The Tycoon's Blondie (The Tycoon Series Book 2) (7 page)

He ended the
call immediately and walked into the boardroom.  His jaw rigid.

“I sincerely hope
you have all the answers I need on the Deville contract, Jillian.”

His anger simmered on the surface
and the members of the project team sat up straighter in their chairs. 
Jillian, the Project Manager sighed.  It was going to be a long day.

Allison
slammed her cell phone down on her desk and cursed.

How
arrogant, controlling and overbearing can one damn man get?  Just who did he
think he was to snap an instruction like that and then end the call.

She pressed
the buzzer on her phone and Jeannie walked in shortly thereafter.

“Yes, Doc?”

“How many
appointments do we have left today, Jeannie?”

“That was the
last one.  Remember, you asked me to ensure we keep this afternoon open because
your Uncle was arriving from Australia.”

“I did, didn’t
I?  Well, that is a relief.  I’ll be leaving within ten minutes.”

“Don’t forget,
you only have morning appointments for the rest of the week.”

“Now I know
why I pay you such an excellent salary.”

Jeannie
chuckled and disappeared.  Allison opened the search engine on her laptop and
Googled Sheppard Holdings to find the address.

Allison’s
heels clattered on the marble floor of the imposing lobby of the Sheppard
Holdings building.  She stood gaping up to the skyscraper for nearly five
minutes before she walked inside.  She never realized their business was so massive.

The information
desk was large and round made with chrome and wood.  It was manned by four
efficient staff members.

“Good morning,
Miss.  How may I assist you?”

“I am here to
see Tiaan Sheppard.”

“Do you have
an appointment, Miss?”

“Yes, I just
spoke to him thirty minutes ago.”

Allison lied
without blinking and prayed that she did not blush.  The friendly brunette
smiled widely at her and asked her to sign the register.  She registered
Allison’s thumb print and explained there were access doors that she would need
to use laser pads in order to gain access.

“This only grants
you access to Mr. Sheppard’s floor and will not register anywhere else in the
building.”

“I
understand.”

She turned
toward the elevators and arrived the same time as a tall, blonde man.  He
smiled at her and she nodded at the vaguely familiar man.

“If memory
serves me correctly from Mason’s wedding, you are Brooklyn’s cousin…ehm…Allie?”

“Allison and I
am afraid I can’t recall your name.  Although I remember your wife’s name is
Samantha.”

“I suppose
next to Tiaan I faded into the background.”

Allison
blushed and he laughed.  “Simon Booth.”

“Oh yes.”

“I imagine you
are here to see, Tiaan?”

“Ehm yes, but
I don’t have an appointment.”

“I am sure he
won’t mind the interruption.  Come on, I’ll take you to him.”

They exited
the elevator and she laughed at tales about his kids.  They were still smiling
when he opened a door and ushered her inside with a wide grin.  Allison froze
as she was suddenly the focus of a room full of people.

“Look who I
found in front of the elevators, Tiaan.”

“Oh, I’ll wait
outside.  Please…I did not mean to interrupt.”

Tiaan rose
slowly, his eyes narrowed on her.  He did not miss her lips flattening as her
eyes met his.  He gathered his iPad and iPhone and looked at Jillian with a
grim face.

“I am
disappointed in the progress of your team.  I will be back in an hour.  By then
I want to see a full timetable for the implementation that we just discussed.”

“But, Tiaan…”

“One hour,
Jillian.”

He took
Allison’s arm in a firm grasp, ushering her outside and down the hallway.  Her
heels clattered on the floor and she glared at him.  He ignored her and entered
a large open office with a plush lounge suite and coffee tables.  In front of
the floor length windows sat a beautiful dark-haired, middle-aged woman, typing
away on her keyboard.  She had earphones in her ears and did not notice them
until Tiaan stopped in front of her desk.

“Oh Tiaan…why
do you always sneak up on me?  You need to remember that I’m pregnant and
should not be upset.”

“As if I ever
upset you.  Darcy, this is Allison Hadley, my girlfriend.  Sweetlips, this is
my other arm, Darcy Goldberg.”

