Seduced by the Football Player

Author:Dez Burke [Burke, Dez]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dez Burke
Published: 2013-02-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

I lead Chris through to one of the large conference rooms. It has an oval shaped glass table in the center, with eight chairs spaced around it. On the far wall, there’s a 40 inch LED flat screen, which currently displays the newspaper’s logo written in bold red.

Other than a buttock-clenching awkward, ’Hi’, when I saw him standing patiently by my desk, I haven’t managed to say a word to him. He’s remained silent, too. However, casting surreptitious glances at him, I see him smile warmly, clearly not suffering from any similar embarrassment.

“Take a seat,” I suggest, watching his broad, strong back, as I close the door quietly behind us.

“Thanks,” he murmurs, not bothering to actually place himself in a chair and settling for perching on the edge of the table.

My eyes immediately dart to his thick, muscular thigh as it’s pressed against the fabric of his charcoal gray tracksuit pants. But his hand is soon obscuring my view.

“I take it your editor assumes I’m here for an interview,” he comments casually, as one sneakered foot swings back and forth.

Avoiding his gaze, as I make my way further into the room and take a seat approximately opposite him, I reply, “Yeah, we were just discussing the Nike launch and she mentioned that my article needed something more.”

“So, when I turned up, she assumed I was the something more?” he asks, with a hint of a smirk.

“Something like that,” I shrug.

“Is that why you haven’t been answering my calls? Was it just a ruse to get me to come down here?”

“No,” I quickly assure him.

“Then why haven’t you been answering my calls?” he counters, the smile vanishing from his face, as he regards me closely.

Feeling like a bug under a microscope, I shuffle uncomfortably in my seat. What is it they say? The best defense is offense.

“Why have you been trying to call me?” I challenge, folding my arms beneath my bosom and leaning back in my chair. “I mean, surely you get everything you want from me last night?”

His strong jaw falls open slightly, as his brow creases with incredulity. “Excuse me?” his deep, warm voice scoffs.

“You had your fun,” I continue, ignoring what seems to be genuine surprise on his face. “Time to move on to the next conquest, isn’t it?” As the words flow, I push my chair back and rise to my feet. Not entirely sure what I’m doing, I march toward the door. “So, I figure we don’t have anything to talk about,” I finish bluntly, throwing the door open wide and standing aside. With a dramatic gesture of my right hand, I offer him the way out.

His upper body had followed me, and is now twisted around so he’s half facing me and the door. Disbelief is still etched on his face. I guess this is because he’s unused to women calmly accepting that one night was just one night.

“Have I done something to offend you?” he asks, cocking his head to one side.

“Look,” I sigh, reluctantly tugging the door closed, in case my next words are overheard.

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