Tempt Me (The Macintyre Brothers 1)

I ended the call and turned back to my computer screen. I had an image of the hotel we'd be staying on my desktop and was imagining the warmth of the sun, the clear blue water and the sound of the surf outside our hotel room.

It was totally crazy of me to be fantasizing about a getaway to Bali when I should have been focused on my business, but at that moment, it was all I could think of. I checked my watch. Ella was scheduled to arrive at her desk any moment and I hoped she'd be pleased with the tickets and flowers. I wanted to go down to her office and watch her reaction, hoping she'd be really excited about it, but I held back. I wanted my fantasy to go the way I hoped it would -- with me at the airport and her showing up, ready for a dirty weekend alone with me at an all-inclusive resort.

I spent the rest of the morning trying to keep my mind off Ella's response to my offer, and instead, focused on the issues that had come up during the past week at the Chronicle. I had several meetings and wasn't able to even take a breather to think about Ella, and so at the end of the day, I realized that it was already six o'clock and I hadn't had the chance to sneak down to her office.

Once everyone was gone from my office, I closed up and made my way down the elevator, deciding to check her desk and see if she'd done anything about the offer. I used my keycard to get inside and found Sharon still working away at her desk.

"You're here late," I said, and tried to think up an excuse for why I was in the office. "I thought I'd stop by and see if there was any mail for me."

"We sent it up earlier," she said and frowned. "I'm pretty sure the mail clerk was already here. Didn't you receive your mail?"

"I was in meetings all afternoon. I'll check again tomorrow. Don't worry about it. How's Ella working out?"

Sharon leaned back and exhaled. "I'm so glad she's here. I'm just overwhelmed with work and she's helping me get caught up, bit by bit. I have a huge deadline on Monday, and I asked her to work through the weekend to get things cleared up. You know we have that meeting on Monday afternoon to discuss the Spring release schedule."

"Oh, right. It slipped my mind."

"I have Ella working on a presentation that I'll give to the sales department on why we've chosen a slate of books to purchase."

"I'm glad you have Ella to help. You should give her a few days off to compensate."

"I'm glad I have her, too. Believe me, if she wasn't here, there's no way I'd get finished this by Monday. But you're right -- I should give her a few days off this week. I'll need her here for follow-up on Tuesday and Wednesday but she could have a long weekend."

"That sounds like a great idea and very fair, considering she isn't being paid."

"I know," Sharon said and raised her eyebrows. "I'm so lucky to have her."

"Okay, then," I said and glanced around. "If there's nothing else, I'll leave you to it. And thanks again, Sharon, for your hard work and dedication. I appreciate it."

"You know I love this work. There's nothing else I'd rather do."

I left her and popped my head into Ella's office on my way out. Her desk was piled with files and I saw the flowers on the desk beside her phone. The envelope with the tickets was gone, so she must have taken them home with her.

I'd have to change the date of the trip -- I didn't want to make Ella choose between her job and a hot weekend with me.

I took the elevator up to the apartment and sat down at my desk, signing into my account and changing the dates of the trip to Bali. I was lucky -- there were still seats and rooms available for the new dates and so I printed off the tickets and boarding passes once more.

I wrote a short note to her, explaining.

Ella, I understand Sharon needs you to work this weekend to get the presentation ready for the meeting on Monday. I've changed the dates for the trip to Bali to reflect this. I hope I'll see you next Thursday at the Emirates lounge. I hope you show up and help fulfill one of my fantasies.

Then, I waited until I was sure Sharon would be gone and slipped down to the office, leaving the new boarding pass and tickets on Ella's desk. I smiled to myself as I went back up to my apartment. I would have preferred to go to Bali that Thursday rather than waiting but it couldn't be helped.

I went to sleep that night and imagined my time with Ella at the resort in Bali. I hoped she'd show up next Thursday. If she didn't, I'd have to change the tickets again and find a way to convince her that coming with me was what she really wanted to do. In the meantime, I lay in my bed in the darkness, my hard cock in my hand, and remembered my hour of forbidden delights with Ella at the Ritz-Carlton.

The next mo

rning, after my usual routine, I showed up to my office and was hit right away with meeting after meeting with editors and my business manager, trying to get everything in place for the relaunch of the paper. On my way down to the thirty-second floor where the offices of my new paper were located, Ella got on the elevator and the expression on her face when she saw me was priceless. Her eyes widened and I saw her choking back a smile as she stood in front of the control panel and selected her floor. There were three other people in the elevator at the time who were on their way down to the lobby, so there was no way I could talk to her. She stood with her back to me, and I admired her sleek red-brown hair and her shapely butt under a navy blue dress that hugged her body.

Damn... I wished she was mine so I could grab her hand and take her with me up to the apartment for a bit of afternoon delight. Maybe take her to my office and lay her back on my desk and fuck her in front of the Manhattan skyline seen through my office window.

But she wasn't and so I couldn't.

"How's the paper coming along?" a voice asked and I snapped out of my reverie of fucking Ella and turned to the man beside me. It was Clint Jones from the ad agency a floor below the offices of the Chronicle. We'd met several times at various business functions.

"Oh, Clint. Didn't see you there. Everything's going fine. Just getting things off the ground in the next few months, if all goes well."

The elevator stopped at Ella's floor and I was sad to see her get off. Then, I was hit with a flash of inspiration.