Page 15 of Forbidden Lust (Sinful Knights #1)

JOSH

It had been the longest three weeks of his life.

Their first weekend together had not given Josh a good example of what it would be like to date the managing partner of one of the city’s top law firms. Daniel worked a lot.

In two weeks, they’d gotten four dates in, and they’d all been wonderful.

Once Daniel was with you, you had his complete attention.

It was just hard getting time with him during the week.

Claudette was Josh’s new BFF. She guarded Daniel like a rottweiler, similar to how he protected Oscar– well, his diary at least. However, Claudette had developed a soft spot for Josh, and would let him know when Daniel had a window in his diary for “focus time,” which was code for Josh popping into the office for a quick snogging session.

Josh had tried to bring lunch over, and once an afternoon tea from Fortnum and Mason, then pitch it was a date.

Daniel wasn’t having it, though. He’d promised Josh dates that would impress him, without being extravagant.

Josh had wanted dates which had thought put into them, rather than just money.

Why had he suggested that? He’d been taking very long showers to give himself some relief, because he only had to see a text from Daniel and he was hard.

Whenever they had one of their kissing sessions, Josh could feel Daniel’s third leg pressed against him. How did the guy have so much restraint?

It was Friday, and tonight was the night.

They were going out on their fifth date, and Josh had a weekend bag packed.

He had one mission, and that was to hobble out of Daniel’s bed on Monday morning after being fucked into the mattress as many times as possible.

The thought was making him hard, and he still had a day of work to get through.

“Josh, have you got a minute?” said Oscar, standing in front of his desk.

“Of course.”

“Bring your notebook,” he said, before walking into his office.

Josh had to readjust himself before he grabbed his electronic notebook.

Oscar was a paper and pen guy, and refused to go digital with some things, like to-do lists.

Considering the guy wasn’t even thirty yet, it was baffling.

Josh had worked him up to a shared One Note, but he had to constantly remind him to update it.

Perhaps he could get Oscar to embrace technology more before he left.

It would give his replacement a fighting chance.

The job market was tricky at the moment.

He needed to stay in financial services, given that’s where the money was, but he had two problems. The first being that Oscar was paying him at the level of someone who had ten years’ more experience.

That was just who Oscar was. He paid you your worth.

The market felt differently, and CEO assistant roles weren’t common.

Many CEOs took their assistants with them when they moved around.

Josh was looking at C-suite, and was looking at a minimum of fifty grand.

It would be a pay cut, but he could make it work with the money from Gavin.

In a perfect world, he would walk out of here and straight into another job.

That way, he could use the extra money to make the lifestyle changes he wanted and wipe the slate clean.

“Are you still leaving?” asked Oscar.

Josh smiled. Oscar asked this question every few days, and would no doubt continue asking. He hadn’t started looking for a replacement, but he needed to. Oscar worked in a ball of chaos, and he needed someone by his side to make sense of it all, so he could focus on running the business.

“Yes. You need to start looking for my replacement.”

“No. I need to kick Daniel up the arse. He told me he’d fix this.”

Josh looked down, feeling embarrassed. He didn’t like the thought of his boss knowing his private life, but it also wasn’t Daniel’s problem to fix. This had been Josh’s decision, and he needed to own it.

“This has nothing to do with Daniel. He’s not able to ‘fix it’ as you put it. He’s tried, trust me. It was my decision, Oscar. I was presented with an opportunity and took it.”

“I thought you hadn’t gotten a new job yet?”

“That’s not... What I mean is... The opportunity wasn’t a new job, but it was a lucrative one.”

Oscar narrowed his eyes. “I can increase your salary.”

“No, I’ve found out you already pay me too much.”

“Who said that?”

“The market.”

“The market’s wrong. Don’t settle for less than you’re worth, Josh.”

“I need a job.”

“You’ve already got one, and you quit before bonuses. We’ve had a good year. Why are you throwing that away?”

He had a point. It was the other problem he had with finding a new job. Bonuses paid out in March for most financial services firms, so people were holding out for that before moving on. It was why there were so few jobs at his level.

“Can I make you a counteroffer? ”

Josh sighed, but couldn’t help but smile.

It was flattering to know how valued you were.

