Chapter 46: Chapter Forty-six

Behind these brown eyes lie the secrets I keep inside. Whoever knows and whoever doesn’t, it’s up to me to decide. In this world, our love has only two paths… To be accepted, or to be burned.

Humming contentedly, I rubbed my nose against Chad’s collar, which was giving off the scent of his cologne. I would smell it all, given the chance. A rumble of laughter shook him for a moment before he pressed his lips to my forehead.

“He really asked you that?”

I rolled my eyes and punished him by pinching his ear. This earned me a yelp.

“It’s your fault! He saw you. You could’ve tried your James Bond skills to avoid being seen by Harvey.” It was utterly unbelievable. “I had to stand there and think something up so I could pacify my brother!”

Cocking an eyebrow in amusement, Chad chuckled. “’James Bond’ skills, eh?”

“Well, you practically climbed up to my balcony all by yourself,” I pointed out and giggled softly. He bit his lip, listening intently. “It’s a bit scary… Were you some sort of professional burglar in your last life?”

Chad wiggled his eyebrows. “I might have been.”

I slapped his shoulder and met him halfway for a kiss. Chad hummed, his tongue sliding in and tasting me. I moaned in bliss, putting a hand on the nape of his neck and pulling him closer. It was another peaceful day in the office. All the paperwork was finished and Arianne was outside to block out anyone from entering. The last thing I needed was my own employees gossiping about their boss.

Rubbing my bare feet that had been aching all day, I snuggled further up to Chad. His necktie was seated on the coffee table along with our silent phones. When he came over, I knew what would transpire, so we agreed to relax for a few minutes.

“Rachel…”

“Yes? What is it?” I glanced up at him, fingers playing with the tips of my hair, only to see a solemn expression on his face. This alarmed me, especially how stressed out he first appeared when he came over. “Chad, is there something wrong?”

“Huh?” His sad face vanished and was replaced by wonder, staring down at me. “Oh… Never mind. I shouldn’t bother with this—”

“Tell me, Chad.” There was no use hiding it when he had already piqued my interest with those hesitant words. “You can tell me anything, Chad.” I was pleased when he nodded, releasing a deep breath.

“All right.” He smiled at me. “You’re such a persistent little thing.” I giggled and went silent, ready to listen to whatever he had to say. Silence swept through the office once again. I waited for Chad to speak as he appeared to be preparing himself. What is this about? Is he going to convince me to go to the party? Is it about the two of us?

Anxiously waiting, I tried to block the pessimistic thoughts that bombarded my head until Chad started to speak. “Rachel, my company is in need of help.” That’s it? That’s all? Inwardly, I was sighing in relief. At least it wasn’t about us… Not that there wasn’t anything wrong between us, but when you’ve been hurt before by your own boyfriend, you better expect the unexpected.

“Oh… is that all, Chad?” I laughed and pinched his cheeks, grinning widely at him. “No need to worry about that! I mean, you’re a great businessman—better than I am, to be exact! I’m sure you’ll be able to pull through somehow...” I was about to add more but Chad was very silent. Lost in thought, to be specific.

“Chad?” He didn’t reply and it only increased my worry. He hasn’t acted this way before, it must be really bad. “Chad, what do you need? Is the company all right?” Business may not be my favorite thing, but I’d had to learn it all to appease my family. Knowing about these topics would come in handy soon, especially with Chad. “I want to know, what’s the situation of your company?”

Sighing, Chad ran a hand through his blond hair. “Some fucker decided to steal and spend all my money at some dumb casino. We found out about it last night and my father’s furious.” Then, he frowned. “The lamest thing is, he decided to steal the money that we would use to launch new products that are due next month. It’s insane how everything was going fine until this happened…”

“So, you need to have that money back to launch those products?” I grabbed my phone and began to search through my contacts to see if I could find someone who could help him. “If you want, you can use cheaper materials but with the same quality. The lesser the expenses are—”

“No, that won’t work.”

“Why not?” I furrowed my eyebrows and set my phone on the coffee table once again. “Are you still planning to launch those products even if your company is on the verge of bankruptcy?” That wasn’t the right thing to say based on Chad’s current facial expression. “Uh, that was wrong… What I meant to say was, how much do you need to launch those products?”

“Four million,” Chad responded. “What we’re launching are new shampoos and conditioners for the upcoming holidays. It’s our strategy to do these things every time it’s almost the festive season. We can’t allow our competitors to gain the upper hand.”

Four million dollars…

“This is why I didn’t want to tell you, Rachel.” Chad looked away, face slightly red. “I don’t want you to think about my own problems. They’re mine, so you don’t have to be concerned or—”

“Chad, I’ll give you the four million tomorrow.”

I didn’t know why but it seemed the right thing to do. Earning four million dollars was a hard task in itself, but giving it to a person in need of help was enough for me to feel satisfied. More satisfied than spending the four million on some useless junk. And I could ask my parents for it. I just have to give them a good explanation later so they wouldn’t be surprised to see that their four million dollars has been taken.

