Page 338 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 1

"God, Penny." He grabbed my hands, pulling them from his neck, and pinned them against the floor of the tree house. He thrust his hips faster and harder, driving himself deep inside of me.

I didn't want to come, but I could no longer think straight. I moaned again, trying to resist the building tension. I could stay in this elevated moment forever.

"Come for me, baby."

And just like that, I lost control. "James!" I felt my back arch and my body shudder beneath his as I came down hard. I immediately felt his warmth spread up into me and heard his satisfied groan. His breath was warm on the side of my neck and the comforting feeling made a lingering chill run down my spine. His chest rose and fell against mine, pressing against my taut nipples. Everything he did was perfect. Everything.

I grabbed his face and held it a few inches above my own. "You're everything to me too. Everything, James. I'll never get enough of you."

He lightly kissed the bruise under my eye. "I hope not."

Eruption - Chapter 11

Monday

"Strictly professional, huh?" asked James.

"You know what I mean." I squeezed James' hand as we crossed the street.

He ran his other hand through his hair and looked down at me. "Not really. Will you at least eat lunch with me?" He flashed me a smile.

"Of course I'll eat lunch with you."

"So you're fine with everyone knowing that you're my fiancée?"

"Yes. I've already met a bunch of your employees. But the interns are new. They won't know who I am. Of course they'll find out, but I want them to know me first, you know? So I just mean like, don't make out with me in my cubicle in front of everyone."

He laughed and squeezed my hand back. "I'm the boss. I can do whatever I want."

I shook my head. "Exactly. Which is why I'm asking you not to."

"So you draw the line of professionalism at PDA?"

"Precisely." I smiled up at him.

"But you're holding my hand on the way to work." He raised his left eyebrow.

"I'm allowed to hold your hand outside of work."

"Anyone from the office could see us though. You're sending me mixed signals."

"It's my first day, I'm nervous. I need your hand."

He looked satisfied with my answer.

And I did need his hand. Despite what he said, I knew everyone could see the two small bruises on my cheekbone. Foundation wasn't meant to conceal bruises. Hopefully no one would say anything to me. But it wasn't a great way to start a new job. My only real job before this was at a retail store during summers of high school and my first summer of college. I hadn't worked since I had met James. He had insisted that he wanted my free time to be spent with him. And since I had been so busy during the school year, the summers had quickly become my favorite.

Now when I looked up at the sky rise building in front of me, it suddenly hit me that I'd never have a real summer again. But I didn't dare say that to James. If it was up to him I'd never work. Even just thinking about that made me bored out of my mind. And now I wouldn't even have any friends to hang out with during the days while he was at work like I'd normally have in the summer. Everyone around me was suddenly a grown up and I refused to be left behind.

"You ready?" James asked. He dropped my hand and opened up the door for me.

"As ready as I can be."

I had been inside the building countless times. Lunches, late dinners, just to stop in and say hi. Even a few late night rendezvous, which I hoped he wouldn't want to repeat now that I was going to be coworkers with all these people. James owned the whole building, but he rented it out to lots of businesses. His company was located on the top two stories. At one point I thought his office had the nicest view of the city, but now I thought that title belonged to our apartment.

He smiled at me as he pressed the button for the elevator.

"Stop looking at me like that." I smiled back at him.