Perhaps, she had made a mistake in accepting this internship. Perhaps, she had made a mistake in accepting a date with an Alpha. But she hadn’t made a mistake in coming to Seattle and she was going to make it work, one way or another.CHAPTER SIXTEENThad
“What’s this?” Thad asked as he slid into the front seat beside Barron.
It had become normal now for him to sit in the front unless he was being dropped off someplace where it would look odd for him to be riding in the front with another dude. Getting out of the back made it obvious he had a driver instead of looking like he had one of his bros drop him off because he didn’t have a car of his own or had one too many DUIs.
It was one of the many small nuances that didn’t matter to most people. In his business, it was all about appearances and stupid, petty things like that had influence. Sometimes, he wished he could just walk away from it all and live off grid somewhere, but his Alpha side enjoyed his work, mostly. It was just the pomp and circumstance that went with it that was a drag.
“My neighbor asked me to bring that to you this morning.”
Thad picked it up and looked at it for a moment before dropping it on the seat and looking out the window to hide his expression from Barron. So, this was how it was then. A woman who wanted to see you and had an excuse to do so, would take the opportunity. She deliberately sought out Barron as a go-between to avoid contact.
“Everything okay?”
“Yeah. Thanks for bringing this to me.”
“No problem.”
The rest of the ride was quiet as he sat and looked out the window. He wasn’t sure what he was feeling. It was foreign to him. Women came. Women went. He was never attached to them. In fact, there were quite a few he had to be the one who stepped up to the plate and tell them not to keep calling or stopping by. He’d dated his fair share of crazies, and Jaycee wasn’t the first woman who had not felt he was her cup of tea. She was the first one that mattered, though.
Work seemed to take on a gray tone. She was all he could think about for a while, but he eventually managed to focus on his job. By four, he felt mentally and emotionally exhausted, but he had one last meeting with the Hutchins group at their new building. There was some hope that she’d be there, but he knew there was no reason for Nasteau to attend and thus, no reason for her to be present.
“Thank you so much for this, Thad. We are super excited to have everything signed so we can start making plans for the renovations,” Darryl Hutchins, the elderly leader of the Hutchins Group told him, shaking his hand with a pretty fierce handshake for an eight-six-year-old man.
“You’re welcome. More than happy to help,” Thad replied. “Just come by the office tomorrow with your lawyers. We’ve got a copy of the purchase contract from Nasteau, but we’ll need you to sign off on some final papers with us. Once that is done, we’ll cut the check to finalize the deal.”
“Fantastic. Thanks again.”
Thad excused himself and returned to the car, this time climbing into the backseat. Back at home, he felt drained, and rather than doing any work in his office or going for a night run as he sometimes did in wolf form, he had a simple meal of pâté on crackers and a few glasses of wine. Putting her out of his mind, he finally went to bed, but his dreams only brought her back to him.
This time, there was no resistance. In his dreams, she became his, giving in to his Alpha and accepting his dominance.
She stood in front of him, waiting for his command and when he gave it, she slipped to her knees, gently licking the tip of his cock as he slipped it back and forth across her lips. He pushed further against them each time, enjoying the way she looked up at him like a picture of innocence.
Her mouth opened to accept the tip of his cock as his pre-cum formed and lubricated her lips. He leaned in, letting her take more and more of him in, his hands tangled in her long, thick hair and guiding her. A moan escaped the back of his throat as she reached up with a single hand and took hold of his shaft, slowly slipping it up and down to meet her mouth as she pulled more of him in.
He growled deeply as she took him all in; her tiny mouth accepted his considerable dick with some difficulty but she was unwilling to give up. He was hard, so hard that she gagged against the stiffness filling the back of her throat. His hips pumped forward and back, giving her only seconds to catch her breath between thrusts. She made slurping noises that only made him hornier.