Chapter 135: The Office Affair

Chapter 135

Jason’s POV

I stared at the document before me, reading it twice before signing. The project we all discussed at the board meeting days ago was slowly being put into motion. And so were a couple of other projects.

Irrespective of the argument I had with my father that night, I had been coming to work, attending company meetings, signing projects and documents, and also giving orders. I could tell that while some people loved me, others thought that I was too controlling.

I let out a scoff. Their loss.

An image of my mother flashed in my mind, and I was even more pissed now.

That old hag. If she had just given me the chance instead of that stupid Jett, then things wouldn’t have been so difficult.

But I guess she just enjoys making my life miserable, doesn’t she?

I suppose her son did take after her after all.

Just then, there came a knock on the door, interrupting my train of thought. My head jerked toward it, and before I could even open my mouth, the door opened and Annica slipped inside.

I immediately felt all my annoyance dissipating into the air. “Hey there,” she purred, walking slowly toward me. I waited patiently till she was at my side and she pressed a kiss to my lips, and my shoulders slumped in satisfaction before I wrapped my hand around her waist, drawing a giggle out of her as I pulled her closer, deepening the kiss.

“Are you stressed? You look stressed,” she whispered against my lips.

I pulled away, taking in her pretty face. “Not anymore,” I breathed.

After my mind-blowing sex with Annica that evening, I didn’t want to just let her go or chalk it up as a one-time thing. The sex was too good for that.

Turns out, she had some kind of emergency, and that was why she left without telling me—she said, and I quote, ‘I didn’t want to wake you up when you looked so peaceful sleeping.’

I didn’t strike myself as the kind of person to look peaceful in my sleep, but I’ll take her word for it.

Since then, we’ve been meeting up, and I found myself liking her company even more. And I think she liked mine too.

Annica smiled at me before her gaze darted to the door warily, then her hand slid down to where I held her waist. “You should probably let go before someone sees.”

My brows furrowed in confusion, drifting to the door before slowly returning to her. “I don’t think anyone can walk into my office like you just did, and even if they do, I don’t see a problem.” I shrugged lightly.

“Yeah, I don’t think that’s such a good idea.” She laughed, and instead of letting go like she asked, I just pressed another kiss to her lips, drawing in her sweet scent.

“Let’s go out,” I said immediately, not caring about how random it sounded.

Annica blinked, clearly confused. “What?”

“I want to take you out. Come on, let’s go.”

“What?” She got up from my lap, a hint of a smile on her lips. “Don’t you have work or something? I could’ve sworn you were going through something when I came in,” she said, eyeing my desk, as I’d closed the file I was going through earlier.

“You know we can both drop it and spend the rest of the day together.”

I’d already gathered about $250k while working here these past few days, so why not spend it?

She eyed me, trying and failing to hold back her smile. “Aren’t you supposed to be the responsible one here?”

“They say all work and no play makes Jack a dullard, baby girl.” I rose from my chair in an instant, lifting her off the ground making her squeal.

"Okay, okay, fine. Let’s go.”

“Hmm.” I dropped her, content now as I kissed her on the cheek. “I know you were going to agree eventually.”

With that, I didn’t give her another second to think twice before I pulled her along with me.

First, we went out to eat something nice before I took her to the mall, getting her everything that caught her attention. We squandered half of the money, and I invested the rest. We can’t have me going broke now, can we?

It had completely slipped my mind that I had competition—Jett. Well, less slipping my mind and more like me choosing to ignore it. Because to me, I had already thrown my brother into his grave, so I had no competition anymore. I was free to do whatever I pleased.

I got called back to the company for a few important meetings, which means my little escape with Annica had to come to an end. Temporarily, of course.

When it was evening, and the sun was on its way to setting, I called her so we could meet up. We talked about how my meeting went and how one of her colleagues at work was pissing her off. I offered to help her get rid of the brat, but she immediately declined, saying it hadn’t gotten to that extent yet.

Soon, I couldn’t hold myself back any longer and lodged us both into a hotel so we could have mind-blowing sex again.

After a day as hectic and annoying as mine at the office, it was much needed. Sometimes I thought she was only doing this because of who I was, and she couldn’t say no to me, but then sometimes, she made me feel like she really wanted to be here, you know. Though none of that stopped the mini heart attack that I felt when I woke up from a post-sex nap and found her not beside me.

I jolted up, my eyes searching the room. I finally relaxed when I spotted her by the dresser… talking to someone on the phone?

She was so quiet that I couldn’t even hear what she was saying, and I assumed it was because she still thought I was sleeping.

I got out of bed with a small smile, deciding to check on her and confirm that nothing serious was going on.

But to my surprise she immediately ended the call as soon as she saw me.

I stilled. That was… unusual.

I raised a brow, looking down at her phone, before shifting my gaze to her again. “Um, are you okay?”

“Yeah.” She smiled, dropping her phone on the dresser before meeting my gaze again.

My forehead wrinkled with concern as I sensed that something was not right. “Are you sure? Who was that you were speaking to?”

"Oh, there’s no need for you to worry.” She waved her hand dismissively. “It’s just my mum. She has a fever and was getting worried again that this might be the end of her, so I had to start reassuring her and lecturing her on her dos and don’ts so she won’t fall sick again.” She burst out laughing, and I found myself laughing with her. "Funny, right?”

“A little bit. But are you sure she’s okay, though?”

“Trust me, that woman is fine. She just likes being overly dramatic. And if you’re wondering why I hung up quickly, that’s because I knew this—" she gestured around us, "—was gonna happen, and I didn’t want you to worry because it’s absolutely nothing. But I guess I wasn’t fast enough.” She huffed, crossing her arms over her chest with a pout.

That made me laugh.

I then slipped my hands beneath her, taking her by surprise as I carried her to the bed, ready for another round.

I pressed my lips to her, regardless of her laughter, and I was already moving down to take her little pussy in my mouth when she stopped me. “Hey, hey! As much as I want that right now, big guy, I’ve got work to do at the company.”

I stilled.

Work? At the company?