I open my eyes. Did someone get the numbers on that truck that hit me? What the fuck was I doing yesterday? Oh, yeah, I went out to Fire…with Ares. Damn, how could he let me drink that much? I run my fingers through my bangs I sit up and look around. Well, at least I didn’t do anything crazy like try to paint my room or dress in drag. I slide out of bed carefully and go into my bathroom. I toss my hair over my shoulder and splash some cold water on my face to wake up. Damn, I can’t believe I forgot that I didn’t eat before I started throwing back drinks. Wait, yeah I can. Ares looked like a fucking sex god last night. My cheeks heat up. I was all over him at the club before we left. I look down at my hands. Oh hell, I grabbed his ass…a nice, firm ass mind you. I hope he doesn’t hold that against me. I dry my face and walk slowly out of my bedroom. Just as I step out of my room I catch the whiff of magic. Yeah, he made some coffee last night. There’s also scent of eggs and peppers in the air. I make my way to the kitchen and stop. Ares is standing in my kitchen. And he’s cooking! I rub my eyes and blink to make sure I’m not seeing things. I walk in and come within touching distance of him and reach out at finger and touch his shoulder. He turns his head. Shit, it is him! I go and sit down at the end of the counter and watch his back as he makes what smells like omelets. He turns and places the omelets on separate plates then places one in front of me. Then he brings over two mugs of magic.

“Was I that bad?” I ask picking up a fork and cutting into the omelet.

“What do you mean?”

“How much of an ass did I act last night?”

“You weren’t acting like an ass last night,” Ares says sitting down on my right.

“I’m pretty sure I was all over you,” I say putting some omelet in my mouth. Whoa, this is good.

“You were fine Daniels.”

“You’re sure? I mean I think I’m pretty sure I said you were gonna have your way with me some time last night.”

“You said it in front of Giovanni. It’s fine.”

“Ok, so why don’t you tell me everything I did last night. I’m missing a few things.”

“You did nothing out of the ordinary,” Ares says, “You were having a good time, that’s all.”

I look at him for a minute. Why am I getting the feeling that he’s not telling me something? Well, I remember Ares dancing with me when we got back here, so I’m guessing that if anything really ass-worthy happened it had to be here, “So what happened after the dancing. And don’t skip out on anything. I remember some things, but I want you to tell me what went down.”

“You had been drinking Daniels. I don’t hold anything you did last night against you.”

“So did we have sex?”

“No, but you wanted to.”

“So why didn’t you screw me?”

“I’m not the type of person to do that.”

“Would you have let me screw you?”

“No.”

“How come?”

“I knew you would have felt guilty about it later.”

“So did you get me off?” I know that happened, I asked him to do it.

“Yes. You asked me to.”

“So you’ll get me off, but not have sex with me.”

“If sex were involved you’d be upset with yourself right now instead of just asking questions about last night,” Ares says bringing his mug to his lips.

“But why is it different to get someone off rather than just going ahead and gettin’ down to it?”

“You let your emotions get the better of you. You said it yourself,” he answers sitting his mug down, “How many one night stands have you been involved in?”

“…Three.”

“And how did you feel afterwards?”

I look down at the omelet, “…Kinda crappy.”

“And you expected me to do the same with you?”

Yeah, he got me there, “Ok, so why give me a hand job if you’re not gonna get some relief out of it yourself?”

He looks at me, “You weren’t satisfied with just a hand job.”

“…Ok so a couple of hand jobs…”

“I only gave you one hand job. The second time was a blowjob.”

My cheeks heat up. I remember that. So does my piece. I look him in the eye. If I look at his mouth I’ll have to run to the bathroom, “I…asked you to do that?”

“Yes.”

“And you did it.”

“You said you needed more,” he replies lifting a forkful of omelet.

“And if I wanted to return the favor?”

His fork pauses slightly, “I didn’t want you to.”

“Huh?” Wait a minute, I’m missing something.

“You wanted to return the favor,” Ares says after swallowing. I have to bite my lip when I see him do that.

“And…you let me?”

“It was that or being tickled.”

Wha?”

“You said that Giovanni told you about me being ticklish. I tried to call your bluff but it didn’t work. You said it was either getting tickled or returning the favor. I went with the latter.”

“So you’d rather get jacked off than tickled?” I say. I’m surprised by this. I would think a guy like him would just take the tickling and be done with it. I smirk and put another bite on my fork. Damn, I wish I remembered jacking him off. I wonder if he’s well equipped down below. I polish off the omelet and go to work on my coffee. After taking a couple if sips, I just have to ask.

“Did I do a good job jacking you off?” I take a long swig of my magic.

“…It wasn’t a hand job Daniels,” Ares says standing up and taking my plate and his to the sink. He came back and sat down and picks up his mug, “It was a blowjob.”

