36. CHAPTER 36
SEBASTIAN
T he view I had of Aria from my office was the only good thing about it.
She hadn’t noticed me admiring her, but I couldn’t help it.
Damn, that woman had stolen my heart.
After everything she’d been through, she’d still managed to come out the other side. I admired her for it. She was strong, even if she didn’t believe it herself. She was so beautiful—and she was all mine.
A knock on the office door interrupted my thoughts. “Come in,” I said, glancing over.
Aria walked in, papers in hand. “You need to sign these.”
I leaned back in the chair, my eyes making their way over her shirt, the buttons whispering to me to rip them open. My gaze trailed down, and I arched my brow. I rose from my chair and leaned into her ear.
“I don’t ever want to see you in trousers again.”
She screwed up her face at me. “What are you talking about?”
“You’ll wear pencil skirts in this office.”
“Sebastian, you can’t tell me what to wear,” she snapped.
“You will wear pencil skirts so when I take you—and I will take you, Nyx—I’ll know your thighs will be rubbing together, sticky with my cum.”
I grabbed her arms, pulling her back against my chest, her breathing heavy. Her apple scent flooded me all at once as I traced my lips over her neck. I ran my hand over her stomach, reaching her pussy, the fabric of her trousers denying me easy access to that sweet drug.
“Fuck, Sebastian,” she whispered, her head tilting back into me.
I could still feel she’d dripped through as I rubbed back and forth.
“I don’t think we should be doing this in here,” she said breathlessly.
“I’m the boss; I can do anything I want, anywhere I want.”
I pulled her round to face me, resting my hands on her jaw. “I fucking need you now.”
My lips crashed into hers. The kiss was raw, almost primal, as I devoured her, sparks flying around my veins, trying to find any way to escape my body.
Someone cleared their throat, and I opened my eyes to see Serfina standing there with her arms crossed, a massive grin on her face.
“In the office, Sebastian, really?” Serfina teased.
I hadn’t even noticed her come through the door, I was so focused on Aria. I smirked at her, releasing Aria’s lips, and she turned to face Serfina.
“Can you blame me?” I asked her.
“Anyway, I’ve come to take Aria to lunch, if you can bear to be apart that long.”
I couldn’t, but I wasn’t going to stop her from doing anything she wanted.
“Let me get my things,” Aria said.
She placed her hands on my chest and kissed my cheek before joining Serfina.
“Nyx,” I called, stepping closer. “Take my card.” I pulled it out of my suit jacket.
“I can buy my own lunch.”
I rubbed my fingers over my chin, eyeing her up and down. “Get a pencil skirt.”
She rolled her eyes at me but plucked the card from my hand.
“Bye, lover-boy,” Serfina said before strolling out of the office with Aria.
I let out a little laugh as I sat back down in my chair.
I gathered all the paperwork together and placed it back in the file. My mind may have wandered a few times, but I couldn’t help it. I’d never felt this way before, and wasn’t sure if I was doing it right, but I didn’t want to stop.
I found myself scrolling through my phone, my fingers lingering over texting Aria or not. She hadn’t long left to go back to mine, but I already missed her. She’d offered to stay and help, but I’d told her she didn’t need to and had Logan come and collect her.
It was my fault; I hadn’t finished it, so I didn’t want her waiting longer than she had to.
I looked up at the sound of the door opening. Hayden walked in and sat in the chair in front of me, forcing me to place my phone down.
“You look different,” he said, eyeing me. “Happy.”
“Did I not look happy before?” I joked, leaning back in my chair.
“No, you looked like a brooding mess.”
I rolled my eyes. I wasn’t a brooding mess before; there was just never much happiness in my life. Aria had brought something out of me I never knew I could feel. Something I never thought I wanted until she came back into my life.
“You’ve gone soft. Guess love will do that to a man,” Hayden teased.
I rubbed my chin. Love? I hadn’t a clue what that felt like or if I was even capable of it.
“It’s nothing to be ashamed of. It happens to us all, eventually,” he continued.
“Just because you're under the thumb …”
“You think that, but that’s how you keep women happy. You let them believe they're the boss,” he said.
“You keep telling yourself that.”
He shook his head at me, but he knew I was right; he just wouldn’t admit it.
Then again, what did I know about love? I’d never had a relationship in my life, so who was I to know what was wrong or right? It felt strange, knowing that I had someone who was mine.
“Look,” Hayden said, leaning forward in the chair. “I get you're scared with all of this, but don’t ruin it by overthinking like you always do. What you have with Aria is special.”
He was right, as always. I did overthink everything, and if I let that take over, I would ruin it. Something I didn’t want to do. I wanted this. I wanted all of it. For once in my life, I was happy with where I was, and nothing would stop me from being with her.
“Besides, if you do fuck it up, Serfina will kill you, and I don’t feel like covering up a murder anytime soon.”
I let out a small laugh.
“You coming?” Hayden got up from the chair.
“I’ve got some things I need to do before I leave.”
Hayden nodded and made his way to the door. He paused, turning, and said, “She’s not your past, Sebastian. Don’t let that get in the way of her being your future.”