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“Oh, it’s fine. What I looked over was great, I really just wanted to see you.

” I admitted. This was the second time tonight my feelings came out before I could think twice and for the second time Bailey was silent and looked at me like she was deep in thought.

The silence stretched, but funny enough, it didn’t feel awkward.

I looked into her eyes, and they looked haunted like she was reliving a moment.

I wanted to know what she was thinking but something told me to keep quiet.

“It’s different for men in this business, you know?” she said, finally breaking her silence.

“If I were to start dating someone as high profile as you after it’s been reported on the news and local blogs that I signed you to my company, people would think I slept with you in exchange for your business.

This business and society are so full of fucking haters when it comes to a Black woman’s success.

They love to assume being a hoe is what it took for me to get to where I’m at, and no judgement to the men and women who do get down like that, but that’s never been my M.O. ”

“I got to where I am at my age because I always put in the work, I never do anything half ass, and because of that I graduated with my MBA with honors in the top one percent of my graduating class. But all of my accomplishments and hard work go out the window as soon as we start dating and we’re seen together at some social outing.

Then suddenly I’m the one who gets her name drug through the mud and accused of fucking for business but you…

nothing will happen to you. People won’t care that you made the first move, all they’ll see is what they want to.

Perception is everything and if people don’t perceive you the right way, shit can get ugly, and people can get hurt. Trust me… I know that story too well.”

Bailey was staring out of her windows the whole time she spoke.

It was like she was thinking aloud, just a stream of consciousness that she was letting me hear.

Hearing her thoughts helped me understand why she chose not to call me and why she was so adamant about keeping things strictly professional between us.

It was because she didn’t want to be labeled negatively by her peers and colleagues.

But what did she mean by ‘she knew that story too well?’ I was about to say fuck whoever those imaginary people were and their dumb ass opinions, but the exhausted sigh she released before I could speak was a signal to me that she wasn’t finished speaking.

“But why the fuck should I continue to let people I don’t even know determine my personal life?

” She was now looking me directly in the eyes.

“Titan…I was attracted to you the moment I saw you in that bar, so much so that if you had asked, I would have gift wrapped you the panties… if I was wearing any that night.” She winked at me and my dick twitched.

“I don’t know what the future holds, but what I do know is that I’ll be an idiot if I don’t at least try see where things can go.

” She smiled at me, and she picked at her nails nervously when she finished talking.

I smiled back at her because I knew in my heart that it took so much courage and strength for her to be this vulnerable.

I also knew there was more to her story but for now I will definitely take what she just gave me.

Instead of responding to her, I leaned forward and kissed her.

The charge that shot through my body as soon as my lips touched hers felt like every dormant nerve in my body was suddenly alive.

Her lips felt like heaven, they were soft and full, like two of the highest quality pillows on earth.

Now that I was tasting her lips, I needed her closer, so I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her to me so she could side straddle my lap.

I kept my left hand on her lower back while my right hand roamed up her waist, then over her shoulder, until I gripped the back of her neck so I could deepen the kiss.

When she gasped, I slid my tongue inside her mouth and the soft moan she made was the sexiest thing I ever heard.

Before I lost my self-control completely, I bit her bottom lip and broke the kiss.

The only sound in the house was our heavy breathing.

“Damn, Titan…if I knew you were going to kiss a bitch like that I would have sucked your face that night at the bar. I should have walked right on over to you and sucked the Old Fashion out of your mouth if it meant getting a kiss like that. ” I could see it in her eyes that she was dead serious, and I threw my head back and laughed at the same time my chest filled with pride at her compliment.

When I was done laughing, I looked at her like I was committing her features to memory.

Her lips were swollen and wet from my kiss and I was thankful she wasn’t wearing any fake hair.

Not that I minded women who wore extensions, but I loved how my fingers felt in her hair while we were kissing.

I was never the type to run my fingers through a woman’s hair because the women I dated in the past, including my ex, always stopped me when I tried.

But Bailey’s thick coils called to me, and I was happy that she didn’t tell me to stop.

“Does this mean we’re officially a couple now?” I asked because I wanted to be sure.

“That’s what I want.” She looked so nervous.

“I want that too Bailey.” I suddenly became serious as I looked her in the eyes. “That means being exclusive. I will be faithful to you—" I rested my head against the top of her breast, so she couldn’t see the anguish in my eyes as I spoke.

“You better be faithful to me!” Bailey cut me off and laughed when she thumped me on the top of my head.

“I don’t want to have to cut a bitch because she came to me on some ‘hello Barbara this is Shirley,’ type shit.

I don’t play that shit, Anthony ain’t the only one that can set some shit off.

” She might be laughing but I could tell she was serious, and I shook my head and laughed too because it felt good to see Bailey come out of her shell now that we were official.

I also loved the way her breasts felt as they jiggled against my face while she laughed, when I pressed my face between them all traces of laughter were gone and replaced with sexual desire.

I put my hands against the middle of her back and hugged her closer to me and when I nuzzled my cheek against her right breast, she shivered, and I smirked when I looked up at her.

“You cold baby?” I asked, faking concern.

“Far from it.” When she looked at me, I could see the want, the need , in her big brown eyes, and that look was my undoing.

When I kissed her this time my hands went to her luscious hips, and I carefully guided her across my lap until she straddled me.

The moment she was on my lap I felt the warmth of her pussy through the thin material of her hospital pants against my dick.

When she felt it jump, she moaned in my mouth.

My hands were all over her but when I finally cupped her ass I gripped her cheeks like my life depended on it.

I felt her body shiver against me and when she rocked her hips back and forth against the length of my dick, I almost nutted on myself.

“Fuck.” My deep groan was muffled by Bailey’s tongue wrestling with mine for dominance in my mouth.

If Bailey wasn’t injured, I would have stripped her naked by now, but I didn’t want to risk her knee bleeding again or maneuvering the walking boot on her injured ankle when I put her legs up while I thrusted deep inside of her.

But the way she was humping her warm pussy against me was not making it easy for me to stop myself.

“Baby I think we should wait until you’re feeling better, you’re still hurt.

” I gave her a quick kiss and held her chin with my fingers, “And the only thing on your body I want hurting is that hot pussy I feel on me,” she moaned at my statement and rocked her hips again but eventually she let out a deep breath and eventually nodded her head in agreement.

My breathing was ragged, and my dick was screaming for a release.

“Can you help me up? You put me in this position and now I can’t move out of it.” Since she couldn’t fully bear weight on her ankle and didn’t want to bend her knee too much I was happy to help. I gripped her ass and stood up like she weighed nothing, and her surprised scream made me smile.

“Where do you want to go in this big ass penthouse?” I said, giving her another kiss on the lips. I couldn’t help myself. It was like I couldn’t stop kissing or touching her now that she was mine.

“My room, I need to shower and change into something comfortable.”

“Lord give me strength; you know I’m barely restraining myself as it is. I’m going to be picturing you soaking wet in the shower while I fuck my hand later.” I groaned and smacked her hard on her ass.

“Well one day soon, you won’t have to picture anything and can see the real thing.” When she smiled my heart rate sped up because Bailey was the most beautiful woman I ever laid eyes on.

“Let’s get you showered and changed before I change my mind and have your ass bent up like a pretzel.

” I carried her up the three steps from her living room and down the hall that led to her bedroom.

When she started laughing at my moral dilemma I slapped her ass again and pressed her against the wall and my kiss ceased all laughter.

When I was done she looked like she wanted to tear my clothes off and I smirked at her.

Yeah that’s what I thought. Shit, I wasn’t about to be the only one hot and bothered.