Chapter 36
”Did you tell Hannah to head home for the night since our meeting took so long?” I asked as we were driven back to the office.
”Uh,” George looked up from his phone. ”No, no, I didn’t, sir. I assumed she would have left.”
”When she knows she”s on thin ice?” I asked.
”Yeah,” he sighed. ”I”m sorry. I forgot. I thought she would call to ask, but I didn’t get any messages from her. I’ll let her know.”
I didn’t want to respond; however, as he pulled up her contact and started to call her, I realized that I couldn’t stand her leaving now. We were a few minutes away, and if I could see her for whatever reason before she clocked out for the evening, then what was the harm?
”No need,” I replied. ”I have some instructions for her. If she”s there, then good.”
”Oh,” he said, brows furrowing at me changing my mind so rapidly, and then he put the phone away.
As soon as we arrived back at the office, he headed to his, while I went to mine, and despite how exhausted I was, I couldn’t believe how excited I was to see her.
However, I tried very hard to hide it as I headed into the reception. I saw her asleep. She had her head resting on the desk and her eyes softly closed. I stopped right there in my tracks, wanting to move forward but so scared that it would awaken her.
She must be exhausted. She had barely gotten any sleep last night and coupled with the stress from the previous afternoon’s meeting until now, she must be bone tired.
I wanted to head over to her to wake her up and tell her that she could leave. However, I couldn’t bring myself to do it, so as carefully as I could, I headed into my office to grab my things.
I didn’t know if she had woken up, so when I was coming out, I was once again very careful. However, when I turned around, I found that she still had her head on the desk, deeply asleep.
I couldn’t help the smile that came to my face. I watched her for a few minutes, and then I headed over and set down the folder I had in hand, which I was taking home with me, on the desk. She still didn’t wake up. I took the moment to study her. The soft brush of her lashes against her cheek, her soft pouty lips. I knew exactly what she tasted like and what being inside her felt like, and I swore in that moment that I would do anything to have that chance again. But I didn’t know how to do that without further complicating things between us.
Suddenly, right there, she shifted, restless, and then her eyes came open. Noting my presence, she was startled and immediately jumped up, nearly knocking my head off in the process. Thankfully, my reflexes were sharp, so I was able to move out of the way before my chin was bruised.
”Sir!” she called, wide-eyed, and then looked behind me to look at the wall clock.
”I’m so sorry, I wasn’t sure when you’d be back. Do you need me to help with anything?”
She was so groggy and almost out of it that I couldn’t help my amusement. I wanted to hide my smile and simply walk away, but there was absolutely no sense whatsoever in doing that, so I watched her as she tried to get her senses together, and then she watched me.
”You can go home now,” I said, and she nodded.
”Next time we go for a meeting this late, just call to find out if it’s needed for you to keep waiting. There’s no point in you being here so late when there’s nothing urgent to handle.”
”Yes, sir,” she nodded, and then she lowered her head to pack her things.
”Um... a letter came for you,” she said as she retrieved it. ”It”s from the company we had dinner with yesterday, the Japanese men.”
”Oh,” I replied and received the sealed envelope. I planned to open it at home, but when I saw how nervous she got, I decided to just open it then.
”I’ve been waiting all day to hear from them, to confirm if they’ve decided to reschedule the negotiation meeting. Do you think I should contact them tomorrow?”
”Let’s see what’s in the letter first,” I said, and she went silent. A few seconds later, I was reading through the sent document.
”Hm,” I said, and then I turned it around for her to read.
I watched as her eyes scrolled through it; her concentration was intense until she eventually realized that I had to explain to her what she was seeing.
”It’s an offer,” I told her. ”For the factory. The terms are the same as we agreed upon yesterday. There’s no need to see me any further; we’ve settled.”
”Oh!” she said, and then her eyes brightened. At the slight trembling of her lips, then I knew she was trying to hide her smile and relief, so shaking my head I moved away from the desk.
”Goodnight, sir,” she said, a bit chirpier than I had ever heard her tone. Just as I arrived at the door, however, I couldn’t help but ask.
”Have you had dinner?”
”No,” she replied as she paused from gathering her things. ”I’ll order something in when I get home.”
I knew I was crossing the line. I knew I shouldn’t do this; however, I couldn’t help myself. I needed her body. I needed to inhale her scent and feel her heat just one more time. I needed to fuck her, the sweet relief I was gifted as a result was freaking incredible.
”Sir?” she called, and I shook my head and continued on my way.