Chapter 28

(Aaron)

Walking into my office after a few weeks away felt good. When I walked into my office after a few weeks away, my secretary was shocked to see me, but he took it in stride and had coffee on my desk ten minutes later. I gave him a list of things to do, and then I got to work myself.

Quinn emailed me late last night about a potential deal with a new prosthetics company. I spent most of my morning on a video conference call with the CEO. By the time we ended the call, I had a good feeling about him and his company. They will be a good fit for G&C Enterprises and our overall goal.

To give back to those who gave their lives to our country.

It is a good feeling to give back to those who are often forgotten about after they serve. Everything we do at G&C Enterprises is to help them, and in a way, to help ourselves. War is a drug to some, and it sticks with others like Quinn and me in hauntingly dark ways.

To keep my mind from wandering down those dark paths that I am trying to get over, I get up from my desk and walk to the floor-to-ceiling windows that make up the far wall of my office. I stare out at the bustling city below me. The highway off in the distance is filled with bumper-to-bumper traffic, and foot traffic crowds the sidewalks.

The part of the city where our headquarters are located reminds me of New York sometimes. I thrived there. The noise never stopped. The city was always moving with people, no matter what time of day or night it was. Then there was the nightlife itself.

All the nightclubs were full of eager and willing women. Women who used me as much as I used them. It was exhilarating because it was what I needed.

Yet it was absolutely soul-crushing.

When Quinn and I decided to relocate to California after what happened with the wicked bitch did what she did, I was ready for a fresh start. However, once I was here, I fell into the same old bad habits. Drinking, clubbing, and fucking a different woman every night.

All that did was temporarily numb the pain and quiet the nightmares for a short time.

That was my life until now.

Before I let myself give in to the temptation known as Rylan Danvers.

Thinking of her makes me glance down at my watch. It is close to lunchtime, and a glorious idea pops into my head. I walk back to my desk to shut my laptop, then slip it into my briefcase before grabbing my suit jacket off the back of my chair, where I put it earlier.

“I am heading out for lunch; if there is anything I am needed for, you have my number.” I tell my assistant on my way to the elevator.

I get a nod in response, so I hit the down button, then pull out my phone to place an order for lunch from the small cafe near Mercy General. I will pick it up on my way there. It is time to surprise my girlfriend with a lunch date.

Thirty minutes later, I am pulling into my parking spot at Mercy General. After grabbing the takeout bags from the passenger seat, I grab my hospital credentials out of my briefcase, then get out of the car to head inside. I wave to some of the staff on duty as I make my way to Rylan’s office.

Her door is open, but she isn’t in her office. I sit our food down on her desk, remove my jacket, and then get comfortable in her office chair. I will wait a few minutes before I go find her. Five minutes later, I can hear her voice out in the hallway.

I look up from my phone as Rylan walks in. She stops in the doorway with a look of surprise on her face.

“What are you doing here? I thought you were going back to work today, too.”

“I did, but it is time for lunch, and I wanted to spend it with my beautiful girlfriend.” I give a small nod toward the takeout bags on her desk.

Her blue eyes light up when she sees the logo on the bag. “How the hell did you know I was craving a cheeseburger?”

I stand up out of the chair, then walk to her. “Because I know you. I know that you would work through lunch without eating anything, only to be starving by the time you get home.”

Rylan shakes her head at me, but there is a smile on her face. “I was going to eat a granola bar after my next patient.”

“That would be when?” I raise my eyebrow at her in question.

“Smartass.”

I grab her hand and then lead her to the small sofa against the opposite wall from the door, grabbing our lunch and drinks off the desk on the way. Once we are seated, I open the bags and pass her the bacon double cheeseburger that I ordered for her. The look on her face tells me that my intuition was right.

“Oh, now that is just what I wanted.” She rips the paper off the burger and then takes a large bite out of it.

The moan she makes after she starts eating makes erotic thoughts cloud my brain. This may have been a bad idea. Now all I can think of is making her moan in other, more pleasurable ways. To distract myself from those thoughts, I hand her the fries and then grab my burger.

We eat in comfortable silence, well, somewhat comfortable silence. My pants are a little too light in the crotch because I want to fuck my girlfriend senseless on this very couch instead of quietly eating lunch. I am so addicted to the raven-haired beauty next to me.

Even while she is eating a cheeseburger like a starving wild animal.

“So, how was the meeting with Gayle and the lawyer this morning?” I ask her once we have finished our lunch.

Rylan’s face crinkles with annoyance, but it smooths out quickly. She looks up at the open doorway, then gets up to close the door. Her face, when she spins around to face me, is red with anger.

“That bad? I was told that everything was fine.”

She flops back down on the couch beside me after practically stomping across the room.

“I hate that prick lawyer. He stares at me with those judgemental eyes, and I just want to punch him in the throat. He knows the details of what happened to me, but that in no way means he knows me.” A frustrated growl leaves her as she leans back and crosses her arms over her chest.

“What did he say to you?” I look at her as my temper starts to bubble.

“Oh, simmer down. It wasn’t that bad; he just hits a sensitive spot with the way he acts towards me. That shit makes me feel like...” She trails off, then looks down at her hands.

“Like what, Rylan?”

She shakes her head instead of answering me.

“We need to be open and honest with each other, baby. Tell me how it makes you feel so that I can help you. We are in this together.”

With a nod, she looks up at me. The shimmer of tears in her eyes makes me want to punch that lawyer. Instead, I cup her cheek, then wipe a tear away as it slips free. “I got you, Ry.”

