I Hate, I Bake, and I Don’t Date! by Alina Jacobs

55

Beck

Ihad flat-out lied to Tess. It wasn’t even a half lie. It was a complete lie. And then I had used sex to really seal the deal.

It was ruthless and underhanded.

You had a good reason, I reminded myself as we rode in the car back to the tower. Tess was snuggled against me.

I couldn’t lose my sisters.

But it felt like I would end up losing Tess.

Being with her felt right. After listening to my father rant at us in the middle of the night about his horrible views on love and women, I had decided that I was never going to be in a relationship, and I certainly was never going to get married.

You can’t marry her.

I mean I could.

I wrapped an arm around Tess’s shoulders, drawing her against me as we walked into the tower lobby and toward the elevators to go up to my brother’s condo for a celebratory dinner.

No, I reminded myself. Once you fire her, that’s it. It’s over.

“It’s nice that you and your brothers get together for family meals and events,” Tess said. “When I was a kid, I would always dream of having a huge family with lots of siblings. Instead, I got Shannyn.”

“This is actually the most time I’ve spent with my brothers since we escaped the cult and moved to Harrogate,” I admitted. “And that was too much together time. It was the dead of winter in New York, and we had to all sleep in a big puppy pile to stay warm. Since we all made our billions, we haven’t spent all that much time together except for holidays.”

“It’s nice though, isn’t it?” she prompted.

“Yeah,” I said, smiling, “it is.”

Enola and Annie were at Mike’s condo, along with the rest of my brothers and sisters.

“We got the AstraDrone submission in, and we’re going to win. I know it!” Walker crowed. He handed me a drink and then handed Tess a whole bottle of champagne.

“I hear you did all the work. The brochure looks killer by the way. Nicely done! Also, Beck showed me pictures of the cookies. You need to start making those for favors we can give out at conferences.”

“Yes, let’s celebrate Beck salvaging a problem he created,” Greg said dryly.

“Those are the best kinds of problems to solve!” Liam said sagely.

“Thank you,”I told Tess in the hallway outside our rooms later that evening. “Walker’s right. We couldn’t have done it without you.”

“Just doing my job!” she joked.

“Well, it makes my job easier,” I said. I stroked her face. “I never wanted to date, but if I did, you would be it. I didn’t think we had much in common when I first hired you, but you’re scrappy, you never give up, and you don’t run away from a problem. I admire that. Tess, you’ve made my life better.”

“Really?” she said craftily. “Then maybe you can make my night a little better!”

“You mean you didn’t like being at the world’s most obnoxious family dinner?” I teased.

Tess laughed. “I definitely need a reward after!”

She skipped past me into the master suite, unbuttoning her shirt.

I removed my jacket. “I think we can arrange that.”

But instead of heading to the bed, she headed for the bathroom. “Great! Because all I’ve wanted to do since I moved in here was use your ginormous tub.”

I watched in disbelief as she sauntered into the bathroom.

She wanted to use my tub?

Fuck that.

Following after, I admired her as she leaned over the large tub, testing the water temperature.

She jumped when I wrapped my arms around her.

“It’ll take a few minutes for the tub to fill up,” I said, kissing her neck. She tilted her head to give me more access.

“Oh?”

Her face was turned away so I could not see her smile, but I heard it just fine. “Have any ideas about what we could do while we wait?”

“I was thinking of making you come. Then I’ll fuck you in this tub.” I dipped my hand in the water and splashed it. Perfect temperature. “And make you come again.”

I felt her breath hitch as it caught in her chest.

“Twice, huh? Ambitious.”

“I go two hundred percent. That’s how I made my billions,” I reminded her.

She turned around, grinning, her eyes sparkling with warmth and joy. She was so beautiful. I wanted this woman. Wanted more than just her body. I wanted—

No, slow down. You have to fire her, remember? This thing has an expiration date.

But I wanted to pretend that would never come to pass.

Instead, I let myself be distracted as her hands fell to my shirt buttons, all but ripping them open.

I kissed down the length of her neck, ending at her clavicle, where I bit down hard enough to make her jump.

She giggled and slapped playfully at my shoulder. I grabbed her tits, rubbing them. I couldn’t get enough of those tits. I bent down to kiss them one after the other, sucking on a nipple that pebbled delightfully under my tongue.

Tess clutched my head to her. The sounds of her soft moans echoed through the bathroom, bouncing off the walls and mingling with the sounds of water.

I reached under her skirt with my free hand and found her pussy, already nice and damp just for me.

