SHALLOW DEPTHS

Chapter 7

   It had been three nights since Richard traveled, I still wasn't used to sleeping alone. Cyril had bought me dinner the previous night, and being him, dinner was a vibe, dinner was romantic, dinner was epic. But I couldn't sleep over at his apartment, and I couldn't let him sleep over too. I was on my period and I couldn't trust myself around him.

''Thank God the damn thing is over'', I thought to myself, kicking the duvet off and getting out of bed. I had to grab breakfast at Cannaville's and be at the office in time for a presentation with an ICT firm. I peeled the soaked pad off my panties, flung it in the trash and stepped into the showers. I felt hungry.

I took another sip of the fragrant strong coffee, rich with cream and sugar, from a tiny cup painted with pale-blue flowers and traced in twenty-four-karat gold.

The owner of the expensive cafe sprang forward to refill my cup and add another sandwich to my plate.

''Thank you'', I whispered. I thought about owning a café one day, I thought about work, I thought about Cyril.

The presentation was a tough one, the firm, Odinto Enterprises, provided quality stationary and ICT solutions, and they were looking to expand and grow as a brand. If it all goes as planned, I would be getting a promotion, and that came with being brand ambassador, and an office make-over, courtesy of the firm. I had prepared for this for weeks, I needed that promotion.

I turned off the lights, set the projector in place, and pitched my idea. There were murmurs, followed by rounds of applauds, I saw the CEO of the firm whisper to Cyril, then they shook hands. A surge went through my blood as I caught Cyril smiling at me. Contracts got signed and he escorted them out the board room.

I was struggling with the projector stand when he walked in.

''Congratulations, you did it'', he squealed, tearing towards me.

''You were amazing, how did you come up with that?'' he smiled, hugging me and lifting me off the ground, I smiled back, wondering if anyone had seen him lift me.

And as he lowered me down, he lowered his head to claim my lips in a fierce bruising kiss, God help me but I couldn't deny the fact that I was waiting for this. The heat and force of his embrace overwhelmed my senses, as he stroked my body, unzipping the back of my gown and dropping it to the floor. My longing was so sharp, it edged between pleasure and pain.

He lowered me to the enormous table. He looked down at me, pulled down his trousers and silk boxers, I could hear chatter outside, and the sound of fingers hitting computer keyboards. Silence filled the Lavender scented air around us.

Then he possessed me roughly, then with a tenderness. And as I gasped with the joyful force of my pleasure, I could have sworn I heard him whisper my name as if it was torn from deep within his soul.

I couldn't stop shaking.

''Ziggy'', he said hoarsely. ''Ah, Ziggy. What you do to me.......

He picked me up in his strong arms, I stared up at his handsome face, at the intensity in his deep dark eyes. I knew this passion would consume us both.

He gently dropped me on a low shelf, covering my body with his own, he moved slowly against me. I moaned, I wanted more. He spread my naked thighs apart with his own, I felt his hard shaft against my entrance, and I quivered beneath him, tense and yearning. He filled me with a single deep thrust, his fingers doing something different to my clit. I felt myself cum, I felt him cum, and in between the moments, he whispered something that questioned my reasoning.

''I love you Ziggy Lora''.