Jagged Edge (3 page)

I felt the car pull up and he gripped my hand, he looked at me

"We need to talk, please join me?" I simply nodded. We got out the car and I looked over what I assumed to be his house, it was small, a little detached cottage, thatched, you never saw these houses in London, I wondered how far out of London he lived, it was clear it was purpose built with 'Edge Lodge' etched on a plank of wood nailed into the door. He shoved the key in the lock and we walked inside. He told me to take a seat and then he sat next to me and I asked him wearily.

"Okay, speak. What is it you want?" I asked.

"I have told you, nothing deep, nothing meaningful I don't do romance, and I don't do cuddles when you cry. I just want to have you"

"Is... are you .... do you have any other girls?" I had no idea if it even mattered

"Currently. No." He said bluntly

"Currently?" I quizzed

"I'm pursuing you and I am monogamous so to speak. If this happened you would be too"He never broke his stride, disguise over his eyes, hard and determined. He was powerful and he knew it.

"Why no romance? How far does that go?"

"Melissa I won't fall in love with you and you can't fall for me, therefore I have no need for romance, I like to have what I want and I want you" I swallowed deep, men were not usually this forward with me, I was 'dainty' and treat like an innocent, he stared at me and I felt a question fire inside him.

"Melissa, I must ask ... what experience do you have?" Experience, shit. I couldn't say virtually none. I was embarrassed, and I wasn't sure what to do. I didn't want him to know about my past, when he mentioned my uncle before I fought it. I wasn't going to tell him what he did, I spat out

"I'm not a virgin. If that's what you mean but.. ' I wasn't lying, technically "I haven't been for a while but I also haven't been intimate in a long time either" He looked at me half smiling, half shocked.

"Seriously? How could anyone keep their hands off of you?" I laughed a little, at the fact that he was so near my reasoning and he didn't know it. I changed the subject.

"What if I say no?"

"I keep asking till the only option is yes. I always win, Ms. Payne."

Chapter Four

I barely remember getting home, to my way over priced apartment. I didn't sleep with him. Lord knows I wanted to. The issue here was that I had issues that I had never discussed, no one knew and if he was already digging, what if he struck gold and found my big bad?

I couldn't think about it. If I say no he will dig anyway. Ugh.

I woke up and got ready, I had no idea where to go for work but at eight Eric came to pick me up. I arrived at work and I felt so nervous. I still had no idea what to do.

I got to the front desk and asked where I should go, top floor of the building, seems Jared liked the view, what a shock. I got in the lift and as I reached my desk I saw a small card.

Melissa

I'm out most of the day. Ask Luke what to do.

I WILL be back for the answer. So be prepared. I left a work phone.

USE IT.

Yours

Jared.

My loins burnt at the 'yours', how I wanted that to be true. I made my decision then. I needed this. Just sex. That's all. I mean he works a lot, he won't even see me that much, I doubt he is here a lot. I need to get over this, over my issues.

I got up and went to find Luke when he found me. He explained the filing system and all the other dull happenings, I watched the clock... 1pm... still nothing.... 3pm... not here.

Then, at 4.12pm, he came through the elevator and my desk pointed straight toward it. I smiled wide, almost excited. My smile faded as he walked out with another woman, petit, blond, stunning. I automatically hated her. He ignored me entirely and laughed with her as he entered his office. I felt so stupid, I waited till dead on five and left for the day.

Then the phone buzzed loud in my purse, I pulled it out, he had input his name as 'Your, Jared'. It made me angry. I pressed cancel and carried on walking. He rang again and I remembered. Work phone. What if he needed something for work. I answered it and he yelled

"Don't ever cancel my call again! I told you I would talk to you, you should have waited..."

Shit. Shit. Shit.

"Mr. Edge, it is 5pm, I assumed my working day was done and I cancelled the phone call by accident, this phone is new, still working it out" I made it up as I went along and was surprised by my ability to lie on my feet.

