checking for damage before tucking him back into her purse.
“Kim, have you looked any further into setting up our site to accept PayPal?”
Another burst of energy surged through her, taking time to ignite the nerves between her legs and set her nipples to harden. Okay , this was getting ridiculous. Blake was still tucked away in his closet of an office, so he thankfully couldn’t see the blush she undoubtedly now wore. Hell, it might be classified as a flush if the spike in her temperature was any indication.
She couldn’t simply be horny. She’d been horny many times in her adult life and not once had it been this all-consuming, so undeniably attached to a specific man, his voice, scent...
Maybe he wouldn’t notice if she ducked into the bathroom to get herself off.
“Kim?”
“PayPal?” Work. She was at work and her boss asked her a very important thing . She should be paying attention, not fantasizing about masturbating on the job. She took a deep breath and gave her neck a quick crack. “I took a look and it won’t be hard. I just need to set up our bank account and get a few things verified.”
The scrape of his chair gave her minimal warning before he stepped into his doorway. “Are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m good. Why?” She crossed her legs again, increasing the pressure on her clit. If she could keep him talking, maybe she could come without going anywhere. Would that freak him out? She was somewhat surprised that it wasn’t freaking her out.
“You don’t sound like yourself.” Crossing the short distance between them, he reached out and placed his hand on her forehead. “You feeling okay?”
Kim couldn’t breathe. Blake always made a point of keeping a physical distance between them since that night . But his gentle touch coupled with what she now mentally referred to as the Near Kiss Incident, and she couldn’t control herself. Getting to her feet, she kept her gaze locked on his and stepped into his personal space. He hadn’t moved his hand from her forehead, no doubt making this an odd-looking vignette if anyone were to walk in on them.
“I’m hungry.” She was? As good an excuse as any. “I never did get my burger last night and I pushed myself a bit hard this morning at the gym.”
Blake let his hand drop from her forehead to look down at his watch. “Did you want to take off for an early lunch?”
She wasn’t a fool and knew exactly what he was asking, but she was horny and still thrown off from his rejection last night. If she had an opportunity to swing things to her favor, then she was all for it.
“That’s an awesome idea.” Without giving him a chance to argue, she grabbed him by the hand and hauled him toward the door. “The fresh air will do us both good.”
“Kim, I didn’t mean for me to come—”
Fuck , he said come . “It’s not a date. We’re just catching a quick bite before the afternoon rush.” In all her time at Nicks they’d never had an afternoon rush. Still, Blake allowed her to shove his coat into his arms and push him out the door.
They walked in silence for a few beats while they both zipped up their coats. Blake pulled his gloves from his pocket, but she realized hers were sitting back on her desk. She pulled her hands up inside her sleeves and hoped they’d survive the freezing temperature for the ten minutes it would take them to find a place to eat.
“Where are we going?” Blake swayed as he walked, his arm occasionally bumping into her shoulder.
“I think Burger Gourmet is open. It shouldn’t be too busy yet.” She hadn’t thought this through, and really didn’t know what to say to him. She wanted to look up at him, maybe throw him a quick smile, but a part of her was terrified that Blake would turn around and run.
“Okay.” He cleared his throat, but kept his gaze locked ahead. “So if you didn’t get your burger, what did you end up doing?”
Masturbating to the thought of you going down on me and then