Double Daddies Temptation

Good Graces

Chapter Six

Landon Lancaster

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Having an employee kiss me on the first day I resumed as CEO was far from what I expected to happen.

The taste of her lips lingered longer than it should have. After she left, I couldn’t stop thinking about why she would do something like that.

Did she only kiss me because she wanted to get into my good graces? Was she trying to seduce me or what?

My mind raced with different thoughts. I contemplated calling her back to demand answers, but I just decided to wait until after office hours.

It was my first day and I wanted to be focused. I had a lot of files to read through because my father had handed over the company to me with the expectation that I would hit the ground running.

I couldn’t disappoint him.

We already had one disappointment in our family and that was enough.

After about an hour, I stepped out of my office. My eyes scanned through the bullpen, and I held back a chuckle as I watched everyone pretending to be busy with their computers.

I hadn’t even done anything but I could tell that most of them were scared of me. I stared at Abby — the lady who had kissed me — for a long second, but her eyes were glued to her computer.

I was certain that she wasn’t working, she just wanted to avoid eye contact with me by all means necessary.

As I stood there, one of the employees kept ramming my ears with chatter. I wasn’t even listening, I kept on thinking about Abby, still curious to know why she had kissed me.

I knew I said I would wait until after office hours to ask for answers, but I couldn’t wait anymore.

I abruptly left the conversation and headed to her desk. “Abby,” I said calmly but she flinched as she looked up and saw me.

Her fingers froze on the keyboard, and her eyes shot to mine. “Y-yes, sir?” She stammered, trying to steady her voice.

“Meet me at my office right now,” I ordered and walked away without wasting another second.

I didn’t turn around to check if she was following me, I just hoped she was. I hated repeating myself and I didn’t want other employees to think it was okay to disobey orders from their new boss.

A few moments after I settled down at my desk, she came into the office. She closed the door and walked inside slowly.

“Have a seat,” I gestured for her to sit down in the empty seat across from me.

She hesitated for a while before she sat down. For someone so confident in the morning, she suddenly acted small, as if the boldness had drained out of her the moment she entered my office.

Her eyes darted around everywhere else but me.

I leaned back on my chair, studying her face.

The truth was that I had initially noticed her when I was addressing everyone. She was an attractive lady and I was certain that every man would want her.

But I had a rule when it came to work, I didn’t like mixing pleasure with business. So I just shoved whatever thought I had about her aside.

I cleared my throat. “We didn’t finish our conversation earlier,” I said, crossing my legs. “Why did you kiss me?”

She swallowed hard. “I already told you that it was a mistake,” she murmured, her voice barely audible.

I let out a humorless chuckle. “A mistake?”

She nodded. “Yes, I shouldn’t have done it.”

I knew she was lying to me.

I was starting to have a theory about what was happening, but I wasn’t sure.

“Do you love your job?”

Her eyes widened. “Yes, I love my job.”

I stroked my beard. “If you love your job, you’ll start talking. And if you lie to me, you might as well pack your stuff and leave.”

Her lips pressed into a thin line, and for a moment, she seemed to shrink even further in her seat.

“Fine, I mistook you for someone else.”

Of course, just like I’d expected.

She must’ve probably hooked up with my brother and thought I was the same person when she saw me in the morning.

Why did he have to look like me?

“And who did you think I was?” I asked, my tone calm but sharp, letting the silence stretch so that she felt the weight of the question.

She finally met my gaze. “I thought you were someone from the bar.”

“Oh, I see,” I nodded slowly. “So how do you know that I’m not the same person?” I asked, curious to know how she’d already figured everything out.

It didn’t even make sense for her to mistake me for my brother because I clearly introduced myself as Landon.

Or maybe she didn’t know his name.

“You pushed me away and he texted me while you were standing outside,” she replied quietly.

“So the kiss was actually meant for him?”

Her cheeks flushed and she looked down at her hands. “Yes, I’m sorry,” she apologized.

Why was she blushing because of my brother? It made my skin crawl but I forced myself to stay calm.

“Did it feel good when you kissed me?”

My question caught her off guard.

She blinked.

“I-I… didn’t… I don’t know,” she stuttered, struggling to come up with a response. Then she let out a deep breath before she continued. “You pushed me away. I didn’t feel anything.”

Her answer was quick and defensive.

I could tell she wasn’t comfortable.

The room was silent for a beat.

“Do you want to kiss me again?”

I didn’t even know why I was asking her that question. Maybe it was because I found out that she had something to do with Liam and I wanted her for myself.

I just wanted to take her away from him.

But I needed to know if she wanted me or if she still wanted him.