"Melissa, don't play stupid. Get your arse back here or I will hunt it down and drag it back" He ordered and made me hold my breath

"I'll be right there." I shut the phone up and went back to his office, my hands were sweating. I knocked on the door and he opened it and grabbed my clammy hand, he pulled me in and told me to shut up, he stroked my cheek and then shoved his tongue down my throat, I managed to push him back off.

"Seriously? Melissa, what the hell do you want? Make a fucking decision."

So I made one. It was just sex right? I pulled him in and kissed back, and he threw his hands through my hair, his tongue licking hard over mine, picked me up by my thighs and wrapped them around him, he had a leather couch in his office and he threw me onto it, he quickly yanked his tie off and ripped his shirt off. I lay on the sofa looking over his sculpted chest, his deep pecks his hard abs, he came at me and grabbed my hair, he pulled it back exposing my throat, he kissed from my jaw down to my collarbone. He got to my shirt and ripped it off including the buttons, I gasped for breath and I grabbed his belt and threw it across the room, I pulled his trousers off, followed by his boxers. I needed him. He pushed himself into me and unhooked my bra, he kissed down my stomach. He removed my trousers and saw the black lace panties underneath, he pushed it to one side as he slid his finger lightly over my clit, I was already so wet for him, he looked at me and grinned.

"See, I knew you wanted this just as much as I did"

He pushed his fingers hard over my clit and I moaned, I felt the tip of him pressing onto my sex. I thrusted lightly and he groaned, sliding over my hole. I went again and his tip slid in, he grabbed under my back and my backside as he was laying between my thighs, he pushed me to him as he thrusted into me. My sex was so full from him and he thrusted hard

"Melissa, I wanted this when I first saw you, I wanted you right here on this couch, I wanted to be inside you" I cried out as I felt myself reaching a point of ecstasy. He was so hard inside me

"Yes, Melissa. I can feel it" I had never wanted it more in my life.

"You are so beautiful, I'm going to cum deep inside you" and he did, hard and fast, his warm cum deep inside. We both lay panting with him still inside me. I felt satisfied. Happy. I wasn’t sure how I would feel, I took a gamble and hoped it wouldn’t bring it all back, bring
him
back, I couldn’t tell Jared how huge this was for me, how I had just let only the second man ever in my life do that to me.  Shouldn’t I feel sick and repulsed, why didn’t i? Maybe I knew it wasn’t my fault, never my fault. I chose this, I controlled this.

Then I remembered the blond woman.

"Jared, who was that woman? The blond" I asked almost scared for the answer

"She was the secretary here before you, you took over from he when she left and is now working in finance, why?" He said like it was nothing. Was she before me. Did she fuck him right here too

"Did you ...do this with her?"

"What? Where the hell did that come from?" he was angry -again.

"It is just a question" I replied innocently while my head filled with images of them together

"I'm not answering that, Mel" he warned, I got up and pulled out of him, grabbing my clothes I headed for the door when he came up behind me and took my clothes from my hands and threw them back on the floor, he kissed up my arm and I pushed him away, gathering my clothes and throwing them on.

"Ok, fine. Yes. As a matter of fact I fucked her a weeks ago, the day of your interview, right on that desk. Happy?" Why was he sounded so victimised? it was just a question.

I wished I hadn't asked. My heart ached and I looked into his eyes

"Happier if you told me that before" and I slammed the door and left, my.dignity still in his office but luckily my clothes on my person.

I finally got out of the building, angry as hell, I had been so stupid. I knew better and he just used me. Used again. How many girls had he done this too? I know it is just sex, and I keep repeating that but I don't want to be just another girl he fucked. It makes me feel dirty. As I got outside I realised I had no clue where the hell I lived, Eric always drove me.

Shit. I looked through my bag, and of course my purse was on my desk, where I bloody left it. I kept searching hoping to find something; anything.... then I felt the phone. Oh god, I can't phone him. I held the phone in my hand and just as I realised I had no choice the phone buzzed and 'Your, Jared' flashed up. I swear my heart stopped beating for a second, I opened the flip phone, and I heard him breathing down the phone

"... Melissa. Where are you planning to go?" His voice was nasally, shit, he knew I had no idea where to go.

