Chapter 13
~~ LILY ~~
Going out with Val and Daniel had been a good idea, because they caused a distraction. I really did like Val, although Daniel was a bit of an idiot. David liked him and usually talked Daniel’s ears off, which would usually leave me alone to do my own thing to some degree. But not tonight.
I’d worn a new dress that I’d been itching to wear and for the first time in like, ever, I’d gone without a bra. Very big mistake. David became all amorous, which I really could have done without. Since we’d left the apartment, he did nothing but touch me. It was probably the most he’d touched me in five months.
Val kept looking at me funny. I tried to separate from David to go and chat with her, but he insisted I wasn’t going anywhere on my own. If he didn’t let go of me soon, he’d get a stiletto in his foot. That was one thing I knew for sure.
The club he brought me to was new and looked like a really hot place to be. It was packed and the music was loud, just how I liked it. The only downside to being in a club was that David didn’t dance, and he wouldn’t let me. He was afraid other guys would get the wrong idea. The only guy I wanted to get the right idea was Michael, and he wasn’t here.
It wasn’t even twenty-four hours since we first met and already I was longing to see him, to be standing in front of him. He tied me in so many knots. The guy should come with a warning, because hell, with a single look from him, I had soaked panties.
“Lily, are you all right?” Val asked me.
“I’m fine. Just tired. Had a busy day at work.”
Her eyes nearly popped out of her head. “I thought….I mean….”
“I started a new job today, at McKenzie Holdings.”
“You did?”
Why did she sound so stunned? What the hell had David told Daniel? I needed a minute to myself. I stood up abruptly.
“I’ll come with you, Lily,” David said as he stood to join me.
“No. You. Will. Not. I’m quite capable of going to the bathroom on my own.” I startled him. Good. I turned my back on him and stormed to the restrooms, or rather the direction that I thought they would be in.
I came to a stop close to the bar, not having any idea in which direction to turn.
“Can I help you? You look lost.”
I turned and was stunned to be standing in front of a guy who looked just like Michael.
“Ruben,” Michael growled as he approached without taking his eyes from mine.
“I take it you two know each other?” Ruben questioned, pointing out the obvious. He held his hand out to me, drawing my attention away from Michael. “In case you didn’t catch it, I’m Ruben, his brother.” He pointed to his side.
“I’m Lily.” I shook his hand as Michael moved in closer.
“Don’t you have something to do?” Michael grouched at his brother.
Ruben laughed and after hitting him on the back, walked in the opposite direction.
Michael stood so close to me and placed his hands on my hips. “Dance with me Lily. Let me have you in my arms for a little while.”
My heart beat wildly, sending a pulse straight between my legs. I’d never felt so hot.
“We’ll dance in the dark, over there. No one will see us.”
I nodded.
He released my hips and took my hand, leading me to the back of the dance floor which was as dark as night.
Michael released my hand and wrapped himself around me from behind. “If I’m in front of you, I won’t be able to stop myself from taking your lips,” he whispered in my ear.
I wanted to turn my head and capture his lips. My nipples were pebbled and my thong was soaked, all in the space of a few minutes. He was wrapped so tightly around me, I never wanted to move.
My hands reached for his as we entwined our fingers together. His cock felt hard as rock when he rubbed it between my ass cheeks. I pushed back against him. He groaned. “Lily,” he took a deep breath, “you keep doing that, I’m going to come like a teenager. I want you that badly.”
“I want you too.” I raised our joined hands to my breasts. “Feel what you do to me.”
He used his fingers to rub circles over my aching nipples. I moaned and pressed my ass into him. I moved my hands and reached behind me to his hips, then dug my nails in, pulling him against me. We moved to the beat of the music as though we were the only two people in the room. It was the most erotic dance of my life.
“Lily, we really need to stop,” he whispered again as he slipped a hand into the back of my dress and caressed down to my waist, then slowly moved up to my breast, cradling it in his palm. He gently rubbed my nipple between his finger and thumb. My whole body felt alive and ready to combust.
“Michael, oh god.” I threw my head back on his shoulder, and reached up with my hand to run my fingers through the hair at the nape of his neck. I felt him shudder against me. I turned my head and looked straight into his eyes. I could hardly breathe. I wanted him between my legs. No, I needed him between my legs.
“Lily, you crush me.” He leaned down and nuzzled my neck. I couldn’t control the shiver that racked my body. He moved his other hand and started to lift my dress.
“Michael,” Ruben said from behind us.
“F*ck…. Ruben go away.”
“The guy she came with is looking for her.”
He gripped me even tighter. “Okay.”
We were both breathing really heavily, our chests heaving up and down. Michael removed his hand from my dress and turned me to look at him. “You’re a lot more than my assistant, Lily. I know we’ve only just met, but I don’t want you to think that I’m taking advantage of you, because that’s so far from the truth. I want you so damn much, it’s killing me.”
I took his face between my hands and brought his head down, pressing my lips to his. He growled. I wanted to melt into him. Where I found the strength to step back, I’d never know.
I smiled up at him. “I want you too, Michael. But perhaps it’s for the best that we got interrupted.” I dropped my hands from his face.
“Lily, there you are,” David said as he arrived at my side with Daniel and Val trailing behind him. “Oh, Michael McKenzie, I didn’t know you where here.” He looked from me to Michael and back again.
“My brother, Ruben, owns the place,” Michael told him.
I was surprised because I didn’t know that, not that we’d had time to talk about it, we’d been more interested in touching each other.
David put his arm around me and stared at Michael. God, David was an ass.
“We’re leaving,” David announced.
“I’ll see you tomorrow, Michael,” I said, not wanting to leave him.
As David started to drag me out of there, I reached out and briefly squeezed Michael’s hand. I seriously thought he was going to pull me out from under David’s arm.
“Lily, why were you standing in the dark talking to him?” David asked as soon as we walked outside.
“I got lost looking for the bathroom and his brother came to my rescue, just as Michael appeared. He’s my boss, I wasn’t about to ignore him.”
David had a strange look on his face, which I couldn’t decipher. “If you say so.”
We climbed into the taxi which Daniel always managed to find within minutes. Sitting back in the taxi I wondered whether David saw Michael and I dancing and how we were wrapped around each other. If he did he wouldn’t say anything until we arrived home, so at least I would know in an hour. I realized that I wasn’t actually bothered if he had seen us.
Michael made me feel desirable and so damn hot. He only had to look at me and I tingled from head to foot, and that was only knowing him for a short while.
I really couldn’t wait for work tomorrow, so I could be close to him again.