The women
smiled at each other and Tiaan instructed Darcy he wanted no interruptions for
the following hour.  He ushered Allison into his office and snapped the lock
with a decisive click.  He turned around to face her and his cock –
the
fucking idiot
– slammed hard against his pants.  She stood with her feet
apart and her hands on her hips.  Her eyes flashed fire at him.  He threw his
iPhone and iPad on the desk and pushed his hands into his pockets.  He rocked
back on his heels and his raised eyebrows challenged her.

Of course in
her current frame of mind, this only triggered her ire and she narrowed the
distance between them.  She stabbed her finger against his chest.

“Who do you
think you are ordering me around, Tiaan Sheppard and then ending the call
without allowing me a word on top of it?  I will have you know that I will not
stand for it.  I am not one of your floozies who jumps to attention when you
snap your bloody fingers.”

Tiaan’s eyes
narrowed and swept over her blushing face and flashing eyes.  She was
exquisite.

“I am waiting,
Sheppard. I am not leaving this office until you admit what a prick you were.”

He pulled his
hands from his pockets and folded his arms across his wide chest.  He drew
himself to his full height and looked down his nose at her.  Similar to the
look he gave Jillian in the boardroom.

“Oh no, you
don’t.  I am not one of your employees either, that look is not going to work
on me.  I will have you know, Sheppard, that I am angry with you and I will not
be intimidated by that look.”

Chapter Seven

Tiaan took a step closer, Allison
retreated. He took another and it set off a dance of approach and retreat until
Allison plonked down on the couch in front of the wall of windows.  He towered
over her and his eyes brushed over her body.

“Take off your
dress.”

“Wha…I am not
taking off my dress!  We’re at your office, for heaven’s sake!”

“Allison,
either you take off your dress or I do and I cannot promise it will not be in
one piece when I am done.”

“Tiaan
Sheppard, we are not going to…to
have hanky panky
in your office with
your employees on the other side of those walls.
Noo…stop!
”

Tiaan yanked
her in his arms and reached for the zipper at the back of the dress.

“
Tiaan
stop!
  Please…I’ll do it.”

He released
the zipper, but held her against him with his hard hands on her hips.  His eyes
glittered as she shimmied out of the dress.  He took it from her and flung it
over the back of the couch.  Before she could stop him, her bra followed the
same route.

“No!  Damn
you…ooooh…oohohohh.”

Tiaan tugged
her head back to fold her over his arm and his lips closed around a nipple.  He
sucked and pulled on it, driving her mind wild with pleasure.  He moved to the
other and Allison moaned his name, pressing her breast deeper into his mouth. 
He took the offer and nibbled on the succulent tip until she was keening and
rubbing her clit against his leg. 

He fingered
her lace boy panties and growled against her nipple.

“Do you like
these panties, baby?”

“What? 
I…hmmm…yesss…oohhmmm.”

“Then you
better get them off before I tear them off.”

“Hmmm…do…that…again…oohhhmmm.”

Tiaan licked
her nipples, sucked hard and then bit down around them.  Allison wailed and
slammed her hips against his, clutching at his waist.

“Guess I get
to tear them then.”

He ripped her
panties in two and yanked them off.  Allison was so intoxicated with pleasure
and need that she did not even notice.  She did not understand the hold he had
over her.  The knack to steal away her ability to reason and to solely react
and respond.  Respond wantonly and uncontrollably.  She could not get enough of
him.  Every time he simply touched her, her body flushed with need, her core
trembled and she became short of breath.

She had
forgotten they were in his office, that her cries and screams were probably
heard on the other side of the wall and she cringed.

“Oh
Lord…stop.  The people…please Tiaan, they can hear me!”

“No baby, my
office is soundproof.  Now, sweetlips, on your knees on top of the couch.”

“Tiaan…”

His fingers
ghosted over her clit and she moaned huskily.  He turned her around and pressed
her onto the couch, lifting her up to her knees.  Before Allison could protest,
he had his cock out of his pants and pressed into her with a sensually, slow
force until he settled against her womb.  He breathed deeply, wishing he had
taken the time to take his clothes off.  To be able to feel her warm, soft skin
against his.

He scraped his
nails lightly down her back and she purred, pressing her hips back against his.

