Chapter 26

**Lily**

I woke to the buzzing of my phone. Groaning when I reached over to get it, annoyed at who ever was waking me up this early. It was 5AM, the sun wasn’t even fully out yet. I squinted my eyes to read the message on my phone. ‘Thinking about you.’, was all it said, coming from an unknown phone number. In truth, I was a bit confused who was sending me this. Most likely it was Matteo, but after seeing Tommaso again yesterday I didn’t know for sure anymore.

‘Why would you be thinking about me this early in the morning?’, I sent back. Why would any person be awake at this ungodly hour?

‘Why wouldn’t I? Laying in bed, alone. Just thinking about some good times.’, I received within seconds. Definitely awake, and nothing to do. Still no clue to who it is, but I’m guessing Matteo. Connecting a bed and good times, that must be him.

‘What good times come to your mind?’, I typed. I wanted him to give me something that could confirm who I was speaking to, and I wanted to get a peak inside his brain.

‘When can I see you again? I want to show you the good times I have in mind.’, I got back. Well, so much for getting confirmation on who this is, I guess I need to be smarter about this. I checked the time, but it was only 5:15AM. I groaned but decided to get up and go for a run. Sleeping was not going to happen anymore, so I might as well. Maybe I could think of something good to send back while I was running.

I came out of the shower after a good run, but I didn’t think of anything smart to text back. I wanted it to be smart, funny, and not come off too easy. I guess the last time I had done this was back in university. I kicked myself in the ass, why was I behaving like a lovesick teenager? One, I didn’t even know for sure who it was, and two, if he didn’t like me being me, he could get the hell away from me. So, when I still was feeling this confident, I sent the next message. ‘A proper date, next Friday evening. Pick me up at 7PM. Show me a good time, and maybe I might help you to relive some of your fond memories.’

Nothing came back for hours. Well, I guessed it made sense, people do have to work to earn their money. At least I did, so there was plenty of distraction for me. I was in early, before everyone else. At least, that is what I thought. When I went to get coffee, I heard yelling again from Noah’s office. I guess Noah also came in early.

I felt awkward at how normal it was to me nowadays to hear this level of shouting coming from his office. Today there were more voices that I heard though, that was something new. I shrugged to myself and went back to the task of getting coffee for myself. I stopped paying attention to what was happening in that office, and I was lost in my own thoughts and motions.

I shrieked when someone tapped my shoulder, and jumped around so suddenly that I spilt my freshly brewed coffee over myself. I hissed at the heat. I put my hand over my heart out of relief when I saw Tommaso there. He reached out to hold my shoulders in order to steady me. Behind him I saw Noah and his father, Simon, who were both narrowing their eyes to me. I guess Noah had shared with his father, the end boss, what I was not comfortable doing for Noah.

“Are you okay, Lily?”, he asked, as he reached for some paper towels to help me with the mess I made. He handed me some of them to try to salvage my blazer and top. Of course, it was a white top. Well, no longer, I guess. Tommaso got on his knees himself to wipe up the coffee that I spilt on the floor.

I put my cup on the counter and tried to wipe the coffee from my chest and my top. Tommaso got up and I saw him looking at my chest. His eyes appeared a bit darker than they usually were. I gave up and got ready to spend the rest of the day today with a big coffee stain on my top, when Tommaso took my coffee and my hand and dragged me towards my own office.

Simon turned to Tommaso and opened his mouth to say something to him as we passed. Tommaso just held up his hand to signal for him to shut up and continued to walk to my office. I struggled to keep up with him.

He guided me into my office and closed the door behind us. He leaned back against the closed door, and he pulled me closer against his hard body. He let his arms rest on my hips, but his grip was still strong. If it was up to him, I would not be going anywhere but here.

“Bellisima…”, he whispered. He leaned his forehead against mine and he closed his eyes, as if he was contemplating something heavy. His breathing got heavier and faster, and he groaned out of frustration.

