Touched (The Untouched Trilogy #2)(71)

“How I love your competitive spirit, Princess but just so you know, the next time you get my cock, it will only be after a very significant amount of begging.”

“Begging will be involved but I won’t be the one pleading baby,” I replied.

“Okay, Princess. I can’t wait to see how this plays out.”

Fuck. What had I just done? How the hell was I going to win this game? My * was already needy from the words he’d whispered a few moments ago about my *… and that was just his causal conversation, no way would I be able to withstand when he really let loose. He would most assuredly be pulling out all the stops. I would need to come up with a few tricks of my own to cause him to cave faster than me. I’d just started a sex war with Mr. Fuck Me but I wasn’t prepared to lose. To paraphrase Iggy Azalea, I’m going to make him beg for it.

He tucked in his shirt and walked toward the bedroom door. He opened it and turned around to see that I hadn’t moved. “Are you coming? Or are you contemplating a way to back out of a battle you know you can’t win? If you ask nicely and if you suck my cock really well after the match today, I just may let you off the hook.”

“Oh, I’m coming,” I said, grabbing my purse. “And if you must know, I was thinking about which B.O.B. would best suit my * later tonight. You know how wet it gets so I need one that can really fill me up.”

“Is that how you’re going to play this?” he asked, extending his hand to me.

I looked at his hand and brushed past him. He laughed aloud. I couldn’t help but smile but he didn’t see it.

“Let the games begin gorgeous,” he said, following me down the stairs.





*****



We landed in Boston late Sunday evening and went directly to my place. I was confused by the mass of people gathered near the entrance of my building. Upon closer inspection, we saw that they were reporters. We approached the crowd and the flashing cameras and questions were hurled in quick succession.

“Is it true that you flew to Chicago to meet the family before the engagement is announced Miss Cason?” asked a voice from the crowd.

“Mr. Raine, how long have you and Miss Cason been a couple?”

“Miss Cason, did your relationship with Mr. Raine begin before or after your promotion as CEO?”

Aiden grabbed my hand and pulled me through the mass. He didn’t say anything but I could see that he was angry. He was on the phone as soon as we were in the elevator. “I pay you to handle shit like this. If you value your job, ensure that Miss Cason never has to deal with anything like this again.” He pressed the phone off.

“I’m sorry about this,” he said.

“It’s not your fault,” I replied.

“Yes, but our intimate display at the match earlier didn’t help matters. I’m sure it’s what spurred this.”

“Well, no more secrets; the entire world knows now,” I said. This is the part I didn’t want. The part I worried about. I didn’t mind the world knowing we were a couple but I didn’t want it to cast doubts on my abilities to succeed as my own person.

We opened the door to see Lia and Bianca sprawled out on the floor with Jade and Addison, a couple of friends from Boston Latin. I was still getting used to the idea of having teenagers around. I didn’t think I’d ever really get used to it. I loved being closer to them but I was already looking forward to them heading off to college next fall; I valued my privacy and the only time I really had any now was within the walls of my bedroom.

“Hi guys,” I said.

“Hi. Welcome back,” said Bianca.

“I could say the same to you. How was the ski trip? Tell me everything,” I said.

“Addison and Jade, this is my sister’s boyfriend, Aiden,” Lia said, introducing her friends.

“Hi,” they chimed, gawking at Aiden.

“Addison, Jade – nice to meet you,” he said, as he removed his jacket. We settled in and the girls dived into details of their trip. It was good to see them happy. I smiled as I thought of how pleased Mom would have been to see us together like this. We left the girls to themselves and disappeared into the bedroom for the remainder of the night. True to his word, Aiden didn’t touch me but he did enough to make me want to ask him to.



*****



I watched as everyone filed out of the conference room, leaving Aiden and I alone. He reached for the button that automatically locked the door and slid his chair closer to mine.

“How do you think they took the news?” he asked.

“I think it was well received. Why? Don’t you?” I asked.

“I’m not sure about Adam. Since Blake’s departure, I question his loyalty,” Aiden said.

“I think you worry too much. Adam is on board with this.” I said.

“Stand up for me, Princess,” he said, changing the subject.

“You aren’t supposed to refer to me by that name at work, remember?”

“Stand up for me, Miss Cason,” he corrected.

“That’s better,” I replied, standing up beside him.

He eased my skirt up my thighs and sat me on the table in front of him. I didn’t say anything, neither did he. He eased my panties to the slide and slid his finger inside me.