Out comes my magic. Ares was quick to lean back out of the spray that went over most of the island counter. He gets up and grabs some paper towels and wipes up the counter then tosses the dark brown mess in the trash. My face is on fire. I…gave my…boss a…a…blowjob? What the fuck was I thinking? The rest of my coffee looks very interesting. I lick my lips stopping halfway through. I did have a funny taste in my mouth when I woke up. I just assumed it was from all the liquor I drank. It was from him. I swallow some more magic and stare down at the counter. Just great, I’m sucking the cream filling out of my boss of all people. Hell, he’s probably had people do a better job than I probably did.

I sigh, “I probably wasn’t very good. In fact, I’m pretty sure I wasn’t since I don’t remember it. I’m sure Tennison or Adrian were way better than me,” I say turning up what was left in my cup. I sit my cup down and let the last bit of magic swirl around in my mouth. I have no clue why I do this.

Ares comes back to the counter and refills my mug and I wave off the cream and sugar this time. I swallow the last bit and take a swig of my second cup. He sits his cup in the sink and walks out of the kitchen.

“You were better,” I hear him say as he walks to the door. The door opens and closes and then it kicks in my brain what he just said.

Out comes the magic…again.

 

 

“Your hair looks cute like that Sky,” says Anthony when I open the door. I was glad to have an interruption from my design project, but why did it have to be him? Anyone else would have been better….except Rex. That guy gives me the creeps. I put my hand to my hair. I piled it on top of my head to keep it out of the way while I’m working on my class final.

“What do you want Anthony?”

“You’re not going to invite me in?”

“Are you gonna try to molest me again?”

“Maybe,” I start to close the door, “Ok ok, I’ll keep my hands to myself.”

I sigh and stand back to let him inside. He walks in and heads for the living area. He looks hot in those jeans, nice ass. Not a nice as Ares….oh hell let’s not go there. The absolute last thing I need around this guy is wood.

“What are you designing?” he asks looking over the material scattered over the coffee table.

“I’m doing a virtual living room set. I don’t have the time to make a piece in real time so I have to come up with a whole set and have samples of the material I’d use,” I say straightening up the cuts of cloth.

“Yeah, I didn’t like doing that either, but at least with the virtual we didn’t have to get sample material.”

“So why are you here?” I ask sitting on the couch. Anthony sits down beside me and I scoot over to the end of the couch.

“I don’t bite Sky,” he says.

“Don’t care. I like my personal space. So?”

“So what.”

“Why are you here?”

“I thought it’d be easier to talk to you without A.C. around. I heard that my bro made you two take a week off. I’m shocked.”

“Yeah, well Ares deserves it. He works himself too hard. It’s gonna catch up to him if he doesn’t take it easy once in a while.”

“And you actually get to go to class for more than a few days at a time. I bet your professors think you’ve dropped out or something.”

“They know I work,” I say, “I just don’t tell them anymore than that. Besides, it’s midterm time and I’m sure I’d have to call in to work. I can’t miss those with work as my only excuse since the date is on the syllabus. Good thing I’m done with mine.”

“Already? It’s Tuesday.”

“Most of mine were available online. I did those Sunday. I had two yesterday and one this morning that I had to go in to take.”

“So you’re free for the rest of the week,” Anthony says with that look on his face, “Got any plans?”

I sigh, “Give it up Anthony. I’m not interested.”

He smiles, “So he’s gotten you then?”

“Who?”

“A.C.”

“We’re not doing anything.”

“Yeah right.”

“No we aren’t,” Yeah, I’m sure as hell not telling him about Friday.

“That guy has a hot stud of an assistant and he’s not drilling him? I thought he was over that shit with Kenny-boy. I mean, he took you in to work for him.”

“That’s because your brother gave me to…hold up. What shit with, who?”

“Kenny-boy,” Anthony looks at me. I’m confused, “Kenneth.”

“Oh. What happened with him?”

“No one in securities has told you?”

“They don’t speak to me more than they absolutely have to.”

“Don’t feel bad, they do the same to me.”

“For different reasons, I’m sure.”

He sticks out his tongue, then he gets a slightly serious expression on his face, “Does Chambers always get you coffee, even though you’re the assistant?”

“…Yeah. What does that…

Anthony took a breath, oh hell, “Well, Kenny-boy had a thing for Chambers. The only thing was, Chambers wasn’t showin’ and interest back, or if he did have some interest, no one else knew about it. He’s always been like that. Kenny-boy tried all kinds of things but they didn’t work. Then he started gettin’ sloppy with his work and when Chambers called him on it he told him that he’d do a better job if Chambers would park his cock in Kenny-boy’s mouth once in a while.”

“What?” I say blinking.

“Yeah, he wanted to plant his face in A.C.’s lap.”

“Why didn’t Ares just fire him?”

