Chapter 4
Cole
I felt on top of the world heading into the week after such an incredible weekend with Delaney and Amaryllis. Who knew I would enjoy being around a kid so much. Amaryllis was funny. I’ve always liked kids and I love my friends’ kids, but I just never really thought about any for myself.
It wasn’t a bad Monday once my final class of the day was done. I pulled into my parents’ house after work because they had invited me over for dinner. My mom and dad were incredible. Mom was a homemaker. She always had been. She homeschooled me growing up though, so in a way, she was a teacher, too. Dad retired from the University of Lynn Falls, where he was also a professor, so it was really no surprise that I went into the same line of work.
When I walked inside, I heard talking someone talking just beyond my mom and dad. Rounding the corner to the kitchen, Carter was sitting there. I asked him, “What’s up, man? What’re you doing here?”
Carter joked, “What? Do I need a reason, all of a sudden, to visit the best parents in Lynn Falls?” We all laughed.
“Hey mama.” I hugged my mom; she was standing at the counter where Carter was sitting on a stool.
“Hey baby. Carter was just telling us you have a crush.”
Giving Carter a massive side eye, I said, “Yeah, something like that. It’s new. I don’t know what will come of it.”
Walking back over to Carter, I punched his arm. “Ow. Damn,” he griped.
“Watch it.” My mom said. I looked at Carter and made a laughing face. “You two… seeing you sit there; all I see are my two little boys.”
Carter was my best friend. We basically grew up in each other’s houses. “Are you staying for dinner? Where’s Lex and the girls?” I asked him.
“She took them to a movie, and they usually get pizza there. Girl’s night or whatever.” He shrugged.
“Tell me about this girl, Cole.” My mom nudged.
My dad came around the corner. “What girl?”
“Hey Dad!” We were an affectionate family, even my dad. We always met each other with a hug.
“She has a kid.” Carter blurted out. He’s never known when to keep his mouth shut.
“Carter! Seriously?” He shrugged at me.
“Cole…be careful. You aren’t anybody’s daddy.” My mom had a way with words.
“Oh Mama…I’m good. Delaney’s daughter is sweet.”
“Delaney? What does she do?” Mama had moved into interrogation mode.
“She’s an advisement officer at the University.” My mom let out a very audible gasp. “What?” I asked.
Before she could speak, my dad spoke up. “I don’t know if the rules have changed but when I was there, you couldn’t date your colleagues, son.”
Rolling my eyes, I said, “Yeah, I know. Don’t worry about it. It’ll be fine.”
“Cole, don’t lose your job.” My mama scolded. “Have some sense. We did raise you to have some sense.”
“Carter, this your fault. You talk too much. Just had to open your big mouth.” I punched him again.
“Well, if Carter didn’t tell us things, we would never know. Don’t blame him. Be careful, Cole.” She chided again.
Carter teased me harder, “Yeah, be careful, Coley!” With that, I backhanded Carter in the stomach making him cough. “Dick,” he said.
“Language, Carter! I’m not gonna tell you again.” My mom scolded. You would think we were teenage boys again.
“Sorry, Mrs. Taylor. Won’t happen again.”
“Good. Let’s eat, boys.”
It was always nice visiting my parents and bringing them up to speed on what was happening with me. Carter had always blown my spot up, so I really wasn’t upset, but it did have me thinking about the stupid colleague rule. I didn’t care though. After the weekend I had with Delaney and Amaryllis, I wanted that again.
***
It felt like Delaney had been avoiding me all week. We had a great time at the carnival and then nothing. Had I been ghosted? Me? Not to sound cocky, but come on. I bought them flowers. I won the kid a stuffie.
I was waiting for class to end and then I was going to go to her office. Staring out at the sea of students, I was counting down the time with each glance up at the clock that hung over the doorway.
Finally, I couldn’t take it anymore. “Alright class. You’ve all done great today. Let’s call it early. You ok with being done fifteen minutes early?” I looked out at them, hopeful.
