Page 16 of Cursed Fox (Willow Creek Security #4)

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Nancy

A loud commotion in the hallway halted all conversation in the room. Before I knew it, four men were between me and the door. I was tempted to roll my eyes when, a few seconds later, Lex walked through the door demanding, "Where is she?"

I guess I was hard to find with all four men standing in front of me.

"Right here," I hollered and waved my hand. Wes and Maverick moved out of the way, but Falcon and Arlo stayed right where they were. "It's okay, guys. Missy would never have let him in if Wes didn't vouch for him.”

Both team leaders turned to Wes, who gave them the okay nod, but it was still several long seconds before they stepped out of the way. I appreciated the fact that they were so willing to look out for me. They were the respected team leaders of Bravo and Charlie Team and took their jobs seriously.

Lex stepped farther into the room and came straight to me. "Why didn't you tell me about the note?"

I huffed and crossed my arms over my chest. "How, exactly, would you have liked me to do that when you stormed off last night with nothing but the clothes on your back?" It was then that I saw the red mark on his chin. I uncrossed my arms and grabbed it to get a better look. "Who the hell hit you?"

"Easton," Lex grumbled.

When both Wes and Maverick laughed, I spun on my heels and gave them a piece of my mind. "It's not funny. Why the hell would Easton do that?"

"I knew I sent the right man to knock some sense into you." Maverick continued to smirk.

"Good choice," Wes strangely added.

"Umm, no. Not a good choice. Look at what he did?"

Maverick mimicked my stance and crossed his own arms over his chest. "And if I had to guess, Easton is sporting similar marks."

"A cut lip and a bruise to the cheek, actually," Lex said from where he stood behind me. "Kati is going to be pissed, so I wouldn't brag too much about being the one who sent him.”

I whipped back around with wide eyes. "You hit your friend?"

Lex lifted his shoulder like it wasn’t a big deal. "He had it coming."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Thankfully, Wes started to speak and kept me from clunking Lex over the head. It was clear enough punches were thrown for one day.

"Glad you decided to show up. Here's the letter Nancy received." Wes walked past me and handed it to Lex.

"Was it delivered to her home?"

"No, here at the office," Maverick answered.

"So she didn't actually see it first."

"Ummm, hello." I waved my hand in front of Lex's face.

"She is right here." I pointed to myself.

"And yes, I did see it. Missy handed it to me when we were here the other day, but I got distracted, so it got shoved into my bag with all the other stuff.

Luckily, I remembered to grab the bag while I was at the house today.

" I left out the part where I only saw it because the bag broke. That wasn't necessary information.

Lex looked over my head to Wes. "Mail carrier?"

"Not likely to remember," Wes answered. "He's a few months away from retirement, so he's just trying to get through each day. Postage shows it came from out of state."

"So that's a dead end."

"Pretty much," Wes responded to Lex.

"Excuse me one moment." I grabbed Lex by the arm and dragged him out of the room, very much aware that if he didn't want to come with me, there was no way I would've been able to move him. I brought him to my office and slammed the door behind us. "What is your problem?" I demanded.

"What are you talking about?"

Unbelievable. "I'm talking about you walking in and demanding answers from everyone in the room, but not giving me the chance to talk. This is my life. I'm the one who found the note. I'm the one who can give you answers. Not the guys who work here," I hissed.

"I'm sorry, I assumed Wes was in charge. Last time I checked, this was his business."

I let out a frustrated squeak. "Yes, this is his company, but the threats and that letter are my business. Mine." I pointed to myself just in case my words weren't enough. "I would appreciate it if you gave me the same respect you gave everyone else."

"I do respect you."

"Well, you have a shitty way of showing it." I put my hands on my hips because I was tired of flailing them around like I was completely unhinged.

"That's because women may as well be foreign objects to me. I either fuck them or make friends with them. I don't know how to handle these other feelings."

Well, that brutal honesty gave me pause. "What feelings are those?" I asked with caution.

Lex scrubbed his palm down the side of his face. "That's the thing. I don't know. I feel like I need to protect you. I want to make you smile. I don't like when you're pissed. I've never felt all these things for one person."

He was feeling the same things I was, except I knew exactly what they meant. I was falling for this man, even if that was never the plan.

I didn't give myself time to think about what I did next. Hell, I can't even say if it was a conscious thought or if I just went for it. All I knew was one minute my hands were on my hips and the next they were wrapped around Lex's neck with my lips on his.

When he didn't kiss me back, I felt my cheeks darken. Dropping back down onto my heels, I mumbled a quick, "I'm sorry," before turning to rush out of the room.

I barely made it a foot before I was being swung back around. I opened my mouth to once again apologize for what I did, but I never got the chance. Lex's lips claimed mine.

Only, it was nothing like the kiss I’d tried to give him. Where I went in for a small, closed-mouth one, Lex consumed me. There was no easing into it. The man didn't do gentle or slow, and I was all for it.

Lips smacking, tongues dueling, teeth clanking, it was the sexiest kiss of my life. Made even sexier when he lifted me up with one arm wrapped around my back and carried me to my desk without breaking the kiss.

Without an ounce of finesse, Lex swiped the papers off and plopped my ass on the edge. I finally broke the kiss to ask, "Do you plan on cleaning that up?"

He merely chuckled and shook his head. "Not a chance."

I gave him my best teasing smile. "Then I guess you better make this worth it."

I leaned forward to grab the waist of his shorts, but he stopped me. "The first time I fuck you won't be on your desk with our bosses just down the hall." I whimpered at his words. "But I will take the edge off for you."

Lex dropped to his knees and moved my baggy shorts to the side. Before I could even comprehend what was happening, his tongue was spearing me through my panties.

I nearly fell off my desk. The only thing holding me in place were his large palms clamped down on my thighs. When I said he needed to make it worth it, I wasn't expecting that.

He feasted on me like a man starved for days. And damn, I didn't make him work very hard for my first non-self-induced orgasm. That bitch hit me like a freight train. So hard I had to bite down on my knuckles to keep from screaming the place down.

Lex didn't stop, though. He tongue-fucked me through one orgasm and worked extra hard for the second.

The friction of my panties quickly brought me to the brink again.

And at that point, I didn't care who heard me.

I grabbed on to Lex's hair and rode his face like it was the last thing I would do in life.

And maybe it was. If I died in the next five minutes, I would do so a very satisfied woman.

"Fuck, you taste incredible." Lex breathed the words against my sex and caused a shiver across my skin.

With his hair a mess and some of my juices on his lips, Lex sat back on his haunches with a satisfied grin on his lips.

"That wasn't why I brought you in here." I was one hundred percent out of breath.

"Maybe not, but I like how this ended better."

So did I. Except now we had to go back out and face the music.

I slipped off the desk and straightened my shorts. There was nothing I could do about my soaked panties unless I wanted to go commando. Then I looked around my office. Papers were scattered across the floor. "Definitely worth it."

Lex and I chuckled as we tidied up my office.

"What do you think they’re going to say when we go back out there?"

Minutes earlier I hadn't cared if the whole office heard me, but now that I wasn't in the throes of passion, I cared very much. I didn't think I’d been loud enough for the guys to know what had happened, but again, I was too far gone to care at the time.

"They won't say anything. Not unless they want me to kick their asses."

I crossed my arms at the implication. "Is fighting how you solve all your problems?"

Lex leaned in and swiped his lips over mine. I could taste myself on him, and surprisingly, I found it arousing. "Only when someone threatens you."

I smiled at his answer. I liked that. I liked that a lot.