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The hesitation in her voice made Damen wonder if she did truly mean her offer. He said smoothly, “I can deal with my work. It is nothing for you to consider.”
She fell silent, hurt and confused by his constant rebuffs. How had it become like this between them without her knowing it? She used to be able to speak her mind to him but now, she felt like she had to be very careful with everything she said.
“What are your plans for today?”
Pasting a smile on her face, she said airily, “Just stuff.”
“That explains a lot,” he said dryly.
She shrugged. “Just the usual things a billionaire’s girlfriend does.”
“Ah.”
She fluttered her lashes at him. “It includes flirting with you during your lunch break.”
He smirked. “That’s already flirting for you?”
She fluttered her lashes harder.
Even Damen was unable to keep himself from laughing after that. It also made him bend down and kiss her because outrageous and immature it may have been, it did have an effect on his cock, now fully erect.
“You are cruel to tempt me,” he growled against her lips before his tongue swept in, not allowing her to talk while he possessed her mouth.
She was sighing when he lifted his head, and the familiar dreamy expression on her face made his lips curve, and they curved even more when she whispered, “Hi.”
He said with a soft chuckle, “Hi.”
Mairi suddenly felt shy but in a good way this time. “Can’t you spare a few minutes, so we could just talk? I...I miss you.”
“I will do my best to come home early tonight,” he compromised.
She brightened. “That would be nice. How early?”
“Ten.”
“Th-that’searly?”
“I have calls scheduled after midnight with my general managers in Dubai and New York. I will move them a few hours earlier, but it will still not allow me to go home like a normal nine-to-five man.”
“Oh.”
The disappointed look on her face made him shake his head and press a tender kiss on her lips. “I will do my best to come home earlier. That is all I can promise you.”
Feeling guilty at being so selfish, she said, “It’s okay. Don’t mind me. I’m just being a brat.”
“But a sexy brat.” His hand curved around her breast possessively.
She gasped.
Squeezing her breast, he murmured wickedly, “Remember how this feels throughout the day, hmm? It will get you in the mood for tonight.”
She hesitated then slowly, she lifted her hand to grip his cock. When her fingers tightened around him, Damen gritted his teeth in an effort to control his need to ravage her.
“Remember this, too,” she said.Remember this when you meet with Alina.