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Lucas had his hand looped in mine as we walked into the conference room. My eyes scanned the room quickly in search of a familiar face to make me feel a little less nervous. I sighed in relief as I saw the familiar blonde-haired younger brother of Lucas. He sat next to the chair I assumed to be Lucas's with a boyish grin that made my lip curl into a smile too. I attempted to release my hand from Lucas's but he held me tighter as he moved to the head of the conference room. "I can just observe from the back of the hall," I whispered. Everyone had their eyes on us, and I could only imagine what must be going through their brains as they watched us. "Nope," he said and pulled out a seat for me next to his. I gave a small smile and sat facing Robin. His encouraging smile did a lot to boost my confidence. Lucas took his seat at the head of the board and assumed his work demeanor again. "Good morning all." They all chorused a greeting back and Robin got up to pull up the video call from the large screen facing the 24 person table. "We have a call from the Millan branch," Robin started, "a problem actually," "We had to fix a problem there less than a month ago, what is it this time?" Lucas asked in a gruff voice. "It's a security breach," one of the men that sat at the far end explained. "Roll up Davino," Lucas said and Robin received the incoming call. I made a mental note to not say a word and just pay attention as they worked. It took a few seconds to have the call connected, most of which I used to admire how handsome Lucas looked even when he had that frown on. An older-looking man finally popped up on the big screen, drawing everyone's attention. "Salut Signore Maxwell!" the man said in a thick french accent. I looked at Lucas in confusion but he gave a reassuring nod before speaking, "Good morning Davino. We have a guest in our midst this morning so the meeting today would be conducted in English only." "Of course sir," the man said. "Get on to the situation report" he demanded. "Several files went missing last week after your order to replace a few of those staff under the fraud case. They're are still stored under the company's database, but we fear that they might have fallen into the wrong hands." "So you're saying these files were taken by ex-employees at Binarid?" Robin asked with a frown. "That is what we suspect." the man explained. "You realize that most of those files have our client's delicate information, do you?" Lucas said in a clipped tone. "It would be a catastrophe if even one made it to the public." a woman next to me said. "We could get sued for violation of privacy and lose millions on our stock." "We are trying..." "Trying apparently is not solving anything," Lucas interjected. "if this news has to be brought to me, you are not putting in enough to fix this." Lucas pinched the bridge of his nose and threw his head back in frustration. I ached to reach out and touch him, but with the murmurs and frowns on everyone's faces, I knew the situation was very serious and it was probably not the best time to make that move yet. "How the hell did a former employee have access to those files Davino?" "I would take the blame for that sir," the man said in a tone full of apologies, "I dismissed them in a rage that day and it skipped my mind to follow the regular procedure of staff dismissal." "Thanks to your rage, the company might be facing a lawsuit soon," Lucas yelled and slammed his fist on the table. I took the chance to place my hand over his. I half expected him to pull back, but instead, he gave a small nod. With his hand still in mine, he sighed and closed his eyes. "We need ideas on how to fix this, but for now, involve the police," he said when he straightened. "You can track the employees back and get the files before they use them," I blurted before my brain could advise me to stop. So much for remaining in the shadows. All eyes on the table and screen turned to me and I suddenly wished I could disappear. "I'm sorry," I added quickly. "Elaborate," Lucas said, urging me on. "Um..." I cleared my throat lightly. Please don't let me make a fool of myself. "Whoever is doing this, is probably upset about having being fired. If you have them come back, it would be easier to keep them under surveillance, plus they may no longer want to release information that would tarnish the company's image seeing as they would now be having ties to it too." "If we let them in again, we would be giving them access to more files," one of the other executives started speaking but Lucas raised his had to stip him. "And what happens when we bring them back?" Lucas asked again. "You could carry out a discreet search to find out who took the files and hand them over to the police before they can cause any damage," I explained, hoping no one would notice how nervous I felt. There were small murmurs between the others, but Lucas stayed quiet as he gave me a long thoughtful look that made me squirm. "It's a risky choice," he said finally and I forced a smile to hide my disappointment. "do it, Davino." "What?" everyone turned to Lucas, Robin included. "We just have to double our security and make sure we are discreet about this. I'm sure I can trust everyone here with that discretion. If we are successful with it, it would be a double win for us." he looked back at me and squeezed my fingers in his. "and we all have Chris to thank for giving us this brilliant idea to save our company, you