“Please
honey…”

He pulled his
cock back to power into her and she arched her back on a wail.  He did not
move.

“We have
something to discuss, Allison.”

She moaned and
wiggled her hips against his invitingly. He drew his cock back once more.

“There is this
little matter of you refusing to bring your uncle to meet me.”

“I…urgh…never
refused to…oh Tiaan, please!”

“Keep talking,
Allison.”

“I only said…I
won’t be staying at…ohohoh …your place while he was here.  Please honey!”

Tiaan plunged all
the way back in and kept still.  Allison swung her head and glared at him.

“This is not
funny!  Ohohoh…I…Lord!”

“Yet you made
it clear you are taking him out on the town…alone.”

“I promised
him…hmmm…long ago.”

“Accepted…but
now I am in your life.  What do you think my expectation was when you told me
about his visit?”

“Tiiaaan…oooh
shit!”

Tiaan slammed
into her twice then drew out nearly all the way, his cockhead barely inside her
pussy.

“I…you…I can’t
expect you to…hmmm… spend your nights with my uncle.  Ohhhmmm.”

“Answer my
question, Allison.”

“You want me
to…invite you to…hmmm… join us.”

He awarded her
with two powerful thrusts and waited once again.

“Please…oohurgh…join
us tonight.”

“And?”

“Tiaan
please.  We can’t impose on you…oooohh, like that.”

It nearly
killed him, but he withdrew from Allison’s hot little pussy, dried himself with
his handkerchief and zipped his cock back in his pants. 

“Get up,
Allison.”

He assisted
her to stand and her knees wobbled, with need still cursing through her.  Her
eyes snapped at him accusingly.  His lips tightened.  He picked her up amidst
her protests and carried her to his private bathroom, where he proceeded to clean
her.

Back in his
office he patiently assisted her back into her clothes, par her torn panties,
and stood back with his arms crossed over his wide chest.

“You are not
serious?  You just aroused me all the way to the galaxy and you are going to
leave me hanging!”

“Such is
life.  Shit happens and it seems a fair trade.  You had the expectation of
receiving a climax from me, I had the expectation of becoming a part of your
life…I guess neither one of us got what we’re after.”

“That is not
fair.  You
are
a part of my life.”

“No Allison. 
I am the cock in your pussy.  You refuse to share anything more with me.  Not
your friends, not your family and as sure as hell not your feelings.”

“That was
uncalled for.”

“Was it?  I
might be portrayed as a pussy hopping bandit by the tabloids, but I can assure
you I am not.  I also refuse to be used purely for your pleasure.  I told you
what I wanted from you, Allison.  You knew what that was that day you walked
into my shower.  You have yet to deliver.”

Allison gaped
at him.  He ushered her toward the door, unlocked and opened it.  His eyes were
hard when they met hers.

“I already told
you what I expect tonight, Allison.  I guess I will know what this…
thing
that we have between us is when I get home tonight.”

“We have a
relationship.”

“No, Allison. 
I am not sure what it is we have, but it sure as hell is not a relationship. 
You need to decide how to define it, because I am not going to continue the way
we have been.”

Tiaan gave her
a hard kiss before he walked out the door, leaving her behind to gaze after him
in shock.

Allison’s mind
was in such turmoil she had no idea how she arrived at JFK.  Tiaan’s words were
running through her brain.  She thought back over the past two weeks and
recalled that he had constantly asked about her family, her friends.  She
frowned, realizing she had avoided discussing any of them with him.  She out-and-out
refused to entertain the idea of inviting her friends over.

“Oh shit!  I
am such a selfish bitch!”

Allison’s
voice was hoarse within the confines of her car.  She lowered her head and
leaned her forehead against the steering wheel.  She groaned.  Tiaan had
briefly met her parents at Mason and Brooklyn’s wedding, but they were not
aware that she was in a relationship with him.  None of her family or friends
were.  She started and covered her mouth with her hand.

She most
definitely did not keep him away from everyone with a definite purpose in
mind.  She just wanted him for herself.  The two weeks with him had taken her
on a journey of self-discovery.  In this short time, she had uncovered a
sensuality within herself that she had never known existed.  She wanted to
treasure the time they had alone with no interruption from the outside world. 

