Finally, sometime around four that morning, sleep took me. I was less than pleasant when the alarm went off two hours later.
“Up, sleepyhead. We’re going to be late.” Alfie popped my naked ass.
“Just one more hour. Please.” I rolled over and pulled at the covers.
“Nope. Come on. Get up and get ready. I want to introduce you to everyone at the office this morning. I already spoke with Bill, and he’s excited to meet you. You know, him and Gary actually went to Uni together.”
“Gary?” I rolled over and realized that I still owed Gary a phone call. I wouldn’t be coming in for a chat over getting my job back. It was a little unnerving to think I was placing so much hope in mine and Alfie’s relationship, but it was the right thing to do.
“Yep. Get up. I made pancakes.” He ran his hand down my thigh and squeezed. “And if you don’t get up soon, I’m going to strip and get back in the bed with you. You are far too inviting lying there like that.”
“Yeah, cause that’s a great reason for me to get out of this warm bed that smells like the man I love.” I rolled over and chucked a pillow at him.
“Tease.” He walked out of the room, and I rolled on my side, closing my eyes and breathing in deeply. Every desire I had for my future seemed to be teetering on the next few months and how things went with me and Alfie.
Time to get up and make things happen.
I got up and put on my favorite suit before doing my hair and makeup. Alfie called for me down the hallway, and I walked out with a smile on my face.
“What? It takes a little while to get all done up.”
He glanced up from the bottom of the stairs, the look on his handsome face one I wanted to memorize. “Wow. You’re not going looking like that. Go put a bag on your head and get some sweat bottoms on.”
I laughed. “I look nice?” I turned around slowly as he whistled.
“I’m hard as a rock. Does that help?” He turned and walked toward the door. “I’m two hours late, by the way. Bring your beautiful self down here, and let’s go.”
“What about breakfast?” I jogged down the stairs as best I could in heels.
“Here you go, madam.” An older gentleman walked out of the kitchen with a to-go plate in his hands. “I put a cup of butter and syrup in there for you.”
“You must be William.” I extended my hand toward him. “All of the time that I had spent here, and we never had a chance to actually meet though I’ve seen you here and there.”
He glanced at Alfie and chuckled. “Master said to make ourselves rather ghost like unless we’re needed to perform a duty.”
“Well, please don’t do that in the future. I like getting to thank you for all you’re doing.” I shook his hand and smiled as his cheeks flushed pink.
“You flatter me, Miss Molly.”
“All right. You two stop.” Alfie opened the door and shook his head as I laughed and walked out into the brisk morning.
“What? I was just saying thank you.” I reached for his hand after he closed the door.
He lifted our intertwined fingers to his lips and kissed my hand. “A beautiful woman saying just about anything pleasant here will cause a man to trip over himself. Behave.”
I snorted. “Not happening.”
“Good.” He squeezed my hand and released it as we reached the car. “I’ll enjoy spanking you rightly then each night.”
“Can we call the spanking foreplay?” I moved to my side of the car and licked the side of my mouth.
“Such a bad girl, Molly. What am I going to do with you?”
I got into the car and buckled up before smiling over at him. “I can think of a few things.”
“Save them for the ride home. I’d hate to scare everyone in the office with our attraction.”
“Hmmm… Might do them some good to lighten up.”