“Are you fucking serious?” My expectation was seeing Chad surprised but when he seemed furious, I couldn’t help but frown in confusion. “Rachel, you don’t have to do this! I can solve the problem all on my own. I know where you’ll get the money from, so please… Just save it for something else.”

Back in the day when I was just a little girl, I often saw these movies where people who were offered huge amounts of money took advantage of the giver. They were just silly movies to me back then, full of boring conversations and couples fighting with each other, but now, it had happened to me in real life. They would often snatch the money from the person’s hand and act like they had won the lottery. Those scapegraces were so annoying and I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the scammed protagonist.

It left an image in my head that would probably never leave. But whenever I gave money, I always wondered whether the person was either insulted or thankful. Are they like those scammers? Or are they really needing help but want to solve the problem themselves?

“Chad, if what’s holding you back from accepting it, whether it’s pride or not...” I took his hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. “Please consider it. I’m not doing this out of pity, but because I want to help. You’re my boyfriend and I’ll always support you. And it would be weird if I didn’t help my boyfriend.”

I had to admit, four million dollars was a huge amount. It could boost my own company alone. But this was Chad’s company, something his family worked hard on and it was their source of income. If they lost it, there might be a chance that they would have to change the lifestyle they were still trying to get used to.

“Rachel, please also reconsider this…” He cupped my face, staring straight into my eyes. “This is something big and your parents might get suspicious. Are you sure?”

“Yes, Chad.” Gently, I removed his hands and pressed kisses on his knuckles. The gesture alone made his cheeks flush, ever so slightly. “And I don’t have to reconsider. Once my mind is set on doing it, I’ll do everything to make it come true.”

Reassured, Chad let out a huge breath he was holding in and chuckled sheepishly. “I can’t believe I’m letting this happen. How embarrassing…asking your girlfriend for financial support when I should be giving it to you instead.”

Pouting, I gave him a pointed look. “Women, too, can support their men! You boys, always thinking you can do everything. You came out of a woman and you’ll be looking down on us?” Surprised, Chad spent the rest of the minutes by apologizing and making it up to me. By kissing me and showering me with his love. I returned it with a few jokes that were too old-school to be considered funny, but I knew I still succeeded when he gave out tiny chuckles.

“It’s my turn, Rach,” Chad purred. “It’s my turn to tell corny jokes that will make you cry with laughter. It’ll be better than those you just made up.”

Sticking my tongue out at him, I rolled my eyes afterwards. “You can’t beat those knock-knock jokes I made! Admit it, Chad!” Instead of kneeling over in defeat, Chad grinned quite mischievously and I sensed he was going to tell a dirty joke.

“Knock, knock!”

“Just give up already, Chad.” I heaved a sigh but went on with it anyway. “All right, who’s there?” This better not be a dirty joke, or I swear…

“Dewey…”

Huh… That’s new. “Dewey who?”

Chad leaned down, eyes gazing into mine, and smiled. “Dewey have to use a condom?” His joke settled in and I found myself bursting in laughter, while slapping his arm. That was the lamest dirty joke I’ve ever heard!

“You naughty girl!” I frowned at his accusation as he was grinning ear to ear. “You didn’t get angry! That means you probably heard it before!”

“I did not!” I laughed and crossed my arms together. “It’s actually the first time I heard it. I didn’t get angry because it was too corny and lame.”

Chad feigned hurt, hand over his heart. “That was painful, Rachel… I thought you’d at least appreciate my jokes, but no! You had to downright discourage me.” But his words of woe were silenced by my kisses and he was happy to accept them.

The next thing I knew, our kisses became more passionate and we found ourselves making out on the couch. Panting hard once we pulled away, I wrapped my arms around him and met his lips again. It was getting hot and I was growing moist in my panties. Chad’s hands were roaming, squeezing my breast as his tongue was attacking mine.

“Chad…” I breathily said, “Are we doing it…here?”

Pausing, Chad pulled back and winked. “Why? Is office sex not on your agenda today?” A smirk painted my lips, finger caressing his cheek while he smiled down at me.

“You know, Chad…” I purred softly. “You should tell me when we’re having it. I’ll gladly put it on my agenda every day, if you ask me.”

He groaned at my words, his hard bulge pressing against my thigh. “Damn it, baby. You’re so hot…” We didn’t want to wait, our needs wanting to be satisfied. “But we should be alert…” he whispered between kisses. “Your secretary might suddenly burst in.”

“I promise to be quiet,” I whispered back. “But to be honest, I don’t want to hold back.”

“Then don’t.”

As our kisses became rougher, hands trying to get rid of each other’s clothes, the temperature slowly climbed. I gasped when I felt Chad’s hot tongue licking my neck, reminding me of our first night together.

“Chad, Chad, Chad…” I moaned. “What am I going to do with you?” Too caught up to care, my eyes went wide when he unzipped my pencil skirt and threw it across the room. The black lace panties I wore greeted him and he smiled like a child receiving his present.

I watched in anticipation as he rubbed his nose against the material, inhaling my scent. Covering my flushing face, I waited for him to execute it. Oh my god, I can’t believe we’re doing it here. “Hey.” I removed my hands when Chad nudged my knee to get my attention. “Relax, baby.”

