What If

I see a blush rise on her cheeks. “It’s pretty racy stuff.”

Lust buzzes in my ears. “Oh yeah? Then I want you to act out what you wrote. With me, of course.”

She giggles as I squeeze her leg.

We talk like we’ve known each other forever the rest of the way to the precinct.

At work, I keep her next to me while I show her around. Gerald comes around when we get to my desk, and I sit her down, standing behind her like a centurion.

“Hi.” Gerald gives me an odd look.

“Gerald, this is Jessie. Jessie, Gerald. We’ve worked together for a lot of years. He was at—”

“Hi, yes.” Jessie cranes her neck around to look up at me then at Gerald. “You were there for my first ever barfight. You brought me ice. Thank you. I’m not sure I ever got to say thank you.”

Gerry shrugs with a nod. “Not a problem. Someone scooted you out of there pretty fast. Looks like you’ve recovered.”

“She’s good.” I’m feeling more protective of her every second. Other colleagues are shooting us looks from around the room, and it’s making me uncomfortable.

Not that I care than anyone knows I’m with her. I want the world to know. But I feel like she’s on display and that doesn’t sit well with me. I guess I still want her all to myself. Maybe in time that feeling will pass, but then again maybe not.

She makes some more small talk with Gerald before he gives me a crooked smile and excuses himself.

Jessie looks around my desk and reaches over to run a finger along the top of the only picture I have there.

“Is this your family?” She looks up with those wide eyes picking up the frame and inspecting it before sitting it back in its place.

“Yes. Mom, Dad and…” I take a quick breath before finishing. “My brother Jeff.”

“He looks like you. Are you close? With all of them? Sorry, I mean with him. You told me your parents are passed away.”

This is not where I wanted to have this conversation, so I keep the answer simple for now. I know I’ll need to tell her more in time, but with some wounds, they are always tender.

“We were.” I clear my throat and step around to the edge of the desk looking down at her as she waits for more. “They’re all gone. I don’t have any other family really. A few aunts and uncles, cousins on the west coast but I haven’t seen any of them for years.”

“God.” Jessie brings her fingers to her lips. “I’m so sorry. Someday I hope you will feel comfortable telling me what happened. But I don’t think this is the place or time.”

How she reads me so well sometimes still takes me back, and I nod.

“Yes, I will baby — some other time. But, yes, we were all close. I loved them all very much. I do want you to know that.”

I scoot her around for a quick loop of the rest of the precinct. My need for her is growing with every passing second and walking around work sporting a hard-on will not do anything for my image so I wrap it up and get us back in the truck making a quick line back to my place.

By the time I get her inside the door I’m ravenous for her.

“Here.” I reach over and take her purse and laptop bag and set them on the long table behind the sofa in my apartment. Although she saw the loft space with my orchids last night, this floor is homier and better suited to her work.

“Wow, this is beautiful. It’s hard and soft all at the same time.” She looks up and around at the big space and the high ceilings.

“Thanks. But there is something here that is beautiful, and it’s not the place.”

I move in front of her and without hesitation grab her jean jacket and slide it down her arms. Her eyes go wide, but she doesn’t try to stop me as I untie her red dress and throw it open, revealing what’s mine. As I push it off her shoulders, she gasps, flinching as it falls to the floor. Then it’s her bra. Next, I’m down on my knees, working off her shoes and leaving just me, at pussy level, with panties between us.

I lean forward, biting at the fabric and breathing her in. I grab the entirety of her pussy through her panties and feel the wetness soaked through, making the tip of my dick seep with cum.

Desire crashes through me as I hear her breath hitch then speed up as I kiss and bite at the soft flesh of her belly.

“You want more?” I look up to see her lips fallen open and a wild look in her eyes.