GoingUp (4 page)

“That’s handy.”

“It is. It allows me to reach him as fast as possible if
something is going wrong.”

She furrowed her brow out of concern. “And do things go
wrong?”

“More often than you think. A man like Malachi doesn’t get
this far in life and not make and keep a few enemies.”

He spoke so matter of fact it sort of scared her. “When you
said you’re the head of security, you didn’t just mean this building, did you?”

“No. I take care of it all, his house, trips home and
abroad. If he goes somewhere that’s even the slightest bit dangerous, I’m right
there with him.”

“You’d take a bullet for him, wouldn’t you?”

He smiled warily. “I’d rather take a punch, but yeah, I
would.”

Koko couldn’t even imagine that type of dedication. “You
must really love your job. I co-own the deli with my best friend Constance, and
I love her like a play cousin, but I’m not sure I’d take a paper cut for her on
a finger, let alone a bullet,” she teased.

He stopped walking and took her hand in his. Surprised, Koko
turned and faced him then watched in awe as he brought her fingers up to his
lips and kissed them gently. The unexpected gesture sent bolts of desire
coursing through her. “Well, a paper cut is an entirely different level,” he
said softly. “Get a little lemon juice on one of those bad boys and you’re out
of the game for at least a week.”

“Exactly.” She licked her lips as she imagined how his would
feel pressed against hers.

“Koko.”

She leaned closer to him. “Hmm…”

“Are you ready for your ride…”

She nodded. Man, was she ever.

“On the elevator?”

“Ready?” Startled, Koko noticed they’d stopped in front of
the lift. She’d been so enthralled by him and their conversation she hadn’t
even noticed where they were. “Right. Ready. Yes.”

Reese released her hand and reached into his back pocket. He
pulled out his ID tag and slid it into the slot above the
Up
button.
“The elevator goes up to the sixtieth floor, but that’s Malachi office, and
you’d need my ID to exit on his floor from this elevator. For security reasons,
I can’t allow you there, but you’re free to ride up to the fifty-ninth to your
heart’s content.”

“Sounds good.” The door opened and the old, familiar feeling
rushed upon her. Koko stepped into the lift and looked around. The private
elevator was the size of any other she’d been on but had a posher feel to it,
and it was missing the normal metal rail. Other than that, it was immaculate
and smelled slightly of lemon cleanser and leather. Not a bad spot to play pretend
in.

Intrigued, she walked around the square space, running her
hands along the lit numbers and then the cool wall as she went. When she was
done, she came face-to-face with Reese standing in the doorway, preventing it
from closing. He was watching her with an amused expression on his handsome
face. “Any questions?”

“Where are the cameras?”

Reese turned sideways in the doorway and pointed with his
fingers to the four corners of the lift. “There, there, there and there. There
are also speakers in this room, so I can hear you and you can hear me.”

“Wow.”

He nodded his head and shrugged. “It’s a bit of an overkill,
I know.”

“That’s not what I was thinking.”

“Really, what were you thinking?”

Koko rose onto her tiptoes and pressed a quick kiss to his
lips then stepped back. “I’m ready for my close up, Mr. Demille.”

Reese ran his tongue over his lips. “Give me a couple of
minutes to get back to my computer and set up.” He stepped out of the elevator.
“Don’t start without me.”

“Oh, I won’t,” she said as the door slid shut. She couldn’t.
The ride just wouldn’t be the same without him.

Chapter Three

Over the course of his lifetime, Reese had become good at
schooling his expression. He could stare down a barrel and not bat a lash, he
could hold a royal flush without revealing a single tell, yet try as he might,
he couldn’t keep the silly grin off his face as he made his way down the hall
to his office.

He’d been waiting for this moment for two long excruciating
weeks, and although this was about her pleasure, it was also very much about
his too. With nimble fingers he ran his badge down the keypad then made his way
into the office.

The second he sat at his desk, he wiggled his mouse, waking
his computer from its dormant state. Koko’s image immediately came on-screen.
Reese had set up his computer ahead of her arrival to monitor the private
elevator and nothing else. The screen was divided into four quadrants, all
focused on one subject but each from a different angle. Yet no matter which
point he viewed her from, she was equally lovely.

