The Boss Project(94)
I laughed as I wiped my tears. “Only ten?”
He smiled. “We’ll just take it one decade at a time.”
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The next morning, I didn’t wake up until a quarter to eleven. Merrick and I had spent half the night reconnecting, and I would have preferred to stay in bed all day today, too. But I had an appointment I was dreading in a few hours—one I hadn’t mentioned to the man with his arms currently wrapped around me from behind. Merrick was still sleeping, so I tried to gently extract myself from his grip without waking him. But as I put my first foot on the floor, a long arm tightened around my waist and hoisted me back to the center of the mattress.
I yelped in surprise. “I was trying not to wake you.”
Merrick took my wrist and dragged my hand down between his legs. “I’m wide awake, sweetheart.”
That he is. I gave him a little squeeze. “You know, I think this thing might be broken. It was wide awake like four times last night.”
“I’m about to show you how broken it is…” He leaned in to kiss me, but I stopped him.
“Okay, but we have to be fast. I have an appointment at noon, and I need to shower still.”
He pouted. “Cancel it.”
“You have no idea how much I would love to do that. But I need to get it over with.” I paused and looked into Merrick’s eyes. “I’m having lunch with Christian.”
He froze. “Come again?”
“It’s not what it sounds like. Christian agreed to drop the lawsuit if I have dinner with him and hear him out. My lawyer negotiated it down to a lunch. It’s the last thing I want to do, but I also don’t want to be buried under legal costs just to defend myself in a ridiculous lawsuit.”
“Fuck that. I’ll pay your legal fees.”
“That’s very sweet of you. But I can’t let you do that.”
“Then I’m going with you to lunch.”
I shook my head. “I don’t want any reason for him to back out of this deal. So I’d rather not antagonize him.”
Merrick frowned. “I don’t like it.”
“I understand. And I’m sure I’d feel the same way if the shoe was on the other foot.” I cupped his cheek. “I promise to make it up to you when I get back.”
“What time do you have to go?”
“I’m meeting him at a diner in Midtown at twelve. So I need to get out of here by eleven thirty.”
Merrick reached over to the nightstand next to him and grabbed his phone. “I’m messaging my driver. He’ll take you and wait for you to get done.”
“That’s not necessary.”
He ignored me and continued typing. When he was finished, he placed it back on the nightstand. “I told him to come at eleven forty-five. It’s Saturday, so traffic will be light. Plus, I need the full hour to help you get ready.”
I arched an eyebrow. “You’re going to help me get ready? Like blow dry my hair and do my makeup?”
“Nope. I’m going to make sure you smell like sex, and my cum is inside you while you’re sitting with that asshole.”
I chuckled. “Possessive much?”
“You have no damn idea.” Merrick crushed his lips to mine, and it didn’t take long before I was lost in the moment. He broke the kiss but kept my bottom lip between his teeth and tugged. “I want to come inside you. Not use protection. Can I do that, Evie?”
I swallowed and nodded. “I’m on the pill.”
Merrick trailed his knuckles down my cheek. “I love you.”
“I love you, too.”
He buried his head in my hair and nuzzled my neck, sucking along my pulse line as he made his way to my ear.
“I’m going to apologize before we even start,” he said. “Whether I have any right to or not, I feel territorial right now knowing when we’re done, you’re going to meet another man. So I need to fuck you hard.”
I liked the sound of that. Spreading my legs wide beneath him, I grinned. “Well, get to it, bossman.”
Merrick didn’t need to be told twice. He licked his hand and slipped it between us, making sure I was lubricated. But I’d been ready since he’d said the words I want to come inside you. His pupils dilated as he realized how wet I was. He aligned his swollen head with my opening and pushed inside with one deep thrust. His eyes closed as he stayed in place, looking like he’d found nirvana. When they opened, he began to move—like he’d never done before. Merrick pulled almost fully out and slammed back in hard, over and over again.
“Fuck, Evie. I’m going to fill this pussy so it’s still dripping out of you when you go.” He pulled back to look at me and groaned as he sank in. “Mine.”
My nails bit into his back as I climbed toward climax. “I’m going to…” I didn’t even make it through the sentence before my body started pulsating on its own. “Oh, God.”
Merrick sped up. It was hard and raw, each thrust going deeper until he finally let out a roar, “Fuuuuck.” Then his hips bucked one last time before he planted himself deep inside me.
We kissed languidly for a long time after that. Merrick smiled as he brushed a lock of hair from my face. “Since you won’t let me join you for lunch, at least you’ll have a bit of me inside you now.”