Now he
interpreted it as her using him solely for sex.  She snorted at the idea.

“Talk about
the pot calling the kettle black.  I would like to know who he told about me.”

She sighed and
a brief glance at her watch told her she had roughly an hour to wait for her
uncle.  It was a surprise visit and neither one of her parents knew he was
arriving.  She parked her car and went inside the terminal. Finding a coffee
shop,  she settled on a foamy Cappuccino and a large piece of Chocolate cake –
in retaliation for being denied a climax she desperately needed. 

Shit,
still needed!

She picked up
her phone and dialed her parents.  Her mother answered on the third ring.

“Allie, how
are you darling?”

“Hi Mom, good,
very good.”

“Are you
sure?  You sound a little reserved.”

“No, I am just
tired.  Work has been hectic.  Is Dad around?”

“Yes, do you
want to talk to him?”

“No, I
actually want to talk to both of you.”

“Hold on dear,
I’ll call him quickly.”

Allison heard
her mother calling her father and then fiddling with the phone amidst her
father’s cursing.

“I hate these
tiny buttons.  Allison, can you hear us?”

“Hi Daddy, how
are you?”

“Come on,
darling, do tell.  What’s bothering you?”

“I have some
news I wish to share with you.  I’ve been meaning to come and visit, but as I
told Mom, I have been very busy.  I am involved with someone.”

“Involved?”

“Well, in a
relationship.  We are in a committed relationship.  You actually met him, at
Brooke’s wedding.”

“Really?  Do
tell darling.  Don’t keep us in suspense.”

“It…er…it is
Mason’s twin brother, Tiaan Sheppard.”

“
The gigolo
?”

“He is not a
gigolo, Daddy!  Who told you that?”

“You did. 
After you went for lunch at Mason’s that Sunday.”

“Oh…oohh,
yes.  Well, that was only because he annoyed me that day.”

“Ahh, instant
attraction, then.  Oh and I remember now.  You danced with him most of the
night at the wedding.  Remember, darling? I told you what a beautiful couple
they made.”

“I was
wondering.  Would you perhaps join us for lunch on Saturday at Tiaan’s Estate? 
It’s next to Mason’s.”

“Oh, that
sounds wonderful. Who else will be coming?”

“My friends,
Willow and Savannah.  Probably those two hooligan friends of his, Lucas and my
old cuz Michael.”

Her father
chuckled and they chatted a little while longer. She dialed Michael immediately
after, sipping the last of her Cappuccino.

“Hey Cuz. 
This is a surprise.”

“Hello
Michael. Why?  I phone you quite often.  You are the one that never
reciprocates.”

“Oho, little
cuz is in a tiff, Lucas.”

“I am not in a
bloody tiff.”

“Hmmm…soooo…what’s
up?”

“Are you guys
racing this Saturday?”

“No, we
decided to take a break.”

“I…er…have
something to tell you, but you have to promise not to get mad.”

“Why would I
get mad?”

Michael had always
been overprotective of her, especially after her disastrous relationship with
Greg.  So, she was more than weary of how he would accept the news.

“I am in a
relationship with someone and I am not sure how you would feel about it.”

Michael was
silent for a moment and then released a low whistle.  “He fucking did it,
Lucas.  Shit, how the mighty one has fallen.”

“What are you
talking about?”

“Tiaan and
you.”

“How did you
know?”

“He told us.”

“When?”

“The Friday
after the wedding.”

If Allison had
not been sitting down, she would have slumped like a ragdoll on the floor.

“Who else has
he told?”

“As far as I
know his parents, Mason and all his friends.  I believe even some of his senior
personnel at the company know.”

Allison closed
her eyes and the smile around her mouth grew wider and wider.  He meant what he
said.  He wanted her in his life.  It was not just sex and it was time she
accepted it too.  Time to bury all the ghosts that have been keeping her from
allowing her feelings and emotions free reign. 

They accepted
her invitation and, with a wide smile still hovering on her lips, she phoned
Brooklyn.  They were still on honeymoon, but she wanted to tell her as well.