“I’ll have you know you look good from every angle.”

Koko jumped then let out a little laugh and looked up at the
camera over the control panel. “Good Lord, you scared me.”

“Sorry.” Smiling, Reese turned the speaker up a few more decibels
to make sure he wouldn’t miss a single sound. “Did you forget you had a
viewer?”

She looked sheepish as she unbuttoned her coat. “No, I think
I just expected there to be a loud ping or something to signal you were on
there.”

“Ping!” he mimicked loudly. “Is that better?”

“Much.” Her face glowed with unfettered amusement as she
tossed the coat carelessly to the corner where her purse lay out of her way.
When she was done, she placed her hand on her slender hips and looked around
the space. She looked so carefree and happy it truly was a sight to behold.

“Damn, you’re beautiful,” he said, without thinking.

Her expression softened as she looked up at the camera
again. “You say that as if you really mean it.”

“I do. You should know this about me. I never say anything I
don’t mean,” he stated firmly and with all sincerity. “Not ever.”

“Not even to get a girl in bed…or as the case may be,” she
gestured around the compartment with her hand, “naked in an elevator.”

Reese snorted. She didn’t know him at all, but that was
going to change. Starting tonight. “If sex were my end goal, I would be in
there with you. This isn’t about me getting laid. It’s about you having fun.”

“What if me having fun means you getting laid?”

He would die a happy man. “Then you just have to say the
word.”

Her laughter sprinkled out like a fine mist. “I’ll keep that
in mind.”

“You do that.” Smiling, he opened the top drawer of his
desk, retracted his remote and dimmed the lights in the room.

“I will.” Koko walked closer to the control panel. “Shall I
pick a floor?”

Reese returned the remote to the drawer and closed it then
sat back in his chair and placed his hand over the bulge protruding behind his
zipper. The games were about to begin. “Please.”

“Hmmm.” She tapped a well-manicured finger over her full,
supple lips as she studied the numbers. “Should I be worried about scarring the
housekeeping staff while I’m
in flagrante
?”

Reese chuckled at the concept. “I doubt you’ll scar them.
Well, maybe not all of them,” he added as an afterthought just to tease her.

She looked up at the camera, brow furrowed. “So, there are
people out and about?”

“The night cleaning staff.”

She frowned as she stared at the glowing numbers. “What
floors?”

“If I told you, that would ruin half the fun.” Mainly
because it would let her know he had them all cleaning the lobby, which
included four different restrooms on that floor, as well as Malachi’s office, a
room Koko didn’t have access to. So yes, there was a possibility someone could
walk in on her, but it was a small one.

“For whom, you?”

Hardly
. He didn’t want anyone at all seeing her touch
herself again, but he was there to help her act out her fantasy, which he knew
held an element of being caught. “You. Most assuredly.”

“What if the door opens and someone sees me?”

He shrugged even though he knew she couldn’t see it. It was
more a personality flaw than anything else. “It’s a risk you’ll have to take.”

“I like the way you think.” From the back left camera, he
watched as she pressed the button to the fifty-ninth floor then jerked a bit as
the elevator began to rise. Turning, she trailed her fingers over the rail as
she walked to the center of the lift. She moved around so she was facing the
door and leaned back against the wall. “Reese?”

He right clicked his mouse twice to zoom in on her. “Yes,
love?”

“I know I should feel ashamed for this, or at the very least
silly, but I don’t.” Koko tilted her head back and closed her eyes. She brought
her hands up to her neck and began to slowly caress the bare flesh between her
neck and navel, avoiding the areas that were still covered. “Not at all.”

Reece followed the trail her hand made with his very hungry
gaze. “What do you feel?”

“More aroused than I’ve ever been before.”

He cupped his erection, tenting from beneath the denim
material. “You’re not alone on that front.”

“No, I’m not.” She looked up at the camera and smiled.
“You’re here with me.”

Reese placed his free hand on his screen and caressed her
face. “I am.”

“I like knowing you’re watching me.” She tugged the halter
top down, leaving it just below her bared breasts and just above her navel.