“To close-minded, judgmental people like Jarred Ford, what happened to me is something I was asking for.”

What the fuck is this shit?

I frown at her. “People think you were asking to get sexually assaulted? Why the fuck would they think that?”

She gives me a look, which causes me to close my mouth and grab her hand to help calm us both.

“I dated them both, openly and sometimes suggestively flirted with them here in the hospital. Then I denied one sex but gave it up to the other. To many, they see me as promiscuous. To them, I was asking for it.”

“Then people like Ford make you feel you deserved it?” Rage courses through me at the thought of her ever feeling like that from choice two sexual deviants made and how shitty people view what happened. Narrow-minded assholes.

“Yes,” she whispers, as tears streak down her cheeks.

Without hesitation, I reach over and pull her onto my lap, then wrap my arms around her as she cries. I stuff my anger down, as she needs peace more than anything else right now. I hate that she even feels like she deserves what happened to her.

Our world is full of far too many judgmental assholes.

After a few minutes, Rylan lifts her head off my shoulder so she can look at me. The sadness in her eyes makes my heart constrict painfully. I wipe the tears off her face with my thumbs as I cup her cheeks.

“You are an amazing woman, Rylan. Don’t let assholes like Ford cause you to doubt yourself. No one, and I mean no one, deserves what those two douchebags tried to do to you. I wish I would have been able to beat the shit out of Paulson like I did Heath.”

“Why? If you had done that, you would be in jail, too. How did you even get out of jail so fast the night Heath attacked me?”

“Quinn, a lot of money, and our lawyer is amazing. I will still have to go before a judge at some point, but it is worth it. I will do anything for you, Rylan.”

She cocks her head to the side and looks at me for a moment. “Anything?”

The glint in her eyes as she straddles my lap, facing me, makes my blood heat in anticipation. I grab her ass with both hands when she grinds her core against my hardening length. Part of me knows what she is doing and why, but the horny side of me is all onboard, even though I know it is a bad idea.

“Ry, baby, what are you doing?” I groan when she grinds harder against me.

“I need you, Aaron. I need to feel you and nothing else. Take my mind off that nasty shit and replace it with you and only you.”

She slams her mouth down on mine before I have time to protest. There is a desperate need riding her as she reaches a hand between our bodies so she can get my belt open. I am impressed with how fast her fingers move to get my pants undone.

“Ry, does your door lock?” I ask her when she stands up to take her scrub bottoms off.

She spins around, then walks to the door and flicks the lock. When she turns back to me, I have my cock in my hand, stroking it. Her eyes darken with lust as she licks her lips.

“Is this what you want, baby?” I ask her as I stroke up and down.

Without saying a word, Rylan kicks off her shoes and swiftly strips out of her scrub pants. I slide my pants down as she walks to me. The hungry look in her eyes makes me stop stroking my shaft. I hold my hand out for her as an invitation to join me on the couch.

She takes my hand when she reaches me, then climbs onto my lap. One of her hands slips between our bodies as she lines my cock up to her dripping wet core. Our gazes are locked on each other as she slowly sinks down on me.

“Ah, fuck, you feel so good, baby.” I tell her, then groan as she swivels her hips.

Rylan gives me a wicked grin before she does it again. “You like that?”

“Rylan, baby, you are my goddess. Do with me as you will.”

With that said, she slams her mouth against mine and then places both of her hands on the back of the couch. Soon she is riding me hard and fast. The sound of flesh slapping against flesh echos softly through the room. Our mouths are fused together to silence our sounds of pleasure.

She breaks our kiss after her first orgasm, then just stares at me for a few seconds. I continue to slowly rock my hips upward into her. The look of bliss on her face makes me bring my hands up to cup her cheeks.

“Rylan, you take my breath away.”

I bring her head back down so that I can capture her lips with mine again. This time for a tender kiss. I let how she makes me feel show in this kiss. Her hands leave the back of the couch to thread her fingers into my hair.

Soon her hips begin to move, but this time much slower. She moans softly as I break the kiss. I move my hands to the bottom of her scrub top, then lift it up over her head when she lifts her arms for me.

I pull her bra down just enough so that her glorious breasts spill free. Her nipples are as hard as pebbles and practically beg to be sucked on. I start with the left one as she continues to slowly rock her hips.

Rylan drops her head back as I worship her breasts. Her moans of pleasure get louder as I squeeze her breasts and bite her nipples. I want everyone to hear her, but a small part of my mind reminds me that we are still at the hospital.

I cover her mouth with one hand, then go back to her nipples. When her rhythm falters, I pull her down onto my chest and thrust into her faster. Her moans of pleasure are muffled by my shirt as I bring us both closer to orgasm.

“Oh, Aaron.” Rylan moans my name as I feel her walls tighten around my cock.

“Come for me, Rylan.”

“Aaron, please...” she moans again.

I thrust up into her hard, and she comes undone. A few strokes later, I follow her into orgasmic bliss. Her tight pussy is still fluttering with shock waves as we both struggle to breathe after that.

“Office sex with you can now be crossed off my bucket list,” Rylan says with a laugh.

“Next time, my office.”

She throws her head back and laughs. “Deal. Now I must get cleaned up.”

I give her one more kiss before helping her off my lap. “We both need to clean up.”

Twenty minutes later, after asking her to meet me at my house tonight for dinner, I leave her so she can get back to work.

That was the best lunch break I have ever had because it was with Rylan.