Chapter 1
"Lunch for two?"
A friendly voice sounded from Christopher's office doorway, and he grinned when he looked up and saw that it was Allison. The beautiful human was one of the most important people to work at his office. Seeing her always brought a smile to his face.
She made his cock happy, too.
It twitched, reminding Christopher that she was gorgeous and sassy and hot as hell, but he took a deep breath and reminded himself to stay cool. Allison was his assistant: not his bedmate. Not that he’d mind if she wanted to upgrade her current job title.
"I'd love lunch," he managed to say.
"Good," she walked into the room and dropped a bento box on the counter. The smell of the food wafted right up to Christopher’s nose, and he sniffed appreciatively. She always managed to choose foods that were tasty as hell. "Because I brought us something good."
"What is it?"
She raised an eyebrow.
"Ha-ha, very funny. I know you can smell it, dragon. Just open it up and eat."
She grabbed one of the chairs in front of his desk and scooted closer, making herself at home. He liked this about Allison. She was never nervous around him and she was never awkward or weird about the fact that he was a shifter.
She just liked being around him, and he liked her so much more than he should have.
“Is it cake?”
“No.”
“Is it applesauce?”
“No!”
“Hmm,” Christopher tapped his chin.
“Dragon, I mean it,” Allison looked up at him. She licked her lips. “Open the box. Eat the food.”
Christopher would do just about anything to have those gorgeous lips wrapped around his cock. That was what he wanted more than anything else in the world. If Allison melted to her knees in front of him and just started worshipping his damn dick, then he would be the happiest shifter on the planet.
He knew perfectly well that this could never happen, though. There were certain rules ab
out dating in the workplace. You weren’t supposed to date your employees, and you weren’t supposed to date people you managed, and you weren’t supposed to date beautiful, soft humans who could take your breath away.
You just weren’t.
“You know, I’m the owner of this company, but you sound like you’re the boss,” Christopher winked at Allison.
“You like being bossed around sometimes,” she murmured quietly.
“Only by you, Allison.”
Allison was everything that Christopher’s ex-girlfriend hadn’t been. While Monique had been sharp edges and bitter words, Allison was soft and comforting. Everything that came out of her mouth was calming to Christopher, and everything she had to say made him feel like he was important to her. He liked that. He loved feeling like he was good for her. She was definitely good for him.
And these lunch dates were something he was starting to crave.
If he was being honest, he was starting to crave her.
“It certainly smells good,” Christopher opened the bento and started eating. Rice, meat, and vegetables topped with a tasty sauce? Yeah, he liked it. Allison did, too.