“He couldn’t afford to at the time. Even when he was purposely sloppy, he was still good at what he did. Kenny-boy had this talent for being able to tell when A.C. needed to get some and with the stuff they were working on over the last few weeks, he knew that A.C. wasn’t gettin’ any. So basically to shut Kenny-boy up and get the work at hand done, he agreed. For a while things were back to normal, but then Kenny-boy wanted more.”

“More?”

Anthony nods, “Yeah, it wasn’t enough to just have A.C.’s cock down his throat, he wanted it in his ass too. So he did some research apparently and found out that Rex has all kinds of things to make people submit. From what I was told later on, it was one of Rex’s pets that slipped Kenny-boy some stuff to put in his coffee,” Anthony runs a hand through his hair, “That was a fucked up day. By this time, Kenny-boy was partin’ his cheeks for just about anyone willing and word got to me so I went to securities to snag me a piece,” I glare at him, “Hey, I never got to tap him, but anyway, I was in the front messin’ with the monitor geeks when I saw Kenny-boy in a screen coming from the back with coffee. Nothin’ strange about it really, and I didn’t pay attention to it at the time but he had a really big smile on his face. So I mess around with those guys a few more minutes before heading in to see Kenny-boy. As I’m gettin’ closer to the door, I can hear Kenny-boy moanin’ like there’s no tomorrow and I’m thinkin’ that A.C. finally got tired of his whining and was givin’ it to him. The door was locked but Kenny-boy didn’t know I had a key so I went in and found him riding away on Chambers on the loveseat. He was enjoying himself so I was about to just sit back and take in the show.”

“You would,” I say.

Anthony grins, “Hey, I’m a voyeur as well as a fucker, Anyway, I notice somethin’s up when I see Chambers’s hands just layin’ there. And I'm sure you know that he likes to direct things so when I saw that I knew something was wrong. I go over and take a look around Kenny-boy at him and he’s sittin’ there all dazed and shit. I check his pulse and it’s goin’ like a hundred miles and hour and I see the cup that Kenny-boy brought him spilt in the seat. Kenny-boy’s all like ‘he’s fine he’s fine’ when it’s clear he isn’t so I pull him off Chambers by the hair and call in for his people to keep a grip on Kenny-boy while the med team comes to check out A.C. As soon as they lay eyes on Chambers they haul him off to the infirmary and I’m pluggin’ Kenny-boy for the crap he slipped Chambers when bro comes in wonderin’ where A.C. was since they were supposed to be meeting. I tell bro what the deal was and he has Kenny-boy taken to one of Rex’s holding cells.”

“Rex has holding cells?”

“You don’t wanna know Sky,” he says, “It turned out that the stuff was some kind of experimental drug that Rex was working on that was supposed to be some kind of combination of a date rape drug and viagra that’s supposed to make you less resistant but hard as a rock. Only thing was, Kenny-boy gave him more than what he was told apparently and Chambers was borderline OD-ing when I saw him. Rex said the drug was designed to be worked out of the system through sex so I’m guessin’ it was an aphrodisiac.”

“Was there an antidote or something?”

“Yeah, but they couldn’t give him enough to completely counteract what was already in his system so Chambers had to fuck the rest of it out of his system. Only problem, no one wanted to help him with that. He’s got this sexy dangerous type image; sexy as hell to look at, but dangerous if you tried to get close to him. Most people couldn’t understand why Kenny-boy would even want to go that far with him.”

“So he had to deal with it himself?”

“Bro called in Adrian and Tennison from Yume to help. He wore them both out in like three hours, and they’re pros.”

I blinked, “Damn.”

“Yeah I know. We ended up having to restrain him and use e-stim to work it out of him.”

“E-stim?”

“Electrical stimulation,” my eyes widened, Anthony shakes his head, “The currents aren’t set to be painful and it can last a lot longer than a person. It feels kinda weird at first, but after about ten or fifteen seconds it feels really good.”

“Of course you know from experience,” I say. He grins.

“Either way it worked and Chambers was back to normal. Bro transferred Kenny-boy to Rex and he’s been there ever since.”

“He’s still working for Siren?”

“No, he’s a pet for Rex. Had he just been a worker, yeah he’d be sacked no question. But since he felt the need to part his cheeks for anyone willing, bro decided to let Rex have him. Told his family that he just stopped coming to work and that’s that.”

“Wait, his family thinks he’s missing?”

“Yup.”

“You’re shittin’ me!”

“Nope.”

“That’s kidnapping!”

That’s what happens when you fuck with Siren, Sky. Kenny-boy fucked up. He could have killed Chambers and for what, just to get his boss’s cock in his ass? Bro did not take kindly to that.”

“So why are people still allowed to screw like rabbits at work then?”

There’s only a handful of people that know what happened to him. It’s probably a good idea not to let on that you know to A.C. either.”