In unison, I received a resounding yes, so I smiled and said, “I’ll see you guys tomorrow.” After the last student was gone, I locked up my stuff in my office at the back of the classroom and headed for the Advisement Office.
When I walked in, the student-worker greeted me. “Professor Taylor. I don’t see an appointment for you on the books. How are you?”
“Hi Ms. James. I’m good. I don’t have an appointment, but I’d like to chat with Dr. Anderson if she’s available.”
“She’s just about finished with her current appointment and then I’m sure she’ll have no problem seeing you.”
“Thank you very much. I’ll just wait here.” I paced back and forth waiting for Delaney’s door to open. When it finally did, I heard, “You’re going to do great, Kiera. Come see me anytime.” Kiera smiled at her and said, “Hey Professor Taylor,” as she walked past me. I nodded and then walked toward Delaney.
“Dr. Anderson, Professor Taylor is here to see you. I let him know it would be no problem since you didn’t have any appointments after Kiera.” I could see the hesitation on Delaney’s face.
“Of course. Thank you, Ms. James. Come in, Professor.” I walked in as she closed her door after me.
“Cole, what are you doing here?” When I turned around, she had her arms folded across her chest.
“What am I... What am I doing here? Seriously? Are you ghosting me?” I stood with my hands in my pants pockets.
She laughed and said, “Ghosting you? What are you, sixteen years old?”
“Not funny. You’ve been avoiding me since the carnival. Did you not have a good time? Is Amaryllis okay?” Now my arms were folded across my chest. We were on edge and giving each other no room.
“My daughter is fine. And yes, we had a great time, but it doesn’t take away the fact that we work together. Nothing can happen.” She looked down at her feet as she fidgeted the toe of her shoe on the carpeted floor.
So, that’s what it was about. The policy. I didn’t give a shit about the policy. “I don’t care about the policy, Delaney.”
“Well, I do, Cole. I’m new here. You may have all this wonderful rapport with the students, but I don’t. I’m still building relationships and I don’t need anyone looking at me sideways.”
“So, it’s the policy and not me personally?” I grinned at her.
She rolled her eyes. “Of course it’s not you. You were wonderful with Amaryllis. It was a really fun night, but it was just one night.” Oh, that was clever. Just one night. I closed the gap between us. “Cole...what are you doing?”
“Just one night?”
“Yes...just one night.”
At that point, I was completely in her personal space. “Did you think about me after?” I begged to know.
“After what? The carnival or the first time?”
I cocked an eyebrow at her. “Both.”
“Of course, I did. But like I said...”
I cut her off and moved on her, bringing my hands to cradle her face and just as she took a breath in, I kissed her. Persuading her lips with the tip of my tongue, she opened her mouth and our tongues met in a tangled lust filled dance.
I moved my hand down to grab her waist and then down to her leg, bringing it up around me. She pulled away and said, “Cole...we can’t. This is my office. We’re at work.”
We were whispering so that no one could hear us. The walls of the offices were decently thick being such an old building and made of concrete. The sounds of voices were muffled, and you couldn’t make out what someone was saying at full volume, so I knew we would be ok. “So what? No one knows what’s going on in here. We’re having a meeting. A meeting where I’m gonna fuck you. You ok with that?” She didn’t say anything, but her breathing got shallower. I pulled her shirt out of her skirt and brought it up over her tits. Pulling her bra down, releasing her left one, I dropped my head and started sucking. Her nipples were hard, so I sucked harder. She gripped the back of my head and pulled me into her. “Don’t fucking say a word, Laney girl.” I whispered as I blew air over her nipple.
“Oh fuck...” she whispered. She leaned her head back against the wall and bit her hand to keep quiet.
“Good girl.” I went back to worshipping her while I pulled her right tit out. They were big fucking tits and I just wanted to bury my face in them and live there. Just like I remembered. I reached my left hand down between us, reaching under her skirt to pull her panties aside. She was soaking for me. “Someone’s pussy is ready,” I whispered into her mouth. Inserting two fingers, she inhaled and that was all I needed before I started working her, in and out. “Greedy girl, grinding down on my hand like that.” The sound of her heavy breathing was music to my ears. “Bend over your desk, now.” I pulled my fingers out and let her leg drop to move her over to her desk, shoving items that were on top to the other side.
