Chapter 10
It was the end of the night, and Madison and Zoe cleaned up. Things had been different in the back room. No one talked to her, although they hadn’t been tried to befriend her before, so it shouldn’t have been a big difference.
But it was different. She had a feeling that people were going to find out soon that she was sleeping with Dante.
How could they not? She would leave with him tonight and he would be bringing her over the weekend to work.
It didn’t make sense for them to try and come on their own when they would spend the whole weekend together.
“Feels like something is going on right?” Zoe said.
“Yeah, I was feeling the same thing.”
“It’s the good old rumor mill at work. I figure we will find out soon enough.”
“Yeah.”
“Do you want a ride?”
“No, I’m going to go later. I need to go get my money too. Besides, it’s in the complete opposite direction for you.”
“No worries, I don’t mind, but I understand. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
Madison climbed the stairs to Dante’s office. The door was ajar, so she knocked on it in case he was meeting with someone. She didn’t know where she would wait if he was busy. She had planned on waiting in his office, but now she knew that that would for sure get the rumor mill going.
Maybe she should go back to her place and wait for him to pick her up.
“Come in.”
Madison pushed open that door and went inside. She was relieved not to see Enzo. She wasn’t sure if she wanted to see Gabe or Lucca. Her face still heated when she remembered that they knew she had slept with Dante at least once.
She was grateful when she got there that Dante was alone.
He looked up when she entered and he gave her a huge smile.
It caused tingles to travel inside her body.
She was positive, that if she wasn’t on her period, Dante would have bent her over the desk or fucked her on the desk.
Imagining it made her nipples bead against the lace of her bra. Maybe another time.
“I was just thinking that it might make more sense for me to go back to my place and wait for you there.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know how it will look with me sitting here when the other girls come up to get their money.”
“No worries. I gave their money to Ed to take down and hand out.”
“Oh, but I better go down for mine. If I’m not there, that will cause suspicions and rumors.
“No worries. They will think you are still cleaning up the bar and when you’re not there, they will either assume you came up to get it or you left for the night.”
“Ok.”
“Come. Sit on my lap.”
“Dante. We better not.” She wanted to sit on his lap and kiss him without a care in the world. Not having to wonder if people were going to come in and catch them together and what their coworkers were going to think or say.
She longed for it to be real which was weird.
She knew Dante was as anti-relationship as her.
Why else would he have agreed to her deal?
But she was tired of sneaking around like she was a bad person doing something she shouldn’t be doing.
They were two consenting adults and it shouldn’t matter, but it was the whole workplace romance that was the issue.
“Come on.” He held out a hand for her.
She couldn’t deny him or herself so she moved closer and took his hand. She let him pull her down into his lap, with her legs draped to one side. He lowered his head and kissed her.
“Dante, wait.” She tried to stop him. The door wasn’t closed or locked, but it was quick to disappear when he deepened the kiss.
Her hands slid up his chest and around his neck.
Her fingers tunneled a path through his thick hair.
She moaned into his mouth and he used the entrance to slip his tongue inside her mouth.
His hands dropped down to her rear and he helped guide her hips over his cock. He held them still while he ground up on her and she ground on him.
Madison was panting for breath. Dante used that time to kiss down the side of her neck.
“Dante.”
“I know, baby. I just can’t get enough of you. Go sit on the couch as far away from me as possible. I hope then I won’t be as tempted.”
Madison climbed out of his lap and went over to the couch. She needed something to distract herself so she pulled out her sketch pad to work on some new designs. She was happy with what she had picked out of her designs for fashion week, but she always had new ideas.
She looked up to see Dante back at work and with no longer the threat of them losing control.
She lost herself in her designs. That wasn’t to say she blocked him out in a complete way.
She still was giddy that not only did she sit in his lap with the door open where they could get caught, but she was excited to go to his place.
Madison was sure they would have a great time and it would be another great memory to add to her growing pile to reflect on and remember after they broke up.