“So that’s why he doesn’t get himself involved with anyone? He thinks something like that might happen again?”

“I highly doubt something like that will happen again. Bro laid into Rex about that drug and forbid him to do anymore research on it or look at the data the med team had on its effects. Rex was pissed. I heard that the person that gave the drug to Kenny-boy got sold off or whacked or somethin’.

“Damn,” was all I could say. That does explain a good deal about how Ares acts around people.

“So you two really haven’t done anything? I mean the way he acts around you…He likes you.”

“We aren’t doing any- what?”

“You haven’t noticed that?”

“What the hell are you talkin’ about Daevin?”

“Well, he’s never sent anyone out to get a suit of clothes for any of his assistants or gone out of his way to keep me away from them. I’ve pretty much screwed every one of them save you and Kenny-boy. And pretty much you’re the only one he’s willingly touched. I heard about the hair,” I blink, “and I knew about the ribbons since I’ve met his ex when they were together. I saw you guys when you were leaving that day and noticed the ribbon on the end of your hair and guessed he braided it for you. Yeah, he likes you.”

“We don’t have that kind of relationship,” I say. Geez, first these people want to fuck me and now they want me fucking Ares. Does everyone that works for Siren have horny on the brain?

“You don’t think he’s hot?”

“Of course I think he’s hot! I’ve never seen a guy look like sex on two legs like he did Frid-,” Oh shit! Why can’t I keep my mouth shut?

Anthony perked up, “So you saw him Friday night? I was wonderin’ what he was doing lookin’ like that. Absolutely fuckable from head to toe. Wait, you were gone around five, when did you see him?”

Damn it! “He…camebyhere,” I mumble. Anthony leans in some, “He came by here Friday night,” I say again sighing. No use hidin’ that part.

“So what’d he want? You two go out or somethin’?”

“He took me to Fire.”

“Fire, really? I’m guessin’ they let you in ‘cause he was with you.”

“Giovanni said that I’d be allowed in since I work for Ares.”

“So did he hit on you?”

“Why do you care?”

“I’ll take that as a yes,” Anthony smiles, “What’d you think about Ares’s ex?”

“A little flirty, but he’s ok.”

“I guess A.C. is keeping your braid wrapped around his hand so his ex can’t whisk you off to the Mediterranean. Yeah, A.C. likes you Sky, no doubt about it.”

“Why is everyone so interested in me? I’m just a normal guy that got sucked into a shitty situation by an asshole. I’m nothin’ special.” 

Anthony slid closer to me, “Sky you’re too fuckin’ hot to be normal, even with this I-Dream-of-Jeanie hairstyle you’ve got goin’ on,” he reaches up to ruffle my bangs and I smack his hand away, “I still would have liked to have seen your hair before Chambers braided it. My guys told me it looked great flowing down your back in that ponytail.”

He reaches for my hair and I grab his hand, “Not happenin’ Daevin.”

“Aw come on. Just this once? I won’t tell anyone.”

“Nope.”

“Please?”

I arch my brow. He’s begging to see me with my hair down? Weirdo, “What is it with you Daevins? You and wanting to see my hair down and your brother sizin’ up my pi-,” Fuckin’ hell I did it again!

Anthony scooted closer, “So bro was checkin’ out the merchandise, eh?” his hand comes to my thigh, “Can I get a peek too?”

I smack his hand again, “Hell no!”

“Why not? You let Pat.”

“That’s because he owns the company, not you.”

“So if I owned the company you’d let me see?”

“NO! You’re not checkin’ out my piece Anthony so slide back over.”

“When did A.C. let you out of his sight long enough for Pat to get a look?”

“We were in your brother’s office when he did it. Ares just stood there like it was an everyday thing.”

“So Pat was gettin’ his feel on and Ares was watchin’? Did he get hard?”

“What? How the fuck should I know? I was too shocked by your brother strokin’ my piece to see if Ares had wood.”

“Did you like it?”

“What? No! I didn’t like people just touchin’ my piece like that.”

Anthony smiles and moves right next to me on the couch, “He got you hard. I know it.”

“No he didn’t.”

“He told me about it already Sky. He also said you taste pretty good,” he leans in so our heads touch, “Come on Sky, let me stroke it. Please? I wont tell anyone, honest,” his hand creeps up my thigh again and makes it under my shorts before I grab his wrist.

“Why are you so insistent on touching me?” I ask. Anthony blows in my ear and I shiver and my piece stirs. Damn you lump of nerves, stay down!

“Because you’re worth touching,” he says in my ear. He takes a lick and his hand inches further up. My piece is coming to life. Traitor.