I smiled and nodded at his words. Why am I getting nervous over this? We’ve done this before… I just need to get used to it. Or am I nervous because someone might catch us?

“Chad, you locked the door, right?”

He paused in his kissing to stare at the door. “I think I did…” Chad mumbled, before facing me once again. “But don’t worry. I’m sure no one’s going to come in—”

“Hold on.” I was standing up, gently pushing him away. “Let me just go and check. I don’t want anyone barging in.” But as soon as I sat up, I got pulled down once again and gave Chad an annoyed groan.

“Chad, I’m just going to go and check. It won’t take time…”

Not paying any heed, Chad leaned down and kissed me once more. I tried to break free from his kisses but only succeeded in pulling away. This made him annoyed.

“What’s the matter, Rachel? I can assure you the door’s locked. No one’s going to peek!” He then brushed away a few locks of my hair that were tickling my forehead. “Besides, you have that secretary of yours outside… Didn’t you tell her to keep people out?”

Oh, right… Why did I forget about that?

“S-sorry…” I rubbed the bridge of my nose while smiling at him sheepishly. “I just get worried. I don’t want anything bad happening to us. I want to be extra careful.” Especially when it concerns the two of us.

“It’s understandable,” Chad whispered, taking my hand into his. “I’m happy you care about me a lot. Makes me feel special.”

I hummed and rubbed our noses together, maintaining eye contact. “You better feel special, Chad.” I giggled before biting his lower lip. The action made him groan and it snapped him. It was like a frenzy, both of us almost naked on the couch as we kissed fervently like there was no tomorrow. Breathy words of love and moans graced our ears, the heat surrounding us until it was searing our skin with desire.

“Chad…fuck!” I shut my eyes tight in bliss when his index finger was playing with my clitoris. The bundle of nerves was coated with my juices, which didn’t exclude my panties and Chad’s hand. My white blouse was thrown on the floor, together with his pants and polo. His suit jacket was barely hanging on the other couch’s arm.

His dexterous finger slid in and parted the moist lips, earning a moan from me. “Chad! More!” I grabbed his shoulder as he pumped his finger into me, the sound of slick juices coating his fingers filling my ears. My right leg was on his shoulder, meanwhile the left was touching the ground. My styled hair was a mess and Chad’s too. We were both trapped in this scorching mess. But the thing is, we didn’t want to escape it. Not now.

“Don’t stop, Chad!”

“You like that, baby?”

“I fucking love it!” I hissed in reply, sweat rolling down my temples. “Give it to me, Chad!” Breasts encased by the matching bra, Chad decided to rip it off to free my twin bundles. Inwardly, I was mourning the loss of my favorite lace bra, which was now lying on the floor. Chad didn’t give a damn and started groping my breasts, giving each chaste kisses before sucking the right one first. Nipples harder than I’d ever imagined, I moaned aloud.

His hard cock wanted to spring out of his boxers, which seemed tight the way I saw it. Not only that, I was getting impatient. Ignoring the protest Chad was doing, I pushed him back and removed his boxers myself. As he sat back and watched, I threw the garment away and stared at the huge cock in front of my face. Precum was oozing from the tip, the head swollen and begging for attention.

“Rachel…”

Doing what my instinct told me, I licked the white cum off his cock, only to feel it throb. Chad hissed at the contact of my tongue. “Rachel, you don’t have to…” Shutting his words off, I took the head into my mouth and began sucking. The more I heard Chad moaning and felt his hand fisting my hair, I grew confident in what I was doing. But this was something I wasn’t good at, so when Chad was about to reach his climax, he pulled his cock out of my mouth. Saliva drooled down my lips and I was quick to wipe it away.

Just as I was about to ask how I did, Chad grabbed me and pushed me underneath him. He rammed in his cock and this was pleasurable to the both of us. I tightened myself around him as he began thrusting hard in me, our moans and groans filling the office. “Chad! Harder! Faster!”

But as soon as I said those words, I gasped in surprise when he held me close to him and stood up from the couch. I wrapped my arms around his neck, to keep myself from falling. “Where are we going?” My question was answered when my butt hit the edge of my desk. And from there, Chad began fucking me hard.

Breasts bouncing wildly, I didn’t have any control over my mouth as I sprouted out ‘fuck’ over and over again. Chad’s sweaty hot body was pressing against mine, hands roaming around. “Chad! Fuck me, harder!” At my request, he was so happy to comply. After a few minutes, we were about to reach our high and Chad took it as a chance to pound into me faster. My lips were forming an ‘o’ shape as he rammed into me, nails scraping his back that was full of marks.

“Oh! Fuck!” I gasped aloud. “Chad! I’m about to come! Chad!”

I threw my head back once I reached my climax, feeling my soul flying and seeing this bright light. It was the best thing I’d ever experienced. Chad was still thrusting into me, reaching his own climax. Once he did, he groaned aloud, pulling his cock out just in time before he came all over my stomach. I pressed my clammy body against his, panting hard.

“Chad…that was…” My words trailed off when my eyes caught sight of eyes peeking in through the ajar door. But before I could even see who it was, it closed. One thing was for sure, somebody saw us.

Shit!