Sleeping With My Boss: A Standalone Novel (An Alpha Billionaire Romance Love Story) (A Dirty Office Romance) (138 page)

“He’ll be here soon enough and Alicia can
tell him all about it. Besides, if she doesn’t like it, then it will be easier
to exchange if Adam hasn’t yet seen it.”

Daddy laughed. “You just can’t stand the
waiting, that’s all,” he said to my mother. She nodded in agreement.

“Yes, that’s true. We’ve already been
waiting for some time. Let’s give it to her now.”

My father got up and went over to the
tree. He rummaged around for a moment and came back with a white and gold
envelope. He handed it to me and said, “Promise me before you open it that if
you don’t like the gift, the idea of the gift, or think we’re being intrusive
you’ll tell me.”

“I promise,” I told him. I had no clue
what it could be. I took the envelope and slid the sealed portion open with my
finger. As I pulled open the envelope a document came into view. It said “Deed
of Trust” across the top, and listed both mine and Adam’s names under heading
“owner/s”.

“Oh, my,” was all I could manage to get
out when I realized what it was, “This is way too much, we can’t accept this,”
I said to my parents.

“Don’t be silly,” Mother said. “Of course
you can accept it. It’s what parents do and it made us very happy to do it.
Look it over and take Adam out to look at it and if it is not what you both
want, we will make other arrangements.”

I was holding in my hand a deed of trust
to a home and the five acres that surrounded it. I couldn’t believe my parents
had done this. There was a picture of the house in the envelope. I looked at it
once and then again. It was almost identical to the home I had dreamt Adam and
I lived in with our children. I got up and threw my arms around my mother
first, almost knocking her over. She hugged me back tighter than she usually
did. I let go of her at last and hugged my father.

“I don’t even know what to say, thank
you.”

“Take Adam out to look at it. If it’s not
perfect for you both, let us know, we mean it. Your home has to be special to
you. It’s another part of a good marriage, stability.”

“I will,” I said with tears of happiness
in my eyes. I couldn’t wait to tell Adam. I knew he would be as happy as I was.

CHAPTER
EIGHT

ADAM

Christmas came and went in the blink of an
eye. I was at the office the day after Christmas and still in a mild state of
shock over what Alicia’s parents had done for us. I tried to tell them both
that it was too much, but they insist that it’s ours and they won’t take it
back. It looks perfect in the photo we have of it, but I couldn’t wait to see
it in person. Alicia and I were driving up tomorrow afternoon while her parents
spent the afternoon with some friends at their club.

Today, I was stuck in meetings all day.
The first one found me and Mac locked up in his office with Kyla, Nico and
three paralegals. We were drawing up motions for the civil trial and making
sure that we’d collected copies of everything we could to replace what was
taken in the robbery. I felt like I was seeing double by the time we broke for
lunch at noon, but I was in the middle of a brief and I didn’t want to stop. I
told the rest of them to go on and I’d step out and get a sandwich or something
later. Knowing me the way that she does, Marie didn’t wait for me to go out and
get my own lunch. She appeared at the edge of my desk with a sandwich and chips
and a cup of coffee. She sat them down in front of me and I said,

“Thank you, Marie. I have no idea what I
would do without you.”

“Sir, I’m not sure you could do it without
me,” she said with a wink.

“I think you’re right, Marie,” I agreed as
I took a sip of my coffee. I sat it down and once again said, “I think you’re
right.”

 
“Miss Winston came in a little bit ago. She’s
in her office. She asked me not to disturb you, but if you took a break she’d
like to see you.”

“Thank you, Marie.”

“You’re welcome, sir, and don’t forget,
you really would never survive without me.”

I laughed. “I know I wouldn’t.”

After Marie left, I ate my sandwich and
finished my coffee, all the while reading the files in front of me. I went into
the executive washroom and brushed by teeth before heading down the hall to
find Alicia. Carla was still on vacation for the holidays so there was no one
at her desk. I tapped softly on Alicia’s door before hearing, “Come in.”

“Hey,” she said, standing up from behind
her desk,

“Hey, yourself, I thought you were taking
the day off?”

“I tried,” Alicia said with a tired smile.
“Jack showed up and ruined my mood.”

“What?” I said, suddenly alarmed, “While
you were alone? What did he want?”

She went around the desk and put her hand
on his arm. “I’m okay, you can calm down. Let’s sit and I’ll tell you about
it.” We went over and sat on the sofa and she said, “First of all, please don’t
be mad but I talked to Kyla last night about Jack. I didn’t tell her why, but I
told her he wasn’t the right man for her. She trusts me and because of that,
she told him she didn’t want to keep seeing him.”

“I’m not mad,” I told her honestly. I
actually prefer Kyla know something if it kept her away from him. “He’s
pissed?”

“Yeah.

“He came to the door this morning when my
parents’ were out and when I opened it, he pushed his way in. He asked if I
said something to Kyla about him. I was caught off-guard because I knew Kyla
would never tell him anything I said. I played dumb and he said she just
abruptly broke things off and he suspected it was because I said something. He
scared me, not because of anything he said or did; it was the way he was
looking at me. I told him to leave and he finally did. The FBI agent from
downstairs checked in on me and I told him I was fine and he said he’d watch
out for him and not let him up again.”

“I want to punch the S.O.B. in the mouth.”
My fists were clenching on their own. If he’d been there right then, I don’t
think I could have controlled myself.

“Me, too,” she smiled and went on, “But we
can’t so I say we put our energy to better use.”

My cock twitched in my pants and I smiled
and said, “What did you have in mind?”

She looked at her new watch and said,
“That all depends on how much time you have, and how you feel about this
couch.”