“I bet seein’ A.C. like that got you all hot and bothered, didn’t it,” his hand kept going. He wasn’t lying, as soon as I saw him I wanted him naked. Fuck! My piece is overthrowing my brain. Anthony’s hand comes from under my shorts and over to the button, “He got you hard as soon as you saw that nice hard ass of his. Am I right?” he undoes my button and he’s sliding down my zipper. Hell yeah I was hard. If you saw that ass you’d be too!

“You wanted to give that ass a good squeeze didn’t you,” his hand takes my piece and I let out a shaky breath. He pumps me a few times then runs his thumb back and forth over my slit. I close my eyes. Damn that feels good, “I bet you wanted him out of those jeans. You wanted to see him in all his glory, right?” he whispers as he continues to stroke me. His lips brush my cheek. Sweet holy fuck, why are these two so damn good at this?

“Did you want to stroke his big hard cock? Oh, that’s right, you haven’t seen his cock,” Anthony says stroking my nice and steady, his breath heavy on my skin, “He’s definitely got a cock worthy of a god, trust me,” Anthony kisses me down my neck. I want to stop him, really I do, but…fuck he’s got me hard as a rock now! I feel him shift beside me then his warm breath on my piece…oh…fuck…

“No…Anth-,” too late, he’s plunged me into his mouth. I feel like my piece is a living straw or something with the way he’s sucking on me. And for the love of fucking it feels great. I bite my lip to try and hold back a moan but it doesn’t work. Flashes of a head of brown hair come into my mind. I reach down and bury my hands in hair that I know isn’t the color of the one I’m thinking about. I feel his moans as he's licking my slit clean of every minuscule drop that comes out. I feel his hand travel up and down my shaft as his mouth keeps my head prisoner in a hot wet den of pleasure. My head falls back and I moan, “Ares…” The sucking stops and I feel the cooler air of the room on my tip. I lift my head up and open my eyes.

“You really shouldn’t call out someone else’s name when they aren’t the person giving you head Sky,” Anthony says sitting up and looking at me, a frown  playing over his lips, “It’s bad form,” he licks his lips, “At least I got to get a little taste of you. Maybe Chambers will be lucky enough to get a full load.”

He already has, “Can you just…leave now, please? I’ve…got some…stuff to finish up.”

Anthony looks down at my weeping piece and smirks, “I’ll leave you to your…stuff,” then gets up and leaves. As soon as he closes the door I'm stroking myself to completion. Why can’t they just leave my piece in peace?

 

 

 

The time off from work has done me lots of good. I was able to get my project done and didn’t have to worry about having to be called in at odd hours. It was almost strange in a way, I went back to having some semblance of a regular person’s schedule for a week. It seemed boring. And, as hard as I tried, I still kept having thoughts about Ares. The kiss was one thing, but then the way he looked and what we did after the club…Let’s just say it was the main reason for a lot of morning shower time. He didn’t call or come over after that either. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. I guess he wanted me to focus on my midterms so he left me alone. Which is good, but I…kinda wanted to see him, outside of business ya know? 

I’ve been prattling around my place for three days now. I’m bored. I don’t have to be at work…well, I’m not allowed to go back to work until Monday. I can only imagine the amount of paperwork that’s waiting for me when I get in. I sigh as I brush my hair. I need somethin’ to do! I wonder if Ares…wait! I can’t be thinkin’ about him like this…can I? I mean I get why he is like he is, but shit, I don’t know. I want to know more about him. I can’t believe that one incident has shut him off that much from wanting to be near others. I mean, look at last Friday. And Giovanni said that he’s never been able to get him to come to the club since it opened, so there’s some progress, right?

My phone ringing stops my thoughts about Ares, until I recognize the ringtone, Furuido’s Nantokanare. It’s Ares. I lean over and grab my phone from the night table, “Hello?”

“Do you have an exam to take today?”

“No I’m done.”

“…Would it be possible for you to give me a back massage today? That is if you don’t have plans already.”

Holy shit, I get to touch him again! Of course that causes my piece to stir. Stay down you lump of nerves! “Yeah, sure. Did you want me to come to your place? Or…”

“I’ll come to yours.”

“Ok.”         

“I’ll see you in a few minutes.”

“Ok. See you then.”

He ends the call and I sigh. What that fuck? Did I just sigh? I sound like some love-struck girl…ewww. I dig around in the hall bathroom and find the gift basket that that dick Anthony sent me as a house warming present about a week after I got settled in here. It had all kinds of massage and bath oils and…other stuff. Horny bastard. I chuckle, at least he left me alone when I called out Ares’s name while he was giving me head. Hell, I didn’t even mind finishing the job knowing that’s what turned him off. I’ll have to remember that next time he tries to get all hands with me. I went back to my room and sat it on the bed when I heard a knock at my door. I go and open the door and find Ares on the other side looking quite yummy in blue jeans and….what the fuck? A ‘Property of Olympus’ shirt. My brow arches at this.