“Tell me, what is it?”, I asked. This guy was confusing me. At least Matteo was clearer about what he wanted. Well, he was clear about wanting to have sex with me. The more part he kept claiming was still not as clear as I wanted. But if Tommaso wanted to stand a chance, he needed to act fast. I mean, as long as nothing was serious, I had no problem dating two men.

I really didn’t want to admit it to myself, but it felt like it was getting serious fast. I just had no idea how Matteo felt about it. For all I knew, he had a few women lined up aside from me. God, I hoped not!

“I’m afraid you will hate me.”, Tommaso whispered. I was bewildered and I had no clue what the hell he was getting at.

“Why would I hate you?”, I asked. I twisted in his grip; he was scaring me a bit. As I twisted my body to get him to loosen his grip on my waist, I rubbed my chest against his. I heard him take in a breath at the body contact. His hands only gripped me tighter.

“Tommaso?”, I asked him, concerned about the thoughts running through his mind. I know that he and Noah had a fight ongoing, but to me Tommaso had only been kind.

“Argh, fuck this!”, he muttered, and kissed me hard on my lips. He started sucking on my lower lip with a desire that was unparalleled. He moaned into my mouth when I opened mine. His tongue seeking mine to taste all of me. His hands left my hips and roamed all over my body. One of his hands found my breast and started to squeeze it softly, which awakened my core. I started to get aroused, and I felt my pussy getting wet and moist as Tommaso continued.

He made me hiss by pinching my nipple and he made me moan when he started kissing my neck. My head rolled back against the wall, as his other hand hoisted my skirt up to my waist. Tommaso seemed to be possessed by a desire that I had not yet seen with him. His hand grabbed my panties and ripped them from my body. His fingers caressed my pussy lightly, as if I was dreaming about him touching me.

“You like that?”, he whispered in my ear with this deep, coarse voice. The hot breath on my neck turned me on even more. I felt my pussy getting wetter. His fingers played with my slit, discovering it completely. It made me moan. I felt Tommaso’s chuckle on my collarbone.

His fingers entered me, and something told me he had done this many times before. I arched my back in order to take in more of his fingers. I moaned and I felt my breathing getting faster and shallower.

“You feel so good!”, Tommaso groaned. He picked up his speed and started pumping his fingers into me fast, bringing me to the edge very quickly. I felt the familiar feeling of an orgasm building in my belly, feeling electrifying sparks throughout my lower body.

“Please, Tommaso!”, I begged him to make me come. All I cared about at this point was that orgasm. I closed my eyes, my head was against the door, and my back arched to take his fingers. I was close, so incredibly close.

My phone started blaring loudly. I came down from my pending orgasm very fast, and Tommaso jumped back and pulled his fingers from me quickly. The mood was spoilt now, so I moved over to check who was calling me. It was Guilia. God, this was awkward!

“This is Lily speaking.”, I answered in the most professional voice I could conjure up. Guilia wanted to talk to me on more business-related things, which was no surprise. There was just no way I was going to do that now.

“I’m busy at the moment, but can I call you back later today?”, I asked her. I hoped she did believe me. I heard Tommaso chuckle from the other side of the room, so I glared at him to make him shut his mouth.

“Sure, I will meet you there at lunch. See you then!”, I answered when she suggested to have lunch instead. I let go of a breath when I disconnected the call. I saw Tommaso laugh, and I couldn’t resist joining him.

I saw his eyes glance down, and he started to pull off his sweater and white shirt.

“Tommaso… I don’t think…”, I started. I didn’t want to go back to where we were. Tommaso trailed over to me and put his finger on my lips to shut me up.

“Here, take this. You can’t go out in that shirt.”, he said as he handed me his white shirt. I smiled gratefully, having already completely forgotten about my ruined top. His shirt was going to be way too big, but oversized was the trend nowadays!

“See you later, take care of yourself.”, he whispered, and gave me a soft kiss on the lips before he left my office.