To Have and Hate by Alam Donna

Author:Alam, Donna
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Donna Alam
Published: 2019-08-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

OLIVIA

The car journey back to the hotel is tense. Or maybe that’s just me. And maybe tense isn’t the right word for the way I feel. I’m not exactly nervous but more excited. Jumpy and a little on edge.

Or maybe I just want to jump on him.

We don’t speak, and I dare not open my mouth for fear of where it might end. And I don’t mean with words but in actions. In destinations. In the places I want to test and taste. Don’t ask me why or how. I still don’t fully understand how I can be here today under these conditions and still want him like this.

‘This car has a privacy screen,’ Beckett murmurs as though reading my thoughts. His hand reaches out, his fingers entwining with my own.

‘Don’t even think about it,’ I whisper back, turning to the darkened passenger window.

‘Why not? You were.’ Strange how I can hear the smirk in his words without even having to look. ‘There might be some symmetry in it,’ he suggests. Or dares.

I turn back to face him again. ‘You want the first time this happens to be in the back of a car? Maybe Reggie was right. Maybe you do have a fetish.’

‘I’m just teasing,’ he protests.

‘Such a boy.’

He reaches out to cup my cheek, bringing my face closer to his as he whispers, ‘But this man is going to fuck you in the car sometime soon.’ My insides begin to pulse in response to the image his declaration paints. ‘And you’re going to beg me to make it happen.’

‘Don’t build your hopes up too high,’ I whisper back as I slowly pull away. The push and pull, the taunt and the challenge—it’s like our foreplay. ‘The contract said consummation. In my mind, that happens just once.’

‘We’ll see,’ he purrs smugly as I turn back to my evening view.

‘Fun Olivia fact for you.’ I rub my lips together nervously as, a little later, we make our way to the elevator. I don’t know what’s making me more nervous; being in the tight scary space with Beckett or what will follow afterwards. ‘I hate these things; elevators, I mean.’ I bury my nose in my bouquet as if I could hide from him.

‘I know.’ The doors open, and he takes my hands as we step into the empty compartment. ‘Heather told me the day I turned up in your office.’

‘Heather.’ I pull an unhappy face in an effort to fight my smile. ‘Don’t laugh. Her social media skills are vast. Plus, she doesn’t cost me a lot of money, payroll-wise.’

‘I wouldn’t presume to make fun of your talent management skills,’ he replies, tugging me closer and wrapping his hands loosely around my waist. It’s like we’re already familiar with the ebb and flow of the other’s body. Sure, the cocktails have helped, but it seems more than that, almost as though it’s on a cellular level.

‘Sure, that’s why you want the veto on all new hires.’

‘I just want to help you get the best out of E-Volve.

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