Chapter 12

Austin’s POV:

“Gina, what do I have at 10 am this morning?” I asked as she kept going through my planner in her iPad, seated opposite to me. I was busy going through the revenue of last month.

“You have an appointment with a woman named Emma Lewis from Thomson and Knight law firm, sir,” she replied, making me stop my work abruptly. I stiffened in my seat as my breath hitched.

Fuck.

“Regarding?” I asked, clearing my throat and continued to focus on the file in front of me.

“The lawsuit sir, she wanted to get more details from our side and investigate in-depth about our food catering,” she explained, making me frown.

“Change the appointment with our catering head, instead. I can’t be dealing with these small matters,” I replied coldly, not meeting her gaze.

“Yes, sir.” She nodded and stood up, leaving me alone with my thoughts. I ran my hands through my hair frustrated at the newfound information.

After all these months, just the mention of her name sent shivers down my spine. That woman was honestly going to the death of me and I needed to avoid her at all cost. That’s the reason I ended things with her before it could get complicated. She was making me feel things I haven’t felt before and made me crave for her so badly.

I got up from my seat and kept pacing around my office, trying to calm myself. She must have probably forgotten about me considering how cool she took it when I said I wanted to stop it. It infuriated me and only made me want her more but I couldn’t do anything about it since I was the one who ended it and convinced myself that it was for my own good. I looked down at my watch.

It was 10:05 am.

Fuck, I was damn sure that she was in my building because I knew how punctual she used to be, every time. I still remembered every single thing about her, which brought a small smile to my face. My mind told me to stay in my office but my heart wanted to see her. My legs itched to walk out of that door and head over to the catering department. Ugh...Fuck it. Maybe I could get a small peek at her from far. I walked out of my office, taking long strides.

“Gina, did Ms.Lewis arrive?” I asked as I walked past her desk.

“Yes, sir. She is currently on the fifth floor, meeting Mr.Mcadams,” she replied, giving me a small smile. I gave her a curt nod and made my way towards the elevator, punching the buttons furiously. Fuck, I’ve never been this excited to see anything or anyone in my life. I wanted to stay away from here but knowing that she was in the same building as I was, made me lose my shit.

I quickly walked out of the elevator and made my way towards the catering department. I realized that I’ve never been down here even once and everything looked so different when compared to my floor. The people were walking past me busily, not even glancing at me. My eyes searched for those familiar green orbs which were nowhere in sight. I turned to my side and caught a glimpse of blonde hair inside a conference room. Since the doors were made of glass, I could see everything from outside. I went closer to the room to get a proper view and stopped breathing. There she was, standing confidently, explaining something to a guy I haven’t seen before. She was wearing a black pencil skirt and white blouse that was tucked inside the skirt. The blouse that she was wearing was tight around her chest, showing the perfect shape of her rounded breasts. I felt my heart flip at the sight of her and blood rushed to my groins. I noticed that her hair was longer than before and she looked more mature, professional, and sexier if that was even possible. I let out a huge breath and ran my hands through my hair.

Sweet Jesus!

I didn’t know what came over me, I pushed the doors open and went inside. She stopped talking and looked up from her file with an annoyed look on her face. I heard her intake a sharp breath as she met my gaze and noticed her eyes go wide in shock, anger, and pain? I could see different emotions on a face in a fraction of second and stuffed my hands in my pocket, trailing my eyes all over her perfect body again, not getting enough of her.

“Mr.Willaims, we were just discussing the lawsuit,” I heard the guy speak but I barely looked at him as my eyes were fixed on her. Everything else seemed to fade away.

“My office now, Ms.Lewis,” I spoke and noticed her eyebrows scrunching in confusion.

“I don’t think that’s necessary, Mr.Williams. We are almost done here,” she replied in a sassy tone, giving me a tight smile.

“My office. Now.” I said in an authoritative tone, trying to sound as professional as possible. She closed her file with such force that I could hear the sound resonating through the room and walked towards me with a scowl on her beautiful face. The corner of my lips lifted in satisfaction.

