The Night Cap by Octavia Jensen

Author:Octavia Jensen [Jensen, Octavia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Flower Bone Publishing
Published: 2023-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven:

The Slip

Harvey

Slowly, I sip my coffee and stare at the absolute bitchface Dammit is giving me. I’m scared to move, scared to speak, scared to do anything at all for fear that Calliope might wake up and I’ll have to deal with the consequences of my actions.

I fucked up last night.

So, so badly.

It started with that damn kiss in my office two weeks ago. I knew I shouldn’t do it, but I was too adrenaline-filled and chaotic to make rational decisions and the way she bit her bottom lip drew me in like a siren’s song.

And stupid, foolish me should’ve known I’d never be satisfied with one kiss.

I take another drink of my coffee, ignoring the soft sounds of her snoring in my bed as Dammit judges me.

She’d been so perfect for me last night. Everything I’ve ever wanted. Women always claim they want a man who cares about their pleasure, but in my experience, it’s got an asterisk attached to it. Most can’t comprehend that a man can exist solely to please them. That they have nothing to be embarrassed about, they have nothing to fear. No orgasmic quotas to fill in order to be needed, wanted, cherished. I couldn’t care less if I come as long as my partner knows exactly how important she is.

It’s something my ex could never grasp, no matter how many times I tried to explain it, and then Calliope Marino comes in with her obnoxious pants and cheery personality and gets it the very first time.

God, where has she been all my life?

Dammit whines, so I reach down to pet his head. “Shh, boy. Let me enjoy this for a few more minutes, yeah?”

And that’s all it will be. Just a few more minutes, because I can’t. I just fucking can’t. I feel the fear squeezing my chest and making it hard to breathe already, and it’s only been a few weeks. If I let her in and she leaves, I don’t know what I’ll do.

This is why I’ve kept to myself. Why I’ve stayed single despite all the blind dates people have set me up on, all the worthy women who have come my way. None of them has been as worthy as her, and that’s what fucking terrifies me.

She’s my employee now. I knew better.

Standing, I go to refill my coffee cup and see her sitting up in bed when I turn back around.

Here we go.

“Good morning,” I say as gently as I can.

“Morning.” She smiles wide and sleepy at me while getting out of bed and heading into my bathroom, giving me a few more minutes to get my shit together. When she comes back out, she looks more awake. That smile hasn’t left her face. “How long have you been up?”

The kiss she places on my cheek nearly ruins my resolve. God, she’s so beautiful, it’s painful. “A while,” I hedge. “How’d you sleep?”

“Better than I have in... ever.” She laughs, pouring herself some coffee, but I see something change in her as she looks at me again.

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