Would he ever have this somewhere else? He’d heard nightmares about working for gay guys, in that they could be absolute bitches, but Oscar was like a big marshmallow covered in two hundred and fifty pounds of muscle.

“You withdraw your resignation for now. If you still want to go, you can resign on the twenty-fourth of March. That way, you still get your bonus. If you stay, I’ll bump your salary to seventy grand.”

Josh was stunned. What was he supposed to say to that?

Gavin had been adamant that he wouldn’t get the money until he’d left.

He’d sent confirmation that his resignation had been accepted, but no sign of the upfront ten grand he’d been promised.

Josh didn’t want to chase him, as it felt cheap to be going “where’s my money,” but if there was a possibility Gavin was going to screw him over, he was being given an opportunity to backtrack and have some thinking time.

Perhaps he knew about him and Daniel, so the deal was off and he just hadn’t told him yet.

He needed some time to think about what was best to do.

“Can I think about it over the weekend and let you know on Monday?”

“Of course.”

“And thank you. It’s nice to feel wanted.”

“Not just wanted, Josh. You’re needed. This place would fall apart without you.”

He felt embarrassed. Praise was nice to hear, but it always felt awkward in the moment.

Sensing this, Oscar steered the conversation back to business, and worked through the diary for the following week.

Oscar was taking some time off, so there was some shuffling around to do.

It would keep Josh busy for the rest of the day and stop his mind wandering too much to what he’d be doing this weekend.

He didn’t want to spend the whole day with a hard-on .

Daniel opened the door of his flat with a beaming smile and pulled Josh into his arms. Face eating was their usual way to greet each other unless they were in public.

His bag had dropped on the floor and he heard the door close a second before he was pushed against it.

He wrapped his legs around Daniel and could already feel that monster dick pressing against him.

He couldn’t wait to have it inside him again.

Perhaps they could forget their date, and just get down to it.

He ground up against Daniel, and the moans he was making were a good sign he’d be on board with this change of plan.

“I know what you’re thinking, and we are going on our date first.”

Josh gave a frustrated moan as Daniel chuckled against his lips, before claiming his mouth in another demanding kiss.

“Please, sir! ”

“That won’t work on me,” he said, lowering Josh to the ground.

“Are you sure?” he said, palming Daniel’s cock. He groaned in response, closing his eyes.

“Get changed,” he said, smacking his arse.

Josh squealed; he couldn’t help it. His face heated from how much he liked it. Daniel looked at him, and his blue eyes were like fire as he licked his lips.

“You’re going to be trouble tonight, boy.”

Josh loved when he called him boy. He wasn’t into the whole daddy thing, and neither was Daniel. It was just a pet name he’d given Josh, but it made the whole thing seem more naughty and forbidden. I mean, he was fucking his dad’s best friend. You couldn’t get more forbidden.

“What are you smiling at?” asked Daniel.

“Just thinking about how I’m going to wank myself off in the shower, imagining you giving me a pounding. ”

“Where is the quiet boy I met a month ago who didn’t have such a filthy mouth?”

Josh felt his face flame, and he looked down at the floor. Daniel grabbed him and tilted his chin so their eyes locked.

“No, don’t do that. I love this new side of you. Never change who you are for anyone, Josh. Now, stop being a little temptress and get your cute arse in that shower. We’re leaving in thirty minutes.”

“Can I ask you a question?”

“Of course.”

“Did you choose your offices to be The Gherkin because it reminds you of your cock.”

Daniel laughed, but slapped his arse again, which made Josh squeal and his cock leak. Was he into spanking? Daniel pulled them close again so their cocks rubbed against each other. It was clear Daniel would up for giving him a spanking. Could Josh push his buttons a bit more?

“Get that look out of your eye, boy, and behave yourself of you won’t be getting any gherkin later.”

Josh laughed. “Are you going to tell me where we’re going?”

“You’ll find out when we get there.”

He gave Josh another lingering kiss, then let him go. Josh dashed off to the shower before he didn’t give Daniel a choice in the matter. Why had he come up with this stupid idea to put a blocker on sex? Because he was an idiot, that’s why.

Josh was speechless as they pulled up at the famous restaurant.