It seemed like only a short time later that Dante came over and tapped her on the shoulder. He sat down next to her on the sofa.
“Hey, are you all right?” He looked into her lap at her designs. “Oh I see, you were lost in your designs. They look nice.”
Madison looked up at the clock over his head. It was on the verge of time for her to take her birth control pill. They had spent another hour and half in Dante’s office while he finished with what he had to do.
“Yeah, sorry. Were you calling me?”
“Yes.”
“It’s normal when I’m designing or working I get in the flow, and everything else gets pushed to the side. Are you ready to go?”
“Yeah, let me pack up a few things. I like to clean my desk before I leave. Gives me a fresh start each day.”
Dante finished packing up and Madison packed up her stuff as well. They were done around the same time. He picked up her overnight bag and then slung her dance duffel over his shoulder before he reached for her hand.
They walked out hand in hand together. Dante opened the door for Madison and got her settled into the car before he put her stuff in the back of his car before he climbed in the driver’s seat and then took her to his place.
When they got there, Dante helped her out. “Let me let you in and then I’ll come back and grab the bags.”
Madison followed Dante into his place and was impressed with what it looked like. She couldn’t believe he had done most of it on his own.
“Wow, this looks amazing. This must have cost a lot of money.” She told him when he came back to the house. “How much did you spend on everything? I’d love to know what things you did. Do you have before and after pictures?”
“I do. Let me give you the tour.” He set her bags near the front door and then took her hand as they walked around the place.
Dante showed her where he replaced the tile and took off the wallpaper. The light fixtures that he had changed out. There was so much to look at, she didn’t know where to look first.
The kitchen wasn’t state of the art, but it was functional with stainless steel appliances. He kept the same aesthetic as he had in his office, with minimal clutter and sleek black furniture with metal accents. They ended up back at the front door.
“Let me get your bag and we can look at the bedroom. There I did a ton of work.”
“I can’t wait to see.”
Dante bent down to get her overnight bag and then led her to his bedroom. To say it was impressive was an understatement. She didn’t know what to look at first. The focal point of the room was a huge king-size bed.
It was also black, and the nightstands carried the theme of black in color with the metal accents. The sheets and comforter were black and looked like satin from what she could see. The bed was neat, as was the rest of the room.
She turned around and found in the other wall across from the bed was a tiled fireplace. It looked warm and inviting and like something you could enjoy when it was cold outside, but nothing she wanted on this hot August day.
“Come, I want to show you the master bath.”
Madison walked in, and it looked like something out of a magazine. It looked like it was done in black marble or granite with silver flecks in it. There was a huge soaking tub and on the other side was a freestanding shower that looked big enough to hold at least three adults.
“Here I know you’ve had a hard and long day. Let me run a bath for you.” Dante drew her over to the bath and sat on the edge. He turned on the chrome faucets to get the right temperature and then plugged the tub and let the water run to fill it.
“Here you go. I’ll leave you alone to soak in the tub. Take as long as you want, and I’ll have something special for you when you get out.”
“Thank you.” Madison appreciated that he left her alone to undress. On the edge of the tub she found some bath salts. They smelled like Dante’s cologne. Did he enjoy taking baths too?
She was a water girl. She loved baths and long hot showers. As the tub filled, she adjusted the temperature hotter and closer to her liking and then threw in a handful of bath salts.
The salts hit the water and sent their fragrance into the room. It smelled like Dante was surrounding her, and she couldn’t wait to get into the water and have it wash all over her.
She was appreciative of Dante taking the time to set a bath for her. She was tired and sore, not only from work at the club, but the work she had done on her design and then just the fact that she was on her period.
She finished undressing and slipped into the warm and inviting water. From the water the scent was even stronger. The scent of musk and wood tickled her nose and filled her lungs with each deep breath that she took.
Madison was curious as to what the surprise was. She knew Dante still remembered that she was on her period so they wouldn’t be having sex. Did he plan on teasing her and giving her an orgasm without penetration? She guessed she would find out soon enough.