Miss Martha was his mother. And he brought me around her for our first ‘date’ to the diner? It made sense to me why she was so shocked to see him with a girl. That was her son, and he brought along a girl to basically meet his mother on a first date. Did she even know that I basically just met him that night?

He changed subjects. “The water is getting cold. Do you want me to help you out and into your pajamas?”

I wanted to tell him no and to leave the bathroom out of my own depression so I could be alone, but it was futile since he’d sneak in and fall asleep with me later.

I nodded.

Pulling the drain on the tub, he lifted me out of the water and into a towel. I wrapped my hair after he sat me back down on the edge and waited for him to retrieve my warm clothes.

The oversized sweater was the first to come. He slipped it over my toweled head and pulled each of my arms through after making sure they were dry. He got onto his knees to help me into the oversized shorts.

I didn’t give him my feet. My heart was in my throat. He undressed, bathed, and dressed me again. “Give me your feet so I can make sure you’re warm enough for bed.”

He looked up at me, wondering what I was doing.

Before I knew what I was doing, I kissed him.

And he kissed me back.

“I thought you said we couldn’t,” he whispered into my mouth.

My core heated up instinctively around him. I didn’t know why I couldn’t rip myself from this man’s body, but all I knew was that I wanted him again.

“We can’t.”

Our mouths never parted.

“Definitely.”

His hands found their way up my sweater, gripping onto my sides.

“Nope.”

My legs wrapped around his waist.

“We’re just associates.”

Teeth grazed my neck.

“Strictly business.”

He picked me up and pushed his way into my bedroom, hands firmly grasping my ass while our tongues danced together in a full-blown make out session.

I ripped the towel from my hair before he threw me onto the bed and started pulling off his shirt. The want in his eyes while he took in the raw version of me was more intense than it had ever been. I was the moon in his sky.

“If you kick me out again tonight, the next place I’m coming for you is bending you over that big shiny table in your boardroom. Then your big CEO desk. Then in the lobby where everyone can see you deny that you’re mine.”