Falling for Rome (Star Studded Book 1) by Gillian Archer

Author:Gillian Archer [Archer, Gillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2022-02-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Rome

The entire bottom dropped out of my world. She felt dirty? After sleeping with me?

This time it was my breath that hitched. She hadn’t totally consented? That couldn’t be true. She’d been with me every step of the way. She’d never said no once. I’d felt her orgasm. I’d held her after and we’d teased each other.

Only now she felt dirty.

Christ.

I let go of her to run my hands through my hair. “That’s… Christ.” My agony leached into my words.

“You’re my boss. You are literally paying me to date you, and I slept with you. That makes me a—”

“Don’t say it,” I cut her off. “Don’t fucking think it. You are not, and I seriously doubt you’ve ever been that. Just don’t.”

“Doesn’t change how I feel. I mean, you’re paying me money, and I had sex with you. I feel so dirty.” She wrapped the sheet tighter around herself as she hunched into herself in front of me.

I couldn’t let her think that about herself. I had to fix this. Grabbing her hand, I pulled her to the plush seating area by the windows. After sitting, I tugged her toward me, wanting her on my lap. I just had to hold her right now. But she wouldn’t let me. She pulled her hand away and avoided my eyes. “Fine. Take the chair.” I nodded to the seat next to me. “But I’m not letting you leave until we talk about this.”

Sophia huffed but still sat in the chair I’d indicated. She wouldn’t look at me though.

There was so much I had to say, but where to start? “I don’t think I have to tell you that I’m attracted to you.”

Sophia snorted. “Yep, I got that message.”

“Right. Well, I also don’t think I have to tell you that dating me isn’t exactly normal.”

“I get that,” she replied softly. Her hair hung in her face, shielding her expressive face from me. More than anything, I wanted to see what she was thinking. I loved how her every thought played across her face, but I decided to give her that little bit of emotional space.

“And I know that you have been my employee and now we have this weird quasi-business relationship.” Was I rambling? I just didn’t know what the hell to say. I wanted to make this better. I wanted to do this again with her. I hadn’t really dated much—arranged relationships didn’t count. I didn’t know how she’d fit into my life or where this could realistically go, but I had to find out.

So I said as much.

“I uh, I like you, Soph.” Christ, this was why I had writers. I was no good with coming up with my own dialogue. “I’d like to do this again. I want to date you. For real.”

A tension filled silence hung between us. Then Sophia made this sound halfway between a snort and a gulp. “Are you serious? You’re not just saying this because I was freaking out?”

“No, I’m serious. We should’ve talked about this before we slept together, but I’ve been fighting my attraction to you since we met.

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