One Simple Step (Journey #3)

She came to a stop, and when I turned my chair, she dropped down onto my lap, wrapping her legs around either side. “Hi,” she whispered, winding her hands around my neck and pressing her lips to my cheek. “I missed you today.”


“Mmm, I missed you, too. So much.” I buried my nose in her hair and groaned when she pushed her body harder against mine.

She pulled back, and ran her hands through my hair, biting her lip as she stared at me with those blue eyes that seemed to glitter with something every time I saw her. I hoped that I put a little bit of that happiness into her eyes.

“You look a little stressed, been a long day?” She ran a finger along my jaw that I hadn’t realized was so tense, melting it away.

“Nah, not too bad. How ‘bout you? Get a little more time in with Leah and your brother?”

“Mmhm.” She licked her lips as she leaned back slightly against my desk, and I tried to keep focused on what she was saying. Instead of on the fact that her dress just moved up an inch higher on her thighs, revealing even more of that smooth skin that I had explored all night.

“I didn’t get to go back to sleep this morning.” She pouted out her bottom lip, and I leaned forward to nip at it, before pulling away and smoothing back a curl that had fallen over her eye. I was having a really hard time concentrating on what she was saying with the way she was sitting on my lap.

“So, I let Ben drag me out of the apartment early, and we went shopping for souvenirs for our parents. I think he tried at least five times to convince me to come home. Apparently, the firm that he works for is hiring for an office manager, and he’s mentioned my name a few times. He thinks I should send in my resume. He even has a plan for me to move into the new house he just bought. He has a little guest house above the garage and—”

“You aren’t considering it, are you?” Anxious, I cut her off mid-sentence, sinking my fingertips into her sides as I sat up straighter.

She raised one eyebrow at me and pursed her lips. “I don’t know, maybe.” She shrugged one shoulder non-chalantly. “Why, would you miss me?”

“Hell yes, I would. Actually, I think I would have to follow you there, consider yourself to have a stalker. Does he have room for one more in his guest house?”

Running the resort was my dream, but I would drop it all for Ally in a heartbeat. Maybe that sounded a little crazy when it came to this girl that I hadn’t even known that long, but I really didn’t care.

“Nick, I didn’t even consider it. I’m not ready to go back to Indiana, and I’m not sure if I ever will be. I’m happy right where I am.” She jabbed a finger into my chest, and wiggled her hips, giving me a wicked smile as I groaned and wrapped my arms around her waist to pull her against me even tighter.

I shot a look over at the camera that was focused on the front desk, seeing that no one was in sight, so that meant we had at least ten or fifteen minutes before someone came looking for us.

I slid my hands up her legs, underneath the hem of her dress, and hooked my thumbs into her panties as I raised her hips to slide them down her legs. She gave me a startled look when I lifted her up once again and undid the button on my pants. “Nicholas Bennett, what do you think you’re doing?”

I settled her back on my lap as I pushed her dress up around her waist and ran my hands along the inside of her thighs. “What I’ve been needing to do ever since I left you this morning. I need to be inside of you.”

Her mouth landed on my neck, and I tipped my head back and concentrated solely on Ally. I pushed everything else that was going on out of my head, and just felt what this girl was doing to me. And it felt pretty damn good.

But I could only take so much, before I needed more.

I grabbed her hands and held them above her head, forcing her to tear her mouth away from my neck. “This needs to go.” I slid her dress up and over her head, but pointed down at her heels, the only thing remaining. What was this girl trying to do to me, walking around with no bra? I was one lucky guy. “But those can stay.” I smirked as I stood up and leaned her back against my desk, finally getting to look at her stunning body, sprawled across the mahogany surface. I wish I could have that view every day.

She whimpered when my mouth landed on her nipple, and I rolled my tongue around before switching to the next and giving it the same treatment. Her hands were knotted in my hair as I slid up her body and touched my forehead against hers. “This is going to be fast and hard, Al. We do need to get back to work and all.” A smile parted her lips as she looked back up at me, already breathless from my mouth on her body.

I stayed looking down at her as she cinched her legs around my waist, and I pushed in with one thrust, my eyes shutting briefly as I slid all the way in, her warmth engulfing me.

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