Building Our Love (Griffin Brothers #2) (4 page)

“I-I do. I want to,
but I wasn’t sure if it would be okay.” I look over, and she’s
biting her bottom lip and staring at the ceiling.

Shit. I’ve been such
an asshole to her. I know I need to be, but I can’t stand having
her be unsure about what to do around me when we’re like this. I
reach over and pull her to me. “It’s definitely okay, sweetheart.
I want to feel you in my arms.” She smiles up at me and then closes
her eyes. I hear her even breathing a couple of minutes later, and
then I feel myself drifting off to sleep as well.

* * *

Chloe

I wake up shivering
from the air conditioner. And from being in Ryan’s arms. I still
can’t believe that he’s here with me. I look over to the clock on
the cable box and see that it is only 2 a.m. I need to grab a
blanket, and then I should get some work done. I really want to wake
Ryan up and have my way with him, but he looks so peaceful sleeping.
He hasn’t looked at peace since I’ve been here in Las Vegas. Most
days he has circles under his eyes, so I want to let him get some
rest.

I slide out from under
him slowly and watch him turn on his side as he settles back into
sleep. I grab a throw off of a nearby chair and place it over him. I
go to grab another one to wrap myself in when I see his shirt on the
floor. I can’t resist putting that on instead.

I’m sitting on my
high work chair, leaning over my drafting table, when Ryan comes into
my workroom. I sense him before he even speaks. “Chloe. Why are you
working at 3:08 a.m. and not sleeping with me?” He walks up behind
me and nuzzles my neck. “You look sexy in my shirt, by the way.”
He places a condom on the table, and I have to hide my smile.

I turn to him. “I
woke up and was cold.” He didn’t put anything on when he came
looking for me. His body is so hard and hot. I almost whimper as I
take him in.

“I would have warmed
you right up.” He takes my mouth in a passionate kiss and I drop
the pencil I’d been holding.

“You looked so
peaceful sleeping. I couldn’t wake you up. So I came in here to
work on my proposal for Seattle.”

“So you were thinking
about letting me sleep? I appreciate that, but next time, you need to
wake me up. I want you more than I want a little sleep. Understand?”
I nod, swallowing hard as he continues. “Were you also thinking
about me being inside of you while you worked? About how you’re
depriving yourself of my cock?” He pushes his partially buttoned
shirt down my arms and runs his hands over my breasts.

“Yes.”

He moves one of his
hands under the bottom of his shirt and slides it through my wet
folds. Then he smiles a cocky smile. “You were. I need to punish
you for making me look for you when I woke up. You should’ve been
there in my arms.”

“P-punish me?” I
try to pull back.

Ryan senses my fear and
pulls me tight against him, looking into my eyes. His smile is gone.
“I would never hurt you, Chloe. I would never put my hands on you
in a way that you wouldn’t like. I know you wouldn’t like what
you’re thinking I meant. I mean that I’m going to make you wait
for my cock. You’re going to have to earn it.”

I sigh in relief and
start to drop to my knees. He grips my arms to stop me. “Not like
that, sweetheart.”

“What do I have to
do, then? To earn it?”

He smiles again and
turns me around as he pulls me off of the chair. “You’re going to
hold onto this table and tell my about what you’re working on. Your
ideas. While you do that, my hands are going to explore your body. If
I like what I hear, and you come hard on my fingers, then we’ll
move to the next challenge.”

“The next challenge?”

“If you scream loud
enough for me with my hands, then I’m going to explore you with my
mouth and tongue while you tell me more details about what you want
to do to my building. This building is important to me, and whoever
designs the interiors has to get it right. So, if you can convince me
that it’s you, and then come hard on my mouth, you’ll get both
the job and my cock.”

“Wh-what if I can’t
convince you?”

“You will. You know
me better than anyone, and I remember all the times we sat side by
side, me drawing my buildings and you drawing the interiors. I know
that you’re the right person for the job. But I want to hear you
telling me while I’m pleasuring you.” He starts to pull off the
shirt but then stops. “I’m going to leave this on. It’s so hot
to see you in one of my shirts again. I remember when you used to ask
me to keep a t-shirt so you could sleep with my scent. You don’t
know what that did to me, knowing my scent was on you as you slept.”

