Guarding His Heart
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I felt uneasy at the thought of sleeping with him for nefarious reasons, but that would teach him a lesson. It’s not as if he hadn’t already crossed several lines. His texts and emails were just plain inappropriate. And so were his innuendos. No HR department would think it was funny that he was asking me if I wanted to give him a blowjob or ride him. The fact that I wanted to do both had nothing to do with anything. I sighed. The fact that my body was craving his touch right now wasn’t helping me at all. I closed my eyes and thought about him in bed with me, pulling my panties off, spreading my legs and burying his face between them. I groaned as I writhed on the bed.
“Stop it, Hannah.” I sighed as I felt myself growing wet. I couldn’t lie to myself any longer. Every part of me wanted to be with Leo. There was something so dynamic about him. Something that screamed power and sex and hot and danger. I forwarded the email chain to my work email and then deleted the emails off of my phone. I’d have to think about what I wanted to do. I just couldn’t let myself get sidetracked. No matter how attracted I was to him. I turned the TV off and closed my eyes. I needed to sleep off my fuzzy brain. Everything would feel better in the morning after a good nights sleep.
Chapter Seven
Leo
“Hi, I’m Rob. This is Amber, my assistant.” Rob gave me a short smile that didn’t quite meet his eyes, but I still shook his hand warmly.
“Hi Rob, Amber.” I nodded at the cute blonde. “Nice to meet you both. I’m Leo and this is Hannah.”
“I’m his assistant.” Hannah said sweetly and I tried not to laugh at her tone. Things had been slightly awkward at breakfast, but I’d apologized for my texts and emails and she’d seemed to understand that I’d let the alcohol take control of me. Not that it was really the wine. I’d known exactly what I was doing. If she’d said yes, I’d have been in her room so fast, with my briefs off, that she wouldn’t have known what was going on. I still felt slightly awkward that my morning yank session had been a fantasy of us in the shower. Not that she had to know that.
“It’s nice to meet you, Hannah.” Rob’s eyes lit up as he surveyed her face and body. “Looks like we both have good taste in assistants.” He gave me a look and I smiled briefly. “Let’s go up to the conference room and chat for a few minutes, then we’ll show you around, does that sound good?”
“Sounds good to me.” I nodded and tried to avoid staring at Rob’s hand on Amber’s ass as they walked ahead of us. So he was definitely f**king his assistant then. I let that sink in for a second. And then realized that I was no better than him. I wanted to f**k my assistant as well. It was then that I realized how truly shady the pairing looked. If Hannah and I hooked up, we’d have to keep it secret. I couldn’t have her flirting with me or touching me in the office. It would look too circumspect and that’s the last thing I needed. Not that we’d be f**king long enough for it to matter, but it was better to be safe than sorry.
“Leo.” Hannah poked me in the side and whispered. “Rob’s asking you a question.”
“Sorry, what was that?” I looked up at Rob with a small smile.
“Would you like a coffee or any snacks? Amber’s going to go and get us something from the deli at the corner.”
“No, I’m good thanks.”
“Now you’re good?” Hannah shook her head. “How come you’re never good when I ask you?”
“Because it’s so infrequent that you ask.” I laughed as she glared at me.
“Whatever.” She turned to Amber. “Want me to come and help?”
“That’s be great.” Amber nodded and the two women walked off, leaving Rob and I to stare after them.
“She’s got an ass on her, doesn’t she.” Rob turned to me and licked his lips. “I’d love to smack that ass.”
“Excuse me?” I frowned.
“Your assistant. She has a pert ass.” He repeated. “I’d love to…”
“Don’t talk about Hannah like that.” I cut him off. “That’s extremely inappropriate.”
“I was just saying she’s hot. You’re lucky.”
“Rob, we came to talk about Martin Corp, not about my assistant.”
“If you want any sort of deal, I want a night with Hannah.” He turned to me with pursed lips. “For a conversation to even be initiated, I want to spend the night with her.”
“That’s not going to happen.” I shook my head.
“Then I suggest you go back to LA.” He shrugged.
“Are you joking?”
“I know you’re new to the business world son, but your dad isn’t King in New York. This is how we do business here.”
“How would Amber feel about you hooking up with Hannah?” I asked him, hoping to call his bluff.
“Oh Amber will be there.” He grinned. “Hannah would be for the both of us.” I stared at his smug smile for a couple of seconds and then slapped him across the face. I’m not going to lie, the thought of Hannah and Amber in a bed together turned me on, but the fact that Rob thought that he would be the one having the threesome disgusted me. He was a vile, vile man.
“What the f**k?” He gasped and rubbed his face.
“Don’t talk about Hannah like that.” I took a step towards him and narrowed my eyes. “If I hear you say anything like that again you will feel my fist against your face a lot harder next time. Also, I think it’s in your best interest to listen and talk to me. You might think you’re riding high in New York, but I’m here to tell you that I just purchased Herbal Distributors. And we will stop distributing your products if we don’t reach some sort of deal. I think you’ll find that you can’t afford a lull in the manufacturing cycle while you search for a new distributor of your beauty products. We both know it’s your beauty line that’s keeping Martin Corp afloat right now. So what’s it going to be? Do you want me to leave still or are you willing to talk?”