Tess made another delighted sound and then let me lean her back right there on the floor. Her skirt was easy to unzip. I pulled it and her panties down and discarded them on the tile floor.

Maneuvering her to the edge of the marble vanity, I spread her legs apart and stroked the glistening pink slit. She moaned, louder than she had earlier that day. And now that we were alone, I could do more than I had in my office. I nipped her tits then spread her legs wider and pressed my mouth to her pussy, making her moan.

The little gasps and whimpers she made let me know how much she loved to have her clit licked and gently sucked. She spread her legs wide for me. Her fingers tangled in my hair, pushing me to her.

Wanting to really make her come undone, I stroked her pussy hard with two fingers, my tongue never leaving her clit. Her pussy was so tight as I added another finger to stroke inside of her. I couldn’t wait to thrust my cock in her. I wanted to make her feel every inch of me. My dick was so hard, but I wanted to draw out Tess’s pleasure first.

I felt her whole pussy tighten up around my thrusting fingers, her clit hardening into a little pebble under my tongue. Then she was coming with loud moans, shameless, and just for me.

I licked her through it until her hands fell from my hair. When I lifted my head to gaze at her, she looked completely wrecked.

I smiled and glanced over at the tub. It was almost full. Perfect.

“Did I make you all hot and dirty?” I murmured, sliding my fingers through her hot, wet pussy. She whimpered.

I laughed and grabbed a condom before unbuckling my pants.

“You going to wash me off?” she asked, circling one of her huge tits with her hand, two fingers pinching a nipple.

“After I finish coming in your pussy.”

She made a strangled noise, her eyes wide. With her legs still spread like that, I could have taken her, made her come on my dick.

But I wanted to mix it up.

She licked her finger and then slowly drew her hand down to her pussy and started rubbing herself.

“My dirty little assistant,” I said roughly. “Get in the tub. I’m going to clean you off.”

Tess pushed herself off the counter, and I slapped her ass as she walked past me, making her squeal.

I’m going to make her scream.

Tess made an obscene sound as she slipped in the water, submerging her whole body, her tits bobbing alluringly.

She reemerged. “How do you want me, boss?” she asked, raising up on her knees.

“Just like that.”

I rolled on the condom then slipped into the water behind her. Tess braced against the edge of the tub, and I spread her legs so her pussy was perfectly positioned for me.

I fingered her, stroking her pussy, her slit, and her opening. “You’re so tight. It’s like you didn’t come at all.”

“Oh, I did,” she purred. “And you’re going to make me come again, remember?”

As if I could forget.

I anchored my large hands on her hips then buried my cock in her with one hard thrust. She gasped, wiggling her ass against me as if to encourage me on. I bit her earlobe, pulled out, and thrust into her again, making her feel every thick inch of me.

Tess’s moans of delight echoed through the bathroom—louder now that the tub had stopped filling. She was still moaning and whimpering with pleasure as I claimed her. I hit that perfect spot inside of her again and again, driven by the sounds of her gasps and tiny cries.

Soon, her pussy was clenching around me so hard, I knew she was ready to peak again. I thrust her through it, bringing her to the top.

She cried out my name, and I almost came right there… but somehow managed to hold back.

Pulling out, I moved her around me so that I was sitting with my back to the edge, Tess straddling me. She was still breathing hard from her last orgasm, her eyes dark, hair plastered to her forehead. She draped her arms around me, the water dripping down my chest.

I nipped her bottom lip. “Think you can come again?”

I stroked her pussy, achingly hot and throbbing from the last orgasm. Tess whimpered in answer.

I grabbed her waist, positioning her. She slid onto my cock with a groan. She panted against my mouth as I fucked her. I loved watching her ride my cock. She was right at the perfect angle for me to suck on her tits as I fucked her.

Out of all the ways I’d had her, this was my favorite.

“Perfect,” I murmured, nearly out of my own head with pleasure and something akin to joy. “Perfect.”

Tess moaned an answer, her breath hitching as yet another orgasm washed over her. It was enough for me to tip over the edge too.

“Tess… I…” Thankfully, a hot wash of ecstasy stole the words from my mouth before I said something stupid.

I brushed the wet curls out of her face. “I… care a lot for you,” I said once I’d come down.

She panted against my shoulder then pressed sloppy kisses to my face.

“I don’t hate you as much as I thought I did,” she whispered.

Her phone was buzzing on the vanity counter in the bathroom. She grabbed a towel and stepped on her toes to the phone.

“At least you know it’s not your demanding boss calling you,” I said, sinking back into the warm water.

But Tess didn’t laugh at the joke.

Instead, she looked up from the phone and said, “Oh shit.”