Rebeka – 9. chapter

Erik didn’t manage to get hold of the board member he needed. Not until he was in the conference room, just before the meeting began.

“Filip, you swore you wouldn’t tell her,” he angrily whispered as soon as Filip stopped beside him.

“Langsfeld?” he replied, surprised. “I didn’t tell her anything.”

Erik frowned.

“Then how does she know?”

“I don’t know. And don’t celebrate yet. I’m not having any luck convincing the others. Right now, we’re only two against three.”

“Fuck it,” Erik muttered and turned to leave. Before he reached his seat, Rebeka walked in.

Head held high. Back straight. The clicking of her high heels underscored her confident bearing. She gave him a look without a single trace of emotion and sat down.

Do I feel like fucking her or killing her? Erik argued inwardly.

The meeting began exactly as he expected. The board demanded details about the canceled project. Rebeka explained why she was against it. Erik reluctantly admitted to himself that she was probably right about some of it. Filip took the floor and very forcefully stated his view.

“This kind of expansion will break you right now,” Rebeka refused to budge. “And I won’t put my name on that. If it comes to that, we don’t have to waste each other’s time. I have a long list of potential clients on my desk who are waiting for me. You’re free to hire someone who will nod along to your ideas. Go ahead and expand. Just not with me.”

Erik sat in silence, increasingly aware that Rebeka had every right to her confidence. And that it was actually charming. Just what he needed. The last thing he needed was for that bitch to start becoming likable.

“I don’t like your attitude at all,” Filip pressed.

“With all due respect, I don’t give a fuck about that,” Rebeka replied calmly. Filip flushed. Erik raised an eyebrow in amusement. Most of the room chuckled. “If you haven’t noticed, I’m paid to be disliked. You pay well. I do a very good job of being disliked.”

And after that, the meeting ended as expected. Rebeka would remain the one deciding the company’s future steps, and there would be no expansion into Asia.

“You were great,” he leaned in her doorway a little later.

She looked at him, surprised.

“Thanks.”

His gaze dropped to her lips, and he got the urge to kiss her. He imagined wrapping his arms around her right now and tasting her. What if she didn’t resist? What if she let him into her mouth and gave in? He would undress her very slowly. Caress her breasts again. Suck her nipples. She would sigh and offer her body to his hands. He would gently, carefully press his fingers into her soft inner heat. And that was exactly how he would tease her and prepare her for himself.

He wanted her affectionate and yielding. She could bark at the whole world, but with him, she should be yielding.

“Erik?” she called.

“Yes?”

“Your delightful ability to disappear into your own thoughts is quite entertaining,” she said, looking both scolding and amused. “Especially when those thoughts can be seen,” she added mockingly, waving toward his crotch.

He realized his erection was visible and, embarrassed, decided it was better to leave.