“Good, because I like watching you.”

“I hope so.” Koko laid her head back on the wall again and
began to caress her breasts and nipples. She wasn’t wearing a bra, which made
him all the more pleased. From his view up above, it looked as if she had a
nice, round handful. She wasn’t overly large, nor was she extremely tiny. She
was, to quote baby bear, “just right”. And he was willing to bet his last
dollar she was just as God made her, natural and beautiful and completely
silicone free.

Her dark nipples peeked from between her fingers as she
squeezed the erect tips. “Are they sensitive?”

“Oh yeah. Just a little pressure will make them stand out.”
Koko moistened two fingers and used them to squeeze her nipple. “Like so.”

“Give them a little more pressure for me. Squeeze harder.”

“’Kay.” Whimpering, Koko let out a little moan and did as he
instructed. She rolled her twin pebbles between her thumbs and forefingers,
tugging and teasing her erect nipples as he watched.

“Good girl.” Her obedience caused Reese’s cock to jerk in
his pants as if it were once again reminding him it was there. After
unbuttoning his slacks, Reese made quick work of freeing his erection. He
licked his palm to add a bit of moisture then gripped his shaft and began to
slowly work his hand up and down his cock. He didn’t plan on coming, but he saw
no reason why he couldn’t have a bit of fun with her.

“Show me more.” He had truly meant to be more of a silent
observer, but she was killing him. “Lose the skirt.”

Koko raised her head and arched a brow as she looked up at
the camera. “Is this my fantasy or yours?”

He should have known the sassy woman wouldn’t just take
orders. “At this rate, I’d say both.”

Koko released her hold on her breasts and began to edge her
skirt up, an inch at a time. She stopped, lifting just shy of exposing her
pussy to the camera. “Ask me nicely.”

Oh, what a tease.
“Did I mention I have the ability
to bring the elevator to a halt with just a few strokes of my keyboard?” He
did, but he wouldn’t, not even if she refused his request.

“No, you didn’t.” Laughing, she dropped the material and
raised a hand to the side of her skirt where the zipper lay. With her gaze
firmly locked on the camera, she pulled the zipper down, which released the
tension in her skirt and allowed it to puddle at her feet.

“Better,” he said, stroking his cock faster. “Much better.”

“Bully,” she said with a sexy pout.

“Did I tell you you have a beautiful pussy?” From what he
could see of it, that was. He couldn’t wait to get up close and personal with
it.

“No.” She spread her legs out a bit more. “You haven’t.”

“Then let me rectify that right now. It’s simply divine.”

She let out a husky little laugh. “You’re forgiven.”

Before he could say another word, Koko slipped her hand
between the lips of her sex and worked her fingers in and out of her pussy.
Whatever he’d been about to say died on his lips as he watched the dark-skinned
beauty frig herself. This was more than the previous shows he’d gotten from
her. With no cart or clothes in the way, he was able to enjoy every single
second of her erotic show. “You’re so fucking sexy.”

“Yeah?” She stared up at the camera as she pleasured
herself.

“Oh yeah.”

“I feel sexy.” Koko moved her hand from between her thighs
and placed two glistening fingers in her mouth. She took her time sucking them
clean before pulling them out and using that same hand to blow a kiss at the
camera.

Just when he didn’t think she could get any sexier, she
proved him wrong. “Do you like eating your cream?”

“Yes, but I’m willing to bet I’d enjoy you eating my pussy
more.”

“No contest at all.” And he couldn’t wait to take her up on
her offer. “Tell me what you taste like.”

Moaning, he watched through lust-filled eyes as Koko slipped
her hand between her legs again. This time she didn’t linger and just dabbled
them in her pussy long enough to coat her index finger with her slick essence.
While maintaining eye contact with the camera, she licked her fingers clean.
“Hmm…I taste a little salty, creamy…rich even, basically really good.”

Reese ran his tongue over his lips, chasing her phantom
taste as she talked. “I bet.”

Closing her eyes, Koko leaned her head back against the
wall. She slipped one hand back between her thighs while she teased her nipple
with her free one. She worked her body over in tandem, humping her hips into
her hand as she squeezed her nipple.