"Well if you didn't change the apartment I was staying in I would. I was going to stay in a hotel"

"How will you do that without your purse, sweetcheeks?" he sounded so damn cocky. I wanted to hit him, somehow through the phone.

"Look, wait there, ill come down. We should talk anyway"

"I have nothing to say" I grumbled

"I have plenty" and he hung up.

Chapter Five

I waited at the lobby for him, my heart beating wildly and my sex still tingling. A man who I had seen a few times around the office came over to me.

"Working late already?" He smiled at me and he had a cute dimple the pushed deep into his cheek. His gray eyes shone bright at me. He had a copper like colour to his long shaggy hair.

"Something like that, be glad to get home." I could even hear my desperation in my voice. I heard the elevator open and I looked over at Jared, he stood out, completely fixed. Not flustered in the slightest.

The man touched my forearm and smiled so sweetly at me

"I have had a helluva day myself, being an assistant feels like being used and thrown away sometimes, fancy a drink before you head home, my treat" I was about to decline and as I opened my mouth Jared charged at me and I thought he was going to walk straight by me, instead he grabbed my hand, and pulled me to walk with him, I couldn't move he held me so tight, I smiled at the man as Jared took me down the steps to the parking lot, the Aston Martin from my first day was still there and I watch as he opened it.

"Get in!" He glared at me and I obeyed, I sat in the Aston and still felt completely used. He reversed out and drove angrily. He seemed so poised in the lobby. On the phone. Now he just seemed angry. I waited for the onslaught

"What is wrong with you? This is sex. Just sex. You made your decision upstairs and you chose me. I chose you. We fucked and you can't undo that. Yes there were women before you but nothing you need to worry about. Since I saw you all I have wanted was you" I was still pissed at him and I had no idea why

"Well you had me, got it out of your system so you can fire me and leave me be" He looked hurt and confused.

"You really don't know me. At all" he mumbled.

"You said it was sex, that's what we had, maybe you should work out what it is you want instead!" I demanded at him, his brow furrowed

"I fucking want you. I want to have you everyday. All the time. Not just once. It isn't enough. I need you" he had such passion in his voice, I felt myself melting between my thighs, he reached over, one hand on the wheel and he grabbed my thigh and squeezed.

"This! All of it is mine! That's what I want'"

"You can't have me. I'm not... you don't know me"

"I know enough, Melissa" he said as he turned into an underground car park. Watching him behind a wheel was sexy and made me want to jump over him onto his lap and ride him right here in this secluded parking lot. I pushed it out of my mind. Stop it, Melissa!

He got out of the car and walked around to my door and opened it, sometimes he acted like such a gentleman. So much older than he must be. He took my hand and brought me to a doorway, he pushed a button and a glass elevator appeared, he pulled me inside and said nothing. This wasn't my apartment. Where the hell was I? He pushed a button marked PH on the elevator and we moved up, he put his arms around my waist and it felt so intimate. He wanted to fuck me? Now he wants to cuddle too? As we reached the top floor he pulled me out.

"Welcome to my home, or one of many, Melissa" he smiled and looked completely different, at peace.

"Why are we here?" I was so confused what had just happened

"We need to talk" he walked through the open plan space, walls were all black, there was a huge kitchen that looked like it had never been used and a seating area, he sat on the red leather couch and patted the seat next to him

"Come sit, my beautiful rose" I reluctantly sat next to him " I didn't explain or I did but I did it wrong. I thought I could just have you like in the office. When I saw that guy touching you, looking at you like that, I didn't like it. At all. He was thinking about you naked, I could see it from a mile away. I couldn't stop him or get angry because, you won't be mine. I will do whatever it is you want, and I don't do that often. Can we eat and discuss this. I'm starving" I looked at him, the lost boy stare was back. I got up and headed for the kitchen without saying a word, he grabbed some eggs from the fridge and started frying them, he watched as I put some bread I found on the counter into the toaster. It felt so normal, just like a normal, natural couple. I found the butter and spread it over the toast, he got two plates out and I put the toast down and he poured on the egg. He had some left in the pan, he took it on a fork and brought it to my lips.