“A Christmas gift from Anthony,” Ares says catching on to my gaze.

I shake my head and step back. Ares comes in and I take a moment to put my piece in its place mentally before turning around and catching sight of that ass. Then I look down at what I’m wearing, just a pair of worn out jeans that I can’t get rid of. They feel just that damn good! All the holes in them were made by time and you couldn’t buy something like this in a store. But I digress. I walk into the living room and Ares is looking over the leftover swatches of cloth from my project.

“How did your project turn out?”

“It turned out pretty good actually. My professor sent me an email today saying that she liked the color scheme and the texture of the material I chose works really well for the furniture I designed. I hope that’ll keep me in her good graces ‘til the semester’s over.”

Ares nods and we fall into a patch of silence. Yeah, I really don’t know what to say to transition from furniture fabric to massaging.

“The bedroom?”

“Huh?” I reply, yeah that was a nice way to respond.

“For the massage.”

“Oh, yeah, sure,” I say and start walking to my room with Ares behind me. That’s when I realize that my hair is still down. I was thinking that I didn’t have any kind of oil then I remembered that dick’s present that I shoved into the hall bath. I didn’t think at all to at least put it in a ponytail. I start digging in my pockets for a tie when I feel cool air on my back. I stop, Ares has my hair in his hands. Soon my hair is resting against my back in a loose braid. Does he always carry ribbons in his pocket or something?

We go into the bedroom and I start opening the gift basket from Anthony, “Anthony?”

“Yeah,” I say as I pull out a bottle of massage oil. I set the basket on the floor and am about to tell Ares to make himself comfortable on the bed when I look over and see him pulling off his shirt. Oh hell, he’s…oh fuck, I couldn’t keep my piece from reacting if I tried. I open the bottle as he slips out of his shoes and lies down on the bed. I settle myself on his left side before I realize that it’ll be better to just straddle his…gorgeous….ass and massage his back. Damn, did I mention he’s got a rockin’ ass? “I-Is this ok?”

“You’re fine,” he says. I pour some of the oil in my hands and warm it up. I then reach my hands out and touch the top of his back. He’s hard, and no, not like that kind of hard. I get to work loosening up is back, working out the knots along the way and trying to keep from actually sitting on his ass because if I did that then my piece would come to life and I’m not havin’ him get me off again…at least not today anyway. He came here for a back massage…wait…

“How’d you get here so quick? Were you in the area?”

“I’m your next door neighbor.”

“What?” What the fuck!

“Daevin purchased this apartment when Markham had said that you would be better to pay off the debt,” he says as I work over his shoulder blades.

“But what if I never answered the email?”

“Then he would have found you and made you work for the company,” Ares says, “He was hoping that your situation was such that the email would be an opportunity for you to at least make some extra money.”

“Damn,” I say as I come down the midline of his back. I press outward under his shoulder blades and he lets out a small moan. Oh hell did it sound good. I bite my bottom lip and mentally plead with my piece to stay down. He’s here for a massage not to get me off! I come to the small of his back and it’s like I’m rubbing concrete covered with flesh, “Were you doing something strenuous yesterday? You’re really tight here,” I say pressing my fingers deep into his flesh.

“I was working out,” he replies, “It’s been a while so I may have over done it a bit.”

“You really haven’t had any time off, have you.

“There was too much to do after my last assistant got transferred. I didn’t have the time.”

“Didn’t anyone help you?”

“I was the only one that knew what he was working on. It would have only slowed the process more if I had to explain it to people.”

“You should get more time off. All the stress of working the hours you do is gonna come back to bite ya in the ass if you’re not careful,” I say sliding down close to his knees and applying more pressure to the small of his back. He moans again, this time with a bit of pain, “Sorry about that.”

“You’re fine.”

I spend some time loosening up his lower back before making my way up. Man oh man does he feel good. I can almost imagine what it’d be like to be beneath him and gripping his shoulders…or raking my fingers along his back…FUCK! I can’t be thinking about this! I pause and pour some more oil onto my hands. I work his neck then come back down to his shoulders then get to work on his left arm. Man, these arms…they’ve held me against him…I get to his forearms and feel the tension in the muscles there. I hear him sigh gently as I draw out the tension. I look and see that his head is still facing his right side. Oh, how I want to run my fingers through that thick head of hair. Fuck, I sound like a horny schoolgirl…