“I know what it did
to me.”

“Yeah, Chlo, and what
was that?”

“I used to touch
myself and imagine it was you as I smelled the scent of you around
me,” I admit to him. I don’t tell him that I purposely kept the
shirt from the night we were together, pretending that I couldn’t
find it when he asked for it after I broke up with him. It’s under
my pillow right now, in fact.

“Well now it is going
to be me. Are you ready to start talking?”

I nod, and he puts his
hands on my shoulders, massaging them. “I know this is going to be
your first fully tech building, and I wanted to reflect that inside.”

“Go on,” he tells
me as he slides his hands lower to cup my breasts through his shirt.

“I was thinking that
the walls and furniture should be in shades of grays and blues, but
with pops of lemon yellow to brighten it up. Especially because
Seattle is not so-so sunny.” I’m having trouble concentrating
while he kneads my breasts and pinches my nipples.

“I like it so far,
sweetheart. Keep going.” His hands are on my stomach now, teasingly
close to where I want them but not quite there yet.

“I saw in the
preliminary designs that you want a skylight over a central atrium.”

“Mm-hmm.” His hands
are on my ass now, caressing and squeezing my cheeks. I can’t stop
myself from moving my hips. I can feel the moisture dripping out of
me.

“I-I’d like to make
it a stained glass griffin instead of just being clear glass.”

His hands move around
me and are finally where I want them. He shoves two fingers into me
while his other hand pushes on my clit. “I like all of that so far,
Chloe. Now come for me so I can taste you on my mouth next.”

He is pumping in and
out with the fingers of one hand while he swirls his other hand over
my clit. With his fingers working on both places, I’m soaring
towards my release within seconds. I let go and scream so loud that
if there were windows in this room, I can imagine them shaking.

“Good job, Chlo. I
liked what you told me about the building,and I liked how you came
for me. Now it’s time for round two.” I’m still shaking from
round one. I may not survive round two with all of my brain cells
intact.

* * *

Ryan

Damn, that was hot.
Hearing Chloe talk about her ideas for my building while I touched
her everywhere nearly made me come. I’m not sure who is being
punished here, but I want to keep going. I started this, and I have
to see it through. Besides, I haven’t forgotten the taste of her,
even after all of these years. I need to know if she’s changed. I
move all of her drawings off of the table and then turn her around,
lifting her onto the angled surface. She reaches behind her to hold
on to the top as I step between her spread legs, holding her in
place.

“Are you ready for my
mouth, sweetheart?” I ask her as I pull my shirt apart, scattering
what was left of the buttons. She looks at me with glazed eyes and
nods. “Then go ahead and tell me some more about what you want to
create with me in Seattle.”

I lean over and start
sucking on her earlobe as she begins. “I want to make sure the
employees have a state of the art break room. I think that since they
will mostly be tech guys, I should find some retro arcade games to
put in there, as well as floor to ceiling TVs with all of the new
gaming systems. I would have a separate full service cafeteria, and
also a quiet room for those who want that.”

“What a good girl.
Wanting to make the employees happy. I like that.” I make my way
down her neck licking, sucking and nibbling.

“It’s important for
the people working for you to be happy. For the floors where they
will all be working together, I would suggest having the supervisor
and manager’s offices in the middle of the room with walls of glass
around the outside so that light can get in to everyone.”

“Go on.” I tell her
as my mouth moves to her breasts, going back and forth to give them
both attention. She’s arching into me and I put a hand on her
stomach to hold her still. I love the way that I’m affecting her,
and I also love what she’s telling me.

“Th-the cubicles
should be at least double sized so that they don’t feel like
they’re in a little box, and the aisles should be wide too.” I’m
nibbling on her nipple and she loses her concentration for a few
seconds. “I-I…”

“You’re close to
being done, Chlo. Don’t stop now,” I tease her and then move my
mouth down to her stomach, licking her belly button.

She starts again. “I
would like to meet with each employee if possible, to customize their
workspace with the shades of the blue and gray that they like. They
should be comfortable in their surroundings. I also would like to
have Owen make some cool art. Not so professional looking like he
does for the other buildings. Maybe some paintings and sculptures
that include computer parts.”

