Free Where She Belongs by Asrai Devin Page B

“No, the feel of your body against mine while we make
love. Not getting any is starting to get to me.” That had to be
the explanation, right?
    “ Oh
yeah, me, too. I really miss your body.”
    She
smiled, trying to ignore his tone. Trenton didn’t like to
discuss sex, he thought it was crass. “Good.”
    “ So,
can I send you some stuff I need you to look at for me? You said you
only worked a few hours a day.”
    “ I
guess. I’m not feeling great today. Is it okay if I get back to
you in a couple of days?”
    She
could hear him typing. “I’m sending you one now–
that they want right away. The rest can wait. I’ll have it all
to you tonight.”
    Her
words weren’t important apparently. “Oh, okay. I guess I
can do that. Is it just grammar and spelling, or do you want full
content?”
    “ The
usual magic you do, Shanna.”
    “ Okay.
I’ll call you tonight then.”
    “ Thanks.
babe. It should be in your in-box by now. I’ll talk to you
soon.”
    “ I
am at work and my dad might be getting out of the hospital today.
Thanks for asking.” She said it to the silence. She sighed and
set the phone on the desk.
    “ He’s
using you,” Gabe said. She looked up and saw him leaning
against the doorjamb. How did he look so good in his jeans when she
felt like such crap?
    “ You
know nothing about our relationship, so don’t even start with
me.” She stretched her legs onto the sofa and leaned her head
back. “My fucking head won’t stop pounding.”
    She
heard the papers in his hands rustle as he set them on the desk.
“Have you drank any water today? I should have pushed some on
you last night.”
    “ I
think I had enough pushing from you last night.” She knew it
wasn’t true, but she was pissed off.
    “ Don’t
shoot the messenger.” When she opened her eyes, he was looming
over her.
    “ Like
you aren’t using me.” She glared at him.
    He
bent again, his face close to hers. “Oh, Shanna, if I was using
you I would be in this office with you all the time so I could keep
an eye on you.” He traced a finger down the center of her chest
to her abdomen. “I’d love to show you a world of mutual
pleasure, but if I wanted to use you, I would have taken advantage of
you last night.”
    She
turned her head away from him, annoyed that he was right. If he
hadn’t stopped touching her, she probably would have done
something very, very … bad.
    He
rested his palm on her stomach and she felt a warm glow spread from
him. She was glad she was facing away so he didn’t see her face
flush full red. Or feel the clench of her womb and the flood in her
pussy as her body longed to see his world of pleasure.
    His
body was removed from hers and she turned suddenly to him. He smiled
as if he could read her mind. “I’m sorry for how I hid
from my feelings and hurt you those years ago. I was stupidly noble.
I won’t let you go a second time.” He bent and kissed her
cheek quickly. “I’ll send Rachel with a glass of water
and some pain killers.”
    She
watched him leave and groaned. She’d have to face him before
the end of the day, because he hadn’t come into her office for
this discussion, he needed to tell her something about business.
    She
laid back down giving in to her exhaustion. Her heart or her stomach
flipped inside her body. And she felt the anger rise in her again. He
had no right to make her feel this way. He rejected her, she moved on
in her life, and now he was trying to get her back. For what reason?
Because he didn’t want to run Whittikar Cabinets? Because he
wanted what he couldn’t have?
    There
was a tap on her door. She sat up, readying herself to give him hell.
Instead, it was Rachel, holding what Gabe had promised.
    “ Gabe
said you needed something for your headache. You could have asked me
earlier, I should have thought. I knew you went out with the guys
last night.”
    “ It
was fine until Gabriel Brande came in here.” Well, that wasn’t
true, she was fine until her