Strictly Business by Rose Iona

Author:Rose, Iona
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781913990718
Publisher: Somebooks
Published: 2023-11-23T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 24

Wyatt

“Hey,” I say, moving closer to her.

“Hi,” she replies.

She puts her cell phone in her purse. She doesn’t look or sound drunk, but Ruth was at least half right that she’s out here, so I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt for now.

“Are you ok?” I ask her.

“Yes, I’m great thanks,” she says. She smiles. “Thank you for the party.”

“Ah, it’s no big deal,” I say shrugging one shoulder.

“It is to me,” Serena says. She looks at me for a moment and then she closes the gap between us, grabs the lapels of my jacket and pulls my face down to hers and kisses me. I’m taken aback but the feel of her lips on mine, with their orangey sweetness, her eager little tongue pushing in between my lips, I can’t help but respond to her kiss. I wrap my arms around her, pulling her close, and I kiss her deeply. I never want the kiss to end, but there’s a voice in the back of my mind reminding me that she could be drunk, and I could be taking advantage of her, and that anyone from the office could step out here at any moment and catch us. That voice gets through to me and I force my lips away from Serena’s and I step back, removing my arms from around her. She lets go of my lapels and frowns at me. She looks hurt and I hate myself for putting that look on her face.

“I’m sorry,” I say.

It’s lame and it’s not enough but it’s all I’ve got.

“If you’re sorry for pulling away, then good, so you should be,” she says. “But if you mean you’re sorry for kissing me, well I’m not sorry it happened, and truthfully I don’t think that you are either.”

I sigh. I’m not sorry about the kiss. I should be, but I’m not. I am sorry for pulling away though. I could be kissing her now instead of standing here wishing I was. But I won’t take advantage of her.

“You’re drunk Serena,” I say. “I don’t want to take advantage of you.”

“What are you talking about? I’m not even close to drunk. I’ve had one glass of champagne and one mimosa,” she says.

“But didn’t you come out here to get some air because you were drunk?” I say with a frown.

“What? No. I came out because my cell phone rang,” she said. “I knew I wouldn’t be able to hear inside.”

“But Ruth said …” I start to say and then I stop. “Oh, never mind.”

Ruth got it wrong. Serena is as close to sober as if she hadn’t even had a drink and she kissed me because she wanted to. I think of the reasons this shouldn’t happen even if we are both sober, but suddenly, they don’t seem so important and all I want is Serena. I lean in close to her and whisper in her ear.

“To,” I say into her right ear and then I kiss her neck.

“Be,” I say into her left ear and then I kiss that side of her neck.

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