“Yes, we all know her,” Anthony responded matter-of-factly.
Good, he’s the perfect person to ask. Surely, he knows something.
“I know she was once in a relationship with Mr. Brighton.”
Anthony shook his head as he stood. “Don’t even go there, Amber.”
“Please, I’m just curious,” I said. “What happened between them?”
Anthony looked tense as a serious look crossed his face. His jaw clenched, and for a minute, I thought he would walk out. Instead, he sat and let out a loud sigh.
“Amber …”
“Please, I’m not going to tell anyone.”
“Okay, no one else must hear about this.”
“I promise.”
“Lisa was Nicholas’s former secretary,” Anthony said. “When she first came here, she was so eager to learn, and it was obvious to all that she was intelligent. But after a while, she became lackadaisical. Nicholas talked to her and found out that she was going through a tough time. He decided to help her through that time. We could all see that she was considerably depressed. But things got out of hand so quickly because Nicholas had started a relationship with her. They both stopped showing up at work, and then they disappeared for weeks without a word. By the time Nicholas came back, he’d almost lost all his clients. He and Lisa ended their relationship soon after, but they remained friends.”
I waited for Anthony to give me more details, but it seemed that was all he was willing to share. I had a feeling that he had given me the short version of the story.
“Thank you. I’ll bring the files to you in a few minutes.”
“Okay. And, Amber, be careful.”
I looked at Anthony, puzzled for a minute. I wondered what he was warning me about—Nicholas or Lisa.
This week had been so tough on me. My heart ached each time I thought about Nicholas. I was eager to share all the details with my best friend, Sybil. Maybe she would have some advice for me.
I gathered the documents into my hand and reached for my bag. There was no reason for me to stay back at the office today since all my work was done. I took the files into Anthony’s office and told him that I would be taking the rest of the day off.
Sybil was already waiting for me at the bar when I arrived. I guessed she’d left her house immediately after she got my text.
“Hey, boo,” Sybil greeted cheerfully with that beautiful smile.
“Hi,” I said, sighing.
“What’s going on? I knew you had something on your mind when I got your text.”
The bartender placed two glasses of our favorite drinks in front of us. Sybil and I reached for them at the same time.
“You and Nicholas had sex in the office again? Let me guess … y’all broke his desk in the heat of passion?”
“Girl, how I wish for that to happen again. He has been avoiding me, or maybe it’s because he’s been busy with work. He hasn’t been friendly to me, but his bossy attitude still turns me on.”
Sybil licked her lips as she reached for the slice of lemon in her drink. She squeezed the juice onto her tongue and moaned.
“Sybil, come on. Seriously, I need cheering up.”
“No man can resist good pussy. He’s fucked you once. He’ll come back to you. Trust me, Amber, your pussy is like a glass of fine top-shelf liquor you can never get enough of.”
“When?” I pouted.
“You don’t have to wait for him to notice you or come to you.” Sybil smiled mischievously. “You can catch his attention by using your looks. Wear sexy clothes to the office. Show off those curves and that tight ass and drop a file in front of him. Do that whole bend-and-snap thing from Legally Blonde. Surely, he won’t be able to resist your beauty and charm.”
“Um, that’s a good idea,” I said, smiling for the first time this week. This was why I loved my best friend. She always came up with something. “I’ll try it.”
Fourteen
Nicholas
My cock hardened and started to throb as I caught a whiff of Amber’s sweet fragrance. She was standing outside my office, talking with Anthony.
God, she’s so hot.
I just wanted to devour every inch of her banging body with my tongue.
She wore a short dress that had a slit at the side, revealing her golden-caramel thighs. Since this week had started, she had been wearing tighter shirts and shorter skirts. I tried to keep myself occupied with work and put some distance between us, but it was so hard. How could I pretend not to notice her long, sexy legs or her flawless golden skin? Whenever she leaned over to hand a file to me, I always caught a glimpse of her cleavage or the side of her breasts. How could I forget how warm and tight her pussy was? How she’d moaned each time my cock hit a spot inside her? The way she’d fisted my hair, moaning in my ear in pure euphoria as I pounded her tight, wet pussy?
Fuck, I’m so hard. I squeezed my cock through my slacks.
My secretary poked her head into my office. “Sir, the meeting is about to begin.”
I glanced up and saw the paralegals heading toward the boardroom. I had forgotten about the meeting because, once again, I had been thinking about Amber and her dulcet derriere.
“Thank you,” I said.
It took a few minutes for my hard-on to go back to its former state. As I entered the room, I found Anthony, Amber, and the junior paralegals already seated. My secretary joined us and started to take some notes. My mind was focused on Amber’s stunning body as she gave us a progress report on her team. She had a pretty smile on her face the entire time. I could hear her soft voice, but I didn’t really hear any words she said.
“What do you think, sir?” Amber asked.
I had no idea what she was talking about, so I just nodded my head. “Go on.”
“So far, the new human resources personnel have organized the staff for the company,” Amber said. “The IT specialists have merged the old firm’s infrastructure with that of the new one. I have also been in touch with the public relations officer who is creating awareness about the merger. Mr. Montgomery’s business partners and customers now know about the merger. They are all in support of it. The investors are ready to partner with Big Eight, which will no longer be called that by the time the acquisition is completed.”
She reached for some documents and passed one to Anthony. “I’ve created a schedule for the coming week. This is only to give us an idea of what is expected of us.”
She handed copies of the documents to the other paralegals too.
She leaned over to whisper into my ear as she handed a copy to me, “I included something just for you.”
My gaze drifted around the boardroom. No one had noticed how she leaned close to me. My cock stirred again as I caught a glimpse of the inside of her cleavage.
I opened the document, and a smile flickered across my face. She had included a sexy picture of her for me. Amber looked smoking hot in a one-piece bikini. Her hair was wet with little droplets of water visible on her skin. She went on with her report, but I couldn’t take my eyes off her.
I was the happiest man in that boardroom when the meeting finally ended. My cock had hardened again, and I could feel a tense, achy sensation in my balls.