Total pages in book: 29
Estimated words: 26605 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 133(@200wpm)___ 106(@250wpm)___ 89(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 26605 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 133(@200wpm)___ 106(@250wpm)___ 89(@300wpm)
“Jesus, Cory.” The fantasy is far too realistic. When I fit the snug part at my back entrance, slowly pushing in, and up the notch of the intensity, the low hum grows sharper. My body feels wired, every nerve firing at once.
“Dom. Fuck, fuck, fuck,” I chant, somehow managing to keep my eyes open. Seeing myself in the mirror is hot as fuck, and I swear the thought of Dom here, moving closer, wrapping his hands around my ankles, pulling me to the edge and scenting me a lot like he did in the elevator causes my ass and pussy to clench around the toy. My thighs tighten, muscles coiling, and my orgasm hits with a sudden force. My back comes off the bed as a loud, breathless gasp tears from my throat, the vibrator still working as my release ripples through my core. I squeeze my eyes shut as intense pleasure washes over me.
It’s not until I click the toy off and slowly pull it out of my body with a trembling hand, dropping it to the mattress beside me, that I completely collapse. I take in the slope of my body, a fine sheen of perspiration covering my flush skin, and the heavy restlessness is now gone, replaced with my muscles feeling like water.
I grab my phone and bring up our message thread. I left him on delivered after his last text. Now, though, I have a response, one I’m sure I’ll have a reply to when I wake up in the morning.
Cory: You have no idea how easy you made that for me. Good night, Dom.
Once I hit Send, I lock my phone, slip it under my pillow, and close my eyes. God, if this is what I can do by myself, there’s no telling what will happen when Dom gets his hands on me.
CHAPTER FIVE
dom
Ikeep looking down at my cell phone, at the last message Cory sent, to be exact. I’d woken up to a surprise I didn’t see coming. She’s a minx, and if she was trying make my cock throb, she did a damn good job. Last night, I’d taken a cold shower. This morning, I can’t say the same. My hand wrapped around my length, my palm held me up against the marble wall in the shower, and I came in a matter of minutes thinking about Cory. One time wasn’t enough. My dick stayed hard and had me taking matters into my own hand a second time.
Now, I’m in my corner office of the forty-fifth floor of Sterling Capital, and it’s entirely too fucking quiet for my liking. Currently because I responded to Cory, and I’ve yet to get a response. She’s probably asleep, needing more sleep than I’m accustomed to. I usually go to bed around two, wake up at six o’clock in the morning to get up to work out, grab a quick bite to eat, studying the market while doing so, before dressing for work and getting home by nine o’clock.
Dom: You walked away with a win last night. I let you have that one. Next time, you won’t get off so easily.
The message sits delivered. I’m half-tempted to call her, and the only reason I’m stopping myself is seeing the timestamp from when her last message was sent. I’d been asleep. Clearly, she hadn’t, and I’m sure it’s because she was taking care of herself.
The phone on my desk comes alive with a low aggressive hum. I let it ring a couple of times before I pick it up. I bring the receiver to my ear. My voice is controlled, authoritative, and unrelenting. “Mercer.”
“I have the final report, Dom,” a disgruntled voice says on the other end of the line. It’s Miller, the most discreet, high-priced private investigator in the Pacific Northwest.
“Why do I have the distinct feeling I’m not going to like what you have to say?” I tunnel my hand through my hair, ready for something a hell of a lot stronger than the tar-like coffee I grabbed from the cafeteria downstairs. I won’t be doing that in the foreseeable future.
“Honestly, it’s a miracle she’s still breathing, let alone working twelve-hour shifts six days a week.” A tight knot forms in the center of my chest as an uncontrollable wave of protecting her comes to life.
“Give me the rundown, Miller. What am I looking at?” I’m to hear what I need to hear and see what I need to see in the way of him emailing me his findings.
“She’s drowning,” he says flatly, rustling through papers on the other end of the line. “She’s up to her eyeballs in debt. We’re talking six figures, and she’s running out of time and money. She’s got old student loans from her nursing degree. And get this: she just re-enrolled for graduate classes she doesn’t have time for. The woman is taking out new loans to use the cash payout to cover her living expenses. To put it bluntly, she’s robbing Peter to pay Paul.” I lean back in my chair, eyes narrowing as I stare out the bank of floor-to-ceiling windows. The gray Seattle skyline does nothing to calm the anger spiking inside me. Corinne Pierson, beautiful, brilliant, and proud. It makes me wonder if her friends know anything about this information Miller is delivering.