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“Possibly,” I reply playfully

“You have exactly one minute so let’s not waste it”

I turn in h-rise where Jackson’s office is housed, als crossed, her sex hot and wet as she reacts sensually toto hers “I’ this weekend”

“Oh,” she says, and I hear the smile in her voice “Do I need a passport?”

“No, we’re staying local”

“Any hints on where we’re going?”

“Absolutely none”

She laughs quietly and then her laughter abruptly ends, telling me Jackson has come to her desk I wouldn’t put it past the fool that he’s been listening in on all her conversations to catch when I would call “Thank you for calling, Mr Maxwell” Another pause, and then she adds quietly, obviously to avoid Jackson’s eavesdropping, “Now stop bothering me at work You know the rules You can’t see or speak to me before the weekend That’s all you paid for”

“Rules are meant to be broken,” I tell her firmly

“Not these rules”

My mouth creases in heated a me what I can and cannot have, Aria?”

“That’s because that is what I’”

There’s the push in her voice that she does so well The edge that she knows drives ame She knows it So do I She pushes and pushes and pushes, teasing and toying withhow much I want to take control “Do you knohat happens when you cage a beast, Aria?” I ask her slowly, feeling the burn of power slide through my veins

Her breath hitches through the phone line, and her voice, while firm, heats with promise “He sleeps”

The phone line goes dead