“Stop it, Hannah.” I sighed as I felt myself growing wet. I couldn’t lie to myself any longer. Every part of me wanted to be with Leo. There was something so dynamic about him. Something that screamed power and sex and hot and danger. I forwarded the email chain to my work email and then deleted the emails off of my phone. I’d have to think about what I wanted to do. I just couldn’t let myself get sidetracked. No matter how attracted I was to him. I turned the TV off and closed my eyes. I needed to sleep off my fuzzy brain. Everything would feel better in the morning after a good nights sleep.
Chapter Seven
Leo
“Hi, I’m Rob. This is Amber, my assistant.” Rob gave me a short smile that didn’t quite meet his eyes, but I still shook his hand warmly.
“Hi Rob, Amber.” I nodded at the cute blonde. “Nice to meet you both. I’m Leo and this is Hannah.”
“I’m his assistant.” Hannah said sweetly and I tried not to laugh at her tone. Things had been slightly awkward at breakfast, but I’d apologized for my texts and emails and she’d seemed to understand that I’d let the alcohol take control of me. Not that it was really the wine. I’d known exactly what I was doing. If she’d said yes, I’d have been in her room so fast, with my briefs off, that she wouldn’t have known what was going on. I still felt slightly awkward that my morning yank session had been a fantasy of us in the shower. Not that she had to know that.
“It’s nice to meet you, Hannah.” Rob’s eyes lit up as he surveyed her face and body. “Looks like we both have good taste in assistants.” He gave me a look and I smiled briefly. “Let’s go up to the conference room and chat for a few minutes, then we’ll show you around, does that sound good?”
“Sounds good to me.” I nodded and tried to avoid staring at Rob’s hand on Amber’s ass as they walked ahead of us. So he was definitely f**king his assistant then. I let that sink in for a second. And then realized that I was no better than him. I wanted to f**k my assistant as well. It was then that I realized how truly shady the pairing looked. If Hannah and I hooked up, we’d have to keep it secret. I couldn’t have her flirting with me or touching me in the office. It would look too circumspect and that’s the last thing I needed. Not that we’d be f**king long enough for it to matter, but it was better to be safe than sorry.
“Leo.” Hannah poked me in the side and whispered. “Rob’s asking you a question.”
“Sorry, what was that?” I looked up at Rob with a small smile.
“Would you like a coffee or any snacks? Amber’s going to go and get us something from the deli at the corner.”
“No, I’m good thanks.”
“Now you’re good?” Hannah shook her head. “How come you’re never good when I ask you?”
“Because it’s so infrequent that you ask.” I laughed as she glared at me.
“Whatever.” She turned to Amber. “Want me to come and help?”
“That’s be great.” Amber nodded and the two women walked off, leaving Rob and I to stare after them.
“She’s got an ass on her, doesn’t she.” Rob turned to me and licked his lips. “I’d love to smack that ass.”
“Excuse me?” I frowned.
“Your assistant. She has a pert ass.” He repeated. “I’d love to…”
“Don’t talk about Hannah like that.” I cut him off. “That’s extremely inappropriate.”
“I was just saying she’s hot. You’re lucky.”
“Rob, we came to talk about Martin Corp, not about my assistant.”
“If you want any sort of deal, I want a night with Hannah.” He turned to me with pursed lips. “For a conversation to even be initiated, I want to spend the night with her.”
“That’s not going to happen.” I shook my head.
“Then I suggest you go back to LA.” He shrugged.
“Are you joking?”
“I know you’re new to the business world son, but your dad isn’t King in New York. This is how we do business here.”
“How would Amber feel about you hooking up with Hannah?” I asked him, hoping to call his bluff.
“Oh Amber will be there.” He grinned. “Hannah would be for the both of us.” I stared at his smug smile for a couple of seconds and then slapped him across the face. I’m not going to lie, the thought of Hannah and Amber in a bed together turned me on, but the fact that Rob thought that he would be the one having the threesome disgusted me. He was a vile, vile man.
“What the f**k?” He gasped and rubbed his face.
“Don’t talk about Hannah like that.” I took a step towards him and narrowed my eyes. “If I hear you say anything like that again you will feel my fist against your face a lot harder next time. Also, I think it’s in your best interest to listen and talk to me. You might think you’re riding high in New York, but I’m here to tell you that I just purchased Herbal Distributors. And we will stop distributing your products if we don’t reach some sort of deal. I think you’ll find that you can’t afford a lull in the manufacturing cycle while you search for a new distributor of your beauty products. We both know it’s your beauty line that’s keeping Martin Corp afloat right now. So what’s it going to be? Do you want me to leave still or are you willing to talk?”