especially Davino." "Of course sir, thank you miss Chris." he did a small bow and I replied with a small smile. "Do not think your job is safe just yet." Lucas continued, "I want a complete report of everything and we will have a meeting like this next week. If I do not have any good news, you can kiss your job goodbye." Robin disconnected the call and Lucas gave the rest of the board instructions on how to follow up on the situation. "Our next meeting would be in one week, I want results by then. For now, you can all get to work," "Thank you so much miss...?" the woman sitting next to me said as she packed her files to leave along with the others. "Christine," I said with a small smile, fully aware of Lucas's blazing gaze on me. "Such a beautiful name for a woman as smart as yourself," she smiled and extended a hand, "Addison, head of marketing" "It's a pleasure to meet you, Addison," I shook her hand lightly. "Oh no the pleasure is mine," she looked past me and eyed Lucas who was still seated, "even though I'm sad my dear boss here is too grumpy to even introduce us." "I thought you have a lot of work to do today Addison?" Robin walked to us with an amused smile. "You do too, Robin," Lucas added. "And since you're so curious," he said and pulled me from Addison, "this is Chris, my girlfriend." "Oh my God," she gasped. "you are such a jerk, Maxwell. How do I get to find out about your girlfriend from work." "I was going to tell you later, but you know what they say about the curious cat," he shrugged. "Asshole," she muttered, "come here darling, you are so beautiful," she pulled me back and hugged me. I took a few seconds to express my surprise before hugging her back. "It's not hard to figure out you and Lillian are sisters," Lucas chuckled and quickly turned to Robin with seriousness, "do not tell her I said that," "You're Lilian's sister?" I asked when we broke apart. "Proudly." she smiled, "I am so happy to meet you." "Well enough with the formalities," Lucas grabbed me and pulled me on his lap. "I need some time alone with my girlfriend, we have a date," a sheepish smile formed on my face as he kissed my neck. "You have a date at the office?" Addison quirked her brows. "Hmm-hmm," I nodded. "You embarrass me, Lucas," Robin laughed, as he picked up his files too. "Sometimes I forget how unromantic he is," Addison shook her head in amusement. "Please Chris, don't let him turn you into a stiff robot too," "I'll try," I chuckled. "Get out of here you two," Lucas threw his pen at Addison. "Alright, alright. We're leaving." Addison laughed, "I hope to see you again sometime Hunny." "That was brilliant muffin," Lucas said the moment Robin shut the door of the conference room. "Thank you," I said with a shy smile. "No thank you," I giggled as he lifted me and placed me on the hard desk. "I hate having to deal with work that's not here in Califonia." "That's why you have Davino," I cupped his cheeks. "Yeah, but it's not the same thing with being there myself," "Do you want to go there?" I asked. "I would have to go there eventually, but not now. So don't worry your beautiful mind," he chuckled as he brushed my hair from my face. "I would have you know that my mind is far from beautiful," I spread my legs apart so he could step closer and whispered, "sadly I have a very dirty mind," "I had a hunch all along, but I would not mind you showing me just how dirty it could be," his voice was gruff and made my body shiver. "We have a date remember?" I leaned closer and kissed his neck. "Right, date," he let out a sigh and buried his head in my neck, "but it would be a shame to not revel in how great you smell right now." "It's called Forever," "You know I am not talking about your fragrance right now," I bit back a moan when his teeth dug lightly into my skin. "But we can pretend you do not know I'm talking about how I want to eat every bit of you right now," His hands attacked my breasts, squeezing and groping and making me ache for more. A gush of wetness pooled at my core, and I let out a soft moan this time, "someone can come in anytime," I reminded him. "No one will come," he growled, nibbling on the skin around my neck and shoulder softly. "Our date?" I reminded him again. "I have had too many fantasies about taking you right here on this desk," he said, ignoring my reminder. He grabbed my waist and pulled me closer until my thighs were brushing against his erection. "It would be a shame to waste such an opportunity to make them a reality," I said and wrapped my hands around his neck, buckling my hips higher. His fingers moved expertly, grazing beneath my now soaked panties. "f**k so wet," he growled he reached for his belt too. His c**k sprang free as he pulled his pants lower swiftly. he closed his lips over mine, drawing more moans from me as he deepened our kiss. I arched my back pressing my t**s on his chest to give him a show and my hips moved against his fingers on their own accord. "I need to be inside you," he said in a husky voice between kisses. He pushed my panties aside impatiently, not wanting to take the time to slide them off. His hands gripped my thighs, as he slid into me with painful slowness. I moaned and dropped my head on his shoulder, holding on to him for support. Our breaths increased when he began thrusting in and out of me, slowly at first, but building up his pace with each new thrust. He bent lower and captured the peak of my breast in his teeth, sucking my hardened tips through the cotton of my dress. Lucas shoved