Free His Dark Promise (Siren Publishing Classic) by K. R. Haynes Page B

wasn’t enough for him to want her in his heart? What would she do if he did reject her love for him?

Chapter Fourteen
     
    Travis smirked to himself when he saw Holly scamper into the office two days later. He wasn’t surprised to see she was running late again. Tardiness was definitely one of her stronger points. When she raced by his desk without even a backward glance, frustration rose within him. She had been avoiding him at all cost when at the office, but outside the workplace was a whole other story. She was like a sexual firecracker and he was the match that lit her fuse. However all that changed when at work. Holly acted like she didn’t even know him and refused to make any and all contact with him. Travis knew they should have had a discussion before now about their relationship to avoid such situations like this. It just hadn’t eventuated as of yet.
    What Travis wanted was for Holly to publicly accept they were in a fair dinkum relationship and not having some spontaneous affair. Was that asking too much of her when she was leaving soon? He didn’t think so, but perhaps she did and maybe that was why she was acting the way she was around him. Hot and cold, that was his Holly. He grinned then at the sound of Holly being his and she was. Make no mistake that woman who just fluttered past his desk was in every way his.
    Tracking her movements as she scurried away down the hall, Travis gave chase and followed her. If Holly won’t take it upon herself to actively acknowledge their relationship status to everyone here in the damn office, then he would force the issue himself and make her. Too bad if she thought he was a caveman for doing so, she was his and damn it he wanted the whole fucking world to know about it.
    Sneaking up behind her, he quickly glanced back over his shoulder to make sure no one was following him. With the coast clear behind him, he snagged her wrist and pulled her into the vacant office and slammed the door behind him. Well, he was glad the office ended up being vacant as his lips came crushing down on hers. She only resisted him for a split second then softened against his onslaught. Her womanly curves melted into his taut, masculine ones. He forced his tongue into her mouth, not bothering to wait for her to give permission to do so. He wanted her, end of story in his mind.
    His domination of her mouth earned him a soft, sexy moan that made his dick ache to be inside her. Pulling away from her lips moments later, he gazed into her passion-filled eyes. “Now that’s how I want you to greet me every morning, sweet darlin’.”
    “You do n’t want much, do you stud ? ”
    “Only you,” Travis found himself wanting to say to her, but didn’t knowing it could possibly scare her away. If he said out loud the truth of how much he wanted her in his life now and in the future and she rejected him at this point in time, well it would fucking hurt him. So he didn’t say a word.
    “What, cat got your tongue or something?” she had the cheek to tease him.
    “Nope, but you may want to stop taunting me unless you want the whole damn office to hear you scream in passion, darlin’. If I was in your shoes, I would be a good girl and stop teasing a man who is so on edge right now. Believe me when I say I’m one step away from stripping you naked and sinking into that sweet, wet heat of yours, Holly.”
    Travis grinned wickedly at hearing her sharp inhale of breathe. Her eyes locked onto his as she tried to figure out if he was telling the truth or not. “I’m not kiddin’ here, darlin’. You tease me again and I will show this whole fucking office who you belong to.” For good measure he slapped her on the ass, dropped a kiss to her already swollen lips then told her to head back out into the office and that he would see her later on for their date they had planned for this evening. All the while knowing that the panties she didn’t have on would have been wet with her arousal.
    Damn,