ach board member had a serious expression on his face and was thinking independently. They were all dressed in the standard shining black or grey suits. Alexa did

oticed him ogling her while she made her presentation but she knew he couldn't approach her or make her feel uncomfortable by pushing whatever feelings he had been developing towards her, so she chose not to dwell much on his creepy ways of

ons if you have any so we can make the final draft," she repl

ho'll head the branch in London. The engineering department has sent the new sets of machine sketches and the finance department has

aressing his lower lip with his thumb. Michael noticed the way

replied to John after going t

nd. If not for the particular woman in the room who had taught him that little bit of information a few years back, he wo

his face as his eyes roamed slowly over Alexa's form, the same obli

ael repeated after him, a tight and

er intimately years ago. The image played in her head and she squirmed to keep herself from getting affected in the nether region, but it was of no use. When she started, it was hard for

ing affiliated with the Petsmoni's as she might hav

ed, their facial expressions of approval growing

ist in her presentation. Her immediate boss and the managing director of Petsmoni industry, John Waters, and the overall boss and CEO, Da

d at Alexa with a hard expression, "isn't your name and as long as I am agr

etween them wouldn't ma

mean, Sir?"

he earth would split in a small amount and swallow her alone. The room felt hot, as if it had closed in on

longer O'Brien. It hasn't been O'Br

presence of so many business associates, though she knew half of

nd. The meeting was a profession

h the issue on the ground."

athering. Never address her as Alexa but Mrs. Barry, ever again!

demanded from Michael wi

her day, despite the several plans she had gone through to make it a success, that too in

htforwardly. The other board members b

corrected him

ute. Her bosses were looking at her wi

uch for him and it put him in a tight spot. He'd been flaunting her office familiarity with him

face was due to anger or embarrassment, after all his generosit

and four years ago." She spat. She didn't

off him slowly warning Alexa to be careful. She eyed him with so much anger and hoped she would

g, and I won't let it ruin the minute. The meeting has come to a close now,

to get up one by one and shake hands. They left, and

John, who was lingering around. He opened his mouth to

not to cry. She was more than embarrassed, especially with how her ex-husband dared to act in a

sure her emotions were in check. She had stayed away from him, but the son

ng, and I didn't ruin anything all

? Was I the one that ruin

r heart, anger flaring deep inside her with his words. He had no right to say that after what he did. Anger burn

easily with a hard expression. The furious look in his eyes turned Alexa on in a way that baffled her,

r with his brown orbed gaze, Michael gently picked her hand and brought it to his lips to trace lingering kisses on each finger. He couldn't resist

s tickled her when they made love had her

hated how her body r

Alexa threw her head back and

voice sounded strange in her own ears. Like she needed

ist, he pulled her closer to him, and her breath hitched. Paralyzed with

. She knew she was no match for the man she thought she had moved on from because at the end, her hea

spent enough

what I want wit

ilated pupils. She knew what

o let me go because I have other things to tend to. More i

ffled by his lips on hers. Michael's left arm went around her, pulling her flush against hi

lf losing the fight. That spot was her weak spot, and the idiot knew it. She glared at his shut eyes even as they kissed. When she tried to bite his lip, Michael moa

she yielded to his touch. Sighs were swallowed with closed eyes, and Alexa fought her body's urge to press itself into his chest when he pul

ne being intimate with any man. Michael's other hand firmly hoisted her up the long conference tabl

give him more access as her skirt gathered up to her waist with his tugging. The fact that they might get

f the ongoing pleasure and they both had intimacy. "Come back

her things and tried to look as unaffected as believable even with her sleekness still smearing between

nge the fact that we might please each other sexually but that doesn't mean we're ever

tick in his jaw, relishing the fact that she had t