I look up at her and
stare into her eyes. “I knew you were perfect for this job. It’s
yours, Chloe. Now prepare to scream.”

I lick through her wet
folds and slide my tongue into her. I can barely hold her on the
table as she is bucking and writhing hard. It’s not going to take
much to send her over. Which is a good thing, because my cock needs
release. It needed it a half hour ago, but now it’s demanding it. I
move my mouth up and suck her clit into my mouth, biting gently, and
she comes hard and screams so loud that I’m thankful there are no
windows in here.

I suck her until she
comes down and then tell her, “Okay, sweetheart. You’re going to
get my cock now. But I need you hard and rough and I don’t know if
I can wait for you,” I say this honestly as I slide her off the
table and turn her around.

“Don’t worry about
me, Ry. I just came twice. Just put that beautiful cock of yours in
me and do what you need to.”

“You think my cock is
beautiful?” I ask her incredulously.

“I think all of you
is beautiful. And don’t go worrying about that not being manly. You
are 100% man, Ryan. Even a manly man like you can be beautiful. So
deal with it and fuck me like you want to.”

I chuckle to myself and
take her from behind. It only takes a few hard thrusts before I’m
yelling her name and coming so hard that I’m seeing stars. I bite
into her shoulder. I let go of her and step back. “I’m sorry,
Chloe.” I tell her as I look down at the mark I left on her.

She turns to me and
reaches up to touch my face. “Don’t be, Ryan. I told you that I
belong to you. I’m glad that you marked me. I love you.” I can
see it in her eyes. She means it. But I can’t go there. Not yet.

“I-I have to go
Chloe.” I look down at her, seeing her expression turn sad. “Keep
the shirt.”

I practically run back
to the living room and throw on the rest of my clothes. I walk out
her door and head to my car. I drive to my condo at City Center, and
as I park my car, I see Luke getting out of his.

“Well, this is
something new. Since when did my oldest brother stay out as late as
me? And with no shirt on. ”

“Ha-ha! I’m not
that old.”

“So, your date went
well?” he asks as we walk to the elevator and punch the buttons for
our floors. We both live in penthouses here.

I decide that I need to
confide in someone, so I tell him the truth. “Actually, no. I
wasn’t into my date at all.”

“Then what happened
to your…oh shit, Chloe.” He looks me in the eye, and I nod. “You
need to be careful, man. She nearly destroyed you last time.”

“It’s only about
sex this time.” The words sound hollow even to me.

“It may be that now,
but we both know that you’ve never gotten over her. You know we’ll
all support you if you take her back. She was like a sister to the
rest of us. But just take it slow. Make sure that she’s going to
stay this time.”

“Thanks, Luke. I’m
planning on taking it slow. But you’re right. She’s the only one
for me, and I need more than just sex from her.” I tell him about
my other decision. “I’m going to let her design the interior of
the Seattle building. She told me her ideas and they’re exactly
what I had in mind.”

“Cool. I remember the
two of you always talking about you designing buildings and her
decorating them. I’m glad that it’s working out for you.” The
elevator gets to his floor, and he steps out. “Now, if only I could
decide what I can do for the family business, we would all be happy.”

“Luke, you can do
whatever you want. You don’t have to come work with us. You know
that, right?” He nods but I can tell he doesn’t really think so.
“I love you man, now go get some sleep.”

“Love you too Ry.
Goodnight.” He moves off, and I go to my place and collapse onto my
bed for the couple of hours I have until my alarm will go off.

Chloe

I’m humming to myself
as I head into the office a month after our first night at the guest
house. He still hasn’t stayed over and we don’t ever go to his
place. I know I scared him a little, okay a lot, when I said that I
love him, but I think he actually believed me. I can’t wait to
officially work with him on the Seattle project. Ryan wanted to
finish his plans before he brought me on board as the official
interior designer. Angie stops me as I head towards my desk. “You
look happy today, Chloe. That’s nice to see.” She’s always been
nice to me although she’s close enough to the family to know what
happened three years ago.