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Authors: Sarah Mayberry
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intimacy of the early hour lead him into dangerous territory.
Audrey might be sexy and funny and smart, but she was still his coworker. He had no business thinking about her panties. Especially while he and Audrey were coauthoring the competitor analysis together.
He shut his laptop, in case he was tempted to renew contact, and settled back on the couch to watch what promised to be a spectacularly bad movie.
He liked the idea that somewhere in Melbourne, Audrey was doing the same thing.
In a tight little tank top.
And black—no, red—panties.
He was only human, after all.
* * *
“ S O . H OW ’ S IT GOING ?” Megan took a slurp from her milkshake and wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.
“I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that when you say ‘it’ you’re referring to my working relationship with Zach,” Audrey said drily.
It was Thursday, one day before they flew out to Queensland for the conference, and her last day of working hand-in-glove with Zach.
“Quit stalling. Have you had wild monkey sex yet? Have you seen him without his shirt?”
Audrey rolled her eyes. “You’re obsessed with sex, you know that?”
Although it was very telling that the thought of Zach sans shirt made her heart rate go a little crazy.
“Hello? Trying to get pregnant over here. Sex is my life. Not wild monkey sex, though, sadly. We have slightly dutiful procreational sex. Still fun, but not very spontaneous. I think it’s all the mucous checking.”
“What on earth—” Audrey caught herself and held up a hand. “Actually, you know what? I don’t want to know.”
“I’ll spare you. I’d hate for there to be no surprises for you if you ever decide to have children.”
“Thank you. You’re very generous.”
“So, I’m thinking eight inches, solid girth...?”
“Jesus, Megan.” This time Audrey glanced over her shoulder, even though she was pretty sure no one else from work was currently patronizing the food court at the local shopping mall.
“What?” Megan asked, a devilish glint in her eye.
“I don’t want to think about Zach’s...girth, okay? We’re working together.”
Not that she hadn’t given some consideration to the more intimate aspects of his body over the past week, most notably when she’d been drifting back to sleep at four o’clock Sunday morning, picturing Zach doing the same thing on the other side of town. She was only human, and he was the sexiest man she’d ever spent so much time with.
Hands down.
All he had to do was walk into the room these days and she could feel her body warming. She didn’t even want to imagine what he could do if he put his mind to it.
Okay, she did. But she wasn’t going to, because she loved her job, and she wanted to get ahead, and sleeping with Zach was the best way she could think of to destroy both those things.
She would dearly love to discuss all of the above with Megan, however, because that was what they did best. It would be so good to get her friend’s perspective. But Megan would make a big deal out it, along with encouraging all sorts of reckless fantasies and behavior, and Audrey so did not need that kind of encouragement right now.
It was bad enough dealing with her own inappropriate thoughts and feelings.
Megan sighed heavily. “I knew it. You’re wasting this golden opportunity by squabbling with him, aren’t you?”
“No.”
Not since the night he’d forced her to see him as he really was. Nope, since then they’d been getting on just fine. Chatting in the staff room. Popping into each other’s offices to pass on new pieces of information they’d dug up. Emailing each other in the dead of night and having inappropriate, unprofessional conversations.
“Why are you smiling like that?”
Audrey adopted a more serious expression. “Is that better?”
“You’d tell me, wouldn’t you, if you and Zach were doing the dirty?” Megan asked beseechingly.
Audrey suspected her friend was only half
Audrey might be sexy and funny and smart, but she was still his coworker. He had no business thinking about her panties. Especially while he and Audrey were coauthoring the competitor analysis together.
He shut his laptop, in case he was tempted to renew contact, and settled back on the couch to watch what promised to be a spectacularly bad movie.
He liked the idea that somewhere in Melbourne, Audrey was doing the same thing.
In a tight little tank top.
And black—no, red—panties.
He was only human, after all.
* * *
“ S O . H OW ’ S IT GOING ?” Megan took a slurp from her milkshake and wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.
“I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that when you say ‘it’ you’re referring to my working relationship with Zach,” Audrey said drily.
It was Thursday, one day before they flew out to Queensland for the conference, and her last day of working hand-in-glove with Zach.
“Quit stalling. Have you had wild monkey sex yet? Have you seen him without his shirt?”
Audrey rolled her eyes. “You’re obsessed with sex, you know that?”
Although it was very telling that the thought of Zach sans shirt made her heart rate go a little crazy.
“Hello? Trying to get pregnant over here. Sex is my life. Not wild monkey sex, though, sadly. We have slightly dutiful procreational sex. Still fun, but not very spontaneous. I think it’s all the mucous checking.”
“What on earth—” Audrey caught herself and held up a hand. “Actually, you know what? I don’t want to know.”
“I’ll spare you. I’d hate for there to be no surprises for you if you ever decide to have children.”
“Thank you. You’re very generous.”
“So, I’m thinking eight inches, solid girth...?”
“Jesus, Megan.” This time Audrey glanced over her shoulder, even though she was pretty sure no one else from work was currently patronizing the food court at the local shopping mall.
“What?” Megan asked, a devilish glint in her eye.
“I don’t want to think about Zach’s...girth, okay? We’re working together.”
Not that she hadn’t given some consideration to the more intimate aspects of his body over the past week, most notably when she’d been drifting back to sleep at four o’clock Sunday morning, picturing Zach doing the same thing on the other side of town. She was only human, and he was the sexiest man she’d ever spent so much time with.
Hands down.
All he had to do was walk into the room these days and she could feel her body warming. She didn’t even want to imagine what he could do if he put his mind to it.
Okay, she did. But she wasn’t going to, because she loved her job, and she wanted to get ahead, and sleeping with Zach was the best way she could think of to destroy both those things.
She would dearly love to discuss all of the above with Megan, however, because that was what they did best. It would be so good to get her friend’s perspective. But Megan would make a big deal out it, along with encouraging all sorts of reckless fantasies and behavior, and Audrey so did not need that kind of encouragement right now.
It was bad enough dealing with her own inappropriate thoughts and feelings.
Megan sighed heavily. “I knew it. You’re wasting this golden opportunity by squabbling with him, aren’t you?”
“No.”
Not since the night he’d forced her to see him as he really was. Nope, since then they’d been getting on just fine. Chatting in the staff room. Popping into each other’s offices to pass on new pieces of information they’d dug up. Emailing each other in the dead of night and having inappropriate, unprofessional conversations.
“Why are you smiling like that?”
Audrey adopted a more serious expression. “Is that better?”
“You’d tell me, wouldn’t you, if you and Zach were doing the dirty?” Megan asked beseechingly.
Audrey suspected her friend was only half
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