in here.”
“Oh, I know,” I grit out. “I was basically fingerprinted to get in. I had to give them my ID. I was praying there would be no beeping when I walked through the metal detector.” I look down at her. “But it was all worth it.”
“This might actually work in my favor when I tell them you’re stalking me,” she muses, and I can see her anger dissipate just a bit. Her eyes are getting lighter. “You’re now on every single security camera there is.” She puts her hands on her hips. “Easier for them to shoot you now. Thank you for that.” She smiles, and I close the distance between us.
She doesn’t move from where she stands, but I can see her chest heaving. “It’s good to see you, gorgeous,” I say softly, dropping the bag in my hand so I can grab her face. “I missed you.”
“I find that—” she says, but then stops because my lips are on hers, and my tongue slides into her mouth. I close my eyes as her tongue rolls with mine, making the whole thing I just went through worth it. Being in the same room with her makes it all worth it. She steps into me, putting her hands on my hips. I could kiss her all day long and be happy.
“Hmmm,” I mumble when I let her lips go so I can look at her. Her eyes open. “I like this top, makes it easy to do this.” I bend my head and bite the side of her neck before sucking it.
“Don’t you dare give me a hickey, Stone.” She pushes me away from her. “Now, what the hell are you doing here?”
“Well, I came to kiss you.” I kiss her lips again. “To give you this.” I hold up the white bag. “And to ask you to dinner.”
“I already said no.” She shakes her head, and I bend to kiss the side of her lips.
“I know, which is why I came to persuade you.” I trail kisses along her neck. “It’s just a dinner, gorgeous.”
“Ryleigh,” she hisses out, and when I look up, I can see her eyes are closed as she enjoys my kisses on her neck. I wrap an arm around her waist before my hand slides to her ass, pulling her toward me. She shrieks when I palm her ass and squeeze. “Good God, you aren’t going to take no for an answer, are you?”
“No,” I answer her honestly as I nip her ear. “Dinner. Me and you tonight.”
“Ugh,” she puffs, and I take a second to look at her, staring into her eyes.
“Have dinner with me, gorgeous,” I invite softly. She pushes me away from her, straightening her pants even though they don’t need to be straightened. “It’s just dinner.”
“If I say yes, will you leave me alone?” she asks, and I can see I’m wearing her down.
“For today anyway,” I answer, making her roll her eyes at me.
“Fine, I’ll go out to dinner with you.”
CHAPTEREIGHT
