Chapter 52 Ben
BEN
As I tucked my shirt into my trousers, zipped myself up, then slid on my shoes, I sighed.
I was meeting Theo in ten minutes to check the progress of the retreat and I already knew he was going to give me shit after he saw me half-naked on my doorstep about to kiss Sarah.
I’d sworn blind that I wasn’t going to get involved with her and I’d reneged on that promise.
Theo wouldn’t be upset with me per se. He knew that as a grown man I could fuck whoever I wanted.
But he also knew I had no intention of getting into a serious relationship, so he’d be concerned about me hurting Sarah and ruining the happy atmosphere that he and Jess had worked so hard to create at the library.
I may not have honoured my promise to avoid screwing any colleagues, but I wouldn’t let my personal life affect my professional one.
Once I’d locked up, I headed over to the retreat. It was looking good. All of the internal building work was done, so there was just the decorating and landscaping of the front and back gardens left to do.
‘If it isn’t Mr Can’t Keep His Dick in His Pants,’ Theo’s voice boomed behind me.
‘Give it a rest, bro.’ I blew out a frustrated breath.
‘I won’t sleep with any of my co-workers, I promise!’ Theo did a terrible impersonation of my voice.
‘Sometimes shit happens, okay?’ I snapped back. ‘You of all people should be able to relate after you slept with your competitor.’
Jess and Theo were originally rivals competing to buy the same building.
At the time Theo worked for Father’s property development company and he was competing to secure the space to build some luxury apartments, whilst Jess wanted it to create the library and honour some lady called Mrs Davis’s dying wish.
When Father found out that Theo had been sleeping with the ‘enemy’ he was pissed. And that was putting it politely. Now they no longer spoke.
Theo made the right choice, though. He’d never been happier. Which was precisely why he should be more understanding.
Not that the situation was the same, though. Obviously Theo and Jess were in a serious relationship. Sarah and I had just hooked up a few times, that was all.
‘I knew you two would end up together!’ Theo said smugly. ‘Jess and I even considered putting a wager on how long it’d take, but when we heard you were going to the wedding together, we decided it wasn’t worth it because it was too obvious that something would happen.’
‘Un-fucking-believable!’ I shook my head.
‘What? Do you think we didn’t notice how you two looked at each other?’
‘You mean the way Sarah glared like she was plotting all of the many ways she wanted to murder me?’
‘That wasn’t the look of hate, bro.’ He rolled his eyes.
‘Trust me, I know. Jess used to look at me like that and…’ A smile touched his lips like he was reminiscing about some happy memories.
‘Anyway, now you’ve got your dick wet, don’t start pissing all over the library and what we’ve created here. ’
‘I know, I know. Sarah and I are adults and we spoke about it before anything happened and agreed that it was just sex.’
Admittedly, my timing for that wasn’t the best. It’d only occurred to me to raise the matter when the tip of my cock was rubbing against her pussy. And I didn’t know about Sarah, but at that point my thoughts weren’t being controlled by the head on my shoulders, so I wasn’t thinking clearly.
‘Sure.’ Theo’s tone was laced with sarcasm. ‘Bet it was supposed to be a what happens in Spain stays in Spain situation too, yet there Sarah was creeping out of your flat this morning.’
The bastard had a point.
That was my fault.
I shouldn’t have invited her to come over. Worse still, I shouldn’t have offered to cook for her. That was relationship-level shit.
And the cherry on top was me bloody suggesting that I’d take her to Madrid.
What the hell was wrong with me?
The only explanation I could think of was that I went all doe-eyed because Sarah had said she thought I was a decent guy.
Pathetic, I know.
In my defence, whenever women said anything nice about me, it was usually related to how I looked or how good I was in bed, so hearing that Sarah thought there was more to me than just my ability to make her come was refreshing.
But even after I’d said that shit about cooking dinner, I genuinely had no intention of us sleeping together again. I invited her over because I enjoyed her company.
To be honest, I didn’t even remember how it happened.
One minute we were talking and the next we had our tongues down each other’s throats, then mine accidentally slipped between her thighs. After I’d made her come, she’d offered to return the favour and my dick ended up in her mouth.
And Jesus Christ, did Sarah blow me like a champ.
I nearly lost my mind when she wrapped those lips around me and licked and sucked like I was her favourite lollipop.
So of course after that we ended up fucking once.
Then again.
No one was more surprised than me when I woke up and realised we were actually cuddling. Our arms were wrapped around each other like we were a fucking couple.
I’ll admit, it felt nice, but I couldn’t go there.
It was just sex.
Great sex.
The best I’d ever had.
But it could never happen again.
‘It’s all done now,’ I insisted. ‘From this moment on, my focus will be entirely on getting these projects finished. I was just horny, we were getting on well, we both wanted it, but now it’s out of our systems, we can just go back to normal.’
Theo laughed like I’d just told the funniest joke ever.
‘That’s hilarious!’ He clutched his stomach. ‘Wait until I tell Jess what you just said. Classic case of delusion!’
‘Fuck off,’ I said.
‘It’s okay, bro.’ He slapped my back playfully. ‘I’m going to use your misconceptions to my advantage. I think I’ll suggest to Jess that we run a wager on this. Because, deny it all you want, but it’s not a question of if you and Sarah will sleep together again. It’s a question of when.’
I wanted to continue my denial and insist he was wrong, but it’d only been a couple of hours since Sarah had left my bed and I was already craving my next fix.
Shit.