Unbuttoning my pants, I went up behind her and pulled her skirt up over her ass. I kneeled to shove my face in her pussy, lapping up all I could. I knew when the spell broke, she was going to try and run for the hills, so I wanted as much from her as I could get.
“Cole...oh my god.” She said in a breathy whisper.
“Ssshh, baby. I wanna make you feel good.” Standing up, I wiped my lips and reached inside my wallet to grab a condom out. Rolling it on, I gave myself a few tugs and leaned up against her ass, rubbing my cock up and down her pussy. She was so wet for me. Leaning over her back, I whispered, “You ready for my cock, Laney girl?”
“Aaah, yes. Yes,” she exhaled.
“Cover your mouth.” She did as she was told before I slammed into her, deep. I could hear her take in a breath trying to keep quiet from the fullness of me inside her. “That’s it, baby. Take it. Just like our one night. I knew I wasn’t done with justone night.” I thrusted in and out of her at an unbearably slow pace in order for us to keep quiet. And then suddenly, her phone rang. I stopped moving, still insider her, and she looked back at me. “Answer the phone, baby.” I kicked my chin out at her to answer the phone.
“Are you insane?” She looked nervous.
“Do you want to get caught? They expect you to answer your phone. Do it.” I gave her a stern look and gripped her hips harder, pushing myself deeper inside her. I stilled for a moment.
She blew out a breath and picked up the line. “This is Dr. Anderson.” She sat silent listening to the other end. I knew I was fucking crazy but everything about the situation turned me on even more. I started moving slowly in and out of her. So slow as not to make a single sound though I was pushing it because the sounds of our bodies were coming through. She was so wet. I watched her hand grip the receiver tighter. Looking down at where we were connected, I bit my bottom lip to keep quiet as I moved in and out.
“Of course. I’m finishing up a meeting with Professor Taylor. Can you schedule that meeting for first thing in the morning?” I pushed deep inside and leaned over her. I was in fact playing with fire, but I reached my hand around anyway and started rubbing her clit. “Thank you, Ms. James.” She hung up.
“You’re a fucking asshole. Let me up.” I pulled out and took a step back. She turned around like she was going to annihilate me but instead caught me by surprise when she grabbed me by my shirt and forced me down into the chair. Fuck. “Don’t say a word, Professor Taylor.” Using my words against me, she straddled me and reached between us, guiding my cock inside her as she slid down on top of me. I wrapped my arms around her and buried my face in her tits as she wrapped her arms around my head and began moving up and down on my cock.
A groan came from deep in my chest. Just as I was about to say something, she kissed me and said, “Nope. Fuck my pussy and don’t say anything.” Fucking hell. She was going to be the death of me. She rode my cock like an expert, and this was a side of her I didn’t see during our one-night stand.
“I’m gonna cum, Delaney. You have to cum now.”
She just kept thrusting and leaned back, saying, “Kiss me. Kiss me while we cum together.” Who was this woman?
We sealed our mouths together as we came, the kiss silencing any sounds we wanted to make but knew we couldn’t. She gripped my face with one hand and tossed her other arm around me so tight. I wrapped my arms around her equally as tight as we finished. “Fuck.” I whispered exhaustingly. We slowed. I just wanted a minute to breathe her in. Memorize everything about her, about this moment. Her smell, her look, her taste. But she got up.
She got up and adjusted herself as I tried to regain my composure and clean myself up.
As we put ourselves back together, she looked up and said, “I hope you got your fill. This was one time, and it won’t happen again, Professor Taylor.”
Licking my lips, I gave her my best grin and opened the door. As I began walking out, I said, “Thanks for your time, Dr. Anderson. I feel better about that situation.” Then I turned and walked out.