his c**k deeper into me, and the force of his thrusts made my toes curl. A low and croaked cry escaped my lips and I threw my head back trying to catch my breath as I lost myself in the feeling of him filling me. He had his hands wrapped around me as he increased his speed. "Oh, God...Lucas," I cried, feeling the force of my orgasm come down on me. I was well aware of our audience outside the conference room and how they could probably hear all the guttural noises flowing freely from my chest, but I gave not one f**k. I tensed around Lucas, clamping down in quick, violent surges that made my whole body tremble. My eyes lost focus, my legs wrapped around Lucas instinctively and I came with such force that milked his own climax from him. Our bodies stayed locked to each other as wave after wave of our orgasm crashed through us. "How do you manage to be more amazing every time?" he asked and kissed my temples as we tried to catch our breaths. "It's all your fault," I wagged a finger in his face lazily. "That's one blame I do not mind taking," he smirked, "now I believe we have a date today?" *** *** *** "You get to eat food like this every day?" I asked as I held up a lobster leg, from the bowls of different meals spread out in front of us on the picnic blanket. "One of the perks of the job," Lucas shrugged and tossed a pea in his mouth. "Can I come be your assistant now?" I teased. "You do well enough as the kid's nanny, but I cannot pretend to complain if you want to be spread out on my desk every day," he gave a smug grin. "but I should advise you might get bored if you get to eat these every day." "Let me do the complaining myself," I chuckled. I struggled to open the crab and Lucas took it from my hand and easily cracked it open. "I still can not believe ypu have a whole garden back here," my eyes roamed around to look around the space. I thought we were just going to have a simple office meal when Lucas suggested we had a lunch date but this was, a lot more than I had expected. "It's a park actually," he explained, "my mom recommended it to be built when dad was sick." "Your dad was sick?" I asked, surprised. "A few years ago. I was not old enough or experienced enough to take over the company yet, so dad insisted on going on with work. Mom agreed on the condition that he would take a walk in this park every day, it helped a lot to improve his health." "Wow, I love your mom more now," "She'd be thrilled to hear," he chuckled, "did I get a chance to apologize to you over her behavior when we visited?" "Yes you have, but I still do not see why do you need to apologise?" I shrugged, "she was just a mom trying to protect her son." He opened his mouth to speak, but I beat him to it, shoving a fork of salad into his mouth. He chuckled, before chewing slowly. "Also, I think your mom is now my new biggest fan." "I am your biggest fan," it was his turn to te feed me now. "I really like you, Chris, you know that right?" A shy smile crawled up my face, "you can remind me every day," "Oh I plan to," he wiped some salad cream off my lips and licked it off his thumb. "Do you know where Sarah is right now?" I blurted, just as he began to say something. He stiffened the moment the name left my lips and I regretted it almost immediately. "Dead, I hope." "I'm sorry," I said quickly, "I was just curious," "She never called or texted or tried to connect with us after our divorce," he continued, ignoring my apology, "I have seen ad posts about her in Tokyo and a few other countries so I guess she's happy now." his jaw was tense and his expression was tight. "Are you?" I asked. "More than I have ever been," he took my hand and kissed it, "I have you, I could not be happier. I have not heard any news of Sarah in the last six years and I would like to keep it so. I do know she's not the country now and I'm happy about it." "You sound like you're not yet over her," I whispered and his frown deepened. "I'm just going to pretend you did not just say that I have room for any other woman apart from you in my head," he said and dropped my hand to take a bite. The next few seconds passed with Lucas shoving some food in his mouth and me watching him guiltily. He would not even spare me a glance. "I cannot believe I just ruined our first date," I said in a small voice with my eyes fixed on the plate in my hand. "You did not ruin our first date," he said, but his voice was less than convincing, and he would still not look at me. "Are you mad at me?" stupid question since that was obvious. "I am mad," his honesty did nothing to make me feel better, "but I cannot stay mad at you for long," I got on my knees and crawled to him. He gave me a confused look but did not pull back when I leaned closer and kissed him. "I'm sorry," I mumbled against his lips with my hands around his neck. "I will let it go on one condition," he smiled mischievously. "Anything," I promised. "Good, because I need someone to test run the new pleasure toys I have been working on before I present it to the board," he grinned. "and who better to do it than my muffin?" "Your company makes s*x toys too," I gasped, almost amused. "It would be my first, and I just want to make sure it's perfect before I give it up for the review." he wrapped his hand around me and pulled me closer until I was straddling him. "Well you know I was not going to say no to you either way," I giggled and kisses his neck. "when?" "Right now in my lab at the basement,"
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