I switch sides and start working is his right arm. He’s been quiet for a while. Then again he usually is. I come to his hand, the one that’s gotten me off… His hands feel strong, and gentle, like he knows how to caress his lover’s skin and set it a blaze. I know he’s done that to me. I chance looking at his face. He’s asleep! I can’t believe he feels this at ease with me….or maybe he’s just tired. What the hell am I saying? I look down at his hand in both of mine, my fingertips gently sliding along his palm. Fuck, I can’t deny it. I love his hands on me. The way he touched me before he went to my piece was…fantastic. I think I have an understanding of Giovanni meant when he spoke about the times they were intimate…you can’t put it into words. I look back to his face. He’s so calm and relaxed. I want to touch his face, but I don’t want to disturb him. I want to stroke his cheek, his lips. I want to kiss his lips. I want to be beneath this man, I want him to making me writhe in pleasure. I want to be calling out his name when I cum, I want to hear him calling out mine. I know next to nothing about this man and yet…

I love him…

Shit, my brain’s gone off the deep end for sure. I place his hand on the bed and quietly slide off the side and head for the living room. I sit down on the couch and shake my head. There’s no fuckin’ way I can be in love with someone I don’t know shit about! I’ve got people telling me all kinds of things but I’m not hearing things from him. That’s the part that matters. I could care less if everyone on this planet tells me he loves me, if I don’t hear it from him, it’s not worth it. I lean back into the cushions and put my hands over my face. This can not be happening! I can’t be falling in love with…Ares. Yeah, he’s been good to me, but still. How can I fall for someone that doesn’t really open up to me? Shit, this will make things a lot more complicated. Wait, it this what Ares was talkin’ about? Fuck…

My stomach growling stops the mental debate. Oh yeah, I was planning on making spaghetti and meatballs today. I get up and head to the kitchen and start working on my dinner. I look over at the clock, damn, I was rubbin’ him down for close to an hour and a half! Well, it’s not like he didn’t need it. He was all hard and tense. I wash my hands and set my water to boiling and my base sauce to heating and pull out herbs for my sauce. I then add the meatballs to the sauce since they’re the pre-made kind from the freezer section. I wasn’t in the mood to actually make them this time. I go back to chopping some fresh basil when Ares walks into the kitchen. I just glance up and see that he’s still shirtless. I quickly look back down at what I’m doing. I have to concentrate on chopping before I loose a finger, his chest is screaming ‘run your hands all over me’ with its cut yumminess. He sits down at the end of the island counter and watches me work on the basil leaves. I get them to my liking and add then to the meatballs and sauce. I take out a clove of garlic and dice it finely and add it to the mix. If you can’t tell, I’ve got some skills in the kitchen. I like to use as much fresh ingredients as I possibly can when I have the time. This week has been good for that. I take out some peppercorns and put them into the grinder and add that to the sauce as well.

“Do you need help with anything?” he asks quietly.

“Not right now,” I say then look up, “You are staying aren’t you?”

He nods and I smile.

“I was actually getting bored around the house here and was wondering what you were up to when you called me. I was thinking about asking you over…to…you know, hang out and stuff,” I can feel my cheeks heating up, “I guess I’ve gotten used to being around you all the time and being by myself gets, well, boring.”

“Your school work is complete?”

“Yeah, even my final projects are done. I guess I’ve gotten used to being busy and when I didn’t have anything to do….yeah, I guess I like keeping at least somewhat busy,” I pull out some oregano and start chopping, “Strange huh, most guys my age would love to be lounging around doing nothing.”

“Given the situations in your life you’ve had to mature faster than normal.”

“Yeah, I never understood why my mom let him do that to me. But then again, it’s not like we had that total loving mother and son thing goin’ on either.”

“There’s probably more to it than you’re supposed to know.”

“That’s what I’m thinking,” I sigh and add the last of my herbs to the sauce and give it a good stir before adding my pasta to the rumbling water, “Oh well, it’s not like I can change anything now, right.”

I turn back and catch his jade eyes, his gaze burning through me. I need to know more about this man, from him. I don’t want to make the mistake of loving someone that keeps things from me about them self. I feel myself wanting to blush.

“Um, could you put the bread in the oven for me,” I say, “I’m gonna go change,” and calm myself down. Ares takes my arm just as I pass him.

“You’re fine as you are.”

I look down at my jeans and I decide that I’m not. I’m really on the verge for havin’ major wood right about now and as much as I love these jeans, they do not hide wood.

“No, I really should change.”

“Daniels you weren’t worried about how you looked Saturday morning when you sat down to breakfast naked,” he says.

Oh…shit…I totally forgot about that…

My face caught fire I wanted to bolt but kept a grip on me. I start to pull away and find myself wrapped in his arms as he’s still sitting on the stool at the counter, “You’re fine as you are Daniels. You don’t need to change for me. This is your place after all. If anything, I’m the one that should at least have a shirt on since I’m a guest.”

“You don’t have to do that,” I pour out…yeah real nice there Sky. Might as well just ask the man to get naked while you’re at it. I sigh, “Ok, fine I won’t change. Can you put the bread in the oven in a few minutes? I need to go…do something right quick.”

“Do you want me to get you off?”

How the hell does he know this?

