Free Love Torn by Anna Valentine Page B

two men, and one other woman.  Mary Owen from accounts, and two other men from accounts that Jackie had never met before.  She was certain she’d be glad never to see either of them again.  The man to her left, George Parker, spoke to her incessantly of his root canal surgery.   Jackie suddenly found the notes in fr ont of her on last year’s sales- figures extremely interesting.  This in turn , caught the attention of the man on her right, Leigh Wilson, who it turned out had written up the report and knew it word for word, as he demonstrated to her.
    Jackie looked up, desperate for a way out, and noticed Jason smiling at her.  Had he deliberately placed her between the two most boring men in the country?   She hoped that they would still be going out to dinner, because i f they were then she wa s going to make him pay for this .
    The main event began and much to Jackie’s horror they were all expected to give the CEO a standing ovation.  She hated this kind of ego-stroking nonsense.  She fought the desire to run out of there , and shot Jason a dirty look – he laughed at her.  
    It was painful and got worse as the day wore on, Jason she could tell , was enjoying her discomfort.  She , however , was enjoying one thing, seeing Marcia flirt outrageously with him.  He had miscalculated that ; Marcia wanted him and she was making no effort to hide the fact.
    Jackie was glad when lunchtime rolled around.  She took the earliest opportunity to slip out of the building and head to the road, her intention to hail a taxi to eat some place quiet.   She exited the car park and stood by the side of the road looking for a cab when she heard a car horn toot beside her.  She waved the car away – hoping the guy in the car wasn’t trying to pick her up.  The horn tooted again.  Jackie turned angrily to give the driver a piece of her mind and saw it was Jason. 
    “Come on, get in!” H e called.
    Jackie almost ran round to the other side of the car.  She got in and breathed a sigh of relief.
    “Where to?”
    “Anywhere but here,” she laughed.
    Jason put his foot down and pulled out into the traffic.  He seemed to know exactly where he was going , and before long, he pulled up outside a Chinese restaurant.
    “Do y ou like Chinese food ?”
    Jackie nodded, eagerly climbed out of the car and headed towards the doors.  Jason was close behind her .  H e pressed his key fob remote lock, and the car bleeped. 
    “Hey wait,” he called after her.  “Allow me miss,” he winked at her as he opened the door for her.   Jackie smiled at him ; he was definitely laying on the charm today, and she was enjoying every minute of it.
    They were shown to a seat in the corner of the room.  They quickly selected what they wanted to eat from the menu.  Each time that Jason spoke to her, he stared into her deep blue eyes.  She was glad that the waiter returned swiftly with their drinks .  S he was uncomfortable and was embarrassed to admit she was getting turned on.   Jackie had worked with Jason for a little over a year now.  The flirting had been light and was nothing serious.  Until then .  It was obvious that he wanted her , and her body was reacting to him ; she wanted him too.  She knew that if they did go out for dinner that night, that there would be more than food on the menu.   Jackie wasn’t sure that she was prepared for more .   Her mind screamed that it was foolish to become romant ically involved with the boss, but she was beginning not to care.  
    “I feel guilty,” Jason smirked.  “Perhaps we should have invited Marcia out for lunch with us.”
    Jackie laughed, “Yeah, she’d have liked that , but I wouldn’t have.”
    Jason seemed to enjoy seeing her uncomfortable.  “Why not?  Marcia’s a lovely girl, isn’t she?”
    Jackie refused to be baited and kept her mouth shut.  Jason held her gaze.  Why did her stomach lurch when he did that?  She felt the familiar ti ngling in her panties