“After you, Ms.Lewis,” I smirked as she walked past me, shooting me a death glare. I walked right behind her, enjoying the view of her tight ass in that fucking skirt, which made me hard in an instant.

I quickly adjusted my pants to hide my boner as we both walked inside the elevator and she remained silent the whole time, holding her file against her chest like her life depended on it. I could see beads of sweat on her forehead as she tried to breathe normally.

This wasn’t supposed to happen and I had no idea why I called her to my office but the minute I saw her in that conference room, I realized how much I fucking missed her and it was not just her body. I missed all of her and there was no point in denying it anymore.

“Sit down,” I said with no emotion in my voice, once we were inside my office.

“I prefer to remain standing,” she replied, not meeting my gaze. I found it hard to focus, with her standing in front of me, showing off her body like that. I loosened my tie and cleared my throat before speaking.

“Ms.Lewis, please sit down unless you enjoy the way I stare at your body,” I replied bluntly, resting back on my seat with a huge smirk on my face.

“Jerk,” she muttered under her breath as she sat down, making me smile.

“Did you get what you needed?”

“I did,” she lifted her gaze finally and looked right into my eyes, making me nervous. Fuck, get a grip, man.

“So what do you think? Are we in trouble?” I asked her with my penetrating gaze.

“We need further input from the person who filed the lawsuit to make sure, we will keep you posted though.”

“Hmm...” I was lost for words but I didn’t want the conversation to end, “Are you confident that we will win this lawsuit?”

“Certainly, Mr.Willams.” She seemed to be unaffected by me no matter how much I tried to intimidate her and replied confidently. I stood up and went towards her. I leaned against my desk while she remained seated and kept fidgeting with the ends of the file in her hand. I looked down her blouse and caught a glimpse of her cleavage, licking my lips, turned on at the sight in front of me. She looked up and caught me staring before I could divert my eyes. Crap.

She stood up angrily and let out a small gasp as I took the file from her hands and placed it on my desk. I kept staring at her shamelessly, while she straightened out her skirt and gazed at her legs which looked longer in those black heels, thinking about the times when I had them wrapped around my waist as I slammed--- Fuck, stop it.

“I think we are done here, Mr.Willams, thank you for having me.” She reached for her file and I blocked her way. I could see her losing her patience and tried to calm her nerves by closing her eyes. It was fucking amusing. I didn’t know what I was doing but I was enjoying every minute of it and didn’t want to let go of her just yet.

“What if we don’t win this lawsuit, Ms.Lewis?” I spoke in a husky voice and she folded her arms in front of her chest. A simple action which made more of her cleavage visible to me. I could see a few drops of sweat on top of her chest and clenched my jaw, trying to control myself from taking her right then and there.

“You should take it up with my boss, we are just helping him out,” she replied irritably and took her file from my desk, making her way towards the door. I walked behind her and shut the door just as she was about to open it and pulled down the blinds.

“Stop,” she snapped and I was taken back by her tone, “If you come any closer, I--I’ll scream bloody murder, Austin.” she stuttered trying to threaten me and I bit my lip, holding back my laugh. God, I missed her and that smart mouth of hers so much. For some reason, she seemed to be angry at me and I couldn’t understand why.

“There are other ways I could make you scream, sweetheart,” I whispered against her ears and she let out a shaky breath. I pulled her closer to me by snaking an arm around her small waist and inhaled that sweet familiar vanilla scent. God, only she could drive me crazy even after six months, “Your hair is longer, I love it.” I breathed against her neck as I played with a strand of her soft silky hair.

“Austin... please,” she whispered and I could feel her voice break. I pulled back and saw her beautiful eyes filled with unshed tears. I started to panic and took a few steps back.

“Shit, Emma..” I started, not knowing why she was almost on the verge of crying. It killed me to see her like that and before I could say anything, she slapped me, taking me completely by surprise and I looked at her with shock evident in my eyes. I saw a tear escape from the corner of her eyelids as I held my cheeks, the impact of her slap still lingering on my skin.

“Fuck you, Austin. Don’t you ever come near me.” she seethed angrily and stormed out of my office, leaving me dumbfounded.