“I’ll take care of it, thanks,” I say. I know my cheeks are still red. He holds on to me for a few more seconds then I’m able to walk out of his embrace. I head to the hall bath and take care of business. Shit, why does he have to feel so bloody fuckin’ great? The feel of his breath against the back of my shoulder, the warmth from his body….FUCK! It doesn’t take long for me to rub one out but I stay in the bathroom for a few minutes to collect myself. Shit, I can’t fall in love with this guy? It’ll be too much like what happened to him last…time…I shake my head again. What the fuck is my problem? I’m not like that other guy. I wouldn’t do something that low to someone I liked. I’m sure he knows that, right?

After taking a few more deep breaths I walk out of the bathroom and come back into the kitchen to a lovely spread set up by my jade-eyed walking sex ad. Did I mention how hot he looks without a shirt on?

“Do you feel better now?” he asks as I sit down.

“Yeah,” I say picking up my fork and starting in on a helpless meatball. We eat in silence for a bit. Which is good, I don’t really know of anything that I can say to him right now.

“Did you do most of the cooking when you lived at home?” he asks after a while.

“Yeah,” I reply, “It was mainly for me since my mom worked a lot but there were a few times that she and James would be there and I’d cook just so I know the food will taste like food. She wasn’t really that good in that department.”

“So you’ve been cooking for a while then.”

“Yeah, since about ten. There was a small step that she used so I could do the dishes so after one too many days of eating eggs sunny side up, I decided to make eggs the way I liked them.”

“Scrambled.”

“Yes. I still don’t see how people can eat eggs like that. It freaked me out, but that’s how James liked them.”

“You’ve very good at it.”

“Thanks. You’re pretty good yourself. That omelet was amazing.”

“Thank you.”

“So how long have you been cooking?”

“I worked in the kitchen at shelters when I was between foster parents, mostly because it kept me out of trouble. When I turned sixteen I started working in restaurants so I could have a place of my own to live.”

“Oh.”

“The place to live was more like a place to hide the stuff I couldn’t fence the day I stole it.”

“What?” I say looking at him.

“I had a talent for breaking and entering and stealing when I was younger. Only got caught twice and both times I was able to get off since I was so young.”

“How old were you when you got caught?”

“Seven the first time, eight the second time.”

“What…about your parents?”

“Never knew them. I was raised by a few aunts before they felt like they didn’t need me around and the last one put me in the custody of the state. That just made things worse.”

“How did you end up working for Siren?”

“I was helping some people case a bank when I came across a man that worked security. He was impressed by how casual I acted when I was inside the bank and when I left the building he caught up with me and offered me a job that would have a steadier payout than trying to hold up a bank.”

“So you took the job?”

“Not a first. The day the robbery was to take place he found me again and tipped me off about the added security he put in. I decided to go with the steadier payout.”

“How long did you work with him?”

“Seven years. I was freelance for a while then Daevin came along and offered me a job with his company. He had been following my work when an acquaintance told him about the job I did for him and asked me to work for him.”

“And here you are.”

He nods. Wow, that wasn’t hard at all to get out of him. I guess with the way he carries himself, people don’t want to get close.

“…Can I ask you something?”

“Ok.”

“Why don’t you have a man?” Yeah, I have a tendency to be blunt at times, “I mean, you’re a great lookin’ guy and you’ve got yourself together. Is it because you work so much?”

Ares goes silent. Oh shit, I made him mad at me again.

“After Giovanni, I didn’t really care to be in a relationship. I knew that my job was demanding and I thought that he understood this. Then…there was Kenneth…”

“You were in a relationship with him?” Hold up, did Anthony not tell me something here?

“He…almost killed me.”

Oh…ok…I look down at the table, “Anthony told me about that.”

“When did he tell you?”

“He was over a few days ago. He was surprised that his brother made you take time off and thought he could hit on me again.”

“What happened with that?”

Heat went back to my cheeks again, “He...told me about what happened with you and Kenneth…then he said that you liked me…and then…he was giving me head until…Icalledoutyourname,” I rush out the last of it hoping he’d miss it.

“He thought you’d call out his?”

I look up at him, “I…I guess…”

“I’ll handle him when I see him,” he says, his eyes catch fire, of the angry kind.

“No Ares, don’t. He wasn’t happy that I did that and stopped as soon as your name came out of my mouth. I’m pretty sure if he tries anything else, that’ll definitely turn him off to me.”

“I don’t want him touching you.”

“I’ll deal with him, please Ares,” I say, he’s getting angry. He looks hard at me.

“Don’t let him touch you again,” he says and gets up from the table and heads to the bedroom. He emerges shortly after fully dressed. Oh pooh.

“Ares…”

“I’m not upset with you Daniels,” he says, the fire gone from his eyes, “I’ll see you on Monday,” then leaves.

 

 

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