“She’s great. Thanks, Holden. I wanted to tell you that I really like Conleigh. She seems like a real good girl. I hope you hang onto her and ya know…just treat her right.”
I chuckle and smile. “Yeah, I plan on it. Thanks. She really likes you too.”
Business is picking up and she gets right to it, taking orders and serving drinks.
I have a good feeling that things are only going to continue to improve. Nothing can hold me down, at least that is how I feel until Reese comes strutting through the bar with mascara streaked eyes. I groan inwardly as my nostrils flare.
Why is she here? Can’t she get it through her head that I am done with her and have been for years. I shake my head as she stands before me looking pathetic. Her hands are shaking as she grips the divorce papers between her fingers.
“Can we talk, in private?”
“My office,” I tell her turning my back to her and not bothering to check if she is following behind me. I know she is. Her desperation is like a damn rain cloud hovering over my head.
I take a seat behind the desk and tell her to have a seat. She opts to sit on the edge of my desk.
“Get up and sit your ass in the chair if you want me to talk to you. I’m not playing games here, Reese.”
She pouts her red painted lips and has the nerve to appear wounded. “Fine.” She slams the papers down on the desk. “I’m not signing these until we settle a few things.”
“There is nothing to say. I’ve moved on and for years you did whatever in the hell you wanted. You’re a selfish bitch who only thinks of herself. So, what is it? You want money? Because, I don’t have any.”
Reese gets in my face. “I only want you. I said I was sorry. I made a mistake. I know you forgave Wren. So, why not me? You loved me once. I know you can love me again.” She grabs my hand and presses it between her breasts. I can feel her erratic heartbeat. “Let me show you.” I jerk my hand away.
“Don’t. It isn’t happening.”
“Come on, Hold. You know you want me. I can see it in your eyes. One last time then for old times’ sake. It can be like it used to be. You can fuck me any way you want right here on your desk.”
“What I want is for you to sign the goddamned papers and get out of my life.”
She ignores me, sliding the strap of her shirt down and exposing her breast. She cups her tit, bends her head down, and licks her nipple.
“You’re seriously pathetic.”
“Not as pathetic as you’re going to feel when you go home and find your girl gone. I saw Ezra and her loading a moving van before I came here. I went to the apartment to find you and well, I found them embracing.” She smirks as I frown.
“I don’t believe you.”
She licks her bottom lip. “Why would I lie to you?” She attempts to straddle me in the chair and the only thing stopping me from shoving her onto her ass is the thought that she will hit her head on the sharp corner of the desk. “See, you knew deep down that she was going to go back to him.” She moves in to kiss me and I stand up, dropping her to her feet.
“I told you to stop. All you are doing is embarrassing yourself. Sign the papers, Reese.”
“No. We belong together.” She steps into my personal space and leans up on her tiptoes. I look into her eyes and she really believes that. “Kiss me,” she begs.
“If I kiss you, will you sign the papers and leave me the hell alone?”
“I promise. Just kiss me and tell me that you don’t love me, and I will give you what you want.”
“Sign the papers first and then…” I dip my head down. My mouth a quarter of an inch from hers. My beard is practically tickling her bottom lip. “Then I’ll take you right here on this desk. I’ll give you one last fuck to remember me by. One last fuck to wish you had never walked away from me.”
She smiles satisfied and I reach around her to grab a pen.
I watch eagerly as she signs on the line and dates it. I take the papers and lock them in my desk and she seriously starts to get undressed.
She bats her lashes at me and pulls her top off.
“How do you want me?”
Milking it for what it’s worth, I walk around the desk, making for the door as though I intend to lock it. Just as my hand goes to the knob, Conleigh pushes through from the other side.