He laughs, a dirty chuckle that makes me shiver.
“I would love to see his face if you turned up smelling like sex with both of us,” he murmurs.
I chuckle knowing exactly what his face would look like. “As much fun as that would be for me, probably not so much for you two,” I say lightly. He lets me push him off me as I turn the shower jets on and step inside.
I know why Cole didn’t want to waste any more time. He is plainly worried that Constantine will make good on his threat to ‘throw his hat in the ring’ as he put it, if Cole doesn’t play the game his way.
O nce I’m clean and dry, I dress carefully choosing a cream sleeveless shirt and a black skirt and of course, black Louboutins. I pull my hair into a messy bun and I’m ready to go. CK said not to bother bringing anything so all I have is my briefcase.
Devon gives me a tight hug and a fierce kiss. “Have fun,” he drawls but I can tell he isn’t happy about me leaving him.
Cole kisses me softly. “I love you.”
“I love you too. Thank you for this. You have no idea what it means to me,” I reply.
He shrugs. “I can handle this with Devon. But don’t ask me to have a four-way with your sire there. I just can’t.”
I nod, accepting that. Chances are, CK won’t ever want that anyway. “I’ll call you later on. Play nice with Devon,” I smirk as I swirl out of our bedroom in L.A. and into the reception at The Council HQ six thousand miles away.
C K is waiting for my arrival and pulls me into a firm hug when he sees me.
“It is good to see you, Aefre. Alone at last,” he says with that heavenly smile that makes me just want to ditch work and go straight back to his penthouse.
“It’s good to see you too.” I tilt my head up and he kisses me chastely in front of Giulia who hides her smile behind the file she is holding.
“Hi, Giulia. Nice to see you too,” I say with a smile.
She hands me the file and says, “You too. Welcome to your first official day!”
I thank her and take the file. Clipped to it is my ID badge.
CK leads me to the elevators and up we go, hand in hand to our offices.
“I’m a bit intrigued to see what it is you, or rather we, do here,” I say with a slight laugh and he laughs too.
“Yes, it is a bit of a mystery to those outside, but you will catch up quickly my clever girl.”
I preen at his compliment. We go to my office first. I go around the desk and place my briefcase on the floor. I sit and swivel in my new chair.
“We can talk freely in here,” CK says, shutting the door.
“Freely?”
“It has been spelled so that no one can overhear us,” he explains.
“Oh. Handy trick.”
“Expensive magick, my sweet,” he corrects me. “I want to start on this plan right away. The sooner it is over, the better for all concerned.”
“Okay, but like I said before, he is going to be suspicious enough without us just propositioning him,” I say with a frown.
“Oh, Aefre. You do need to think more of yourself sometimes. He already wants you, just make it known that you are open to it as long as I am willing to share. Leave the rest up to me,” he says.
Raising my eyebrow, I say, “Okay. I trust you.” I have noticed that he has only called me Aefre for a few weeks now. I wonder if he will ever go back to calling me Liv. I don’t want him to, so I hope not.
“Good girl. I say we make as much headway in the next two days and then we strike next week. Of course, Devon and Cole should come back with you, but they will leave as soon as it is done, and we can have our scheduled two days.”
Christ, he makes it sound so business-like. I scowl at him and he shrugs, unconcerned.