I jumped up and almost ran to lock the
door. I came back and took her into my arms, kissing her full on the mouth and
massaging the small of her back with my fingertips. She responded with a moan
that only egged me on. In one swift motion I had her blouse unbuttoned and the
snap that held her bra released. I kissed her neck, paying special attention
the side just below her right ear where I knew she loved it.

While I did that, she wrapped her fingers
through my thick hair. I used my lips and tongue on her flesh until she was
biting her lip to keep from screaming. She didn’t cry out and let whoever might
be in the office today know what was going on inside her office.

I pulled away from her and got undressed
and then I spread my shirt out on the couch and sat on it. I pulled her down so
she was sitting backwards on my lap facing away from me. She used her legs to
push herself up and I took my hot cock in my hand and rubbed it against her
sensitive, wet bud. She was biting her lip hard and whimpering.

It didn’t take long before she was coming
with a silent scream and it didn’t take much longer for me to follow. When we
both calmed down, I let her off of my lap and she turned around and folded her
body into mine.

“I hate this, but I have to get back to
work.”

I smiled. “I know, baby. Me, too.” We
stood to gather our clothes and I looked down at the couch and said, “Maybe you
should have that couch cleaned before we open back up for business after the
holidays.” She laughed and I grabbed her again for another kiss. This one was
long and deep and our tongues tangled up in a sexy dance. God, I love kissing
her.

When we broke the kiss I said, “Don’t
clean it just yet. I want to do that again.” We started to kiss again when my
phone rang. I didn’t want to answer it, but finally I slid my finger across the
screen and put it to my ear.

“Hey, bro, what’s up?” I brought my finger
to my lips and then pressed the speaker button.

“Hey, Alex, what’s up?” The nonchalant
sound of his voice pissed me off. I was still trying to process his involvement
in all of this.

“Sorry, did I catch you at a bad time?”
Alex asked.

“No, just taking a short break from work
and have to get back in a few.”

“Well, first off, I wanted to thank you
for the Giant’s tickets. I’m so stoked, you have to go with me, Okay?”

“I’ll have to see what’s going on here at
work and let you know,” I said, trying not to let the disdain come through in
my tone.

“Okay, secondly, I was wondering if you
and Alicia would like to have dinner Saturday night? My parents will be in
town. We’d love to see you, and I’d love for them to meet Alicia.”

I had a good relationship with Alex’s
parents. It made me really sad to think of how crushed they would be when it
came out that the son they were so proud of was nothing more than a crook. I
looked at Alicia and she shrugged as if to tell me it was my decision. I sighed
inwardly and told Alex,

“Sure, I’d love to see your parents. Where
and what time?”

“At my place, say seven?”

“Okay, see you then,” I said before
hanging up. Alicia put her arms back around me and laid her head on my chest.

“I know how hard this thing with Alex is
hard on you. I’m sorry.”

I only nodded and held her for a few more
minutes. Looking at my watch, I said, “I guess I should get back.”

“Thank you for lunch,” Alicia said with a
smile.

I grinned at her. “Best lunch I’ve ever
had.”

CHAPTER
NINE

ALICIA

I was nervous about this dinner with Alex
and his parents, mostly because the nervous energy coming off of Adam on the
drive over was so thick in the car that you could cut it with a knife. When we
pulled up in front of Alex’s big three-story house, I stopped Adam from opening
the car door and asked him, “Are you okay?”

He nodded and started to get out again. I
stopped him again. “Adam, words please. Can you do this, babe?”

“Yeah, baby,” he said. His voice was
hoarse. I wasn’t so sure that he could pull this off, but before I could object
again he was out of the car. He came around and opened my door but didn’t meet
my eyes as he took my hand and led me up to the front door. I saw his hand
tremble as he raised it up to knock. This was tearing him up and because of
that, it was killing me. We’d gone to look at our own new house the night
before. It was amazing and I loved it. Adam said he did, too, but he was so
anxious about this dinner today that he couldn’t work up any enthusiasm for
anything else.

“Hey! There they are.” Alex opened the
front door. He was dressed casually in a golf shirt and jeans and he was
wearing an apron. He grasped Adam’s hand and shook it hard and then leaned in
and kissed my cheek. I felt nauseous at his touch, but tried to keep a neutral
expression. “Come on in, guys. I’m so glad you could make it.”

I smiled at him because Adam wasn’t and I
wanted to draw attention away from him. “Thank you for having us. Adam’s been
excited about seeing your parents.”

“They’re excited to see you, too, buddy.”
Adam finally managed a smile.

“Yeah, thanks,” he said. Alex led us into
the den where there was an older couple waiting. They both got to their feet
and Alex’s dad, who he introduced as Bill, enveloped Adam in a big hug. His
mother hugged him, too, and then they both shook my hand.

“Adam you look great!” Mr. Fritz told him.
“It’s so good to see you.”

“It’s good to see you too, Bill. Suzie,
you look as beautiful as ever.” The older lady blushed red.

“You always were a sweet-talker,” she
said. “So, Alicia, you’re from England?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“No ma’am, I’m Suzie. Can I get you two
something to drink?”

“I got it, Mom. Have a seat.” Alex excused
himself and came back with a carafe of coffee. “If you want something stiffer
help yourself to the bar,” he told them. “I’m going to finish up dinner.”

“Do you need help?” I asked.

“Nope, you all stay out of my kitchen,” he
said with a grin. “It’s almost finished.” Adam and Mr. Fritz fell into easy
conversation and Mrs. Fritz turned to me and said,

“Alex tells me you’re getting married on
Valentine’s Day?”

I smiled. One thing I loved talking about
was marrying Adam. “Yes, at the Plaza. I’m really excited.”

“Good, it will be here before you know it.
Mr. Fritz and I have been married thirty-five years this month.”